The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-26

When Snapper Garrison had relapsed
another sensation was sprung. A young
fellow" wearing black diagonal sack
coat, striped trousers and a white yacht
ing cap came through the door and
dropped Into a seat near it. There was
something very suspicious about the gen
eral appearance of the young mans ply
sical male up, and it required nothing
more than a brief glance to show that the
supposed young man was a woman. She
behaved In very modest manner when
the fact Of her appearing at all was over
looked.
The news that a woman was in the room
spread at lightning speed through the
club house, and in two minutes after her
entrance hundreds of men were standing
upon the seats and craning their necks to
see the representative of the fair sex, an il
they had never seen one before and might
never see one again. This woman, who
came from Kansas City, where she is said
to mingle in society far from the best
seemed bit disconnected for a moment
and she looked as though she wished her
self we'll out of it, But the curiosity of
the men soon subsided, and she ceased to
be n sensation.
Corbett arrived at the miserable little
dressing rooms set apart for his use at
about o'clock. His carriage was driven
quickly through the gates, and when it
stopped at the doorway of the little hoyel
Corbett alighted, being followed quickly
by Dempsey, Delaney, Creedon and
Brady The party passed at oncein the
house, the door being instantly shut and
locked to keep out the curious crowd
which pressed against and tried to peep
through the dirt stained windows
AT l:3O, the time set for the fight, Mitch
eli had not appeared. although Corbett
had been for fully an hour on the grounds
AT l:S5 tall man with white hair and
closely cropped mustache sprang up in
his seat and yelled, "A senator from De
soto wants to bet hundred head of cat
tie against 5000 that Corbett wins"
Bring on your cattle" some one shouted,
and the senator" subsided
As the time set for the fight approached
the Duval club added another to the long
list of disreputable actions which has
characterized its management of the fight.
1t began to let in at S. and $40 per head
an immense crowd who had refused t.
pay more and would not come In at
higher price. Newspaper men, however,
had previously been let in Mt SO apiece as
specially reduced rate"
Az l:5? Mitchell drove through the gates,
seven minutes less than one hour after tine
arrival of Corbett lie was driven at once
to his little dressing room and prepared
for the battle.
AT 2O2 Corbett appeared, and was re-
ceiyed with mighty roar of welcome
No sooner was he seated in the ring than
another yell at the door announced Mitch
elps arrival AS Mitchell clim bed into the
ring Cnrbett's face was a study. He eyed
Mitchell with interest, and a surdonic
grin played over his face, which said as
plainly as words, II have you now"
Mitchell was impassiye, neither smiling
nor saying anything Brady and Delaney
then evoked more enthusiasm by turning
the Irish and American flags and hanging
them over the post In the southeast corner
OF the ring Denver Ed Smith declared
that he wanted to fight the winner for
$4,000 a side, for which the two principals
met in I he center OF the ring for moments
talk. after which they returned to their
corner,
Corbetts seconds were John Donaldson,
Billy Delaney, Jack Dempsey and W. d.
Miller while Ted Foley acted as time
keeper for the champion Mitchel's sec
onds were Jim Hall, Pony" Moore, Tom
Allen and Steve O'Donnell, with Bat
Mastcrson as tinickeeper Snapper Gar.
rison acted az timekeeper for the club.
When Corbett threw aside his robe he
appeared clad in nothing but a red, white
and black trunk He wore black shoes
and dark brown gloves Mitchell wore
white gloves, black shoes and trunk and
his right wrist was bandaged. Time was
called at 2:25, Corhett refusing TO shake
hands, and the great contest begun.