The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-17
FIGHT WILL BE SHORT
It Is the 0pInlon Of Experts that Fifteen
Rounds Will End Il.
CARSON CITY FILLING WITH VISITORS
Eastrru Specials NcEin to- Hrin. In
the Crowds Experts Opinion nv
I" the Condition of the Men IL
Unanimous tliut Ehry Arc fl. the
Tery pink OfConLttion.

Tery Pink OfC0nLtiion.
| Carson, New, March 1G.-'rhc last IL
hours Of daylight remaining before the
greatest struggle In the history of pu-
gilism begins were ushered in with
lowered skies and n threatening atmos-
phere. Fortunately, however, the sun
came TO the front, and it's glorious rays
dispellcd all gloom.
| The oarly outlook had the effect OF
making bath Corbett and Fitzsimmons
90 little more work than they had in
tended TO do on the day before the
battle. Fearing 10 take any chances un-
der existing atmospherical conditions.
both men eNercisedwith a view to keep
ing their wind up in case of 4 possible
pcStpcnement. Nothing short Of rain or
"A Snowstorm will bring about such n
postponement, however. and all ndica-
| tions tend to show that fair weather
| VIII be vouchsafed tomorrow.
SPECIALS ROLLING IN.
The long looked for specials from east
and west arrived to-day ana discharged
additions to the crowd. which already
mas severely taxed the resources Of the
/ town. But the attendance ut the ring
side VIII not be as large as was anticl-
/ Dated Between 1000 and 5000 peoplc
Will perhaps be a careful estimate OF
| the number who will see the meeting
or the two men, which took nearly two
years and the expenditure of thousands
of dollars to bring about
| Visitors kept arriving and departing
from Shnw's Springs and Cooks Ranch
! all day. and the road between Carson
ana the training quarters presented n
busy scene with it's constant stream of
Eehlcles Of all kinds. p. j. Corbett.
Jim'S father, arrived by one Of tho west
u ,,T an.
liam a. Brady met him and drove him
cat 70 the Springs, where they found
! jim busy entertaining n number or
| friends from all over the States. For
every one the big fellow had a pleasant
erecting and a cheerful, confident word
III iact, Corbett never seemed In better
spirits since he began training than he
did on this, the eve of the contest
fltZsinmons visitors had to wait
some ,ime before Bob put In an appear
ance at the ranch, az he was making
nay Whiie the sun shOnc and taking ad-
sanlasc or the bright spell did some
JoESlng along the road. When he return
sd ana had n rub down he was in evil
dence, and his conversation showed lust
as much faith in his winning star MS his
rival displayed. This overwhelming
coincidence on both sides Is n bit Of y
puzzle to all the sports. 1t Is undouh,-
eaiy genuine in the two men. and tends
TO still further shake the ideas or onv
one who is inclined to wayer about
picking the winner
BOTH MEN CONFIDENT.
IL the victory had to be decided by
.he ~. amount or confidence entertained by
the rivals, the referee would hoyr ;,
much harder task than that which viii
De undertaken by Referee George Silr,
20 morrow. and the contest will proba
3iS DC prolonged to much great er
degree than ii looked for under Queens
pely rules The prevailing opinion
seems TO be TIM, the duration VIII be
limited to fifteen rounds. Judging bv
the betting this number is the favor!te.
Whlie under ten rounds comes in us
second choice. No one is inclined to
Lhihk that the battle will be :. long one.
l>he Interpretation Of the rules which
allows hitting in clinchcs and brcnEl n,I'.
aways appears to account in great
measure for tho popular idea CT u Short
fight
Dan Stuart. it is evident, assumed
Win the majority. since he has put on
the two smaller fights to follow the, Rio
event. The betting remained about thc ,i,
same all day There Is plenty OF Cor
bett money in sight but ITi;zsimmons'
oaSh is not forthcoming In sufficient
quantity To make the pencillcrs change
the odds OF 6ia 10 10 on the Californian.
1t was not quite the day of rest m
IL
though both men laid UP considerably
and dispensed with the sparring enl 81
the programme entirely. Corbet: PLAYED
three games Of handbai and then took u
turn at the punching bag in the morn
ing. Light foCt work in the hand bail
court followed and then jim was rubbed
down. After he was dressed he received
callers and stood chatting outside the
court for nearly half an hour. Corbett
was IN Il particularly cheerful hii;nCr
and seemed much pleased at the num-
Der Of his visitors.
TRAINERS ARE HAPPY.
Among those who drove out 10 the
springs were Ida Fuller. whose sister La
l,oie, is an Cid friend cf the Californian.
ELY Woods and .Jenrics were about as
contended Il looking pair as could be
found III the vicinity to-day, since they
had rest from Jim's gentle manipnla-
tons. McVey also wore q jaunty smile,
which was absent during the days when
his head was battered against the wood
Ell walls OF the gymnasium. Later in
the afternoon lin went for a short walk
and came home with a series Of sprints.
AT Cooks ranch, Hickey and StenZlar
had time TO compare notes on past in
jures as they were not scheduled to nut
on the gloves. RGeber, however had to
push and shove for few minutes while
the champion tried his wind Bob then
took a turn at the bag and sprinted
round the yard n few times. 4 little
road work .wcUnl M the Drnp pnpljp.r