Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-10

Other Sport, Local ard Tele-
grahic.
Carson, Nevada, March 9.-From this
time until the day Of the fight jim Cor
bett will lessen the work he has been
going through in preparation for the
contest. When he does work it will
be as heavy as anything he has gone
through up TO the present time, but he
viii take it easy on one day and harder
on the following day. He will alter
nate the work in this manner until he
has finished his training. This course
has been decided upon by Trainer Char
ley White who is a bit fearful that
keeping at the work and at one kind
of work too steadily will tend to make
Corbett tire of work, or rather tire Of
the constant repetition of the same
work every day. White says:
"Corbett is the fastest big man on
his feet that I ever have seen. I have
seen Fitzsimmons in ali his work, and
l do not think he is as fast on his
feet as Corbc.t, although Fitzsimmons
has side-step which is quick as light
ming. Anybody who thinks Fitzsim-
mons is not fast on his feet is making
a mistake but at tie same time he is
.o+ ,- f,-+ or Oorhatt
Corbett took to the road this morning
for the first time since last Friday, and
put in two and one-hGlf hours at it..
He started out soon after breakfast in
the company of Jeffries, going in the
direction of Empire. He covered the
distance at the rate of four miles an
hour and both he and Jeffries estimated
they had made a. least ten miles when
they returned.
1t was after o'clock when he start
ed in on the regular work of the day.
This was not one of the easy day and
Corbett took to his work in a very ener-
eetic fashion. lie toiled at his little
windlass until his fore-arms had lost
nearly all of their feeling, and then
went at the bag, punching it steadily
for twenty minutes. As he has done
so much OF late, he paid particular at
tention to landing left-hand hooks on
tie bag, and he sent them in as fast as
the bag could swing back to meet them.
After this. he turned loose on the bag
and hammered it fiercely, keeping both
hands going with amazing speed.
Then he hurried away to the hand ball
court, where his four trainers, Jefrles,
McVey. Edgren and Woods, were walt
ing for him. 1t was the same old pro-
gramme that has been described again
and again.
Fitzsimmons put in a light day in
honor of the coming of his wife and did
loss work than usual. In fact, from this
time FitzsimmOns will do much less
hard work than he has been doing.
His heavy work is over and he will do
nothing but exercise TO keep himself
in condition and keep up his wind.
This morning he took to the roads,
covering about eight miles, and in the
latter part of the morning he sprinted
up md down the yard at Cooks Ranch.
He kent up this work for the better
norton of an hour. At It's conclusion,
however. his wind seemed TO be IN the
best possible condition. and he was
not distressed in any manner, although
breathing hard.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons TOOK journey
around the ranch this morning TO see
where her husband had been doing his
work and expressed herself as being
greatly rreased with all she saw. She
said her husband was certain TO win
the fight
u never saw him look as we'll She
said. and | know he will win the fight
surely He looks better to me than
when he fought Maher the last time and
7 think he could have won over COrbett
at that time. Oh. Bob will win that
fabt all right. | know he will, and |
am never mistaken in such things.
Dan Stuart was on the street couple
Of hours this morning and declares
himself improving although he Is very
pale.
TODAY men were going through it with
nails Of black. marking ont the seats.
Inv which is meant one man VIII I've
ovnectad 10 settle himself on eighteen
inches of undressed lumber. The
flooring is all I'm. and nothing remains
tn ro nut in place with the exception
or tho nrass seats. IL is believed the
entire structure will be finished by the
end of this week.
Carson. Nev.. March 9-Fitzsimm0ns
nut I'm as much time during early morn
inc nIaving with his boy as he did
WORKING but along toward noon con-
cluded thar little leg work would be
tho thing for him. and began spriutng
nm and down the ward for a short time
and then started out on the road LOT
run. He made fast time considering
the awful condition in which the roads
sre and was 40 home to do a little
Iighr work in the gymnasium before
dinner.
Mrs Fitzsimm0ns reported 10 her
t-eIond that there were many people
in the east who were with Corbett, and
Ia ,,,esrioned whether she should have
doro any be-ting II am going TO win
t1a 6gbt t" said FitzsimmOns. You
com iIdoe from that whether YOU should
bo,.e done any betting. II / should lose,
however dom ask me to pay your bets
because if / don't win J. sAaH nave
few troubles or my own, -.
Il don't care much ABOUT no" o,
ting goes. anyhow. w continued Fl'l-
simm0ns II have been generally on
the short end and II don worry me d d