The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-09
FITz IS CHlRRUPY
EOb Wants 10 Fight SOmstOiy Right
Away Quick
WISHES IT WAS THE HTH
He'll Do No More Wrestling and
but Little Boxing-His Wife Ar
rives-Corbett Plays Hand
ball and Spars.


of sporting men. A huge banner flung
across Main street, announcing that
John l.. Sullivan was going 10 labor In
the Interest OF an eastern newspaper.
serves to attract n crowd 10 the depot
/ whenever train rolls In. Work on the
arena has progressed rapidly despite
the heavy fall OF snow and IL Is nearly
! finished.
Fttzslmmons was unusually chirrupy
even for him and seemed to be In the
highest spirits. II am feeling simply
too good for any USE" he declared as
he thumped himself on the chest. Il
am fine and I'D like To fight somebody
/ just for marbles this morning. | wish
this was the lith. | would not do
thing To that big fellow across town"
corbctt expressed himself similar to
| him. Il am training for the iIth." he
said, but all the same | am ready To
fight this minute. | want to make my
self plain on one point. that is II Fitz
/ wins nobody viii be more willing to
give him credit for his work than 1.
don't like him nor one hair ON his head
but III bc the first to congratulate him
II he beats me. However. don't ex-
Ioot to be called upon to congratulate
/ him, not much
From now on until he steps into the
ring. Bob Fitzsimmons will do no more
wrestling and very little. II any. box
Ing. He declared himself To that effect
at the conclusion OF this mornings
work. Fitz trains on methods as un-
conventional as those upon which he
lights. and he has never made any pre-
tense of boxing while In preparation for
his battles. lie has since he has been
al Cooks ranch done more boxing than
~ any other time when I'm training.
but he has now cut this To minimum.
Wrestling. he declares, II done violent
! ly. Is apt tp strain the forearms. and
| as F'itz himself put IL, Il would not he
able 10 lick teaspoon. let alone a
big fellow like Corbett II my forearms
should happen Ia be In bad shape"
This morning FitzSlmmons first tried
his hsndhall court. for the better part
of two hours playing alternately with
Stelnzer and Hickey and making the
game fast and furious After the con-
clusion of his work In the handhali
court. Fitzsimmous donned the gloves
and went at II with Hickey AS an an
tagonist. Then he took on Rocber for
three rounds and Stclzner for as many
more. The work was very fast. aud
at its conclusion Fitz announced that
he was prepared To do little wrestling
with Ernest Roeber. They tugged back
and forth across the gymnasium Tor
the larger part OF an hour. and then
f'itzsimnons took his dinner.
After dinner Fltz went into the yard
where he proceeded To play with his big
dog. which he admires ~ much. and
which everybody else. without excep-
tion. would delight In seeing turned in-
To sausage meat. After worrying the
dog for while Fitz went To the train
and met his wife who arrived from
The East. Upon his return he put In
an hour with the bag. whereupon his
days work was done.
The visitor who approached Corbetts
training quarters this morning would
have To be justified In thinking from
the noise that came to his ears as he
entered the yard at Shaw's Springs
that "A herd ot elephants were doing Il
combination double shuttle In the barn
like structure that had been erected for
"A handball court. IL was only the Cor
bett. brothers. Jim and Joe. however.
engaged In "A friendly game of hand
ball Jim was having hard luck at the
game and he was taking the most des-
perate chances at the ball In order to
pile up his score IL was by no means
warm In the place and the visitors who
stood watching the game for more than
10 minutes were only too glad to hunt
stove. Corbett was wet with pcrspira-
tlon. however, and played with the ut
times breathing easily.
He kept at the handball court for
over an hour. and then White called
him To time saying that II was on the
programme for him to box. Jeftries was
ilist and Jim went at him like a whiri-
wind. hitting him all over the body and
driving him all over the place. McVey
with his wrestling and pulling and
tugging came next and E.dgren and
I hrAn M b.4 10 %
erything began all over again and was
gone through In wuch the same man
| ner as before. corbett Is the grand
master Of the art OF getting away from
punch, but to keep from being
punched to man In his line Of indus
try Is the next best thing To punching
the other fellow. IL may not be win
ner Of fights, but IL is tolerably sure
preventive from losing them.
In the afternoon Corbstt went
through the same programme that he
has carried out for 50 many days.
| spending his 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 more elaborate fashion. Re-
ginning with the pulley he works W.
the muscles OF his hands and arms. and
| winding up with the Is rounds of box
ing and wrestling. all gone through
without rest or relaxation Of any Kind.
The one new thing in Carson City to-
day was that II did not snow. The
clouds hung over the mountains all
DAY. but they failed 10 make any con-
tribution to the miserable condition OF
the country roads and the streets in
Carson city.
The cup which Is To go 10 the winner
of the big live bird shoot and which rs
| kal A.
and is now ON exhibition In Stuarts
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