Evening star., 1897-03-16
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occasional remarks regarding his antagon-
ist Of tomorrow in q somewhat uncompN-
mentary vein usual to his opinions of the
auburn-baired pugilist- Trainers White
and Delaney did not allow their man out
of their sight. watching him with solici-
tude that was comically hen-like.
I'VE have got him to just the point we
want him.. said Delaney, land don't in
tend to let him run any risk of any kind"
The big fighter accepted the close guar
dianship good-naturedly. though he fire.
Quently reminded his trainers that he real
lied the Importance Of being careful. The
curious crowds who thronged the vicinity
of Shaw's Springs all day were vigorously
excluded from Corbetts quarters, White
having announced that his man must be
Kept quiet and away from all excitement.
The champions father arrived on the
early train from the east and received a
warm welcome when he reached the camp
Harry and Joe Corbett. with their father,
spent the greater part of the day with
their pug1lfstic relative. all of them being
confident that victory awaits Jim tomor-
row.
During the forenoon and afternoon Cor
bett took several short walks but was
permitted very little of any other sort Of
exercise.
Trying to Keep Cool.
Among the subtrainers and other at
taches of the camp there was an apparent
effort to conceal the intense interest and
excitement resulting from the near ap-
rroach of the event Of the Celtic Saint 8
day. Big Jeffries and McVey nervously
paced back and forth through the quarters
CT aWkwardly joked with their acquaint-
ances, keeping as much as possible out of
the sight of the chief. Jolly little KID
Egan. who through the month of hard
work has been the fun maker of the camp,
was fun of lily suppressed enthusiasm, his
long association with Corbett having made
1t impossible for him to see any possibility
Ip1a oy,l
White. both veterans of the training quar-
ter. were more self-contained, but even
Iney gave some evidences of nervousness.
Throughout the camp from the cook and
barkeeper to the champion, a feeling of
confidence prevailed
We can't lose!' was the unanimous SEN
tfment. and sentiment which found fre-
qGent and vigorous expression.
From o'clock in the morning until late
at night the camp was besieged by visitors.
All sorts of vehicles from stage coach to
bikes crowded the inclosure about the
heavy and murky little bar hoom and did
a business which left the Oldest inhabitant
dumb with astonfshment.
Nearly All Corbett Admirers,
The constantly shifting crowd were al
most all of them Corbett admirers, and the
man who had bet cheap cigar and the
one who had wagered his bank account
We'd with each other in singing the praises
of him who had licked John L., and who
wouldn't do thing, oh, no. not a thing to
Fitzsimmons. as the barkeeper put it.
The enthusiasts were much disappointed
at not being allowed to see and talk to
their favorite, who firmly refused the fire.
quent requests.
You can just say for me- said Corbett,
as he sat at luncheon with his father and
brothers. that I am going to win l have
waited long time to get crack at Fitz-
simmons, and now / intend to show him
what l can do 1 don't want to do any
talking. There will he something to do
besides talk, and then l will show the
public that my confidence is well founded"
Corbett will enter the ring weighing
close to 1S5 pounds, rather over that figure
than under it. His exact weight has been
kept secret by his trainers for various rea-
sons.
Where Fftzsimmons Trains.
Things were very quiet at Cooks Ranch
today and but for the great number of
visitors who all day filed the road going
in the direction of Fits training quarters
there would have been but little going on.
Fitzsimmors took short run in the morn
ing and walk in the afternoon just to
keep his wind in good condition. but he took
no violent exercise and for the greater part
of the day he remained in his quarters
Not mary of his visitors were admitted
to see him and the throng could only get
a glimpse of the red-haired fighter as ha
stroiled around the yard His big dog Var
rum was of service in keeping the visitors
from the house, for although he does not
fly at everybody who comes near yet Var
rum has a general air of unsociablity and
a pair of wicked looking yellow eyes that
form combination not calculated to induce
familiarity.
Julian was around the ranch for the
greater part of the day with the excep-
ton of a short time when he drove to
town. He said that there was no doubt
that there would be fight tomorrow. bly
declined u say anything about the trou-
Ole he mad with Dan Stuart last night over
the receipts from the exhibition Of the
photographs. He expressed the most un-
bounded confidence in the prowess of
his auburn-topped brother-in-law and said:
Il will give you one pointer and that is
if you are going to put up any money on
this fight just put it up on FitZ, for he is
a SIRE winner"
When asked if he did not think that the
superior weight of Corbett would be ser-
Gus handicap to FitZ, Julian said Il think
that Fitz can whip any man in the world
TO matter what his weight may be- /
know that Corsett will be much heavier
thar Bob. but it will not do him any good.
F!z will win that fight as sure as the men
enter the ring"
Julian prolific in promises of sue
cess fer Fits, and cannot see how he can
lose.
Twenty Pounds Lighter Than COrbctt
Fitz will enter the ring at very close to
1f5 pounds. which will be just about twen-
ty pounds under the weight of Cor5ett.
This is just about the weight at which
Charley White, the trainer of Corbett, had
declared to be the best fighting weight of
Ftz and at which he said that Fi;zsim-
mons is fit to fight for his life with the
best man in the world. no matter wkc he
might be.
Fi.zsimmons would not express an opinion
regarding the outcome different from that
which he has uttered many times and
that is that he is sure winner. He old
rot boast and appear any too confident hut
at the same time there was not the slight
est lack of confidence in his ability 70 win
He did not conceal the fact that he knew
well that he is about to go against a hard
proposition and he had the air Of a man
who did not fear to encounter the danger
ehich he did not in any way underrate
He said he rather expected that Corbett
would be the favorite and that it was
natural that he should be so, but he re-
marked with a grin: "Favorites have been
beaten before now and one is going to be