The record-union., 1897-03-08
And Allowed Themselves to be Looked
At by Visitors.
COrbett flakes 1t Warm for His Train
ers and Plays Some Handbail-He
Has Spite Against Woods Pneu-
matte Head Protector, and Stirs
Him Up Lively - FitzsimmOns
Dreams Repeatedly Just How He
VIII Knock His Big Opponent Out
i'm the Fifth Round.


i'm the Fifth Round.
CARSON, March THE good little
boys and the good young men of Car
son City and vicinity who, as a usual
thing spend their Sundays in church
and Sunday school, for the large part
played hockey to-day and made for
mai calls upon the famous pugilists al
Shaws Springs and Cooks ranch. The
weather was bad and the roads worse
than the weather, but in spite of all
this the Nevadans splashed through
the slush and braved the gale that
came sweeping down from the noun
tains for the purpose of seeing the two
most famous punchers in the world
They could do nothing but stand
around and look on, but they did that
to perfection. They came early in the
morning and they remained until late
in the evening. They were in stronger
force at Corbett's than at Cook s
ranch, because Corbett's headquarters
are more easy of access and there is a
certain air of unpopularity to F'itzsim-
mons big dog that is calculated to
discourage miscellaneous calling.
COrbett spent his time between
breakfast and noon doing as near moth
ing as he possibly could, and he came
very near doing the job to perfection
Shortly after lunch he took the mass OF
letters that comes to him daily and
with kid" Egan to open them and to
read the freak letters he made rapid
respOndence. Corbett makes it a rule
to answer all letters that he receives
unless they are of too freak nature to
call for a reply. He is fond of amusing
letters and puts in all time he can at
the work without distracting from his
duties. AT the same time he wishes it
understood that he is not looking for
any greater facilities in answering let
ters than those he now enjoys
Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon
Corbett donned his long bath robe and
hurried into the woodshed, where ne
toiled away at a windlass with which
he develops his strength in the hands
and forearms, and then punched the
bag for twenty minutes. This work
over, he sprinted for the handball court
and spent three-quarters of an hour
in the hardest kind of work, all gone
through without the slightest rest. He
first went at Jeffries and sailed into
him in a manner which made that gen
tleman trifie nervous. Then he took
on Edgren for q round then McVey
came out to be yanked around the
handball court in the liveliest manner
for three minutes wrestling. Finally
have closed up the series of workers.
Jim seems to have especial dislike for
the paraphernalia in which Woods en-
cases himself and he loses no time in
showing it.
The other day as soon as Woods put
up his hands Corbett swung hard on
his left pneumatic ear muff with q
force that sent Woods staggering
across the room and created a puncture
in the air cushion that ornamented the
side of Mr.. Woods classic head. Woods
is q good natured man in the luain, but
all this liberty with his wind protectors
did not suit him at all. and he waded
into COrbett as far as he could but he
did not wade extremely far. COrbett
kept out of his way easily and now and
then put in a left-arm poke Just to keen
Woods stirred UP. Woods did not like
it and SO he was not working to-day.
He will be on hand tomorrow, how
ever. After he had gone through his
trainers four times each, AL Hampton
and Joe Corbett played handball. with
him, several games being rolled off in
rapid succession. All told, Corbett put
i'll nearly two and a half hours of hard
work and finished it all in excellent
shape, not in the least distressed. His
endurance is certainly remarkable and
no man not in the prime of condition
could begin to go through with it. His
fall last night turned out to be of no
consequence whatever, and the cham
pion scoffed at the idea that he couId
be injured by such little thing as
split"
Il never was better in my life" said
Jim, land 1 will keep right on getting
better until the day of the fight. and if
l meet with no accident, such as is
likely to happen to any man in train
ing, | viii give very good account OF
myself. 1t ought to be a good fight" he
said, musingly, ''for it is certain that
Fitz and myself are the two best men
in the fighting business to-day. There
is no man who can beat either of us.
and if we are ever beaten by an out
slider it will be somebody who is going
to school at present. l mean by that
that the man who is going to lick Fitz
or myself has not yet grown up. The
thing lies between us two alone and
the winner Of this fight, if it is won by
fair fighting and on no technicality. will
have every right to call himself the
best man in the world"
There was nothing new at Cook s
ranch to-day except brand new
dream that Fitz turned out. This is
the third or fourth dream Fitz has had
bearing on the result of the fight. and
they have all tended in one direction
toward the everlasting annihilation of
one James j. Corbett If a man could
be dreamed down into utter defeat and
complete obliteration, there is no doubt
that Corbett would have succumbed
long ago. If Fitzsimmons had had any
dreams foreshadowing his own defeat,
he has had the good sense to keep them
to himself. Up to date he has lost no
r1ore battles in his sleep than he has
lost in the ring since he landed on the
Pacific Coast for the first time. This