The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-16

of his work and inform himself of
Fits physical condition. He worked
at the bag and boxed with Hickey and
Roeber, but did not devote as much
time as has been customary to the ex-
erc1se. He simply did enough to show
smith his methods of work, and then
went to his dressing room and was
rubbed down, Smith being present to
see In what shape his muscles were
Roeber, Hickey and StenZler are en-
thuS1aStic about the condition of their
man, and have no doubt of his win
ming the fight. Fitz will probably fight
at not far from 100 pounds, and the
chances are that he will enter the ring
at rather over than under that figure
He some time ago abandoned the idea
of getting down to the middleweight
limit, or at least so his trainers say
and thought that it would hardly do
to allow Corbett as much advantage
In weight as he would possess If
FitzsimmOnS entered the ring weigh
ing under 100 pounds The champion
will weigh between $50 and 1856 pounds
and F'itz thought % pounds was a
trif1e too much to give away in a
championship fight. He has been most
careful in concealing his weight, but
his trainers have given out the idea
that he Will not fight at the middle
weight limit.
There's nothing the matter with my
condition." said Fitz this morning, land
all my friends may rest assured that
l will give a better account of myself
after l am in the ring than Corbett
will. / know they are playing him for
favorite in the betting, and it has been
said that | am not as confident of Win
ming this fight as l might be. If / were
not confident of winning it, l would not
ever have entered into the arrange
ment to fight Corbett. He is a bigger
man than 1 am, and they say that he
is better at long range fighting than
1 am. Now l have not the least doubt
in the world of my ability to keep out
of his way, and I say now, as I have
said before, that when 1 go after him
he will not be able to beat me in
half day, and he will not beat me if
1 do go for him..
Hickey, Stenzler and Martin Julian
were of the same opinion regarding the
chances Of their man. There was but
one opinion among them ALL and that
was that Corbett would be punched
into just about nothing, and that
he would be punched into it in very
short order. Fitz yesterday swung his
colors to the breeze by putting them
out on the clothesline. He will wear
around his waist a belt of red white
and blue silk, having in the center an
eagle which looks very much like the
has worn the belt in several of his
fights. and he is Of the opinion that
he will never be beaten as long as he
wears 1t. He first wore the colors of
the United States in his fight with
Hall at New Orleans, 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 has proved conclusively
that he is not to be gagged by ordinary
rules and has shown time and again
that he can get himself 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 the
better for a little more work tomorrow
| he will take it without hesitation. The
stories of the weight CT FftZSimmons
at the ringSide have been very con-
| fiicting, but the probability is that he
will weight not far from 100 pounds,
and, according to the assertions of men
in his camp, he will be rather over
than under that figure. He fought
Maher the last time at 15S, and when
| he put out Dan CreeGon he weighted
154l5. This time he will weigh more
than in either Of those fights, and from
this time on he will take en- weight.
although it is not expected that he will
allow himself to take on more than
three or four pounds. The chances are
very great that he will not be caliel
on to concece> more than fifteen pounds
to Corbett when they enter the ring.
The CLOUDS of last night, which
threatened all sorts OF dire things in