The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-17

that 1 am not in the heavy weight
class; and then, l cannot act, like Cor
bett and there is nothing for me to do
but get out. I expect to win, of course,
but any man may lose a fight and, of
course, there is chance of my losing
this one. A fighter always takes
chances no matter what he is up
against. One thing is sure, if 1 lose
will leave the United States
Late in the day White decided to let
Corbett take little exercise in the
hamdball court. and the champion
played four games, easily winning
three of them. A short walk about 5
o'clock ended his exercise for the day.
Just who will be in Corbett's corner
tO1nOrrW has not been decided.
White, Delaney and NcVey will. of
course, second the champion, but who
the fourth man will be is still matter
of doubt Corbett has intimated that
he would like to have his brother Joe
behind him, but White favors John
Donaldson, who arrived today and
who has had much experience in that
line. Jimmy Colville, of Boston, will
act as time-keeper for Corbett
COrbett expects to rise about Z o'clock
tomorrow, but will do no work of any
kind. He will hold conference with
his trainers, at which final instructions
Will be given and a general style OF
battle will be decided upon The start
for the arena will be made about 8
o'clock, the fighter being accompanied
by Brady, White, Delaney, McVey and
Joe COrbett When Corbett reaches his
dressing room he will be thoroughly
rubbed down, and that will end every
thing but the fighting. He will wear
no tights, fighting in short white
trunks and white shoes. He will wear
in the ring the red, white and blue belt
l.;
his wife, but will lay it aside before
the call of time.
FitZSimmonS remained indoors nearly
all the afternoon. William MuldOon,
the wrestler, was one of the callers
during the afternoon, and FTtzsimmons
stripped for the purpose of allowing the
wrestler to take look at his physical
condition. MuldOOn expressed himself
as greatly pleased with the condition
of FitzsimmOns, and to a friend he said
he expected that F'itzsimmons had a
most excellent chance to win his fight
He based his opinion more upon the
dispositions of the two men than upon
anything else. He said that the
course of the training which Corbett
had pursued had made him nervous
and irritable, and that Fftzsimmons Is
as cool as possible for any man to be,
and he thinks on this account that
FitzsimmOns has the greater chance of
winning the fight.
Il like the course Of training that
Fitzsimmons has pursued said Null
doom better than that which Corbett
has followed, and with the exception of
White, who has been with Corbett, l
think Fitzsimmons has had the best
men in his camp. There is not a man
in Corbett's camp who. can come any
where near Hickey on the point of
science. Corbett has trained for the
fight by doing the things that he will
be obliged to do in the ring and he has
trained on very little else. Fitzsim-
mons, on the other hand, has done the
sort Of work to make. him quick and
strong. has not run the risk of making
himself stale by doing what he will be
compelled to. do whenshe faces his an
tagonist. A man may become intellect
ually stale by training, as we'll as stale
in the physical sense, and there is very
little difference between the two, save
that, perhaps, the mental staleness is
the worse of the two.
II know that Corbett is in the finest
kind Of condition, as far as his body
is concerned, but at the same time, /
have never seen him so nervous as he
is at this time. Fitzsinmons is as
steady as 1t is possible for a man to
be, and there is not the slightest symp-
tom of nervousness about him. He will
d
beats him he will be truly entitled to
be called champion. There are some
things about Fitzsimmons that I do
not like. I do not fancy the color of
the whites of his eyes, as l have said
before, but at the same time after look.
ing over the course Of training he has
gone through, l must say that 1 like
the amount of work he has done and
the manner in which he has done it,
FHtzsimmOns and his party will leave
the house at Cooks ranch at shortly
after o'clock in the morning, and will
drive directly to the arena. With him
will be Julian, Hickey, Stelzer 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 Chicago, will be timekeeper.
Upon arrival at the arena Fitzsim-
mons will go directly to his dressing
room, which is on tIlazwest side of the
big frame structure.sand after rub
down he will be drassed for the fight.
He will wear black shoes and green
silk tights. Around his waist he will
have q belt Of red, white and blue silk,
the belt having in it's center an eagle
with wings outspread The belt will,
however, be taken off as soon as the
time for the fight arrives and Fitz-