Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
FIGHT AT HOT SPRINGS.
Dan Stuart Says There will be No
Interference by the Au-
thOritieS.

Dallas, Tex, Oct 10>-President Dan
Stuart of the Florida Athletic club an
nounced last evening that his club will
remove it's headquarters to Hot Springs,
Ark. at once. The scheduled fights be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons, O'Don-
nell and Maher and Smith and Ryan
will take place there on the dates origin
ally set and there WILDE no interference
on the part of the authorities.
1t was nearly midnight last night when
Martin Julian, representing t1tzslm-
mons; William A. Brady, representing Cor
bett, and President Stuart and Vendig
of the Florida Athletic club met III con-
ference over the new condition OF az
fairs. Three hours were consumed III
secret session at the Oriental. 1t was
agreed as follows:
/. That within the next forty-eight
hours the Florida Athletic club shall
name the time and place of the mill.
2 That within the same time Julian
shall decide the others having agreed
to it, Mhether or not he will accept fol
lowing plan for selecting referee. From
six names Julian shall select one and
Brady one each, shall write his selection
on a slip of paper and seal the slip in an
envelope. These envelopes are to be de-
posted in safe by President Stuart,
and remain secret until the day o. the
same, one Of the two is to be decided
on a tOsSup.
All efforts today to get the battle
ground name were refused, no one could
even make a guess upon any hint thrown
out by the conferees. Secretary Wheel
er, Julian, Brady and Vendig went last
night to appear before the Travis cOun-
ty grand jury. There is little doubt
that true bills will be found against
Corbett, FitZsimmonS and Dan Stuart.
This is the situation up to last night and
every man left to make whatever he
can out of it. Gov. Culberson arrived
in town today.
The business of the Florida Athletic
club has gone to Arkansas for its health.
About all that is left is the Office furni-
ture and the porter Business will open
up at Hot Springs Saturday or Monday
next at the latest.
Secretary Wheelock and Joe Vendig
are in Austin, witnesses before the
Travis county grand jury, which body is
trying to dig out the secrets of the club
during it's existence in Texas. Dan
Stuart is still here and will remain >ltil
he knows what the developments are at
Austin. He has nothing to say for pub
lication. Wheelock and Vendig are eX-
pected back here tomorrow and will at
once move to Hot Springs. Peter Maher
is training right along at Oak Cliff for his
fight with O'Donnell.
Hot Springs, Ark, Oct 10-Mayor
Waters and Attorney Martin returned
today at noon from Dallas, where they
secured the Corbett-F itzsimmons fight
for Hot Springs. E. FL. Silven, the ar
chitect for the club, also came and Dan
Stuart will arrive Sunday or Monday.
In conversation with an Associated
press correspondent Mr.. Silven said he
would go right to work laying out ground
for the amphitheater, that the Dallas
structure would be moved here i'll it's
entirety and that the big fight would
be pulled off at Wilmington park Oc-
tober 81. He further stated that day
and night force of 100 men would be
put at work Tuesday and would not stop
until the building is completed. Five
hundred thousand feet of lumber is OH
tearing down the structure at Dallas.
A monstrous crowd of jubilant citizens
greeted the return of the committee
Corbett will train at Hot Springs and
will arrive next week. 1T is not definite
ly known yet whether Fitzsimmons will
come here to train, but he probably WILL
Austin Tex, Oct 10.-.Julian, Brady
and Vendig of the Corbett-F itzsimmons
combination were taken before the
grand jury this morning and examined
on the same line as Delaney and his
crowd yesterday. Delaney says the en-
tire crowd of sports will go at once to
Hot Springs and go into training
Toledo, O., Oct. 10.-Charles E. Davies
and his combination-Sull Ryan and
Choynski-left Toledo this morning for
Pittsburg. The "Parson'' will meet ] J.
Quinn, the hacker of Peter Maher in that
city, and arrange articles for a finish
fight between Maher and Choynski to
take place next spring, winner to take all.