Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-05
WAN TEDAT ARDMORE
SANTA FEE OFFERS BIG CASH bonus
AND WILL MOVE THE
ARENA FREE.
Katy oncrs Free Move ana big Conn
mission-wnl lie Settled
mt Dallas Today.

The Gazette plugged the bovlne's
1, 81 optic yesterday morning with reference
=, u to the prize fight. the railways and the
q thriving little town of Ardmore. Some
~ surprise was expressed at the accurate
\ portrayal of the situation in yester-
y days paper. as the movers of the In
dian Territory enterprise Imagined
~ their tracks pretty well covered, but
\ these things Will leak.
nl 1t is now known definitely that the
! &4plan is to pull the big fight off in the
WHrerrltory. II is claimed that an admis-
XI+slon has been obtained from the United
y States government that IL any of the
: ~ plve civilized tribes can be induced to
"a Elve consent for the fight to come OF
UNyithn their territory. there can be no
o. s. Interference on the part OF the United
.TIlStates government. AS the noble red
h ~ IMAM is not lmmutable and wholly fire.
u proof against the influence of certain
N1landlshments 1t is safe to wager on
he fact that the fight Will come of in
4 HI The Territory, barring interference by
40 he United States government
or Representatives Of the Santa Fe rail-
MI Nay and the Florida Athletic club
H., Hpent a portion OF yesterday in Tisho-
~ nIingo, the capital of the Chickasaw ma
all ion negotiating with the Chickasaw
ss-t Dor permission to bring the fight off In
E n Ardmore, which is chickasaw town.
cfNThese gentlemen also stopped in Ard
more for the purpose Of ascertlning
lyiNthe weight and size of the bonus that
~ csln be raised there. This delegation
ok hoi gentlemen viii return to Dallas this
renlt morning passing through Fort Worth.
NM Al Dallas they Will meet Joe Vendig,
beert MIC will arrive there today from New
Work, ana the entire matter viii prob
ably be settled in that city today.
Is rf4'1lt has developed that there Is spirit
ed rivalry between the Santa Fe, Katy,
With I{pck Island and Frisco branch of the
wst. Sc nta Fe over the location of the fight,
now that they are satisfied It is going
shl 40 the Territory.
frhe Santa BE is DESTROYS, for obvious
a rfltlLeilsons, to Locate the fight at Ardmoie.
rrex 'hey offer a liberal cash bonus and will
10 I'M nspurt the unfinished arena from
~ tiJ)a Has to IArdmOre free of charge. The
th.l hty wants the fight to come off mt
ant M Alester or Ninita, ON their line and
oftnrs free transportation to the arena
big commission or all the husi-
refs they have developed by the fight.
The Rock Island would locate Il either
At Terral. Reno or Chickasha, and Of
<ets good Inducements. The Frisco
from Paris, just across the line, and Of
feri substantial Establishments.
Xhus the matter stands and It Ia
rl"hrly evident that the longest pole
Ll61;tgong to reach the perslmmon. The
preVaillng impression is that the Santa
omad,te and Ardmorc constitute pair that
U1s going to be awful hard to turn
GOWN. In fact. the probabilities are
'prf'l that the fight will go to Ardmore.
!. IA ~. " eneral Manager b. II. Yoakum of
a avoefbre His depnrture saId me santa Fe
U.s. hlould and would handle all the crowd
ulial -}H4t attended without taxing Its ca
Mrty to any great extent.
rs ar E'NVe will put our trains out in Sec
, vopt1ons of ten coaches every ten min
III Nef," said Mr. Yoatum, land only
a'a 10 VNnt three hours time between Fort
sNetth and Ardmore. As to trackage
coa'.aef titles, We have enough there now
Is Is 'crNlSl box cars, which would take in
woutii0re than 100 coaches. IL we see this is
iot enough In two days time We can
. ,.,a4yt twenty-five miles of additional
Y .;,,racls IL necessary"
fins- FIom this expression from General
won'Is Manager Noakum 1t Is clearly evident
le resl'1at the Santa Fe Is doing some close
slus' CURING on the situation. and they
her Ntaff not gone into the scramble to
nd --spFe the other fellow rub sand In their
eui .,aprhe impression here is that Dallas will
inp'sa sadd n locating the fight on the Katy.
gen =. ppssible, as In that event they
saN0s pug catch the major part of the
she Fferlow AS Fort Worth has the main
II fsss1e of the Santa Fe. Fort Worth peo-
10 hefEe Gre as much interested In bringing
Nstght of on that line. II 1t IL to be
..ls uFlt In the Territory.
u, MAI the Dallas conference today the
,rn 4tter will be definitely settled, and
such .a1<fs one conversant with the true
lass'1nttfs OF affairs Is confident the fight
ess, mI1flso TO the Territory.
,lntne& No faith or credence is attached to