St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-02
NEAR THE RING SIDE.
Soon All the Principals in the
FistIc Carnival Will Be in
New Orleans.
Corbett viii Be the Last to Ar
rive, as He Wishes to Avoid
Malaria.

New ORLEANS. Sept. by the end
of the present week all of the princ-
pals in the approaching fights will
either be in New Orleans or only few
miles away, except jim Corbett, the
Californian, who will be the last
to arrive. Myer is due TO-
morrow night. Sullivan will put
i'll his appearance on Saturday
evening and McAulitfe and Sicily and
Dixon are just across the bay and will
come to town either Sunday OF Monday.
The Olympic club announces that
even ything is III readiness for the big
contests and the reports from all direc-
ti0nS, together with the rapidity
with which tickets are being dis
posed of. indicate that the
crowds at all three of the fights will be
the largest that have witnessed such
affairs III this city since club pugilism
took big boom. The announcement is
made authorltatlvely that COrbett will
not reach here until Tuesday
morning. The reason given is
that Corbett's friends do not
wish him to be subjected to the
danger OF an attack OF malaria. Pres-
dent Campbell,o of the Southern Athletic
club, will appoint a committee to meet
the Californian at the train and escort
him to the club. The club does not in
tend TO quarter Corbett, but Agent
Thurner and friends of the pugilists
have already made arrangements in that
direction. CoIbett is to stop at the resi-
dence of member of the Southern
Athletic club and will be only two
squares away from the club He will
spend Tuesday between his room aud
the gymnasium.
The Sullivan special is to get here
Saturday evening. President Noel will
appoint committee of the Olympic
club to meet the champion at the train
and take him to his temporary quarters.
Arrangements are being made to secure
quarters for Sullivan on Rampant street,
near the Young Mems Gymnasium club,
and il is quite likely that the big fellow
for the ten days he is in town will have
the same rooms occupied when he
stopped here just before the Kilrain
fight.
Mr.. Reynolds, who is putting up a
small fortune ON Amateur Skelly, al
rived in the city this morning, and says
everything is going Swimmingly at the
Robinson quarters. and that Skelly is in
good condition for the fight.
Joseph Dare and committee from
the Olympic club will meet Billy Myer
dC the ILLINOIS, central depot tom 0rr0W
night. Myer is to be taken at once to
Carrollton, where he is to remain until
it is time for him to appear Monday at
the Olympic club.
Col. L. N. Roylan, of the police agen-
cy, is to entertain during the fight In
spector Byrnes, the famous New York
detective, who is coming down to see
the big fight and who is friend of Sui
Ivan.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-"Billy" Myer, the
ILLINOIS Cyclone" arrived in Chicago
from Streat0r this morning and left for
the Crescent City at o'clock over the
Illinois Central. He declared that he
was III better fighting trim now and felt
better generally than she ever did be-
fore.
NEW YORK, Sept. Five hundred
people crowded themselves in front of
the private car which formed part of
the New Orleans special train that left
the West Shore depot with John l.. Sui
livan and his friends at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon. Sulliyan'S train was made
up of six Wagner sleepers and all Or
binary coach, besides the private car
which Is fitted up as Il training car.