The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
val win be the greatest the world has

val will lie the greatest the world has
ever seen. -,
Ore th.. contest for tn" heavyweight
Championship between James j. COrbett
and Robert Fits nlmons. Next IN I'M
portancc will be the bout between rom
my RYAN OF Chicago. and Mysterious
Billy smith. OF Boston. for the welter-
weight championship OF the world.
neither Of these has ever succumbed to
an adversary They have met four tunes
and neither las et ,h -atber They ' Vii
nov, Tor the first time. battle TO nnisn,
and the victor Will be the greatest puB'-
llst OF his e'ght breathing ~.
The third contest VIII be between refer
Naher and steve O'DOnnell, whom many
shrewd Judges pronounce the most
scientific fighter Australia nas ever se"'
to the land of he Stars anu Hul pea. ..
4 princely fortune VIII be spent 10
make the carnival an assured success.
IL has been arranged 10 nave II occur
during the week or the i'Ada 49,
Fair which Is always hell III LailaS'
That fair is always me $3.50 ,.','tio o' ~
held in the south. Whe soma peoplf ~
the Lone Star state want ne iniN"'
FOR the financial benefits wMch VII suIs
ly accrue from the influx oi Nlsilots l .l.
an parts Of the country ana y" 'fyt ~. ~
or mpnicipal gnaenate VIII MY ~
temerity 10 oppose their Wishes, II 4hut'u
they could. But they cdnhv- a, w aiti,t
ing lawyers OF the Common 'ii.,,' ~ -.
there is no law to prevent poAihs c"n-
tests Tn Texas
The arrangements are all perfected.
COrbett ami Fits mmons VIII hdttt TOT
purse OF $u.nU besides wager OF
$1,000. making Sl.yN in all for The WIN
nor: Nahcr and ODOnnen Tor "A f''""
purse, and Ryan and smith lor SIM
liar amount and "A side bet 81 A-s' .
A vast ampitheatre IS already ih
progress Of construction under the d.
rect.On Of Dan 8. Stewart, the master
spirit % the enterprise.
The building VIII be the largest ever
erected in the United states, or indeel,
in the world Next 20 The old COLISEUM
of Rome 40 structure could ever COM
pare with this I'm magnitude. It's seat
ing capacity. boxes, balconies ana arena,
all considered. VIII acconinp1ale '-,'is
proplc. five times that which the great
Madison Square Garden OF New YORK
can do. AT tie prices fNed for admission,
$40 $40 and $50. the gross receipts, should
an the seats be occupied. wonlillao 4. amount
10 the tidy little sum Of 81 ,2i7uo. an
amount one hundred times rs great as
Patti. Jenny Lind, or Christine Nelson
or any diva ever received al a popular
Thc Star event-the Corbctt-Fizsimmons
confest-wiu Doe pulled of first. namely,
on October 2lst. This Us done 70 prevent
any possibility OF the Dig fellows no.
meeting Through accident, ON AZ - .rldl
Interference or otherwise. ON the ioiioW-
ing day, November lst Alaher ana - Don
nell Will cross arms, ana on the maj uaN
Of the tournament, NoNen ner znd' ION,
my RYAN and the Mysterious Chap VIII
| struggle for the mastery. There VIII ne
no hitch fn the BIG match save on tire
question OF referee. Neither Fitz nor
COrbett can agree upon that ISSUE. BOD
insists that the referee shcuII not ne
selected until the night before the pat
tle so that gamblers and sire ll.lls
men" cannot get at him AMI fix he affair
| i'm the interests of any clique, lie IlneI