The times., 1897-03-17
THE GREAT FIGHT TO-DAY
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stand me; just about right should think
l never saw your muscles SO hard. The
show up through the skin more than eve
before. Perhaps that is why you appei
to be drawn down so much. Your necl
| is bigger than il used to be, l think
Have you been saving your right? You
| left seems TO be bigger than | ever saw il
II you were Il stranger l should say yoI
intended TO fight this battle with one hand
You are harder than you were in former
years and carry less beef OH you. Ishoul(
say that YOU were in absolutely perfec
condition for q man of your age and de
| ve{opment. The more l look at you the
| better like your appearance. IF, as you
| claim, your bellows are all right, the
| championship will stay in San Francisco y
| Jim S father had not much to say. Jim
seems to have muscles sticking out all over
! him. was the old gentleman's comment
| His face aint 50 very thin. His shoulders
| look very big to me. Come TO think OF it,
| never saw them look so large. Now, sc
far lis color goes, l want to tell YOU
| right now that lie never looked better. The
| lines about the eyes are perfectly natural
| ] had them when | was his age. Jim and
Joe take after me, you know, and l am
| satisfied With the lads appearance, and If
he don't win, we'll he shouldn't have any
excuse TO offer the folks at home'
Jack McAuhffe, the eX-light-w weight cham
pion, attracted some attention on Carson
streets this afternoon. Il have not seen
either of the big fellows stripped" said
Jack TO a crowd in front Of Stuart's office,
You can't tell great deal by man IS
face and not much more by seeing him
stripped but, according to my notion, both
Jim and Bob are finer than silk. Why
shouldn't they be? / think the pace will
be SO hot that the fight will not last more
than six rounds. Judging by their talk
to me, they amt going to do much dancing
about and drawing out, as it were. The
fight is for blood, and it will be all over
by i O'Clock tomorrow if the sun shines ~
Wyatt carp, who refereed the Sharkey-
FitZsimmons contest, sized mp the heavy
weights this morning. carp is q secTetive
man naturally and he had nothing much to
say when he came back from Shaw IS
Springs. II thought Corbett might not be
as good as iie was reported, he drawled.
"He looks mighty determined, though, and
/ don't believe he is afraid of an anaconda
FitZSimmons is s heavy as when he fought
Sharkey. Maybe he is worrying The man
with the most nerve is going to win this
fight. Both OF them are well fixed for
that argument today
If expert opinion counts for anything
the battle will be a short one. few
guesses as to the number of rounds follow:
w. A Brady-Not less than four, and not
more than eight rounds. Martin Julian
FrtzSimmons VIII knock Corbctt's head off
before the fifth round is over Billy De-
laney-I look for fast fight. Corbett will
get FitzsimmoDs' measure in two or three
rounds. There is too much at stake for
either man 10 run any risk by rushing.
Ten rounds ought TO decide matters
Ernest Roeber-f the morning is cold
they will fight fast Fitzsimmons will get
in his work about the fifth round. l think
Corbett win get ratified and run into a
knockout about that time.
Cha riley Nhite-It VIII he the fastest fight
between heavy weights in the history of
pusism Corbett viii fool them on his
punching power. Six OF eight rounds Will
see the last of FiUsinnons.
Dan Hickey-The man who gets the first
punch in win likely win. Fitzsimmons
will he cooler than Corbett. andif Jim forces
matters Bob viii get To his jaw before
seven rounds are over.
Billy Woods-FitZsimmons will never put
a glove on Corbett If he can stand up
before Jim for three rounds he is better
man than he was when spa 1Ted withhim
Jack Stenzler-Corbett viii lose his head
when he finds that Bob can hit him. and Bob
sure.
William Muldoon-The two men are in
such perfect condition that hardly think
the fight viii last morethan thirty minutes.
Jack McAuliffe-It is a Grudge fight and
otime viii be wasted, The man who keeps
his head will win in short order,
Tom sharkey-The kinetoscope people
Won't need much tape for this fight The
men viii 20 at each other like tigers and
it will be all over In less than twenty min
utes
Billy Madden-we will never live to see
such fast fight between two men. They
have old scores to settle and it wont take
them long to do it.
Al Smith, don't think it will be a very
long fight. Corbett usually trims his
man in short order, understand me, and
Fitzsimmons don't lose much time either.
We wont have TO wait long for the finish.
Jimmy Wakeley-Six rounds viii tell the
tale If / am a judge. These fellows
have plenty OF speed and there wont be
any fooing on either side.
gwithstanding these predictions. the
talent are buying pools on rounds of ten to
fifteen.
Where are all these people going to
sleep?'' asked a tall Englishman, who had
travelled all the way from London to see
the fight. His question raised point
which had not been sufficiently considered
before. Every lodging-house and private
residence is crowded, and still the visitors
come. Cots are to be had but before morn
ing the supply will he exhausted. Store
keepers are clearing space in their premises
to make room for shakedowns, and even
the Salvation Army headquarters were
cleared out and transferred into tamale
parloT. The old agricultural pavilion has
been turned into restaurant and hand
outs are being served from shanties in
Chinatown. The railway sidiags are fill
ing up with sleepers and every day coach
that can be spared will be opened to those
who cannot obtain beds elsewhere.
The hackmen are rapidly becoming rich
and are quite as unscrupulous as their
brethren in the large cities. This after
noon ex-senator JOHN j. ingalls, yielded
So in exchange for carriage lide of 200
yards He was rescued from the grasp
of the hack driver by kind friends, who
steered him to place Of safety.
Over at the coliseum everything is quiet
The guidons are all in place and press
seats have been squared off and filled
with cbairs Tho Einptoscopp anna ratus is