The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-17

that 1 am not in the heavy weight
class; and then, I cannot act, like Cor
bett and there is nothing for me to do
but get out. I expect to win, Of course,
but any man may lose a fight and, of
course, there is a chance of my losing
this one. A fighter always takes
chances no matter what he is up
against One thing is sure, if l lose /
will leave the United States
Late in the day White decided to let
Corbett take q little exercise in the
hamdball court, and the champion
played four games, easily winning
three of them. A short walk about 5
o'clock ended his exercise for the day.
Just who will be in Corbett's corner
White, Delaney and McVey will, of
course, second the champion, but who
the fourth man will be is still a matter
of doubt. Corbett has intimated that
he would like to have his brother Joe
behind him, but White favors John
Donaldson, who arrived today and
who has had much experience in that
line. Jimmy COlville, of Boston, will
act as time-keeper for Corbett-
Corbett expects to rise about Z o'clock
tomorrow, but will do no work of any
kind. He will hold a conference with
his trainers, at which final instructions
will be given and a general style OF
battle will be decided upon The start
for the arena will be made about 8
o'clock, the fighter being accompanied
by Brady, White, Delaney, McVey and
Joe Corbett When Corbett reaches his
dressing room he will be thoroughly
rubbed down, and that will end every
thing but the fighting. He will wear
no tights, fighting in short white
trunks and white shoes. He will wear
in the ring the red, Write and blue belt
with green trimmings made for him by
his wife, but will lay it aside before
the call Of time.
FitZSimmons remained indoors nearly
all the afternoon. William Muldoon,
the wrestler. was one of the callers
during the afternoon, and F'itzsimmons
stripped for the purpose of allowing the
wrestler to take a look at his physical
condition. MuldoOn expressed himself
| as greatly pleased with the condition
of FitzsimmOnS, and to a friend he said
he expected that F'itzsimmons had
| most excellent chance to win his fight
| He based his opinion more upon the
| dispositions of the two men than upon
| anything else. He said that the
course of the training which COrbett
| had pursued had made him nervous
and irritable and that Fitzsimmons is
| as cool as possible for any man to be-
and he thinks on this account that
Fitzsimmons has the greater chance of
winning the fight.
II like the course Of training that
| FitZSimmons has pursued said Null
doom, better than that which Corbett
has followed, and with the exception Of
White, who has been with Corbett,
| think FitzsimmonS has had the best
| men in his camp. There is not a man
in Corbett's camp who can come any
| where near Hickey on the point of
science. Corbett has trained for the
| fight by doing the things that he will
be obliged to do in the ring. and he has
trained on very little else. FitzSim-
mons, on the other hand, has done the
sort of work to make him quick and
strong, has not run the risk of making
himself stale by doing what he will be
compelled tcs do whenShe faces his an
| tagonist A man may become intellect
ually stale by training, as well as stale
| in the physical sense, and there is very
| little difference between the two, save
that, perhaps, the mental staleness is
| the worse Of the two.
'I know that Corbett is in the finest
| kind of condition, as far as his body
is concerned, but at the same time, /
! have never seen him SO nervous as he
! is at this time. Fitzsifnmons is as
| steady as it is possible for a man to
| be, and there is not the slightest symp-
| tom of nervousness about him. He will
! fight a careful battle, and if Corbett
be called champion. There are some
things about simmons that 1 do
not like. 1 do not fancy the color of
the whites of his eyes, as I have said
before, but at the same time after look.
ing over the course of training he has
gone through, / must say that 1 like
the amount Of work he has done and
the manner in which he has done it,
FftZsimmons and his party will leave
| the house at Cooks ranch at shortly
after 9 o'clock in the morning, and will
| drive directly to the arena. With him
| will be Julian, Hickey, Stelzer ami
Roeber. These are the men who will
| be with him in his corner, and no other
person will be in the carriage when
they leave his ranch. Louis Houseman,
| of Chicago will be timekeeper.
Upon arrival at the arena Fitzsim-
mons will go directly to his dressing
room, which is on thsaw west side of the
| big frame structuressand after a rub
| down he will be dresked for the fight.
| He will wear black shoes and green
| silk tights. Around his waist he will
have belt of red, whitean blue silk,
| the belt having in it's center an eagle
with wings outspread. The belt will,
however, be taken off as soon as the
| time for the fight arrives and Fitz-