The morning times., 1895-09-08

there fore, not In my class He is
twenty pounds lighter. and properly be-
longs to the middleweight class There
would be no glory for me in whipping
him i tried, by every honorable
means, 10 get out OF meeting him, but
once having agreed to fight, 1 shall, OF
course, go in TO win The advantage
Is all on my side There never was a
more unequal match in the history OF
the prize-ring. l am nearly four years
younger than Fitzsimmons, nearly three
inches taller, and twenty pounds heavier.
l am certainly as quick, il not quicker
than he is. and very likely Ills equal in
intelligence. Besides, l am positive that
! am his superior in strength With
all these advantages on my side it seems
to me that my chances are very good
At any rate, l am not setting up nights
worrying about the result"
THE CARNIVAL AT DALLAS
There VIII be a fistic carnival at Dali
las, Texas, during the week beginning
October 81 instead of a single battle for
the worlds championship. That carni
val Will be the greatest the world has
ever seen
II wonder how he would feel IL he got
a punch like that?"
HOW CoRBETT FEELS AND TALKS.
James John Corbett is yet ON the sunny
side OF thirty years. He comes of Irish
stock, and was intended in his boyhood
for priest, but his native pugnacity
kept him outside the pale OF the church
and thrust him into the prize ring. He
is now going through preparatory course
of training previous To his contest with
FitZSimmons, in October Corbett has
been dubbed gentleman jim" because
he is said TO resemble the brainiest fighter
the ring has ever known, namely, Gentle
man John Jackson, the English prize
fighter, who was Lord ByTun's boxing in
structor, and to whom he wrote several
poems Asbury Park, where his train
ing quarters are, will be the Mecca for
thousands OF sporting men during the com
ing two months.
First in point of general interest will be
the contest for the heavy weight cham
pionship between James j. CorDett and
Robert Fitzsimmons. Next in importance
VIII be the bout between Tommy yam, or
Chicago, and "MysteriouS" Billy Smith,
Of Boston, for the Welter- weight cham
pionship of the world Neither OF these
has ever succumbed 10 an adversary They
have met four times and neither has ever
obtained a decided adva ntage over the
other They viii now, for the first time,
battle TO a finish, and the victor viii be
the graetest pugilist ofhis weight breathing
The third contest VIII be between Peter
Maher and Steve O'Donnen, whonf many
Shrewd Judges pronounce the most scieu-
tific fighter Australia has ever sent 10 the
land Of the Stars and StrinpS
a princely fortune VIII be spent 10 make
the carnival an a ssured success. Ithas been
arranged to have il occur during the week
Of the Texas state fair, which is always held
IN Dallas. That "a ir is always the greatest
one held in the South The solid people
OF the Lone star State want the ca Tuival
for the financia! benefits which Will surely
accrue from the influx of visitors from
all parts of the country and no sovernor.or
municipal magnate VIII have the temerity
TO oppose their wishes, irfndeed they could.
But they cannot The leading lawyers of
the commonwealth, including an ex-at-
torney general, declare that there is no
law 10 prevent boxing contests in Texas.
The arrangements are all perfected. Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons viii battle for a purse
OF Sal 600, besides a wager OF SIC, 600,
liza King col ,ObO IN dl lOI tue NIlllltTs
Mahcr and oDounell, for a $4,000 purse,
aud Ryan and Smith for a similar amount
and side bet OF 50, 500.
A vast amphithcater is alread in pro-
gress of construction, under the direction
OF Dan a Stewart, the master spirit Of the
enterprise.
The building VIII be the largest ever
erected in the United States, or indeed, in
the world. Next to the old Coliseum OF
Rome, no structure could ever compare
with this in magnitude. Its seating capa-
city, boxes, balconies, and arena. all con
sidered. VIII accommodate 50, 51S people;
five times that which the great Madison
Square Garden OF New York can do. AT
the prices fixed for admission, SO, $50
and $40, the gross receipts, should all the
seats be occupied, would amount 10 the
tidy little sum OF 81 ,225, ,245, an amount
one hundred times as great as Patti, Jenny
Lind or Christine Nelson or any diva ever
received 1t a popular ovation
The star event-the COrbett -FitzSimmous
coutest-wiu lee pulled of first, namely, on
October 81 This is done to prevent any
possibility Of the big fellows" not meet
ing through accident, magisterial inter
ference or otherwise.
On the following day, November l,
Maher and O'Donnell will cross arms, aud
on the final day of the tournament, No
vember, 2, Tommy Ryan and the Mysteri-
GUS chap will struggle for the mastery.
There will be no hitch in the big match, save
on the question OF referee. Neither FitZ
nor Corbett can agree upon that issue.
Bob insists that the referee should not
be selected until the night before the
battle so that the gamblers and sure
thing men, cannot get at him and fix
the affair in the interests Of any clique.
He further suggests that three rCputa-
BILE men, men of influence and standing
in the community, be selected to act as
Judges outside the ring, the referee merely
to serve as a prcserver of ring rules and
separate the contestants in case of ClinChes.
The decision Of the majority Of judges,
of course, to decide the battle. COrbett
may or may not agree to this. He is
quoted as saying that he prefers single
head commission.
The referee should be a man Of daunt-
less courage, perfect coolness and untar-
nished honor Withal, he should be
man of age and experience. There are
dozen men who could fill the bill, who
are not partisans on either side. Prin-
cipal among these are Simms, of san An
tonic, Tex; Pat Sheedy, Edmund E.
Price. and Honest John Kelly, of New
York; Charley Johnston, of Brooklyn;
Jere Dunn, of Elizabeth, n. j.; Budd
Renaud, of New Orleans, and Maj. Nc
Laughlin, of San Francisco.
ERNEST JARROLD.
Lincoln Lost in the q. s. Capitol.
Soon after Mr.. Lincoln's advent at the