The evening times., 1897-03-10
FITz EAGER FOR THE FIGHT
The Kangaroo Says He Is in
Better Condition Than Ever.
OORBETT IN SUPERB FORM
The Followers of Pugilism Are Uns
able to Pick Winner-The Bet
ting Figures Should BE to 10
and Take Your Choice-Juiian Bets
on Less Than Six Rounds.

| Carson, New, March 10. .-"Oh, I wish
| the bell would sound right now" said
Fitxsimmons, while hitting the big punch
now 900 per cent better than e-Yer was
and only started out to fit myself for the
same form 1 was in when 1 met Aaher
the last time in Mexico. You may think"
he added. THAT / am somewhat overcon-
| fident, but / am not. l have closely stud
led out every possible angle which nay
come up, and granting that all of these
may go against me andin favor of my OPP
ponent, | DO not see possible chance TO
lose.
"And'' qualified the man from Corn
wall, Il am playing Corbett for the best
he has in shop. l am crediting him with
being as good as he was when he fought
Peter Jackson that draw in San Francisco
and when he whipped Sullivan five years
ago."
Corbctt goes right along, eame estly,
sincerely, and methodically. He is as cool
and deliberate as he ever was. His eyes
are bright and clear, his wind is perfect,
his heart action and wind are without
flaws. Looking at him from any point OF
view, he is the personification OF athletic
perfection and physical maniiness. His
work is more of tie finished sort. Fitz-
simmons leans toward the massive and the
ponderous. Corbett hits often; Fitzsinmons
hits hard. Corbett takes to handtall and
bustliug about; Fitzsimnions has a pencl ant
for brcak-neck wrestling ami running in
against the swings OF his trainers.
The methods are miles removed from each
other. If there was ever such a thing as
"toss up and take your pick 1t is pre-
sented here. Students OF the art, afoer
visit TO both men, come back to town,
shake their heads obviously, and say: II
they were to ask me to make a book ON
the fight, and | had a bank-roll TO DO it
with, should put up slate something
like this: Corhett, o to 10; FitZsiInmOus,
8 to TO-" And these are not exceptional
cases. The followers ana adherents of
both men are up in the air." TO use a
racetrack idiom. There neTer was a fight
in modern times which presented such com
plex propositions.
The chairs for the arena boxes are being
put together by force OF carpenters end
win be placed tomorrow. The Chinook
wind which swept the valley yesterday
cut down the snow and dried up every
thing. The storm is now OF the past. The
dressing-rooms of the two principals have
been completed. The one to be occupied by |
Corbett is on the eastern extreme of the |
amphitheater. The little shelter for Fitz- |
simmons is on the western end. Both are |
exactly alike. Architect Donohue has |
studiously avoided any possible chance for |
an argument.
Julian has made bet of $3.50 that the |
fight would not last more than six rounds. /
The man he bet with was so confident that /
it would last over that limit that he ad- |
ded two rounds. There was no condition |
as 60 which man should win, the bet merely |
being on the number of rounds. II may be |
inferred, however, tina t Julian was basing
his opinion on the merits OF Fitzsimmons