Evening star., 1897-03-13
Preparing For the Coming Contest
at Carson.
TRAINING OF THE Two PUGILISTS
Convicts at the Penitentiary Reck-
lessIy Betting Their Tobacco.


tinued today his vigorous training He
started in with a ten-nie run over the
rough mountain roads. accompanied by
Jeffries and a sprinter two. and follow
ed ny a good-sized escort of mounted news
paper men. For almost the entire dis
tance he kept up his swinging dog trot
and emerged from his rub down at the
finish fresh as a three-year-old broncno-
few hours rest and by means light
luncheon Put him in shape for The hard
work of the afternoon. He began it as
usual with half hour of wrist exercise
ana followed ii up with vicious punch
ing of the bag in chilly bath shed Five
games of hand ball with his brother Joe
as Il partner the next number on the
program. and the champion was put in
excellent humor by winning three of the
hve games. He then took McVey for
a three-minute wrestling boat. and left tfe
big fellow badly winded and somewhat
bruised by the vigor of the exercise.
Without moments inteTmission .Ieffries
was given three minutes of hot sparri1g
and Joe Corbett followed with similar
amount of the same work Billy Woods
was then taken into the arena for practice
in the style of fighting which the agree
Julian and Brady Is likly to make one of
the features of the fight. Corbett demon
stTated his AGILITY to make it very inter-
est1ng for his opponent Ia this sort of work
and Woods punishment. despite his pneu-
mauc armor. was unusually severe
fach OF the men was given four rounds.
Corbett taking no rest between times.
Trainer White expressed his entire sat atis-
faction with the champions ability to Leaf
Fitzsimmons at close fighting.
f1tzsimnlons is near the fine edge neces-
sary TO put him in the ring in the finest
possible condition. and he and his train
ers are working very carefully to avoid
drawing his conditiC1 too fine. The prob
ability Is that a present FiJzsimmons will
tlr IN
limit
The fever OF battle prevails in all sec
lions in Nevada. particularly IN Carson
city The small boys tax il increasingly:
their elders discuss it on the street corners
and IL the saloors. and the members of
the legislature. which is still in session. do
much talking on the hitting ability OF Fitz-
simmons and CCrbett, ard they also up
much valuable time in discussing ri,nt
and left hooks. short-arm jabs and straight
leads.
Popular Topic at the Penitentiary.
The hotbed OF all this sporting fever
hevevor, is the penitentiary, just south
west of the town. Some 800 conv1cts are
confined there. and many of them being
engaged in outdoor work have several
times seen Corbett pass the place on his
daily runs. and nearly every day ;hey see
Boz Fitzsimmons. with his aggressively
red hair and his startling blue sweater. go
past on his way to and from the city.
ard are showing themselves sporty 10
the best of their ratiors of tobacco. their
half-holidays and every privilege which
the rules of the Institution will allow them
to stake ON the result of the battle the
nth Their betting is all the more fierce
because there is TO possible show OF their
being able TO witness the fight or any part
Of II.
The warden Of the penitentiary said this
morning that the convicts were about
equally divided between Corbett and Fitz-
simmons, and that there were fifty men
in the place who. if their favorite is beaten
will SO without tobacco for the next three
years
Seven Thousand Expected.
This mornings train brought only the
usual number of people who have reached
here every day this week less than a
dozen. No specials are expected in before
Monday night or Tuesday morning and the
largest number will not come before We'd
Eesday morning. 1t Is not known definitely
how many seats have been sold. but the
telegraph and the letter orders are re-
ceived in every mail. and IL is believed from
present indications that 1.o"n people will
witness the fight. not many as has been
anticipated by Stuart. but enough TO pay
the stake money and a large part, if not
all OF the expenses
Dan Stuart Warned.
Dan Stuart has received a letter which
has created considerable amusement. The
letter was dated Pasadena. Cal. the writer
stating that he was in San Francisco about
TWO weeks ago. and while in a resort of
bad men" he overheard two of them talk
ing about a plan to raid the box office at
Carson. so he wanted to warn Stuart in
order that he might be the lookout"
Stuart laughingly referred to the letter
while talking with Sheriff Kinney. and
said short work would be made of any
man who attempted to raid his Office.
Yes, said The sheriff. Il would like to
see them get out of Carson The town is
in a short valley. surrounded by mountains
and with deputy sheriffs a each end of the
main streets. the only method of escape
would be over the snow covered peaks.
hesitate 10 take for fear of death by cold
or starvation"
No Large wager..
No large wagers are being made on the
hsht although thousands of dollars are
said TO be ready to be put up.
All Corbett's pool rooms. In San Fran
cisco. s7.ocu has been placed so far on the
hight but in small bets. seldom exceeding
s5B
was definitely arranged, have been hold
ing cut for odds OF 1o TO Z. and Yesterday
there was more of the Cornish mans
mC Hey offering a; that odds than the Cor
bett admirers wanted to take At White
heads pool room in San Francisco there
Was considerable F'itzsimmons morey at
tiidt price. Dut no takers. COrbetts back
trs are holding back for better odds and
they say that by next Tuesday they can
place their money on even terms The San
Francisco pool sellers do not look for anv
DISK betting or expect that they can place
AIRY large amount befor. Monday eyninp
Time Keeper Selected.
Fitzsimmons has selected l.. NJ. House-
man OF Chicago as time keeper for III.
fight.
The big gong. which is 10 sound the
Toui.ds. was put in place this morning For
many years IL has been in use In a n,ine
al Virginia city. giving signals for The
lowering and hosting of cars
The Gloves to- he lsed.
The gloves with which the battle is IN h.
fought were brought TO Dan Stuarfs Office
today by representatives OF Corbett and
Fitzsimmons. Brady acting for the former
End Julian for the latter. Brady threw
down Coz belts gloves first. Julian looked
them over carefully and pronounced them
ali right They were then we.xn-d ano
found TO be OF the stipulated weight.