Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-01
LEGISLATURE IS IN DOUBT
Prospect that the Anti-Prise Fight Bill May
Not Get Through.
DALLAS PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD
Measure Has Clear Track In the
senate, but the Fight Manage
mcnt is Confident 10 VIII Bc
Killed In the House.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. S0.-Only twenty
five members Of the legislature have arrived
up to tonight and Judging from present
indications it is hardly probable that a quo
rum will answer to the roll call tomorrow.
A careful poll Of both houses by interested
parties develops the fact that from public
utterances and the wJll known sentiment
Of the members the anti-prze fight bill
viii go through the senate with the
emergency clause with votes to spare. 1t
was anticipated that the fight on this clause
would be made more successfully in the
senate than in the house. but this was
mistake. The fight to KIN the emergency
clause will be waged bitterly in the house
by the Dallas people. a committee OF bust
ness men will arrive tomorrow from Dallas
and Will plead with the legislative committees
to knock out the emergency clause, on the
ground that IT will connscate thousands Of
dollars worth Of property in Dallas which
have been expended on this fght Up to the
present writing, Of the eighteen members
Of the house here nine are opposed to the
emergency clause, and Of this number four
are out and out antagonists Of any anti
prize fight bill at all The fact that up to
the present time one poll Of the house breaks
even gives the friends Of the Dallas fight
management cause to feel good, and their
attorney, w. p. Allison, tonight stated that
he believed the emergency clause would be
defeated in the house.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Sept. 3O.-Bob Fitz-
simmons and party. who arrived here yes
terday afternoon. left on the noon train to-
day for his training quarters at Corpus
Christi, where he began his work i'm
medlately.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3O-Prlor to his de-
parture for his training quarters in Texas,
Corbatt today gave New York an exhibition
in Madison Square garden Of how he Is train
ing for his coming fight with Bob Fitzsm-
nCrs. He arrived in this city about noon to-
day. accompanied by his brother, his trainer
and sparring partners, and Immediately re-
paired to the big garden There were nearly
1000 persons in the building and they gave
Jim a rousing reception when he appeared on
the arena dressed in black tights and a red
scarf tied about his waist. Despite criticism
he looked very well albeit he showed a lack
Of training, but he has a month In which
TO put himself In trim for the big contest
there is little doubt that he Will come to
time for the big contest Mt and well.
Corbett started with his usual days train
ing by working the chest and wrist machines
puIching the bag, wrestling and boxing with
ODonnel He followed this with a very
lively game of hand ball, and finished with a
three mile run, and although he had scarcely
minutes rest during the entire two and
one-half hours he finished up strong At
S:3O tonight the entertainment was resumed
and between COO and Z 900 sports were pres
ent. I h re- were about polio amen n the ar
den In charge OF Inspector Brooks and Captain
PICKETT, who controls the once famous tender
loin district. Consequently there was very
little slugging by the various boxers cf
secondary reputation who amused the specta-
tors until Corbett appeared
Steve O'Donnell of Australia and Jim
Dwyer OF Elizabeth, n. j., who were formerly
with Fitzsmmops sparing partners, en-
gagged In set-to. II was friendly that
O'DonnelPs nose was bleeding before the
end of the first round from the effect of
Dwyer's glove. At the end of the third and
last round the men shook hands but many
Maher would be mare than a match for the
big Australian IL O'Donnell does not improve
before they meet in Texas
At II o'clock Corbett jumped through the
ropes for a bout with Tom Forrest of Sheeps-
head Bay In response to a demand for
speech, Corbett said Ladies and Gentle
men-I am going to Texas to get
myself ready to meet Bob Ftz-
simmons. | have the utmost con
hdence in the Florida Athletic club and
from what | have seen in the papers you can
easily sec that we are willing to fight and
wa don't wish to come back from Texas with
out settling For my part, | am willing that
the Florida Athlete club shall pull off the
fight wherever they choose"
The champion looked fat, but he can easily
reduce the launches he is carrying within a
month with steady training. lie spared
three rounds with Forrest and followed It
with similar so with Steve O'Donnell and
showed that he had not forgotten any of his
clover ring tactics This wound up the show.