The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-16

that he has trained carefully for this fight
and ] know what IL means when he trains
ceedingly dangerous man for any one TO
tackle. / think. however. that Corbett will
beat him without any great trouble. and
when / say what have about Fitz you
see what / think about Corbett and his
condition. / have been confident from the
start that Jim would win the battle. and
/ am more confident than ever now. We
Will pay great deal of attention TO his
wind from now on. as without great care
the wind Is likely to be affected up mere
that particular now and we intend TO Keep
him So
The champion was as confident of victory
as his trainer. After his work to-day he
said: II never felt so well before and know
j could positively not be in better condi-
for the battle and / am going to win it.
There has been some talk about my over
confidence They will see Wednesday that
J know what I am talking about when /
say that / will whip Fitzsimmons. / have
been waiting a long time TO get a crack
at that fellow. and II is a sure thing that
/ will not lose the opportunity TO stop his
talk about his ability to best me- I am
more than satisfied with the manner in
II lose TX Will not be their fault.
FlTZ is ALL RIGHT.
There's nothing the matter with my con-
dition, said Fitzsimmons this morning
and all my friends may rest assured that
will give better account OF myself after
am in the ring than Corbett will. know
that they are playing him for a favorite
i'm the betting and IL has been said that |
am not as confident of winning this fight
as | might be- IL / were not confident OF
winning 1 would never have entered into
the arrangement to fight Corbett. He is
bigger man than I am and they say that
ne - better at long range hghtlng than L
am. Now. / have not the least doubt in the
world of my ability to keep out of his way
and l say now. ! have said before, that
! will go after him; he will not be able
to beat me I'm half day and he will not
beat me If do go for him.
Hickey, StenZer and Martin Julian were
of the same opinion regarding the chances
of their man. There but opinion
among them all and that was that Corbett
would he whipped in very short order.
FitZsimmOnS yesterday swung his cOlorS
to the breeze by putting them out on the
clothes line. He will wear around his waist
"a belt of red white and lsue silk. having
in the center an eagle which looks very
much like the eagle on silver dollar. FitZ-
simmons has worn the belt in several of his
fights and it is his opinion that he will
never be beaten as long as he wears it.
He first wore the colors of the United
States in his fight with Hall >at New Or
leans. when he defeated Hall. He. on the
day of that fight, had made his application
to become an American citizen. and ever
since that day he says he has fought with
the national colors around his waist.
FitZsimmons wound up his work of prep
aration to-day, and from now on he will do
very little. lie took a short run in the
morning. punched the bag little and
boxed with his trainers. This was all done
in the morning, and in the afternoon he
did nothing. Fitzsimmons. Notwithstanding
his declaration that he would do no more.
is likely to do some work tomorrow. He
has proved conclusively that he is not TO
be gagged by ordinary rules. and has
shown time and again that he can get him
self into the best condition without any
assistance from his trainers in the point OF
advice He is the best judge of his own
condition. and if he decides that he will be
better for a little more work then he VIII
take il tomorrow without hesitation.
The stories of the weight of Fitzsimmons
at the ringside have been very conflicting,
but the probability is that he will weigh
not far from 100 pounds, and, according 10
the assertions of men at his camp ne Will
be rather over than under that figure. He
fought Maher the last time at 15s. and when
he put out Dan CreedOn he weighed lo4i2.
This time he will weigh more than in either
of those fights. and from this time on he
will take on weight although it is not ex-
pected that he will allow himself TO take
on more than three or four pounds The
chances are very great that he Will not be
called on to cOncede more than fifteen
pounds TO Corbett when they enter the ring.
The clouds of last night, which threat eat,
line disappeared before morning. and the
sun climbed over the dismal-looking noun
tains without finding a cloud in sight.
Among the more prominent arrivals to-
day were Harry Corbett, Wyatt carp. Tom
Sharkey and his manager. Dan Lynch
fought both Corbett and F'itZsimmons Cor
belts friends say that his present superb
condition is attributable directly to the
showing made when he ran up against
Sharkey Sharkey said: II have been up
against both men. and L want to see what
they will do TO each other. The battle will
doubtless be the best ever fought in the
ring.
Al Smith said he had seen. Fitzsimmons
Sunday. FitZsimmons seemed all right 10
him. and his curiosity had evidently been
satisfied.
Twenty special deputy sheriffs have been
sworn in and they are watching closely Tor
thieves. Private watchmen have been en-
ployed to guard the more pretentious resi-
dpnceS.