The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15

ments.
You are looking well, Fitz,' said
Smith, land 1 am glad to see you in
such excellent condition. 1 have seen
Corbett, and I know that he is IN the
best of shape, and anybody that tells
you otherwise is no friend Of yours.
This should be fight without excuses
| on the part of the loser
Smith and Madden made brief
call, and after their departure Fit
spent the balance of the afternoon rid
ing with his wife.
After returning to the city Smith was
asked for his opinion regarding Fftz-
simmons. He said:
Il consider him in good shape. He
| is in good spirits. His face is a tritie
thin, because of the hard work he has
done in his training, but 1 think, gem
orally speaking, judging from what l
saw of him, he is in very good condi-
ton. l did not see him stripped, nor
! did I see him do any work, and con-
sequently am not able to express as
| forcible opinions concerning FitZsim-
mons as I did yesterday regarding
Corbett. We did not discuss the merits
of the fight / merely talked with him
in a general way and smoked cigar
With him. He invited me to come out
tomorrow, and l shall go. In my opin-
ion F'itz is a most dangerous man in a
fight, and no contest in which he is en-
gagged can be a foregone conclusion, no
matter who is the other party to the
fight"
Smith said that the ruling of Siler,
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one arm free and in the breakaways,
will probably make it a short fight. He
considered the ruling as being distinct
ly to the advantage of FitzSimmons,
who is particularly strong with his
jabs. Smith said Fits only show VIII
be in mixing and close fighting, and if
he attempts to stand off and box he
viii have no show whatever. Speaking
OF Corbett, Mr.. Smith said:
when / saw him stripped his mus
cles were like Shadows, and 1 do not
think any other man could work as he
did Saturday for three hours and show
no distress. His wind seemed as good
when he finished as when he began his
exercise"
Trainer White made several radical
changes in COrbett's training to-day.
The ten-mile run was abandoned, and
as a substitute the champion took a
fifteen minute walk around his quar-
tiers. About 10 o'clock he began the
work of the day, while having decided
that the afternoon shall be given up to
short walks and resting. Corbett went
at the wrist machine first, giving it
about fifteen minutes attention, and
oh inc
the bag Despite the cold, dismal
weather, a good sized crowd managed
to reach the springs before the training
began, and shivered in the raw air for
the two hours the exhibition lasted.
White allowed but three games of
handball, and as Corbett and Brother
Joe" succeeded in taking the three
straight from their opponents, the
champion went at his boxing in excel
lent humor.
McVey was given the first round,
and for three minutes was roughly
handled in a wrestling bout fast enough
to set the spectators cheering. Joe
COrbett spared a round, JeffrieS fol-
lowed for three minutes, and then
Woods, with his swollen face and puffy
pneumatic headgear, was taken on for
the hardest work of the day. Corbett
continued his practice of punching on
the breakaway and succeeded in max
ing Woods very unhappy, despite the
leather protection. Each of the four
men was given two rounds, and the
succeeding rundown ended the training
for the day. White declared at the
finish that his man has shown so much
PfCXyQJ-r1s.-C in al -tksY.c
that further practice of that style of
fighting Will be abandoned. To-mor-
rows training will be very light, and
Tuesday Corbett viii do no work be-
You'd a short walk or two
Corbett received numerous calls to-
day, one Of them being from James c.
NeaIon of San Francisco, who in addi-
ton to being a prominent politician, is
noted as a handbau expert Nealon
played a game With the fighter during
the afternoon and spent the evening at
Shaw's Springs. James Wakeley of
New York, who will bet 81 800 at 10
to on Corbett, was another prominent
caller, taking luncheon at the springs,
and Major Hughes of Louisville also
spent several hours at the champion s
camp.
Carson weather was at it's old tricks
again last night and to-day and bids
fair to keep on doing the wrong thing
for at least tWenty-fOur hours longer
In the early morning a large cloud
sailed over the mountain tops and let
itself fall on Carson City, with the net
result of a half inch of snow and bad
muddy roads. During the day several
small snow SQUALLS made their ANNA r.
ance each adding somewhat to the
saturated condition of the thorough
fares. The clouds are still hanging
over the town. and to all appearances
there will be a further fall of snow to-
night or tomorrow.
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