The record-union., 1897-03-09

Cooks ranch, and then headed for the
same place himself on foot, going
across the country instead of taking to
the roads the mud on the latter being
so deep that it was impossible for him
| to make any speed
After his return to Cooks Fitzsim-
mons put in an hour at punching the
| bag, which wound up his days work
He complained bitterly of his arms
| hurting to-day. and said that they
were sore as the result of his wrest-
| ling Il am going to do no more of
that work. he declared, Il do not need
| it anyhow, and there is no necessity of
my keeping at it when l may get my
arms out of condition. No, sir, L am
through with the wrestling, and l am
going to do precious little boxing after
| this. 1t is just SO much waste of
| time, if 1 keep at those things. All I
want is to keep my muscles pliable and
| keep my wind good, and if possible
make it better. If l can do these
things, I rather think l will be stand
| ing up when the fight is over"
The visitor who approached Corbett's S
training quarters this morning would
have been justified in thinking, from
the noise that came to his ears as he
entered the yard at Shaw's Springs,
that a herd of elephants were doing a
combination double shuttle in the barn
Ike structure that has been erected for
a handball court. 1t was only the
COrbett brothers, Jim and Joe, how
ever, engaged in a friendly game of
nandball. Jim was having hard luck
at the game, and was taking the most
desperate chances at the ball in order
to pile up his score. 1t was by no
n cans warm in the place, and the Wis
itor who stood watching the game for
more than fifteen minutes was only
too glad to hunt a stove. Corbett was
wet with perspiration, however, and
although he played with the utmost
violence, he seemed to be at all times
breathing easily.
He kept at the handball court for
over an hour, and then White called
him to time, saying that it was on the
programme for him to box. AS usual
Jeffries was the first to come out, and
Jim went at him like a whirlwind, hit
ting him all over the body and driving
| him all over the place. McVey, with
his wrestling and pushing and tugging,
came next, and Edgren and Woods
brought up the rear. Then everything
began all over again, and was gone
through in much the same manner as
before, save that Corbett, instead of
going after Jeffries, kept that gentle
man coming after him. Again and
again Jeffries rushed and made des-
perate efforts to land, but not once
could he reach the champion.
There can be no disputing that Cor
bett is the finest judge of distance,
when it comes to boxing. of any man
in the ring, and it is difficult to see
how any man could ever have been his
superior Again and again he would
move back so slightly that it seemed
as though Jeffries must certainly land
with effect, but Corbett's face was al
ways just out of reach. Sometimes
Jeffries' glove would just Craze his
face, sometimes missing it by the frac-
tIonal part of an inch, and then by
one foot or two feet. He always
missed it by just as much as Corbett
seemed to wish to have him.
Corbett is the grand master of the
art of getting away from a punch, and
to keep from being punched is to a
man in his line of business, the next
hest thing to punching the other fell
low. 1t may not be a winner of
fights but it is a tolerably sure pre-
ventive from losing them.
In the afternoon Corbett went
through the same programme that he
has carried out for so many days,
spending the time after lunch in read
ing and answering his letters and in
the late afternoon going through much
the same line of work as in the morn
ing only in a more elaborate fashion,
beginning with the pulley with which
he works up the muscles of his arms
and hands, and winding up with the
sixteen rounds of boxing and wrest
ling, all gone through without a rest
or relaxation of any kind.
The one thing in Carson City to-day
was that it did not snow. The clouds
hung over the mountains all day but
they failed to make any contribution to
the miserable condition of the country
roads and the streets in Carson City
AS it is it is almost impossible to get
around when off the sidewalks, and
the roads between the town and the
training camps are nearly impossible.
Fortunately, it requires but little time
for the soil in this country to dry, and
if there is no more snow everything
will be in good condition by the time
for the fight arrives.
The cup which is to go to the win
ner of the big live bird shoot, and
which is now held by Elliott, arrived
to-day, and is now on exhibition in
Stuart's office.
To-day Corbett received in his mail
banner from the students of Yale,
inscribed with the letters of that in
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