The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-06
BOTH DOING FINE WORK
lhee Californian and Cornlshman Getting in
Form for St. PatrlCk's DAY.
CORBETT TRAPPING, BOXING, HAND BALL
me Chnnipi0n f'utx In ~ EnII nnx
tt4lel.lt4tss A44..st.le.+,..A ...ii.,m 4.
'hc s'nit nj which Rtc Hopes TO R.ci
Ftz aA"vc it--Fitz Equally lInrua,
Woris Dnrin& the ;,ny.

carson. New. March I.-'rhe Nort,,. I.
MtS'er' WHICH blew up last night left thc
r,SitMaSs ,,.n,,,a as dry as a board All tho
pugilis.s We're out on The ro,d befor,,
noon ana each or them worked oft ~
.ie .!' satisfaction of The critics The chief
interest centred about Corbelt. He hn,l
placllcaily lonred for two DAYS. Brca1,
lust out OF the way. Jim threw on n
s,Mea,Sr ,, and called out his dog, Lnddic.
IoEether they ramblcd over illc hi.
~ The direction OF Empire. dist,,rh,n,. =
lew 1ackrabhitts and dOdEIIr- DroiIn,i
innunlerable buuldprs 'i''
oinett does not fancy road worI,
tle CLAIMS that It stlTens his legs and
s,nneuGs IS ms rapid foot-work which
saves him SO many blows rinr 1,,,,a,.
he jugglcd with the wrist mnci,iua ro,.
u quarter Of an hour before tacklinE Inc
nuE: inning himself. he hooked The hnll
M,'ai NJ, ms leit continually for ten min
u.eS ana punched II with viror win
97Iaisn rlght and left for ten moro
om, u' IsttlS 1stiS over TO the court, he called
fun began. N> CIV e'u ny
CORBETT AT WORK.
The bulky Citrus belt puriI,st 10 81,
proving every day His orders, ,vern 49,, -
NvSp Ne coming, ana he Followed them out
When jim backed into II corner Jnf-
','eS invariably caught It ana n chorus,
IN went up from the female
t, Three minutes Of hard wor),
ielt Jeiiries putting but two ,itt,n
streams or pelsniration tricl,lin,r ,ia,',
~ pttt cheeks was the only evidence
.lt ..llt nc had been working. His rellows
Mrit npernting beautifully lGdgren Is
TIry lriick on feet but lacks ryprricncn'
~, ~ iAsnes out with his right as though
ne were throwing II 1c-puun6 hn,,,,,sn - ;.
ana before he gains his hoia,,nn Iis,,
uu.s III few OH the body ana norhuns
u zap on the jaw. lie coat.hns. :.
berke'eE giant continually. 80
Coh McVey was roughly hnndl.d -,
cuIpett IN their wrestling bout which
!olIoWcd Edgren's bout. Uc nunnaro,,
10 be perfectly helpless ana lin Ia hongeu ~,
MN ~ against the wall time and
'Snih' humping his breast mnnu.htIc :
IL was Eilly Woods. however, vino H.
luStralea ,;, the champions hitting nnwnr
Nv. m.'n ,f ms aEmor blown up he struttcd
out only To be polinccd on lilo , ,,,,d
cat Right and left jim slne,.sd - ~" ni,si
on me jaw, and when his guard wrnt
UP ne caught 1t on the breast. win Ion,.
lihse Straight drives, or lightning IN,
pnr-cuis Each of the four men Went
,,nrouSn TOUR rounds of three minutes
r'e' ore Jim was satisfied. Then brothc,
Joe and Al. Hampton pIayad hin, ,,,,a
games of handball each, after whlrh ha
called IL 4 days work ''Ss
At FITz'S QUARTERS.
over at Fltzsimmons' quarters the
Suiaiion programme went through
W.thout a hitch. Bob took a morning
walk ana a rub down and put in two
nours In The afternoon, wrestling win
lioeber srarrlng with Hickey and stem
E,er ana punching the bag. Very few
SPECTATORS paid admission ia tha ,.vm
hasIum, and altogether ii was a dull day
around the Cornishman's cottage. Few
| people arrived to-day and no Celebrities
were reported on the road
me Western Union brought in two ad.
ultional wires from Reno this morninp
mus increasing their facilities ia ninn
circuits, five Of which are uuadruDled
ana two Wheatstone. The time Of trans
mission TO the East has been reduced
| 10 a minimum