The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-08
He Put Champion Jim to Sleep Ia
Five Rounds,
But IT ALL HAPPENED IN A DREAM,
Great Crowds visited the Punchcrs
at Thcir Training Quarters.
Short Hut Lively Work.

| famous pusilists at Shaw's Springs aud
Cooks ranch. The weather was bad and
| the roads wore worse. but in spite OF all
that the Nevada natives splashed through
the slush that came down from tho noun
tans, for the purpose OF seeing the most
| famous punChers Ia the world. They camc
| early in the morning. but they remained
| late In the evening, They were In stronger
force at Corbetts than at Cooks ranch,
because Corbetts quarters are more easy of
access. and there is u certain air OF un-
popularity attaching 10 Fitzslmmons' big
dog that is calculated TO discourage mis-
| cellanoous cIlling.
Corbett spent his time between breakfast
and noon doing as near nothing as he pos
siby could. Shortly after lunch he took
| up tho mass OF letters that comes to him
| daily, anu began TO read the freak let
tiers. He made rapid prugress with the
| large amount of correspondence. Corbetl
makes IL u rule to answer all letters unless
| they are of too freaky nature to call for
| reply. He is fond OF amusing letters. and
| puts In all the time he can at the work
| without dctracting from his other duttcs
shortly after o'clock this afternoon,
Corbett donned his long bath robe and
hurried into the wood she'd where ho toii.d
| away W .ne ntle wilu.ass WIN Nh,uu ne
develops nls slrohs'n IL ,ne nhhas anu lore-
arms, and then punched the bag for twenty
| minutes. This work over. he sprintcd for
| the hand bali court, and spent three quar-
| tiers OF an hour in the hardest kind Of work.
an gone through without the sliEhtsst rest
,iu mrs. wen. az senil.s, anu Mauo1 NV
~ tr, "a, r,s N'H pr, o"', wy, ~
| Green for round Then McVey came out
| 10 be knocked around the court IN the live
~ ,,,".,,,, iip,'. vno,ts Nm ht" MI.
| cr.l,iona ,,ns "a he,o cinsod v,, thn .orI,s
| aS ,N,,, ,,, -, w., W - ,,,1
| anu ,ar ,hn ,,n,.annn,n~,t. L. tt,
vi .,.,s IT,, a,'S h'' -, ~
| Il, sho,,,ns q n.y., 'i,',. ,to an, 80, ,'
| Woods nut nm HIS hands cnrhctt s,yun,,
| t,,,d nm bis i,f, nma,,,,'tJ. .ar'r,,,o, ,,,,h
| ,or,a ,ba, ,,,, NJ 'o,'i,'' "a,,,."
| IA, room and c,oa,,,I a ,,,,nr,,,a AZ, Mo I'll.
cushion Weeds 4. , ,,n,d "a t,roj ,,n, g.,
| mo main Nm ali ,his iibo,ty Mn hts ,ytrI
protectors dos mo-, su,t hin, M All and no
wndod INFO Corbott as hard ma hc could
but hn did no, wade axtreuo,v inv DOR
bett kept ON nj hie vav ,,aitv AMI NOW
and then mi I'm a left arm poke. inst 10
keen Woods stirred IN woods d,d ma,
like II and so he WIS not working TODAY
Aitor tho champion Ind gone thro,ieh with
Lila trainers four times each. unmutyn aud
Joe Corbett PLAYED hand hall with him
several games being reclpd off I'm raDid sue
cession All told Corbett work cd ,so
and n half hours mud npisbed in excolIcnt
shape, not In the least distressed His
endurance Is certainly remarkabe and no
u,sn not I'm the prime " condition could
begin TO 10 through with IL.
land l VIII keen rich, N, ,o,,,,, -, 49,
until the time of the 6ght and n mo-, No
accidont such o' 10 ,u a5"' any u meet no
man in training vii, s,,', "aPpsn '" aIiy
account Of nnysoi, I, -, 10y sood
fight" he added utusinyly "for !, n, o,, I'll"
hat FitzpImn1nns md myseIf nra "a ,,,
best men I'm the Gghting cuisines ,odaw
There is no man who onn hos, eithcr nno -,
MIR and II we are ever beaten nv nm o,,t. |
slider IL will he nv somebodv ,,ho IT, otn
to school at present. moan hy ,h,t " ,nn. |
the man who ia going TO lir, g,t,aiw,rons
or me has not erown I'm vo, rhn Ill.,.
lies between us two alone. ana no ,yionnr
81 this fight. II If is won Nv ,,i. onh,tn,,
and no ieohnIcali,y win have -, s,.v righe
to cail himself the hes, man in the world -"
There ,cos nntI,;ne, ,,'.' %, en- Wv with
today, cxoopt new dream mn ts;,. az"
nom has turned This ia Ihe thir1 nr sorrih
dream litzsimmons has baa iaa,',,',, .o". W
result Of The frht and ,bcy bayn III ~, ,n
ia one direetion--toward Tho cv,',,as,in,,
Inhalation OF ono James corha,, ~"
] tzsimmons had any dreams foreshaaoyv.
Ing his own defea, no has i,on, r.. |,
himself I'm In date no has ta., ,,, ~, W.
battIes In his s,ocn ,han ~. u" ,""i'
he ring Zinc. ba lsna.d on NJ, ,,as Tvs. AZ I
r,r tho ire, lima mi. w. "o'nu eoast
had won ,ho 49,, 49,, WIS ia,
round ana ,,i' IT, on INV nsnt ~ 'he ihth
,ns .,so hiama5 ,',,'in ae,iaisu tnnt IL Q
,,ndors,and -, '.u anu uis'lhct IKE
,ssShili,v q, =, ,,, naea.anht mere IL no
.5oroh ~ :. " eo'"s "rohs win me on
~ ,oi, ,,o,, 4. Il,
ri,ys,,a, W. 4" was rear as couid be. said q
'-siiipl'n u.s. n
,,.,,'t am tne whoic ming Just as plain as d
' 1hinE On "afti. ! had him going In the
ourtn rpuhu ana then ! Just sailed in and
llhhen II up IN the fifth I'll show You
10" ! ulu H. or rather how dream I did
', ne saih WIN laugh az he rose TO his I
eot' ala IL Just this way" said the =
amy hRhteF' ana ne did combination of I
two-step waltz and kangaroo hop. way
nf ms arms around In a manner that made :
nc air seem tangle OF freokled fists and u
airy arms, closing up with lunge that =
,oui1 have tested the endurance OF slab
boiler plate.
See" he asked. but nobody ala "see" ,
nd so Eitafm,noua ,.,,,t ,a,.a,...l :.