The record-union., 1897-03-07

something After the finishing of the
| handball court, Fitz played a few
games just to see how the thing went.
Although not such an expert at the
game as Corbett, he showed himself to
/ be no mean antagonist at the game.
He followed UP his handball with live
| ly work on the bag for thirty minutes,
and wrestled for twenty more with
| Roeber He then declared that his
work for the day was over, and hurried
| to the house, when Roeber and Hickey
went all over him with towels and mas
| sage
| We'll, this is hard luck said Jim
| Corbett, as he drew back the blinds of
his bedroom window this morning and
| gaZed upon the landscape lying six
inches under the snow. Il thought yes
terday 1 would be able to get in a lot
of work running over these roads and
hills but here L am tied up again Well,
there's one consolation, and that is a
| big one. I've got a handban court
large enough to take any amount of leg
| work in. l have an advantage over
FitZsimmOns in that respect"
Corbett sent his retinue of trainers
over to the big, naked building early
this morning with shovels and brooms
to clear the snow from the floor of the
court. When the tieecy stuff had been
| swept out the floor was left wet and
soggy. The champion came over after
! breakfast to inspect the job. He did
not like the looks Of things and did not
| hesitate to express himself in terms
uncomplimentary to Nevada's climate.
About 10 o'clock he went to the wrist
! machine. In order to make up for the
loss of other work, he kept at the ball
and Windlass until his arms could stand
no more Donning the light gloves for
punching the bag, the champion swung
on and jabbed the leathern sphere for
| twenty-five minutes. He was swathed
i'll heavy sweaters, thick trousers, and
wore over his shoes a thick pair of
igh-topped rubbers. Evidently he is
taking no chances of falling a victim
to the prevailing epidemic of colds
among the visitors. When he had de-
veloped a good perspiration Corbett
wrapped himself in a long bath robe
and ran to the handball court. He
tried to play handball but the floor was
so dangerously slippery that after a
couple of slow games with his brother
Joe, the big fighter decided to postpone
further work until after lunch.
In the afternoon Corbett did a little
boxing with Jeffries and Woods and
thumped McVey about for a few
rounds, but he was not satisfied with
the days work. He declared, however,
| that a day or two of idleness would
not injure his already good condition.
The champions trainers are not at all
pleased with the prospects.a With a
foot or more of snow on the ground
and a steady fall during the afternoon
and evening the chances for outdoor
work are very slim.
Corbett met with a slight accident
in his work this afternoon, which for a
time caused his trainers some appre-
hension. He was wrestling with Nc
Vey. and putting forth his utmost
strength and pushed McVey back
against the wall. The effort was too
much for him on the slippery floor and
Corbett slipped and fell, going down
in much the same fashion as variety
actress when she attempts the split"
He was up in a moment and continued
his work, although Charley White was
for a time fearful that he had received
his work for fully half an hour after
the accident and showed no evil effects.
Jim passed the afternoon most of the
part reading the papers and his volum-
inous correspondence. Ordinarily Cor
bett leaves the latter task to Kid Egan,
but having nothing else to do this af-
ternoon he managed to get a great deal
of amusement out of the many letters
from admirers ard cranks from all over
the country.
Charley White. who is usually in a
happy mood, was decidedly glum to-
day II hope this thing won't last
long" said he. while Jim can get all
the indoor work he needs, l had hoped
the weather would continue good so
that he could put in a lot of hard
licks on the road. This snow upsets
my calculations in that direction. How
ever. Jim will be ready when the time
comes. no matter how long the bad
weather lasts
Late this afternoon the snow began
again, and it came down harder than
on any previous occasion. When it
SHOWS at Carson it is not exactly like
a snowstorm, such as is seen in other
IOCallllGS. mere II ID JtiSI eiS tHouSli Lil~
clouds had become tired of remaining
up in the air and had concluded to go
out of the cloud business and come
down to earth in one solid chunk. Dur
ing the latter part of the afternoon and
early part Of the evening the snow
came down at a rate that piled 1t up
in the Carson streets at about three
inches an hour. 1t was not, moreover,
the sort of snow that makes good
seighing but the soggy irresolute stuff
that creates mud discomfort and endless
trouble and inconvenience to everybody.
Even if it ceases to snow tonight, it
will be several days before the roads
are in anything like passable condi-
ton