The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-14

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Carson, New, March 13-The final
work on the arena where Corbett and
Fitzsimmons will meet on St. Patrick S
day, was concluded this afternoon,
when the reserved seats were num-
bered. The kaleidoscope was put in
place at the ring side, and the ar
rangements whereby the big mill can
be reviewed at leisure by thousands are
all completed and only require fine
weather to make the pictures a sue
cess.
SILER'S RULES.
The effect of yesterdays pow-wow
over Siler's Interpretation of the rules
was manifest in the work of both men
today.
Fitzsimmons was partly attentive to
hitting from the break and in clinches
and Roeber and Dan Hickey wore a
CORY appearance as the result of the
Cornishman's practice.
Corbett, too, did lot of mitigating,
and Billy Woods pneumatic device did
not avail much in the way of protec-
ton from Jim's short arm punches.
Corbett's foot work was most admir-
able, and none of the squad were able
to make him extend himself. The Cal
ifornian's quarters were the mecca of
all sight seerS today, and Charley
White had his hands full in keeping
the crowd, of which two-thirds were
women. from encroaching too much on
the limited space in the handball
court.
Fitzsimmons took a good beating at
quoits without murmur and admitted
| a number of deadheads to see him
at work. From a short spin on the
wheel he turned to the punching bag
for ten rounds, winding up with a
geyser display of hard hitting. Ernest
| Roeber was first man UP with the
| gloves. Bob invited the man from
Hanover to come in and fight and
Ernest accepted the invitation. With
true pugilistic hospitality F'itz met him
! at the door and opened a cut above the
Germans ear. Roeber kept coming
| in" just the same and at the end of the
| third and last round both men were
! smeared with blood. Dan Hickey
laughed at ErneSt's misery, but he lost
his smile when Fitzsimmons split open
his forehead in a breakaway. Three
rounds was all Dan wanted, and StelZ-
ner was thankful when his boxing en-
gagement was declared off. Bob's in
! side work concluded with a few games
of handball He sprinted u miles in
driven by his wife and retired early.
CORBETT SPILLS GORE.
Corbett was even more vicious than
the Australian. He puffed up JET
fries lip with a straight left, and
dished up few hot ones to Billy
| Woods scattering Woods mask with
blood and splitting his lower lip.
Brother Joe'' was more cautious than
the others and kept at respectful
! distance. Jim wore out sprinter Ryan
! and Billy Delaney on the road before
noon, covering u miles altogether in
his morning walk. He spent consid-
erable time with the dumb bells and
/ clubs contrary to his usual custom.
The wrist machine was not neglected,
| and the punching bag was given an
extra whirl Three fast games of
handball left the champion in nice
perspiration for his afternoon boxing.
He was not so irritable as yesterday,
! nor did the presence of the crowd seem
/ to annoy him so much. Not less than
/ so vehicles were drawn up around the
| handball court, and every knot hole
commanded a premium. A mob of
small boys climbed upon the roof, and
! many of them passed in through the
skylight and perched among the raf-
ters Jeffries, Woods and Joe Corbett
! each spared four speedy rounds, and
Jim has the knack of hitting in clinches
down to a fine point, and his boon
| companionS ali bear evidence of his
! treatment. Upper-cutting he does not
seem to favor. His arms swing less
rigid than Fitz'; and he keeps well over
/ the guard in a miX-up. His general
appearance won over number of
! eastern experts who saw MIN Ior the
first time today.
THE STAKES DEPOSITED.
AL Smith, of New York, final stake
holder in the big mill, arrived from
San Francisco and deposited $4,000 in
certificates. This amount he will hand
over to the winner on st. PatrickS
day. After visiting Shaw's Springs,
Cooks Ranch and Stuart's arena Mr..
Smith dictated the following interview
for distribution to press corresoon-
dents:
This is absolutely perfect
weather. such as one enjoys on the
coast Overcoats in this climate
are burdensome. The prospects are
the most rosy that ever attended
an affair of this sort. ] find that
both of the men are in admirable
shape and if there ever was sin
cere pair of pugiliStS, you have
them in Corbett and FitzsimmonS.
l find that they are trained to an
edge, and the contest should be a
corker. Such confidence as the
men display is astonishing. OF
course, there must be a winner and
a loser but if you can find the lat
ter or a line that would lead to
that conclusion by looking over
and talking to the men, you beat
me. | cannot for the life of me re-
call a contest which presents such
complex propositions as this one
in the matter of calling the turn
l went out to look over the arena,
too, and find it TO the best of its
sort / ever visited. There is not a
seat in the whole vast structure
which does not present clear, un-
obstructed view. The welter and
feather weight fights l look for a
whole lot of genuine sport. The
men are so evenly matched, and
have trained so faithfully that I
would not be a bit surprised to see
the best fight of the three crop
out in one of the lesser engage
ments. With these conditions,
backed up by weather such as
one would expect to find in tropi-
cal lands this time of the year. 1
predict that Mr.. Stuart VIZ get