The Washington times., 1910-03-29
CHAPTER XIII.
MY Training Session With the Cham
piOn r5 the World"

n ATURALL., being the most
N prominent sporting man IL
v Frisco, or il the West. and
being brothe-- to Champion jim
Corbett, Harry COrDett looked as bis
as the President Of the United States
10 me. So when one day he asked me
If I'd like 20 join Jim at Carson and
work with him the idea hit me about
right Harry sent for Billy Delaney,
VINO was with Jim ara had handled
him IN the great fight vtth sullivan al
New Orleans Delaney came from OAK
land and Harry II t-OduCed us. But 10
was hardly neces- ny Delaney hdd
been keeping his es- on me, and kne"
all about my lighting already Delaney
looked me all over. and then in his dry
way asked me If ] thought I could
stand hard work
because" ne said. Jim is a nerv-
GUS sort OF fellow and likes 10 drive
hard. he doesu. want any late sieepers
in his camp.
Well" ! said, II don't know about
Corbett, bat no irOHworker could ever
set too hot a pace for me"
And he's hard man 10 work with
Delaney went on. trying 20 throw a
care into me. "NOuu be lucky ~ ne
doesn't scar YOU up a little"
Hell be lucky II I don't put my
mark on him." said l.
Leaves for Carson.
Harry CorbetJ laughed and Delaney
wasted no more time. but asked how
soon 7 could pack my trunk. That was
easy. ] didn't bother with q trunk. I
wasn't any Tod Sloan 70 come 10 F'Tis-
co with fourteen trunks and a dozen
hat boxes. A good big suit case and
furnished room satisfied my wants The
cold over I'm Nevada and / didn't want
auy more pneumonia, I EO- good ov
coat IN a few days Billy Delaney aud
/ left for Carson He gave me Tot Cf
advice on the way up. Delaney thought
FltZSImmOUs q dangerous man. He was
anxious 20 have Corhert in the finest
shape possible He vas afraid that
CcTnetf. high strung. you'd do too much
road work In his anxiety 20 he fit- He
wanted a rough man for jim to fight
IN his training. for tnrra'z nothing like
real fighting 20 keep a o. hter's eye and
hand right.
From Carson We drove out 20 Shaw's
Springs, where Corneft was already
working J. lacked only about a month
of the big fight on March L.. I'll never
forget my feelings as 4 stepped rom
the rig iu front Ci the little mountain
hotel and thought thar AZ last one am
oition was 10 be fulfilled. wasn't
fighting a champion yet. but within a
few hours I'd know what 81 felt ike 20
be punched by q real champion. and II
I wasn't mistaken 7 would know what
f. felt Ike 20 punch one
There's a small detail connected " wth
my going 90 Carson tlat few people
know. II cut another yo-uc fellow out
Of a chance 20 l.eCCme a worlds cham
uIon Charlie " hte told me about IL
when I arrived at the Springs Of
course. both the other fellow and my
self were beginners then. but when
met big Gus Ruhiin. Of Akron, the Ak
ron Giant" later on. f. all came back
20 my memory. II was a pretty good
joke on Rubin
Charlie White was great friend %
Corbett'E In New York He was one
OF the best known sporting men in the
East Ie knew Row TO train fighters
and was an experienced referee They
tell me that he brought out a lot or
frSr-ClaSs men in his time.
This Rubin was a big Young fellow
I'm Akron. He worked ln q rolling mIU
or something Ike that. and when he
wasn't working ne PLAYED football. Gus
had two or three little scraps around
iu ohio and thought he q he a fighter.
He started just about the same time
that 7 did. He was nv height and a
strong man, although not much over
20 pounds ther.
After becoming a local champion Gus
went 10 New York 10 60 after some
thing bigger There everybody told him
10 see Charlie White Charlie looked
him over and thought hr mad the max
Ing Of a fighter, but the game was down
and out just then IN New York. White