The record-union., 1897-03-02

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ing With Jeffries, ricvey, Edgren,
Woods and Joe Corbett.
| CARSON New. March 1.-March
came in like a lion at Carson. A wet
snow, driven by cold westerly winds,
made very disagreeable the early
morning hours. About noon, however,
the sun came out, and in the afternoon
the weather was quite mild.
Though the conditions were not fa-
Vorable for outdoor work, FitZsim-
mons tackled on behind a cart driven
| by Steiner and came to town early
this morning. Fitzsimmons makes his
headquarters when in town at Stuart's
Office, and there he spent an hour or
more reading the papers and writing
letters. Some enterprising inventor
sent a new device for exercising the
wrist and forearm to Stuart with a re-
quest that the big fighters give it
trial. Bob tried ii a few minutes but
decided that it was not of much ac-
count, saying he guessed he could get
enough exercise with his present out
mt Tor all purposes without adding any
new instruments into his quarters.
The New Zealander feels first-class
since his cold disappeared, and says
that he is doing all the work neces-
sary, as he is in condition already. He
said to an Associated Press representa-
tive that all the talk about him not
doing enough work was silly; that he
was almost in fighting shape when he
arrived in Nevada, and what with his
nr.l- c.fp
of training before him there need be no
fear that he will not be ready on the
day set for the fight. The auburn
haired fighter did his usual amount of
afternoon work in the gymnasium,
keeping his three trainers on the jump
for an hour, finishing up with a rub
down and alcohol bath.
Jim Corbett changed his routine la
bors to-day. He cut out handbaH.
contenting himself with bag-punching
and boxing. His bout at the latter
was unusually interesting to the crowd
Of newspaper correspondents and a few
visitors .lSsaa Virginia City and other
nearby towns. The champion has
five men in waiting to take turns with
the gloves, Jeffries, McVey, Edgren.
Woods and Jim Corbett, sparring with
each other in the order named, with
out a moments intermission. for two
rounds each, with the exception of
Jeffries, who came in for three rounds.
The representative of the Associated
Press held the watch and called time
at the end of each three minute round.
For thirty-three minutes Corbett kept
at 1t, changing men at the end of each
round. 1t was noticed that each man
used q different style in fighting the
champion. JeffrfeS, who is the strong
est, does rushing work.
Much has been sent out from Carson
about COrbett's sparring with Jeffries,
some claiming that Jeffries gave the
champion all he could do to avoid his
rushes. AS matter of fact, Jeffries'
instructions are to rush and corner Jim
if possible, giving the champion prac-
tice at extricating himself from tight
places. He allows the big fellow to COR
ner him, but usually gets away with
out having the glove put on him. He
reaches Jeffries when and where he
pleases.
In his bout this morning with the
new aspirant for championship honors,
Corbett landed a particularly vicious
uppercut, which caused Jeffries Jaws
to come together with a snap Unfor-
tunately his tongue was caught be-
tween them. and for several seconds
the big fellow held his jaws with both
hands and howled with pain.
Joe Corbett is the quickest with the
gloves of all the trainers and to him
falls the duty of trying to reach his
big brothers jaw with right hand
swings a la Fitzsmmons. So far,
however, he has failed to connect with
the desired spot. Jim does not counter
on Joe when the latter misses but
contents himself with a few left jabs
on his brothers face by way of variety.
The hard punches are usually reserved
for Billy Woods. Even with the pro-
lection of his armor, Woods lot is not
a happy one.
1t is understood that Jim Will do no
work Tomorrow as he is expecting
his Wife up from San Francisco 20
spend the day.
Dan Stuart was able to walk about
his apartments to-day. AS soon as
he is able, he will probably go to Cali
fornia for a week to recover his
strength.
Work is going on at a rapid rate at
the fair grounds, and the arena is ex-
pected to be completed by next Sun
day or Monday. The tickets are said
to be going at a great rate. most of the
purchases being choice seats near the
ring side.