The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-16
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Charley White said this afternoon
that he is more than pleased with tn;
result of his work with Corbett and
that it will be impossible for the cham
pion to ever get in better fighting shape
than he is at the present time
He is in shape to fight for his life
right now" said White, land he will bt
little better if anything, when he goe:
into the ring
CORBETTS PLAN OF BATTLE.
When asked If Corbett had definitely
decided upon his plan Of battle, White
replied:
Certainly he has, but you cannot ex-
pect that ne will say anything about
that at the present time. will say
this, however. that Jim is going TO fight
a careful battle and he win take nc
chances any more than come TO the
common lot Of the fighter when he gets
20 work with Fitzsimmons. 1 cannot
| say of course, how many rounds the
fight will last, for it is very difficult
thing to say who is going to be the win
ner, and how long time il is going to
|
ever, that it will be a very long fight.
Certainly, the longer it is, the better are
the chances of Corbett's winning. Now,
1 know that Fitzsimmons is in good
shape and, in my opinion, If the fight de-
| pended upon condition alone the men
would be able to fight until night and
/ the fight would then be declared a
draw.
FITS BEST WEIGHT.
81 have been with Fftzsimmons in
many of his fights, and have helped to
train him. He is in the habit of keep
| ing himself in training most of the time
and he has such a robust constitution
/ that it never takes him long to train in
the finest sort Of shape, when he once
starts at il. 1 understand that he is
rather fine, but / doubt if he is any I'M
der 160 pounds. He can fight best at
from $50 to 164 and his best weight is
/ 162 When Fitzsimmons is at that
weight he is fit to fight any man in the
world, no matter how big that man may
be. / consider Fftzsimmons at 1872
pounds one Of the greatest fighters the
! world has ever seen and no man has the
right to overlook him in anything. I
known that he has trained carefully for
this fight, and L know what it means
when he trains we'll for anything.
''It seems that he is an exceedingly
dangerous man for any one to tackle. L
think, however, that Corbett will be at
him without any great trouble. and
when l say what have about FitZsim-
mons you can see what I think OF Cor
bett and his condition. I have been con-
fident from the start that Jim would
win the battle and l am more confident
than ever now. We will pay a great
deal OF attention to his wind from now
on, as, without great care, the wind is
likely 10 be affected up here by muggy
weather. Corbett is perfect in that par
ticular now and We intend to keep him
500
CORBETT SWEARS TO 1T.
The champion was as confident OF
victory as his trainer.
II never felt so well before and know
could not possibly be in better condi
ton for fighting" said the champion as
the trainers rubbed him down after the
final boxing bout today.
Il am in perfect shape for the battle
and I'm going TO win il. There has
been some talk about my overconfdence
but my critics will see Wednesday that
I know what 1 am talking about when
say that will whip Fitzsimnons. 1
have been waiting long time TO get
crack at that fellow and it is sure
thing that I will not lose the opportunity
10 stop his talk about his ability to best
me. 1 am more than satisfied with the
manner in which my trainers have
handled me and if l lose il will not be
their fault
FITS TRAINING OVER.
F'itzsimmons wound UP his work Of
preparation today and announced that
from now on he would do very little. He
was UP early this morning and took
jaunt around the ranch yard before
breakfast. Afterwards he walked at a
good gait TO the penitentiary, his usual
morning route. and logged back, cover
ing the distance in half the time occu-
pied in going out He loafed around the
house and grounds until after dinner
and did no more until the arrival of Al
Smith, the stakeholder, who came out
by invitation TO see some Of his work
and inform himself OF Fitzsimmons'
physical condition. He worked at the
bag and boxed with Hickey and Roeber
but did not devote as much time as has
been customary to the exercises. He
simply did enough 10 show Smith his
methods Of work and its character.
When told by Stenzler not 10 90 any
more he went TO his dressing rooms and
hal
in order to see in what shape his mus
cies were.
Roeber. Hickey and Tenzler are en-
thusiastic about the condition of their
man and have no doubt of his winning
the fight. Fitzsimmons will proba bly,
weigh in at not far from $50 pounds.
and the chances are that he will enter
he ring al rather over than under that
figure. He long ago abandoned the idea
OF getting down 10 the middleweight or
limit. or, at least 50 his trainers say,
and thought that il would hardly do 10
allow Corbett as much advantage in
weight as he would possess If Fitzsim-
mons entered the ring weighing under
100 pounds The champion viii weigh
between $50 and is pounds and Fitz-
simmons thought that . pounds was a
trifle too much 10 give away in a cham
pionship fight. He has been most care
ful in concealing his weight. but his
trainers have given out the idea that he
viii not fight at the middleweight limit
FITZ SAYS so. HIMEIF.
There's nothing the matter with nv
condition" said FitZsimmons this morn
ing. land all my friends may rest as !
sared that l will give better account |
OF myself after l am in the ring than
Corbstt viii. l know that they are play (