The San Francisco call., 1897-03-06

trifie, however; in fact, he seems rather
proud OF 1t.
"It means" he said in his usual off
hand way to-day, That when l box with
my trainers they have no instructions TO
go easy. as have reason to believe is the
case out at Shaws Springs. My boys are
told to lay 1t on the best they know how,
and you can bet that they do it. In con-
sequence | get some action and get used to
hard knocks. You see 1 am training for "a
fight and not nice little parlor exhibi-
uion. And l sail into my men as if / mean
to nut them out, and they expect 1t.
Look at that eye on Roeber. Isn't that a
peach p
Corbett was out on the road, too, during
the forenoon, taking about a nine-mile
tramp. After luncheon he punched the
bag, boxed, played hand-ball, worked the
wrist machine and skipped the rope. 1t
was about the heaviest days work he did
this week Now that his wife and sister
have returned to San Francisco be has
started in to finish up his training with
more zeal than ever, and from the appear
ance of things the only fear his trainers
will have is that ne might do too much
work.
Dan Stuart did not come out for a SUM-
ming to-day, as has been the case since he
reached q convalescent state. The weather
was too threatening and his doctors Or
dered him to stay indoors. AS matter of
fact the genial, big Texan is not round
ing-to as rapidly as had been hoped for.
The effects of the pneumonia still cling to
him, and his friends are beginning to
doubt seriously whether he will be well
and strong enough to take charge of the
big carnival on the 18th of March. But
he has able assistants, and even if he is
forced to keep in his apartments the great
project will be carried through success
fully just the same.
Tn ere is no longer any doubt about the
intention OF many women to attend the
Corbett- FitZsimmons contest. The first
ticket to admit woman was SOLD to the
wife OF prominent Carson resident sew
eral days ago. She will accompany her
husband and occupy a box close to the
ring.
Since then applications have come in
for over fifty seats for women-appli-
cations coming from various parts of the
United States-and Secretary Wheelock
says is confident that ON the day of the
contest there will be at least 1905 of the
fair sex present.
Escorted by Architect Donohoe l spent
nearly an hour to-day in the arena where
the three big battles are to be fought
The structure is so near completion now
that one can form fair idea of what a
mammoth affair it is. 1t is a verltabe re-
production of the famous Coliseum of
Rome, except that it is more circular In
form that oval shaped. l clim bed over
the seats to the very last row in order to
ascertain what sort of view one could
obtain from that point, and was really
surprised. The tiers rise so sharply one
above the other that there can be abso-
lutely no obstruction to a com plete view
OF the ring. The last row is just $50 feet
from the ropes, but owing to the perfect
arrangement of the seats this cannot be
con sidered drawback at all.
These back seats will not be reserved
and will be sold for S5 each. Separate en-
frances and staircases are to be provided
for each section, SO that there Will be no
chance of confusion when the crowd
arrives. A Gordon of barbed wire will
separate each of the divisions, thus pre-
venting the usurpation of reserved seats.
A cowboy tournament is one of the lat
est additions to the carnival programme.
This fea ture will take place on the race
track on the 10Th and 10Th inst. Jimmy"