The evening times., 1897-02-23

Carson, New, Feb GA dispatch to
the New York Journal states: Corbeti
| Put in complete day OF training al
| shaw's Springs yesterday. He arose early
] and went in for a sponge bath and hand
rubbing, and after that came a half hour
OF exercise with the dumbbells in his room.
Breakfast was had at 8 O'Clock, and Jim
rested forty minutes or so. He then ar
rayed himself in loose working suit and
took a turn at the pulley weights. Ten
brief minutes OF this thing sufficed, and
| he skipped into the handball court. Brother
| Joe was there, all stripped and ready To
meet him, and pretty soon the ball was
banging the wooden walls and feet were
rapidly shuffling over resined floor The
honors were fairly even, one game sue
ceeding another until fifteen minutes had
passed.
Eoxer Billy Woods then came on the
scene. lie was minus Ills mask, as this
particular IOrtion of his blow proof is
underf ong repairs. He were lis inflated
lo1y protector, however, and Jim whaneed
away at Woods ribs and stomach to his
hearts content. Joe Corbctt relieved
Woods occasionally, and the two brothers
had several outs Of neat and rapid spar
ring. The IoXing exercise ended for 1ifty
minutes, and Corbett tapered off with
ten minutes battering at the punching bag.
He had the referee put in two hours of
solid work, the rests he took being so
turling that they scarcely deserved the
mention.
nf fay
no symptoms of distressed breathing when
he placed himself in the hands of his rub
bers When asked il everything was pro-
crossing TO his liking he said that the cold
atmosphere was a little sharp at times.
But he believed. however, that il was better
to have it that way, as il added zest TO
his work and sharpened his appetite to
the extent that he was always as hungry
as a wolf when meal time arrived. He
owned up to being in the best OF health and
spirits He had no small ailments to
trouble him. and, as he has remarked on
former occaSio he was simply inclined TO
chafe a little because so much time would
elapSe before he would enter the ring.
Corbett's trainers think that the cold
spell at present is just the thing for him.
They remark that his color has vastly i'm
proved, and that he is full OF life. They
say they had all kinds OF breads OF the high
altitude before coming here, but that they
now are in love with it.
Said Billy Woods: Jim was trained TO
the hour. so far as that goes. the day he
arrived in Carson. He was as hard as "A
rock. ami his lungs were in good working
order. hut the atmosphere around here has
l,f d nffls
ened him m every movement, and believe,
as Jim does, that he viii be as well in
every way " henhe meets FitzSimmons as he
was on the night that he boxed Sullivan
at New Orleans"
The afternoons work was on the same
lines as that OF the morning, and lasted
equally as long When it was over Billy
Woods and joe Corbctt were glad to go
to their rooms and throw themselves on
their beds 10 rest, but nervous. active Jim
was never still He lomped with LaGdie-
his favorite collie, and he roved about
among the visitors, chatting on common
place subjects, and carefully avoiding any
thing approaching discussions Of tie coming
fight. Later in the day ne remarked to
the Journal man that he rad learned that
FitzSmn ons was suffering from cold
Now. / will tell you,' said Jim, Il am
not doubling for a moment that FitZsim-
mons has this cold. In fact, 1 am pretty
sure OF 1T. ! believe, though, that he won't
improve in health as the days go by 1t is
his nature / am sure, to worry himself
sick, while l am quite the reverse. 1 am
not saying. mind you, that this fellow is
looking for a hole to escape through.
really believe that he means fight this time,
and that he viii face the music. He is a
pretty hard fellow to get into the ring and
he is extremely dangerous once you get
him there. He is a big bunch Of muscles
and sinew ws without an ounce OF superflu0uS
flesh. He has good wind and can hit a ter
rible punch. He is tricky, too, and when
/ get n front of him will have to watch
him like d cat
But be doesn't get along the same as
/ do when q fight is drawing near He
worries until it tells on his physical con-
dition. and. as consequence, If he is
under the weather he gets little worse
every day On the other hand, i'm
prove. l eat better, sleep better, aud work
better. so that when the time comes i am
as well as it is possible for me to be-"
The Journals representative said of
Fitzsimmons ION my way out to Cooks