The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-08
THERE Is SOME PROBABILITY
OR AT LEAST SOME TALK OF
HAVING
THE CORBETT ! FITISINIMON!
PRIZE FIGHT HERE on THE
LAKE.
1t is Urged in Advocacy of This Plan
That the State Officials Could At
tend Here and Would Therefore
Hold Their Peace.

been swayed back and forth in the heat
of an animated debate about this Corbett-
| FitzsimmOns fight which seems booked
to come off at Dallas in October. With
the ministers on the one side and the low
ers Of sport on the other the debate has
been an animated one. Several weeks
ago Galveston doomed to the front and an
nOunced her intention of trying to secure
the fight. Later on Governor Culberson
| proclaimed against the fight. But now
| for the present situation:
| Every one is familiar with the particu-
| lars of this animated debate anent this
| fight, and yet it seems strange that no
one has tumbled to the real secret of the
problem and discovered where the fight
really was to be pulled off. If they had
consulted the points of the compass lit
| tie and gazed at the stars in the early
| morning when the Austin baseball play
ers are getting up, they might have lOcat-
ed the true field for the Corbett-t'itzsim-
mons fight. Or for that matter, if they
| had no desire to trace out these indica-
| tons of the orbs of night, they might pos
| sibly by listening to the rumors that have
possibly been going the rounds have locat-
| ed the true field for the fight. NOtwith
standing the opinion of the attorney gem
| eral, who holds the law of 1887 to be
valid. there are other very able lowyers
| in the State who not only claim il TO be
void. INT hiring FORWARD evidence TO nrove
their assertions.
Thus it can be seen that the general
public opinion as that the law is void. In
this case every one reasons that in asl
much as there is no law ON the statutes
prohibitory of the fighting that it mustl
necessarily be legal, in which case there
could be no objection TO having the fight
within the very male of fine canitol bnild- |
ing itself. Yes. it might as well be let
out now as later.
There are certain gentlemen who hayeI
long wanted this fight
IN AUSTIN,
and tbev bove haen to1l,ino of +bair Choir
ishad homes ON the dead nnnt nntil thev
arc alnn0St WILLING to yTooer tbot tg1o fght
coIrId he hod here very snccassfnIlv
lney argue Una tna' lna kt as tne reg g
to have regoftos carnivoIs and othe,~xnnO-
cent omuspments that this firht might he |
included in the last list and be fought here
without any interference. The plan of |
these gentlemen would be to build two |
immense tiers of seats on either side of |
the river lust about Mount Bonnell, and |
have the ring on a floating platform i'm the |
middle of the river. Numerous electric |
lights could be brought into play, making |
the surroundings as light as day. They |
argue that thus building the seats out in
the open air and at this season of the year
would he much more preferable than hay-
ing the crowd packed into a hot house or
pavilion. Then again, by arranging these
tiers of seats up the mountain sides every |
one could be able to see the fight with per-
feet ease, as the ring would be made as
bright as day by the arc lights. or course
the various steamboats, would be allowed
TO lay IN close proximity TO tne rlg, ana
those who cared to spend fortune Tor a
seat could get on these boats. These gen.
men clam 1t would be TO thG interest OF
all parues concerned TO nave uhe h$ht mere
as 1t is generally believed mat II rhe hght
was mad near the capltQl ana IN the DARK
officials, sheriff ana other county ana state
oincers couiu ne given
ppIvATE RON
w DO Il
where the shadows fGM rhe heaviest ana
mere unseen ghey could observe lne hgilI 10
ther hearts content, ana lhasInucn as
Lhey were unus per'lllu'eu Uo Witness Lne
hght without DelnS seen themselves tntt
they would not DeThlnK themselves 40
interfere, Ihat Is Nne chlei ODJection 10
DE made TO elther DalIas OF ITalVcston, ana
IT. IS very likely TO prove the doWntail OF
elther clty IN case they attempt 70 pun OH
the hight. Along about the time OF TINS
hght every eye VIII be turned ON Tower
nor Culberson and the other State o1icials
to see as TO their location. 1t would be
impossible Tor them TO get out OF she clty
ana go to either Dallas or Galveston. In
view OF rms TACT 1T is highly probable that
they WIFI see to 1t that the light IS not per-
mltted. Now, at the light was mad here
on the lake, the various heads Of the dc,
partments could work at their Offices until
+ O'Clock o. M, as usual, and ahep go
nome. Aiter supper they could go up /!
stairs ana go to bed with the sick head
ache and if any visitors called through
curiosity they could, of course, be eX-
these facts as stated above, the only
off ~ 10 ssre 'ii ILL., rs + 10 rave 1T puN H
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