The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-17

saving your right? Your left seems 20
be bigger than ] ever saw 10. " you
were "a stranger. ] should say you ln-
tended 90 fight this battle with one hand.
our right shoulder muscles strike me
as having just the proper Development
Perhaps / should not De too critical. but
know you take some stock in what J ~
saying. You are harder than you were
ia former years and carry less beef on
yOI. ] should say that you were in abe
solutcly perfect condition for a man OF
YOUR age and development. The more /
look at you, the better / like your APP
pearance. If, as YOU claim. your bellows
are all right. the championship Will stay
IN san Francisco"
CORBETT. SR'S OPINION.
Jlm's father had not much 10 say.
Jim seems 10 have muscles sticking out
AN over him was the old gcntieman'S
comment. His face amt so very thin
His shoulders look very big 10 me. Come
20 think Of il. / never saw them look so
large Now so far as his color eoes.
1 want 10 ten YOU right now that Doe
never looked better. The lines about
tho eyes are perfectly natural. / had
them when l was his age. Jim and Joe
take after me YOU know. and / am
pleased with the lads appearance. and IL
hc doesn't win, well, he should not have
amy excuse To offer the folks at home"
Jack McAulin. the ex-lightweisht cham
pion. attracted some attention on Car
SON streets this afternoon.
81 have not seen either or the big
fellows stripped" said Jack TO a crowd
i'm front Of Stuart's Office. You can [
tell great deal by a mans face. ana
not much more by seeing him stripped.
but according TO my notion both Jim and
Bob are finer than silk. Why shouidn I
they be. I think the pace Will be so
hot that the fight VIII not last more
than six rounds Judging by their talk
TO me. they amt gong 10 DO much
dancing about and drawing ont, rs n
were. They are fighting for blood. and
IL will bc all over by il o'clock to-mOr-
row, if the sun shines"
WYATT carp TALKS
Wyatt carp. who refereed the shar-
xey-Titzsimmons contest. sized uo the
heavy-weights this morning. carp IS d
secretive man naturally. and he had moth
ing much 10 say when he came back from
Shaw's Springs.
Thought Corbett might not be as good
as he was reported he drawied. lie
looks mighty determined though ana
l don't believe he Is afraid OF an ana
conda. Fitzsimmons is as heavy as
when he fought Sharkey. Maybe he is
worrying. The man with the most nerve
is going TO win this fight. Both Of them
are well fixed for that argument to-day.
II expert opinion counts Tor anything
the battle will be short one"
THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS.
a few guosses as 10 the number OF
rounds follow:
W. \. BraCy-"Not less than four and
not more than eight rounds"
MoItin Julian-"Fitzsimmons viii knock
Corbott's head off before the nfth round
is over"
Billy Delaney look for fast fight
Corbett Will get Fitzsimmons' measure
in two or three rounds. There IS TOO
much at stake for either man 20 run an"
risk by rushing. Ten rounds ought TO
decide matters"
Ernest Roeber-"If the morning %
cold they will fight fast. fitzslmmor
Will get IN his work about the fifth round
l think Corbett will get ratified. and
run into a Knockout about that time
Charley Whte-"It will be the tastes,
fight between heayy-weights I'm the his
tory OF pugilism. Corhett VIII fool them
IN h'4 -rrcNing r0wcr. Six or csnt
rounds Will see the last OF Fltzsimmcns.
Dan Hlckey-"The man who gets the
first punch IN will likely win. tltz-
simmons will be cooler than Corbett.
and IL Jim forces matters. Bob win nj