The herald., 1897-03-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLARS
Play Hockey to Call on the
Pugs
CORBETT IS MOST FAVORED
Per Pltzslmmons' Big Dog Likes Raw
Small Boys
A ssesnd-Rats slagser Gets Duckins. but
Unfsrtunatsly Escapes Drowning.
Bsb Takes to Dreaming
Assoeiated Press Special Wire

Assoeiated Press Special Wire
CARSON, New, March THE good
little boys and the good young men of
Carson City and vicinity who as usual
thing spend their Sundays in church and
Sunday school, for the large part played
hockey today and made formal calls
upon the famous pugilists at Shaw's
Springs and Cooks ranch. The weather
was bad and the roads worse than the
weather, but In spite Of all that the Ne
vadans eplashed through the slush and
braved the gale that came sweeping
down from the mountains for the pur-
pose Of seeing the two most famous
punchers in the world. They could do
nothing but stand around and look on,
but they did that to perfection. They
came early in the morning and they re-
NAMED until late in the evening. They
were in stronger force at Corbett's than
At Cooks ranch, because Corbett's head
quarters are more easy Of access. and
there Is a certain air Of unpopularity
attaching to Fitzsimmons' big dog that
is calculated to discourage miscellane-
GUS calling.
Corbett spent his time between break
fast and noon doing as near nothing as
he possibly could, and he came very
NEAR to doing the job to perfection.
Shortly after lunch he took up the mass
of letters that comes to him daily. and
with kid" Egan to open them and to
read the freak letters, he made rapid
progress with the large amount Of cor
reepondence. Corbett makes 1t q rule to
answer all letters that he receives. un-
less they are Of too freaky a nature to
call for a reply. He is fond Of amusing
letters and puts In all the time he can at
work without distracting from his other
duties. At the same time he wishes 1t
understood distinctly that he is not
looking for any greater facilities in an
swering letoers than those he now en-
Joys.
Shortly after 8 o'clock this afternoon
Corbett donned his long bath robe and
hurried into the woodshed, where he
toiled away at little windlass with
which he develops his strength in the
hands and forearms, and then punched
the bag for twenty minutes. This work
over, he sprinted for the handball court
and spent three-quarters of an hour in
the hardest kind of work, all gone
through without the slightest rest. He
first went at Jeffries and waded into
him in q manner that made that gen.
tleman' a trifie nervous. Then he took
on Edgren for q round, then McVey
came out to be yanked around the hand
ball court In the liveliest kind of man
ner for three minutes of wrestling. Billy
Woods, with his air cushions was to
have closed up the series of workers.
Jim seems to have an especial dislike
for the paraphernalia In which Woods
encases himself, and he loses no time in
showing 1t. The other day as soon as
Io "a q Corhoff q
hard on his pneumatic left ear muff with
q force that sent Woods staggering
across the room, and created a puncture
in the cushion that ornamented the side
of Mr.. Woods classic head. Woods Is
q good natured man in the main, but all
this liberty with his wind protectors did
not suit him 1t all, and he waded into
Corbett as far as he could, but he did
not wade extremely far. Corbett kept
out Of his way easily and now and then
put In left arm poke. just to keep
Woods stirred up. Woods did not like
It and so he was not working today. He
will be on hand tomorrow, however.
After he had gone through with his
trainers four times each, AL Hampton
and Joe Corbett played handball with
him, several games being played of in
in nearly two and half hours of hard
work and finished 1t all in excellent
shape. His endurance Is certainly re-
markable and no man not in the prime
condition he Is could begin to go through
with 1t.
II never was better in my life," said
Jim. "and I will keep right on getting
better until the day Of the fight. and
If I meet with no accident such as Is
liable to happen to any man in training,
will give very good account of my
self. It ought to be good fight" he
said, musingly," for It Is certain Fftz
and myself are the two best men In the
fighting business today. There is no man
who can best either of us, and If we are
ever beaten by an outsider 1t will be
by somebody who Is going to school at
present. 1 mean by that, that the man
who 10 going to lick Fitz or me has not
grown up yet. The thing lies between
US two, and the winner Of this fight, If
It Is won by fair fighting and on no tech
nicahty. will have every right to call
himself the best man in the world"
There was nothing new at Cooks ranch
today except bran new dream that
dream Fitz has had on the result of the
fight, and they have all ended In one d.
Tection-toward the everlasting annihila-
tion Of one James J. Corbett. If a man
could be dreamed down into utter de-
feat and complete obliteration there Is
no doubt that COrbett would have sue
cumbed long ago. If Fitz has had any
dreams shadowing his own defeat he
has had the good sense to keep them to
himself. Up to date he has lost no more
battles In his sleep than he has lost in
the ring since he landed on the Pacific
coast for the first time. This dream was
that Fitz had won the fight in the fifth
round, and Fitz declared that 1t was
90 blamed vivid-sharp and distinct
like-understand what I mean?" that
there Is no possibility of its going wrong
with him on March 17th
IT tell you 1t was real as could be-" he
said. II saw the whole thing just as
plain as anything on earth. / had him
going In the fourth round and then
Just sailed in and finished 1t up In the
nth. I'll show how did 1t, or rather
how dreamed 1t. I did 1t just this
way" and the lanky fighter did COM
bination Of two-step waltz and kan
garoo hop, waving his arms around in
"a manner that made the air seem tan
gle of freckled fists and hairy arms,
closing up with a lunge that would have
tested the endurance of a slab of boiler
plate. Seer" he asked: but nobody did
'see," and so Fitz went through it all
again, to his own delight and the con-
fusion OF everybody else. 20, tell you
1Is0a0ek lose ON that droafu" he said "Ik