The herald., 1897-02-23
CARSON'S WOMEN'S RIGHTS
May Include Admission to the
Big Fight
jim KEEPS RIGHT AT WORK
While Bob Drives TO Town for Camp
Supplies
terity With Their Little Jaws-The
Pavilion Is Begun
Associated Press Special wire

| indian uprising in the pyramid Lake
reservation and the prize fight. Cor
bett increased his work today, while
| Fitzsimmons did very little. After
light work with the bag and few
rounds with Hickey, Fitzsimmons drove
to Carson with Roeber mufied to the
eyes in a greatcoat to protect himself
from the intense cold. He made tour
of the stores for the purpose of buying
things needed at camp, followed by a
curious crowd. After two hours shop
ping he drove back to Cooks place for
lunch. After resting two hours he took
another turn at sparring and bag punch
ing.
| Carpenters are at work on the pavil-
ion at Cooks preparing Il place with a
view of arranging a handball court for
the Australian. Teams were put to
work to clear a strip of ground for run
ming. The roads in the vicinity of Fitz-
simmons quarters are rough and prob
ably will be bad for some time to come
owing to the continual thawing and
freezing of snow, and level piece OF
ground away from the road has been
| chosen for a track.
Shaw's Springs is still the popular
place with the curious. The air was
| filled with the music of sleighbells all
| day as people drove out to see Corbett
| at work He has numerous spectators
| whenever he works out, whether 1t be
| early morning or late in the afternoon.
| All who come are admitted to the big
handball court AMI stand about shiver-
| ing and stamping their feet till the time
comes for Corbett's appearance. jim
1 I wi tndo a n
vious day since he settled at Shaw's.
In the morning he had long spell at
| handbaIl with Joe Corbett, who, by the
way, gives his big brother considerable
| trouble in winning. Then he called for
Woods. Woods presents comical ap-
| pearance, with the padded mask over
| his facea nd neck and with chest pro-
tector as thick as that of baseball
| catcher. Jim went at him, swung his
/ left on the Jaw and repeatedly Jabbed
| his face, bringing blood from the nose,
| the only part Of Woods face unprotect-
ed. When the Scotcnman became wind
ed he would shout time" and lean
| against the wall. while Corbett did the
| "Corbett waltz" about the floor until
his face and neck. and with a chest pro
| Woods came the punching bag. Jim
kept at the bag for twenty minutes,
practicing left swings for the most part.
Perspiration streamed down his cheeks,
but his breathing was almost normal.
Jim said McVey would be about in
few days and what, with Brother Joe,
Woods, McVey. Jeffries-when the lat
| ter arrives-he could get enough work.
! The afternoons Work was repetl-
| ton Of the morning
There is nothing new regarding the
| match for George Green. stuart is ne
| gotiating to secure a match with the
winner of the Tracy-Ryan fight at Sy-
racuse tonight. Secretary Wheelock said
negotiations are going on with two or
| three good men In the east TO meet
| Green but as yet there Is nothing def
mite to give out
Wheelock said to an Associated Press
| reporter today: IT have received let
| ters from all over the United States urg-
| ing the management to allow ladies to
| witness the big fight We have not as
vet passed on that question. but I pre-
| sumo Stuart will call meeting or those
| interested in a few days to decide the
| matter Personally. I see no objection.
The fight will be conducted under the
protection of the law, and the strictest
| order will be maintained. I see no
| reason why women may not as well at
tend the fight as the theater or foot
| ball game"
| Numerous orders for seats are arriv-
ing No seats will be assigned until the
| plans of the arena are completed The
money received for tickets will be duly
credited to the sender, and the app!i-
cant will be given preference over all
| other subsequent orders
Ground was broken today at the race
| track and lumber is being dumped on
| the site Carpenters will be put to work
| tomorrow ard the force will be in
creased daily as the work progresses.
Tonight is clear and cold. with pros
poets good for continued bright weat ther.
Martin Julian left for San Francisco
on the western express last night. He
will be back Wednesday. When asked
the purpose of his trip he said he was
going to buy stock of provisions and
also make arrangements for the hire of
the Mechanics pavilion for the night
of the 10Th of March.
"On that date" he went on. Robert
Fitzsimmons. champion pugilist of the
world. Will appear before the public of
San Francisco and give an exhibition,
after having beaten the head off Mr..
Corbett.'
Ernest Roeber is about as confident as
Julian, and Hickey is full OF roseate
dreams concerning the result of the
event that is to transpire on the 18th
of March. The wrestler said yesterday:
MY wrestling with Bob is hard, earnest
work throughout. When he throws me
il is on the level, and not a gift. Four
Gays ago, at Denver, Tor the flrSt time
since we have been together Fitzsim-
mons scored against me. I purposely
gave him an opening. and TO my sur
prise. notwithstanding all my efforts to
prevent him, he threw me in fair and
square manner, and kept me PINNED on
the floor for three minutes When you
consider that 7 weigh 217 pounds and
Fitzsimmons only 16S. you can apperci-
ate the excellence of the performance.
"Fitzsimmons is stronger, bigger. and
more clever than he ever was before in
his life. and I do not see how he can lose
with Corbett. think the fight will be
all over inside Of ten rounds. Fitzsim-
mons comedies that Corbert is clever ard
quick, but our man is by far the hard
est hitter. He can afford to take two
land one of his own, and every time he
gets one in I want to tell you that it will
take thirty pounds off of Jim. My rea-
son for this statement is based partly on
what ] saw In Rob's fight with Maher.
I think that all fair-minded persons
Will agree with me when say that Ma
her Is one of the hardest hitters in the
ring today Wei, he smashed Bob twice
good and hard but the blows did not
bother him al all
when Fitzsmmons landed on the
Irishman the big fellow went down, ana
one more blow put him to sleep. Cor
belts game will probably be to spar off
at long range. the same way he fought
Sullivan, but as soon as he begins to fight
in real earnest Bob will keep him NOV
ing and 1t will be only n natter ~ tirna