Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-11
THE PUGILISTs.
Echoes From the Camps of the
 Big Fighters.

Betting Favors Him at 3 to t-G,is
 RuhIin and Kid Carter Are Matched
 For a Six Round Go.
 Interest is beginning to be awakened aa the coming match between Jim Cor Hett and Jim Jeffries, which takes plaee on Ffiday cycling: The stories from the training camp of Jeffries are con- dicting and below is given two of those varied tales under San Francisco dates:
 Look On. This Tale.'
 San Francisco, Aug 11.-Until last night no satisfactory explanation was offered for the sudden departure of Bob FitEsinlmens from the training camp of Jim Jeefries. Fitzsim mons gave the lame excuse he could not get the cham pion to spar, and that he was disgusted with a man who would not pull on the gloves for even a warming-up bout in. the gymnasium. Now it Is said Fitz- simnlons left Harbin Springs because ha sees championship honors looming up in the near futufe for himself. The Cornishman thinks Corbett will whip Jeffries.t If the boilermaker is defeat= ed Fitzsimmons will challenge the wif1- her from the ringside. He is sure that he can defeat Corbett again. and to put himself in the way of hearing for a challenge he left the Jeffries camp The public has slowly come to see through Fitzsirnmons' scheme At first it was a mystery why he should leave Jef- fries a few days before the fight Some said It was because his bride tired of the 1ilonotony of Harbin Springs, oth- CTS accepted with reluctance Fitzsim- n1ons's statement he would not bother with the champion when he would not spar. This view was upset yesterday by word frael the Springs that Jeffries has been working hard with the gloves almost since the day he went into train- ing. He knows he will want all the speed he can develop when he faces Corbett, and. repeated stories to the contrary, he has boxed daily with this object in view Fitzsinmons ig saying little about either Corbett or Jeffries. He listens to every word about Cor bett's splendid condition, and then fe- marks Jeffries Is fit enough and ought to win. He has not voiced the general opinion that Jeffries will give .Corbett the worst whipping of his life, and yesterday winked knowingly at friend who took the short end of 2 to bet that Jeffries will win. From Har- bin Springs comes the news that Jef- fries is close to 23O pounds. and is not too fleshy. Billy Delaney, his trainer, says the fight will be over in n few rounds, and Jeffries will win with a clean knockout When Corbett heard this he said he would meet Jeffries half way if he tried to make the fight a whirlwind affair. Corbett asserted he had developed sllort-arf1a blow that would make the champion resort 10 his old plan Of fighting on the defensive. The. betting now is 2 to 1 in the cham pion's favor.
 And Then On This
 San Francisco, Aug l1.--Wfith the big fight only four days away, both men are in the condition i'll which. they would enter the ring. Their training is done and it only remains for the fight CTS to keep from going back. In the maze Of rulnors from the quarters of Jeffries some clear facts are found. Jeffries, who did not begin work at all until the light was only a few weeks of, has not done conscientious train ing. He has refused to follow any system and only his own will has been his guide All suggestions and ex- pressed desires Of Delaney have been ignored unless they fell in with the in clination of the big fighter. He has not boxed enough to be worth mentioning. He has kept no training rules. Up to this very day he has eaten and drunk as he pleased. Even liquor has not been left out of his bill of fare. One story here, and it is believed to be true, is that a few days ago when he went out on a deer hunt he wound up at a mountain resort, and while there con stunned six bottles of champagne He l has gone to bed as early or late as he pleased, and nothing that his trainers could say influenced him in the least. The irregularity of Jeffries's work has been a, source of dissatisfaction to those with whom he has been working. One day he would take a great deal of exer- else in the gymnasium and on the road, and the next he would do nothing, Sometimes he would use the bags and then box a little; the next day he would do nothing but take a long walk and run over the mountain road. Photos taken within the last week show that he is fat His trainers profess to be satisfied with the condition of the cnamp1On, put Ilelrz hctIoAS duu dppdI- ent anxiety to get him to change his plans belle their words The plain truth is that Jeffries holds Corbett cheap and thinks he can win without training. He is a giant and this, with youth. he is counting on to carry him to victory. Corbett has worked most faithfully, ana so far as outside indica- tions go he is certainly in the best form of Sl,is sIifa His Tags are like Hose of racer, while the upper part of his body shows a muscle development such as he never had before. His work on the road proves that he can gc far and fast It remains to be seen how he will stand the strain in the ring. He has been at work for this battle for months and his condition shows it. Interest ing light on the opinion of the public lafan tlla of tl1e ii sht is fllfniS cd