The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-17
81
\ Sports
Wv mir. run mr. d f'FsFl z
ON THE EVE OF Battle.

e,.S,.,ors are llsAdy fOE To.day'A
HM .,,Is-Ro,h MOA are IN the Pink Of
condition.
CARSON, New, March 1s,-corhett
ts,t,sl,nmonB have completed their
, Sa Nothing remains to BIO done
.,"no, 10 appear In the ring tomorrow
.Ms py their proves decide which ia
,ns better pusllist and ettitled to TO
' W. The proud dlstlnetiD41sos cham-
s Nav az the world. They win battle for
r,r In the presence OF . crowd
~ oss scyeral thousand people, perhaps the
,o,ccst number that ever witnessed such
Nv s,b,etlc contest. Both:men arc in
,So mink OF condition. corbett, accord
mr 10 the best judges, ID more perfect
"Syslealiy than FitzSimmopS. They
S.ys worked LGdr and long corbett
S,s tired cut his trainers, while FitI0lm-
S,,ns' asslutapts are said 70 be stlll
"ssb Principals and Other9 are doubts
Va, rInd that the end Is so near. Cor.
~, r. the fnvoriIe, and he has been all
T.rr nut many believe F4t8Simmon9
mas S good chance TO win. They say e
Is only necessary to land once to knock
out his opponent.
The town was llveller this afternoon
than yesterday, owing TO the freah az
rivni OF visitors, The two special uQIns,
onS from the coast. and the other nom
the east. came IL, bringing eeVerl tn ll.SII
s"rd usonIe, The pool room was well
Ssa,ronlzed and the betting has I'M
rrynved. No pools for largo amounts
b,yc been sold. All % far were for
avail amounts, s. 50 70 $40, and $1s 70
Sac with an occasional SO TO 800. SO
lar at least $4,000 has been bet ON the
result.
tbe aTrangementS were private II Is
Estimated that with the arrivals this
afternoon and evening 1850 strangers
arc IN town, The bulk Of the crowd ex.
pected, ct least q large part Of It. will
como tomorrow morning, when tho
miners trom tie Virginia City mines
aud several special tTAin0 rom tho east
and west are due.
Both men have carefully planned their
battles, and while neither OF them Will
discuss the matter, It Il evident that
both have given the matter much
thought Their plans Of battle are well
understood, however, despite the secrecy
which has been maintained by the fight
ers and their trainers. Corbett VII!
HEht a careful battle, and for several
rolndR at least will endeGvor TO keep
his antagonist at arms length. When
be considers that he has worn Fitz-
simmons down somewhat, he will 60 in
for closer work and endeRvof to win.
For the first 1--WE rounds It IL the tnten-
ton OF this Corbett party to have their
man fight In a defensive manner. partic-
ularly with his hands. Corbett at tirRt
will endeavor to draw FitzslmmonJ into
making leads and rely on the chance OF
landing counter.
FitzsImmopS has planned to 90 a
trile allow for the first round or two.
but after that he viii endeavor to get
close TO his man and land one OF those
awful .right-hRnders, which have DO
many times returned hun o winner.
FitzslmmonS Is not capable by reason
OF his aggressive temperament OF re-
naming on the defensive for any great
length Of time, and he knows wen thAe
his strength lies In offensive fighting.
Fitzsimmons today declared that In
the event OF his losing the night he will
leave thu country. what else Is there
FOR me 10 do?" he said. 'I cannot get
any more matches In the mlddle.weight
class. and II / lose this It will show
that am not IN tbs heavy-welEhe class:
and then cannot act, like Corbett. and
there is nothing for me to do but get
out"
The betting on Tho fight Jagged some
what early In tie day, but with the ar
rival OF the crowds from San Francisco
and the east tho pool rooms did lively
business. Up to 10 O'Clock tonight
about $4,000 had been placed on the
three fights. Most Of the money went
In on the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight.
but the other contests received share
u attention. CoTbctt was the favorlte
a. 100 To Is against Fltzslmmons.
Jimmy wakely Il said TO have placed
$50 on Corhett at odds ranging from
100 10 c. TO 100 10 IS. In the weltcT-
weight contest Green was favorlte over
Smith at 100 to 30. Hawkins and Fla
hcrty were at even money. but very lit
Tie Hawkins money appeared. In the
combination betting, Corbett, Green and
Flaherty seemed to be the tavorite trio,
50 out OF 2SB bets going OH them 70 win.
The other combinations sold were: Cor
bct,. Green. Hawkins, so; Corbett.
Smith, FIaherty. ~: FltZsimmons.
Green, FIaherty, 20: FitZsImmons.
Smith, Ftaherty, ~: FitLHimmonS,
Groom. Hawkins, II: FitEslmmnns,