Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-28
PREPARING TO START.
-Four Special Trains Already Arranged
for and 1000 People TO Travel ON
Thorn.

Four Special Trains Already Arranged
for and 1000 People TO Travel on
Thorn.
New YORK, August 97.-About the
only thing the average sporting man
considers of any Importance at present
is the great prize fight. The un-
fortunate occurrence at Asbury Park,
the knocking out by Corbett of his
SOARING partner, Jim DAILY, was the
talk of the town to-day. Many seemed
to think it was brutal and entirely
unnecessary. The majority OF the
people, however, are more liberal in
their views and are willing to accept
COrbett's apology that IL was an unin-
territorial blow. DAILY was put to sleep
and had to DO carried off the stage in
dazed condition. Cerbett says DAILY
will come around all right in day or
so. Different people view the knock
out In different lights. While 1t has
raised Corbett in the estimation Of some
people it has had just the opposite
effect with others. Jlm's admirers as
sert that he is In such magnificent con-
dition that he does not know his own
strength and could not bnvo realized
the force of the blow that put Daily TO
sleep.
The time for the fight is drawing so
near that it is unlikely either Sullivan
or Corbett will have much further use
for his present training quarters. Sui
ivan will leave Good Grounds on Mon
day and after his benefit entertainment
in the evening will prepare for his
Journey to New Orleans as the special
train which will convey the Sullivan
marty will leave the West Shore station
in Weehawken at 5;l5 p. ~, SepSem-
Der /.
The train will be composed entirely Of
sleeping cars and will carry about 800
passengers, The round trip, including
sleeping accommodations, will be S3s. 80.
The party will 60 via the West Shore
to Buffalo, the Bee Line to Clncin
neti, and the Queen and Crescent
10 New Orleans. As the COrbett party
will take the shortest and quickest
route to New Orleans, the Richmond
and Danville railroad piedmont Air
Line), they will not leave this city un-
iii 4:3O D. m, September 3. They will
make the trip in forty hours and arrive
in the Crescent City on Monday morn
ing. Owing TO the advantage Of the
gain OF two days time al this end OF the
line the tickets for the COrbett special
are in great demand, and there is some
talk of making these excursion tickets
good on the regular trains in order TO
accommodate those who had made
their arrangements to 20 down on the
1st and %. Alexander s. Thweatt, the
Eastern agent of this road, has secured
sleeping apartments In private resi-
dences for passengers who have re-
eueSted him 10 do so.
Independent Of these two trains, car
rying the pugilists and their respective
admirers. three other special trains will
run to the Crescent City, for in addition
70 the Recorder train and the ons over
the Baltimore & Ohio, bearing the
Manhattan Athletic Club party, there
will be a train run from Boston, under
the direction of Captain Cook, Of the
Police Netrs. It is estimated that these
trains combined will carry close on TO
1000 people.
The Sullivan-Corbett fight calls forth
so much attention that the McAuliffe-
Myer and Dxon-Skelly battles are
scarcely receiving any notice from the
general public.
The betting has not been very brisk be-
cause Of Sullivan, McAuliffe and Dixon
being such strong favorites. Buff the
other men show up strons in the ring
It IS expected that an immense amount
OF money will change hands. While
the betting is apparently dead now +.
will surely be lively enough after the
first round or so when rough idea can
be formed of the chances Of the other
three. None OF the favorites has a
cinch. and it Will hardly do to 90 lnto
the ring with any such foolish ide.
Vat slow