The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

yet, the bulk of which will be done out in
the open air. This course will be con-
tinued up to the day before the big fight
Pitz essayed to acd new feature to his
outdoor work this morning, but did not
make bowling success of it. He trotted
out his bicycle and announced that he
was going to make flying trip into town.
1t did not take long for Robert to find out
that he had grown decidedly rusty as an
expert biker. He made very graceful
mount, but he could not get control OF the
steering gear, and before he could pilot
the wheel out of the yard and reach the
road he sailed against a chicken-house
with resounding crash. The squawk-
ing and fiuttering of the frightened fowl
as they scattered in all directions compen-
sated Bob for the painful bump be re-
ceived and put him back into good
humor. With the aid of monkey wrench
the damages sustained by the bike were
remedied and the Cornishman made his
second start. This time he got along
somewhat better, the only misbap being
the running over of a one eyed-cat and
light tumble after he had got out on the
road. He sailed along fairly well after
that, but soon returned with the COM
plant that the plaguey wheel wobbled
and was crazy.
The Cornishman put in his usual
amount of hard work during the day, but
was sneaky about it, watching for
chance 10 slip into his gymnasium when
no visitors were around. He has of late
developed a strange antipathy for enter
tanning callers, despite the fact that he
maintains a bar out at the ranch which
these same callers are expected to sup
port. His conduct il this re ard was the
means of producing loud ana continu-
Gus roar from large party OF visitors
who had obtained tickets of admission to
the grounds, paid fares and supposed
they were entitled to see him at his work.
Fitzsimmons and Julian have an under
standing with Carson livery firm by
which only persons who patronize this
particular stable can secure the coveted
admission pasteboards. The crowd that
kicked" to-day observed all of these re-
quirements. yet as soon as FitZsimmons
saw it coming he put on his coat and cap
and left the ranch with one Of his trainers
for a tramp over the hills. The disap-
pointed visitors made their complaint so
strong that hey succeeded in having their
money refunded.
But incidents of this character have
nothing 10 do with Bob's preparation for
the coming battle. There can be no ques-
ton as to his superb condition despite
the stories that he has been carousing of
late; and, by tie way l was informed b.
one of the tall fellow trainers to-day that
he has decided to eschew those evening
trips into town and their attendant
frojics among the saloons.
Talk over Assem- blyman Dempsey's in
tended bill to provide the winner of the
Corbett-Fitzsimmons contest with belt
has subsidized now that Dempsey, at the
request of Dan Stuart, has decided not to
introduce the measure. A good deal of
sport is being had, however, at the ex.
pense of couple of young exclusive
newspaper men who were "scooped" on
this news. An effort wss made to prove
that the whole story was fraud, but this
fell fat when it was found that the origi-
nal bill that Dempsey took to the Capitol
for presenta tion-and would have pre-
sented had not Stuart headed him Off
had fallen in to the hands OF rival corre-
spondent.
The big amphitheater in which the
carnival battles are to be fought is going
up so rapidly that Architect Donohoe
assures me now that it will be finished
next Monday. On Friday of this week,
both Corbett and Fitzsimmons will be
taken to the arena, not so much to give
them a general idea of the appearance of
the place as to give them an opportunity
to point out where they,would like to have
a
OF course they will not be allowed to be
there at the same time, for that would
never do.
The platform upon which the ring is to
be set is already in position. The task of
erecting the ring itself, will devolve upon
c. B. Tidball OF San Francisco, the man
who strung the ropes for the contests at
the Mechanics Pavilion in which both
Corbett and Fitzsimmons figured with
Sailor Sharkey.
Mysterious" Billy Smith, who i.
matched to compete with George Green
for the welter-weight cham pionship. as
certained to-day that there was no room
for him out at Fi.zsi m mons training
quarters, so he decided to do his prepara-
tory work at Genoa. which is twelve or
thirteen miles from Carson. This means
that Billy will not have many visitors
during his training. Martin Flaheriy,
the Eastern feather-weight who is to do
battle with Dal Hawkins, will arrive to-
morrow and will PROBABLY go to Genoa,
too, as there are no other suitable train
ing quarters left.
Major Phil Clark, a well-known sporting
man of Dallas, Tex, and cousin of Dan
Stuart, arrived i'll town this afternoon,
and will from now on assist in getting
things ready for the carnival. Bat Mas
terson, than whom no member of the
sporting world Is better known on the con-
tinent, will be in tomorrow. Bat, l un-
derstand, is to take full charge of Stuart's