The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-24

of them by the California boxer. Nc
Vey is still laid up and may not be
able to work with Corbett for a week
or ten. days. This makes it hard for
joe Corbett and Billy Woods Both, of
them were tired out this morning and
are a~nXiously awaiting the arrival of
Charley White. who is due from New
York Thursday morning.
There was no change in the usual
programme at Corbett's today. The
champion did two hours steady work
this morning. This included exercise
or the wrist machine, several hot
games of handball, q bout with Billy
Woods and some bag punching. Woods
looks like a man that is not at all fond
OF his job. The disturbed condition of
Woods mind is Tue to the liberties or
mistakes which Corbett makes while
boxing with the Denver heavyweight.
The accuracy with which Corbett sends
his left straight to Woods nose is con-
sidered remarkable by the latter, who
declared this afternoon that the cham
piOn would surely win a forum throw
ing the base ball at a mans head at
COney Island.
Fitzsimmons did not work at all to-
day-that is to say, no work for Fitz-
simmons. He appears to regard every
stranger with undisguised suspicion
and is not at all inclined to be COM
municative. Although Fitzsimmons
does not say he suspects any one Of
q. putting up a job to tamper with his
y food, one man in his party has been
d. assigned to the task Of watching every
thing that is put on the table from the
time Of it's purchase until it reaches
the New Zealander's plate.
Julian arrived from San Francisco
this morning. He had with him q
Chinese cook n enough provisions to
keep the house going for at least g
week. Julian and Fitzsimmons dis
cUssed the proposition which has been
made to allow women at the ringside.
Neither Of them could see any reason
why the fair sex should not see the
great battle.
It was very cold this morning. The
thermometer at one of the highest
points in the town registered IA below
when the sun came up, but the mer-
curry rose rapidly and at noon regis
tered Is above. It is generally be-
Iieved that the backbone of this cold
spell, the worst known in Nevada for
eighteen years, has been broken,
the local weather prophets predict
thai there will be good weather from
this time on.
From hints dropped by Fitzsimmons
and his trainers, it is Easy to see that
they have thoroughly made VI their
minds about COrbett. Overlooking on
fdenee in Bob's ability to beat him I'M
der even conditions deluges everything
and everybody out at Cooks, but they
also believe that on the 18th Of March
the conditions will not be even. They
all consider that if Corbett keeps up
his present gait from now until the
fight, he will be as stale as a third
rater. A dozen ideas Of this ind fill
the Australians head all the time. Jul
San feeds him on them morning, noon
and night. rs little manager stated
that the assumption of superiority is
natural and cannot be helped. Corbett
says the brothers-in-law are whistling
to one another to keep their courage
up.
Fitzsimmons does not need very much
rounding off, even for the hard battle
he now has in prospect. His limbs are
one mass Of muscles, just loose enough
for l~iveliness, and his arms are in per
feet shape. The hands that were sc
badly disfigured last fall by collision
with Sharkey's skull, now show nc
signs of weakness, though one knuckle
is still painful. Hickey will probably
begin the active training Of his princi-
nal on Wednesday, and Roeber will ado
his talents to the daily routine of work
so soon as the other two get well
warmed up.
Corbett and Fitz have hobbies in tht
line of training. The Californian
sWears by his hand-ball court, and the
Australian by his daily ten-mile couu,
try run, as the finest thing in the world
to get q man in condition. Each o.
them will enjoy his preference to The
full before the day of the battle.
Two little localities in the neighbor
hood of Carson are watching these