The evening times., 1895-10-10
HOT SPRINGS Is The ARENA
Big Bout Now Fixed for That Place
OH the Old Date.
Managers Are Said to Have Assur-
ances That They VIII Not Be Dis
turbed by State Aut hOrities.

II now looks as If the niuch-advert ised
corbeit-Fiizsimmons fight will bc puIle,
| off at Hot Springs, Ark, and fight talk
has been revived. The following teie-
| gram was sent out from Dallas to-day:
''Thc Florida 4 letic club To -da y
| moved lis headquarters TO Hot Springs,
Ark, where il Will hold us pugilistic car
nivai of three days, commencing October
81, the date originally selected and al
ready given out.
'.All the parties TO the contest have
fully agreed, and the matter is settled"
Stuart and his associates will arrive at
Hot Springs to-day To arrange the "details
of the mill. and work will be comincno cd
Immediately on the big amphiihcater.
There seems 10 De no danger of the au-
thoritics preventing the fight. as accord
ing 10 the law it is only a mIsdcneanor
punishable 10y fine.
Gov. Clark. when shown the Da Has
telegram about HE changes of the Flor
ida Athletic club TO Hot Springs. said
he had nothing to say at this time. He
would wait ana see If the change was
made. and would then take such steps as
the law authorized
Prize fighting In Louisville received a
an order issued by the board of public
safety Ia Gen. Taylor. chief OF police.
The order j. IL sweeping one, and will have
the effect of stopping all glove contests Ill
the thcatcrs, athletic clubs or else where
within the city limits. The order VIII
cffectually step all efforts tu pull Off the
Murphy -Grifrn mill at the Audit orium
here on ncXt VI onday night.
TIN. MI tanrtuInl with the Cor
bett training party yesterday, and they re-
turned 10 san Antonio. Delaney was seen
after the examination. and stated thai lie
knew no more about the matter now than
he did before. ia'i from The quest ions asked
il Is very evident the grand jury would
attempt To indict Corbctt and FitZsimnions
and probably some members of the Florida
Athletic Club for arranging fight ON
Texas soil.
According to n cahlcgrlm from London,
nothing is known nj the London clubs OF the
offer having been made or being in cnntem-
plation which would be likely to give color
TO the report in circulation that induce
mcnts were being held out TO CoTbctt and
FitZsimmpnS from that side OF the water
to fight in England or elsewhere i'll Europe.
Members or the National Sporting Club
say that Corbctt would not be allowed to
put his foot inside their door, and they eN-
press an opinion that the report is nothing
more than an advertising scheme.
The Griffo Iavisnc fight. which was pre-
vented at Constable Hook, y. j., on Mon
day night has been transferred to the En-
pire Athletic Club, Maspcth. Long Island.
and is to take place within thirty days. III
this contest Is not prevented II would not
be surprising To see the rbcttFhzsimmons
fight brou cht eff ON Long Island.
Grirro viii appear ut the Southwark Ath-
lctic CIab in Philadelphia on next satur-
day night in the wind up with good local
man. The sports will then be given an op-
pnr,uniiy 10 see the condition Critic is III.
and will De able to judge what kind or a
showing he Will likely make IN his coming
contest with I-ayignc.