The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-06
GORBETT RESUMES HIS TRAINING
ROUTINE AFTER TWO DAYS OF
VACATION.
BOUTS WITH FOUR BOXERS.
ALL OF HIS SPARRING PARTNERS
GIVEN AN ABUNDANCE OF
EXERCISE.
FITz ALSO TRIES A NEW DIVERSION
He Takes TwO-MiIe CrOSs-Country
Run in Chase of an Obdurate
POrker.

CARSON, New, March 5.-Corbett
resumed active training today after the
vacation Of two days he had taken on
account of the visit of his wife, who
returned to San Francisco last night.
In the morning Corbett decided to make
a call at Empire, ten miles away, where
Young Corbett" and Dial. Hawkins
are training. He and Al Hampton
drove to Empire and after short
visit they started on the return trip,
; Hawkins taking the road with the
buggy with instructions to make good
time by Corbett Then Jim started
across country on foot His route was
shorter than the road by possibly one
and a half miles, but this was more
than equalized by the roughness Of
the road, which he travelled. The race
ended in a tie, the two meeting just a
short distance out from the training
quarters.
After a rub down Corbett ate dinner
and rested until about 3 o'clock, when
he started upon the work Of the day.
He began by using the wrist machine,
which he twisted back and forth for
fully ten minutes. He then went at
the punching bag for an even twenty
minutes, the work being fast and
furious without the slightest intermis
sion. For the first ten minutes he used
left-hand hooks, at times throwing in
double succession Of jabs that came
with amazing speed. His work in this
regard was wonderful and showed him
to be possessed of all his old time
swiftness. Then he waded into the bag
in earnest. using both hands with great
rapidity. In the last five minutes of
the punching he began to breathe hard,
but he was apparently capable Of going
on at the same rate for long time.
AS he finished with the bag Charley
White threw a bath robe over Corbett's
shoulders and with a hop and skip
Cerbett left the shed for the hand ball
court. Here he went sixteen three
minute rounds, four Of them with each
one of four men. without intermission.
He began by boxing a round with
Jefferies. Then he took Green on for
another fast round, and then came
McVey with whom he wrestled and
tugged back and forth across the court.
McVey put forth all his strength, but
Ccrbett damned him up against the
wall again and again. 1t was good hard
work, and McVey's head hit the wall
with resoundipg thumps whenever Jim
rushed him. After McVey, painting and
perspiring had retired to the dressing
room, Billy Woods, looking like an
Esquimau In his pneumatic armor,
came on for his turn. Corbett went at
him hard and about all the wind Woods
had left at the end Of the round was
locked up in his pneumatic head-piece
and chest protector.
Four times this programme was gone
through and then Joe Corbett came
on. This round was hot and fast and
Jim went at his younger brother in a
fashion that at times promised to Gre
ate a vacant chair in the house of Cor
bett. This over, Al Hampton came out
for two games of hand ball and Cor
belts work for the day was concluded.
His color has greatly improved since
he began to do outdoor work and his
pallor has in a large measure depart
ed.
Bob F1tzsimmons this morning Sc
cured an addition to his force of train
ers He came upon the new article
while on the way to town from his
training quarters. After going about
a mile, Fitzsimmons overlook a col
cred man leading a large hog. Hickey.
who was making the pace came up
WHlIe rllZSlIlIilOAS WAS exchanging re-
marks with the colored man, and the
horse took a violent dislike to the hog.
He began to dance all over the roaJ
and the hog bolted into the sage brush
The negro and Fitzsfmmons went after
him in hot pursuit. The former gave
up the race early but Fitzsimmons
and the hog kept at it. For two miles
back and forth through the brush the
hog sprinted with Fitzsimmons close
at his heels. Finally. FitZsimmons
worked UP to within foot of the hog