The record-union., 1897-03-17

doing things that he will be obliged to
do in the ring, and he has trained on
very little else. Fitzsimmons on the
other hand, has done the sort of work
| to make him strong and quick, and has
| run no risk OF making himself stale by
doing what he will be compelled to do
when he faces his antagonist. A man
may become Intellectually stale by
training as we'll as stale in the physi-
cal sense, and there is very little diff
ference between the two, save that per-
| hapS mental staleneSs is the worst of
the two. l know Corbett is in the finest
| sort of condition as far as his body is
| concerned, but at the same time I have
| never seen him so nervous as he is at
| this time.
'Fitz is as steady as it is possible for
a man to be, and there is not the slight
est symptom of nervousness about him.
| He will fight a careful battle and if
| Corbett beats him he will be truly en-
titled to be called the champion. There
are some things about Fitz that l do
not like. l do not fancy the color of
the whites of his eyes, as 1 have said
before, but at the same time, after
looking over the course of training he
has gone through, l must say that
like the amount of work he has done
| and the manner in which he has done
it."
Fitz and his party will leave the
| house at Cooks ranch shortly after 9
O'Clock in the morning and drive direct
ly to the arena. With him will be
Julian, Hickey, Steiner and Roeber
| These are the men who will be with
him in his corner. and no other person
| will be in the carriage when they leave
| his ranch. Louis Houseman of Chi
cago will be timekeeper. From the
house where F'itz has done all of his
! work it is about three miles to the
arena. and it usually takes about twen-
ty minutes to cover the distance
On his arrival at the arena Fitz-
simmons will go directly to his dress
ing-room, which is on the west side of
| the big frame structure, and after a
rub down will be dressed for the fight
He will wear black shoes and green
silk tights. Around his waist he will
have belt of red, white and blue silk
the belt having in it's center an eagle
| with wings spread in the position of
the bird on the half dollar The belt
| however, viii be taken off as soon as
| the time for the fight arrives, and
Fitzsimmons will fight in the green
| tights alone.
Charley Mitchell has come to the
front with a challenge to fight the win
ner, the following cabegram having
been received by George Siler, referee:
Mitchell has deposited a forfeit of
$500 with the Sporting Life to fight
the winner for f2,000 or Sullivan, with
in any reasonable time either in Eng
land or America Kindly cable re-
ply. ATKINSON, Sporting Life
This is the second challenge that has
been made to the winner, the first be-
ing that of Billy Madden, who on Sat
urday attempted to get the two men to
say that in the event of victory they
would fight Joe Goddard There are
others to come, and it is likely the Win
rer may be challenged by Peter Maher,
Denver Ed Smith and Tom Sharkey. 1t
is not likely that either man will pay
any attention to the challenges There
is much money in the fight beside the
purse that has been offered, and
neither rnearis prepared to throw away
the chance of making money by exhi-
billions and theatrical enterprises that
Will be his for a year at least after the
fight.
Parson Davies brought with him
George Armstrong, a siXfooter, who
has won five fights and drawn one, with
the expectation of making a match
with Jeffries but he has been unable to
do anything thus far, as everyone is
too busy to talk about future contests.
The "Parson' has Jimmy Barry also
in tow, he getting in tonight. Efforts
will be made to arrange a match for
him with Anthony. The latter is also
here. The "Parson' will have to do
some hustling to get a match with JEFF
fries, as Steiner is looking in that d.
rection, and wants to get a show after
the Van Buskirk fight, already ar
rs nged for. The Armstrong PROPOSE
ton, it is said, will be open for nine
months.
The "Parson" did not go out to Fitz-
simmons to-day. He was asked why
and replied: Il don't want to see him.
Corbett is the winner. l expected to
see Jim with a drawn face, but he is
simply perfect. l did not see him
stripped. His clear eyes and the APP
pearance of his face was enough to
show me his condition. / never saw q
fighter in such condition, and his work,
it is wonderful, and, hard as it has
been, it does not distress him in the
| least. No other man could do such
hard work and not feel the effects. I
do not look for a long fight In my
judgment, Fitz won't be in it,
Ex-senator Ingalls, of Kansas came
in to-day. He has a troubled look. Il
have never been to a prizefight," he
said to a gentleman on the train, but
wanted to see one before l died" He
visited both fighters this afternoon.
and was pleased with their condition.
He said Corbett appeared to him to be
the best athlete, and was inclined to
think on this account that he would be
the winner.
This afternoon a special from San
Francisco pulled into the depot. nearly
half the population of Carson being at
the station to welcome the visitors
This train was composed of nine Pull
man sleepers-the first to reach here.
When the train left San Francisco it
had ten. but one was left at Reno to be
attached to the local train, it being
/ thought dangerous by the railroad Off
Gals to haul more than nine cars over
the road at one time, the ordinary traf-
fic being limited to ordinary passen-
ger coaches. which are much lighter.
Most of the passengers were SPORT
ing men from San Francisco, but there
were also delegations from Los Ange-