The herald., 1897-03-15

ihim do any work, and consequently am
not able TO express forcible opinions con-
cerning Fitzsimmons, as did yesterday
regartiing Corbett. We did not discuss
the merits of the fight. merely talked
with him in a general way and smoked
a cigar with him He invited me to
come out tomorrow. and ] shall go. In
lmy opinion F'itzsimmoEs Is most dan
| gerous man in a fight and TO contest in
which he is engaged can be a foregone
conclusion, no matter who is the other
party to the fight"
Smith said that the ruling of Siler,
| giving the men the right to strike with
one arm free and in the breakaways
viii probably make it short fight. He
considered the ruling as being distinct
| ly TO the advantage of Fitzsimmons,
! who is particularly strong with his
| jabs. Mr.. Smith said Fitzsimmons
only show will be in mixing close fight
ing. and If he attempts to stand off and
box he will have no show whatever.
Speaking of Corbett, Mr.. Smith said:
When / saw him stripped his muscles
were like Sandow's, and 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 today. The
ten-mile run was abandoned and as a
substitute. the champion took fifteen
minutes walk around his quarters
About 10 o'clock he began the work of
the day, White having decided that the
afternoon shall be given up TO short
walks and resting. Corbett went at the
wrist machine first, giving it about fif-
teen minutes attention and then spent
twenty minutes punching the bag. De-
spite the cold, dismal weather. a good
sdzed crowd managed to reach the
springs before the training began and
shivered in the raw air for the two
hours the exhibition lasted White al
lowed but three games of hand ball,
and as Corbett and Brother Joe" sue
ceeded in taking the three straight from
their opponents, the champion went at
his boxing in excellent humor. McVey
was given the first round and for three
minutes WAS roughly handled in
wrestling bout fast enough to set the
spectators cheering. joe Corbett spar
red round, Jeffries following for three
minutes, and then Woods, with his
swollen face and puffy pneumatic head
gear was taken for the hardest work of
the day Corbett continued his prac-
tice of punching on the breakaway and
succeeded in making Woods very un-
happy, 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 cleverness in work at
close quarters that further practice of
that style OF fighting will be abandoned.
Tomorrow's training will be very light,
and Tuesday Corbett will do no work
beyond a short walk or two.
Corbett received numerous calls to-
day, one of them being from James C.
Nealon. of San Francisco. who in ad
dition to being a prominent politician,
is noted as a hand ball 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 $500 at 10 to
7 on Corbett, was another prominent
caller, taking luncheon at the Springs,
and Major Hughes of Louisville also
spent several hours at the champions
camp.
Carson weather was at It's old tricks
again last night and today, and bids
fair to keep on doing the wrong thing
for at least twenty-four hours longer.
In the aarlv morning a largo cloud
sailed over the mountain tops and let
itself fall on Carson City. with the net
result of half inch of snow and bad,
muddy roads. During the day several
small snow squalls made their appear
ance, each adding somewhat to the sat-
urated condition of thoroughfares. The
clouds are still hanging over the town
and to all appearance there will be a
further fall of snow tonight or tomor-
row.