The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-03
BIG FIGHTERS HAPPY
CORBETT'S GOOD HUMOR DUE TO
THE ARRIVAL OF HIS
WIFE.
THE WEATHER PLEASED FITZ.
ABLE TO TAKE A FOUR-MILE
RUN BEHIND A
BUGGY.
EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS MARKED
Where Fftz Tried the Force of His
Blows Against a Slot Striking
Machine.

CARSON, New, March Both of
! the big fighters were happy today. Cor
| belts pleasant frame Of mind was
| brought about largely by the appear
ance of his wife upon the scene Mrs.
Corbett was accompanied by the fight
er's sister, Helen. In honor Of his
wife's visit Corbett concluded to take
holiday, and his trainers were thank
| full for the rest. Mrs Corbett has ev-
| cry confidence in her husbands abil-
! ity to defeat Fitzsimmons Corbett has
| promised to give his wife half Of the
purse. Mrs. Corbett will return to San
! Francisco tomorrow evening"
Fitzsimmons' good humor was due to
| the disappearance of snow and the
! balmy atmosphere. He took advan-
| tage Of the improved condition Of the
roads by running four miles behind
| buggy. Arrived in town, Bob visited
Dan Stuart's headquarters. He was
much interested in a slot machine
which registered the force of a blow,
After much persuasion he agreed to try
his striking powers, and big crowd
watched his performance. Few men
in Carson have been able to roll UP 500
pounds, but F'itZsimmOns had no diff
Guilty in sending the indicator around
| to 800 pounds at the first trial He
| did not repeat the experiment because
he complained of a kink in his wrist.
! Dan Stuart's clerk had invited Cor
| bett to try the machine, but he de-
clined, saying that if his hands were
to be broken he would break them on
| the jaw Of Mr.. Fitzsimmons.
CYo1xT oil 7++ 5oy
at the Fitzsimmons show today. He
worked harder than usual
Entries for the big live bird shoot are
! coming in from all quarters by every
! mall Dan Stuart today made the fol-
| lowing announcement covering the en-
! try:
afternoon of March IT, Immediately on the
conclusion Of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons con-
test The first event will be for the live bird
championship Of the world and the trophy
held by Elliott, $50 entrance and 81 900 added
money. If there are more than five entries
| this event alone will be shot off that day.
| If there be less, the state championship shoot
| will be commenced and concluded If possible
| the same day
On the morning of March IS the great Ne
| vada sweepstakes handicap S. entrance and
half of the gate receipts added, will be shot.
| This will consume all the time not devoted to
the Smith-Green and Hawkins Flaherty con-
tests. With a possible attendance of over
| 10 900, one-half of the gate receipts would net
the marksmen not less than s., 900 to shoot
! for. This will be cut in five moneys, as fol-
! lows: First, 80 per cent; second, %; third, 20;
| fourth, 49, and fifth, 10 per cent.
| Entries may be made with Malachi Hogan
I Chicago, at headquarters here, with agents
! already announced in these dispatches.
! The principal topic Of conversation
! among the legislators today was the
! bill to be offered by Assemblyman
| INar % 1TOin lSh
! belt to be given to the winner of the
| coming contest. Many Legislators have
| expressed themselves in favor of it,
| but 1t is not thought that it will pass.
Assemblyman Dempsey said: "Such
a belt would give the state more ad-
vertisement than anything else that
! | can think Of 1t would be known
as the Nevada belt and would always
go with the heavyweight championship.
| am going to do all l can to push it
through"
The measure is at present being
drafted by Hon. Thomas Tenant, of
! Carson, one of the brightest lawyers
! here, and a man who has served six
terms in the Nevada legislature. The
title Of the bill is: "An act recognizing
! the science of physical culture ethics
! and apprOpriating $4,000 for NeVada's
emblematical testimonial to the winner
/ Of the worlds heavyweight boxing
! championship, commemorative of the
! forthcoming contest at Carson City
March II, 1897"
A big crowd assembled at the rail-
way station yesterday afternoon be-
! fore the arrival of the $3.50 train, be-
! lieving that John L. Sullivan was on
! board. In fact, the whole town turned
! out to gaze at the eX-champiOn. The
big fellow was not among the passen-
! gers, however d. O. Mills, the we'll
known cd
! Francisco to complete the details nee
| essary for the transportation Of visitors
! to and from Reno, ever the Virginia
! City & Truckee railway. He believes
! the road will be well able to handle
! the crowd both ways, and that there
will be no difficulty or delay in getting
people out of Carson
Referee Siler has fallen victim to the
| treacherOus Nevada winter climate
! He is not seriously i'll, however. and
expects to be around again in a day or
two.
AS yet, Dan Stuart has not left his
room. He sat up for two hours yes
| terday, but is as yet very weak, and
has received no visitors other than his
business representatives. Things are
! going quite as smoothly, however, as
II Stuart was at the helm. Delaney
says that Jeffries has been offered n
$l,7OO purse to fight Steiner, in San
| IduClSCU, anu tnaL STEINER said that
the club putting up the purse wanted
| the fight for April l, and he claims he
cannot be there in condition at that
time. as it will be impossible to get
| ready SO soon after the fight between
| Fftzsimmons and Corbett. About the
middle of April. he says, he will fight
Jeffries for money or marbles.
Speaking of Fitzsimmons' work last
night, Martin Julian said: bag
| punching is the kind of exercise Bob
| wants. Boxing does not do him much
good, as he is not a boxer. He fights
| very differently from the accepted
style when he goes into a ring, and
| consequently we get him to depend
more on foot work and punching the
bag to put him in perfect condition"
AS to his ability to stand punish
ment, Julian says: Peter Maher is
the hardest hitter in the business, out
side of Bob, and he hit Bob couple
of times at Langtry, with two blows
| that seemed to be hard enough to
bring any enc down. But Bob stool
them both, and they were foul smashes
at that. With dozens of instances of
this kind to guide my opinion, 1 don't
think that Corbett will hurt Bob very
much before he gets a crack himself
that will bring him down to our man 5
| weight"
RELATIONS RESUMED.