Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-06
THOSE PU GlLISTS.
THE TaAINrNG-woRK OF YEsTEn-
DAY At CARSON.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS As TO CORBETT
Aud None o7 Them Are Disappoint-
ed-FitxsimmoDs's Routine-TeIe-
graph ArrnngementS-Tim to the
East Reduced 20 the Minimum.

CARSON. NEV.. March 5.-The nor
weser which blew up last night left
the highways as dry as a board. All
the pugilists were out on the road before
noon, and each Of them worked out 10
the satisfaction Of the critics.
The chief interest ceutered about
Corbett lie had practically loafed for
two days. and great things were ex-
pected Of him. Nobody was disappoint-
cd. Breakfast out Of the way. Jim threw
on sweater. and called out his dog.
l-addie. Together they rambled over the
hills in the direction Of the Empire, dis
turbing a few jackrabblts and lodging
around innumerable boulders.
Corbett does not fancy road-work. He
claims that IT stiffens his legs and i'm
pedes his rapid foot-work, which saves
him so many blows.
After dinner he iuggled with the wrist
machine for a quarter of an hour be-
fore tackling the bag. Tanning himself
he hooked the ball with his left con-
tinually for ten minutes, and punched
II with vigor with straight rights and
lefts for ten more. Hurrying over to
the court, he called out Jeffries and
Edgren on deck. and thu fun began.
The bulky Citrus-belt pugilist is i'm
proving every day. His orders were TO
keep coming. and he followed them out.
When Jim backed into a corner, Jeffries
invariably caught It, and a chorus of
"Oh" went up from the female specta-
tors. Three minutes of hard work left
Jeffries putting, but two little streams
of perspiration trickiing down COrbetts
cheeks were the only evidence that he
had been working His bellows were
operating beautifully. Edgren Is very
quick on his feet but lacks experience.
He lashes out with his right, as though
he were throwing a sixteen-pOund ham
mer, and before he gains his balance
Jim puts in few on the body, and,
perhaps a tap on the jaw. He coaches
the Berkeley giant continually.
Con. McVey was roughly handled by the
champion In their wrestling bout, which
followed Edgren's round. lie appeared TO
be perfectly helpless. and Jim banged him
up against the wall time and again,
humping his breast meanwhile.
II was Billy Woods, however, who Illus
trated the champions hitting power. With
his armOr blown up. he strutted out, only
to be bounced on like a wildcat. Right
and left, Jim slugged him on the jaw, and
when his guard went up ne caught IL on
the breast with long-range, straight
drives or lightning upper-cuts.
Each of the four men went through
four rounds Of three minutes each before
Jim was satisfied. Then Brother Joe and
Al Hampton played him two games OF
hand-ball each; after which he called 1t
days work.
over at Fitzsimmons's quarters the
regulation programme went through with
out a hitch. Bob took a morning walk
and a rundown, and put in two hours in
the afternoon wrestling with Roebcr,
sparring with Hickey and Stenzeler, ana
punching the bag. Very few spectators
paid admission TO the gymnasium, and
altogether It was a dull day around the
Cornishman's cottage. Few people ar
rived to-day. and no celebrities were re-
ported on the road.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
brought IN two additional wires from
Reno this morning. thus increasing their
facilities TO nine circuits. five of which are
and two Wheatstones. The
time of transmission 10 the East has
been reduced to the minimum.