The herald., 1897-03-16
a short walk and rested for the balance

short walk and rested for the balance
lof the day
Neither Corbett nor any of his trainers
will give any idea of what the cham
pion will weigh when he enters the ring
but it is certain that he will weigh over
175 pounds, as he is above that weight
now. The chances are that he will tip
the scales very close to the $50 mark.
Charley White said this afternoon that
he is more than pleased with the result
of his work with Corbett, and that 1t
Will be impossible for the champion
ever to get in finer shape than he is at
the present time. "Hs is in shape to
fight for his life right now" said White,
land he will be little better, II any
thing, when he goes into the ring"
When asked If Corbett has definitely
decided upon his line of battle. White
replied: Certainly he has, but you can
mot expect that he will say anything
about that at the present time. l VIII
say this, however, that Jim is going
to fight a careful battle, and he Will
take no chances any more than come to
the common lot of the fighter when he
gets to work with Fitzsimmons, / can
not say. of course, how many rounds the
fight will hast. for 1t is a very dinicuit
thing to say who is going to be the WIN
ner and how long time 1t is going to
take him TO win. 1 do not think. how
ever. that it will be very long fight.
The longer II is the better are the
chances of Corbett's winning Now,
know that Fitzsimmons is in good shape,
and in my opinion If the fight depended
upon condition alone the men, would be
able to fight until night and the fight
would then be declared a draw. have
been with Fitzsimmons in many of his
| fights and helped him to train. He is in
| the habit of keeping himself in training
most of the time, and he has such a
robust constitution that it never takes
him long to train into the finest sort
of shape, when he once starts at 1t. l
| understand that he is rather fine, but
! doubt If he is any under 160 pounds. He
| can fight best at 160 to 164 and his best
weight is at 162 When Fitzsimmons is
at that weight he is fit to fight any man
in the world, no matter how big that
man may be. 1 consider Fitzsimons at
1872 pounds one of the greatest fighters
the world has ever seen. and no man has
| the right to overlook him in anything.
know that he has trained carefully for
this fight, and 1 know what 1t means
when he trains well for anything. 1t
means that he is an exceedingly danger
Gus man for anybody to tackle. think,
however, that Corbett will beat him
without any great trouble, ard when
say what have about Fitzsimmons you
can see what l think about Corbett and
his condition. l have beer confident from
the start that Jim would win the bat
| tie, and 1 am more confident than ever
now. We will pay great deal or at
tention to his wind from now on, as
without great care the wind is likely to
be affected up here by muggy weather.
Corbett is perfect in that particular now,
and we intend to keep him So"
| IT never felt so we'll before. and know
that 1 could not possibly be in better
condition for fighting" said the cham
pion, as the trainers rubbed him down
after the final boxing bout. Il am in
perfect shape for the battle and am
going to win. There has been some talk
| of my over-confidence, but my critics
will see Wednesday that know what
am talking about when 1 say that VIII
whip Fitzsimmons. l have waited
| long time to get crack at that fellow
and II is a sure thing that l will not lose
an opportunity to forever stop his talk
| ing about his ability to best me. l am
xx-ft ha N az n
which my trainers have handled me, and
| IL I lose 1t will not be their fault"
"Our man is perfectly fit for this or
| any other battle" said Charlie White,
"and there is not the faintest doubt that
he will win. He could not possibly be in
better condition. All the experienced
men who have seen him at work lately
admit that his condition is perfect I'm
entirely satisfied and so are all his
friends"
Fitzsimmons wound up his work OF
preparation today and announced that
from now on he will do very little. He
took short run in the morning, punched
the bag little and boxed with his train
ers. Fitzsimmons Is apt to take sudden
notions and act accordingly. He, for the
larger part, trains himself and his train
ers do what he directs and Fitzsimmons
does not allow them to tell him what Is
best for him to do. He Is his own train
ing master and is probably the only man
in the ring who is so. His conduct in
this regard is against all precedent, but
Fitzsimmons has proved conclusively
that he is not to be gauged by ordinary
rules. and has shown time and again
that he can get himself into the best
shape without any assistance from his
trainers. He is the best judge of his
own condition and if he decides that he
will be the better for little more work
| tomorrow he will take it without any
hesitation.
The stories of the weight Of Fitzsim-
mons at the ring side have been very
! conflicting, but the probabilities are now
that he will weigh not far from 100
pounds and according to the assertions
| of the men in camp, he will be rather
over than under that figure. He fought
Maher the last time at 15S and when he
put out Dan Creedon he weighed 154h.
| This time he will weigh more than In
either of these fights and from this time
on he will take on weight, although it Is
not expected that he will allow himself
to take on more than three or four
| ,o,pdc mora than he now weighs. The