The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-19

Eel. PASO, Feb. 1S--Prize fight mat
ters were very quiet today
Not more than a corporafs guard OF
sporting men is on hand waiting Tor
Friday. and it IS not sure that all Oh
them viii remain that long.
Fitzsirnnlons went back to his work
this morning, and only appeared IN FL
Paso for a few minutes shortly before
noon. He had nothing to say regard
ing the situation, except that he eH-
ueeted Ia win and win very quickly
ne is very sore over the loss OF ms
81 400 forfeit money yesterday, and II
he defeats Maller the latter Wall get
worse lickine- than he might have re-
ceived had FitZsimmOnS obtained what
he considers his right on yesterday
HE LAUGHED
when told Of the interchange of tele-
srrar1e between Corbett and Julian and
Teneated what he had said in the early
morning about his willingness TO meet
- viii fight him anywhere he likes,
a+ any time he likes, in London or In
this country. All l ask IS a place
where we can be safe from lnterIei-
ence. [ would not go through again
what l have been through down mere
for all The championships that ever
were made.
7 CAN LICK CORBETT
and viii lick him if ever we get in
+ba rina- together. That's all L have
10 say about him. When | nave
whipped Maher I will be champion Oh
+he world by virtue of CorbetF own
action. in giving the championship 70
Naher and ] viii accommodate olI1
with 2. chance to get his champion
H. again 7 won't keep him waiting
Governor Ahurnada left Juarez this
,,,or,ine- for various points in the IN
terror Of his province. He has come
"a tho oninion that there will pc NO
+ro,1ble and that his presence on lhe
border is no longer necessary. 10
If reports from Las Cruces may uo
relied 1lpon Peter Makers eyes are m
,rovino and the Irishman IS gong
ebo,+ +he New Mexican town with
sboJad classes Oh. Buck Connelly
declares that his charge
WILL BE IN THE RING
on Friday, that he thinks Peter viii
he in reasonable shape then so tar as
his eyes are concerned ILls IS lh0
oninion Of DR.. Gandell, who declares
mai while Maher may, he should not
at+eront 20 fight under a couple OIL
weeks. s. ould the men fight, the pat
tie is expected to be short and sharp:
II is the plan of the Maher party, IL
they must fight, to send their man
after Fitzsimmons with a rush in the
hone of getting Fitzsimmons on the
go and of landing him by fortunate
blow early in the proceedings. 1t Is IN
fact about the only hope the ill-con-
5f.io,,nd man has He can scarcely
hone TO play waiting or a defensive
game with the lanky Australian II
Fftzsfmmons carries out his intentions
he
WILL ALSO SAIL IN
from the call of time F'itzsimmens
has heard of Makers plan of battle
and ne purposes going in on the same
lines and ending his adversary in
quick time. Therefore the few who
will see the fight, expect a short but
exceedingly lively mixing. Enoch Rec
tor says the battle will not last more
tkan three rounds. Others say five
viii be the limit. Few think it will
last eight or ten rounds. Dan Stuart
says there
WILL BE A FIGHT
unless the principals or one Of them
fail. He is ready to fulfill his part
as he has been since he declared there
should be a fight near Ell Paso. He
does not care now if there are only
newspaper men for spectators, he viii
fulfill his engagement. 1t is probable
there viii not be more than two or
three hundred at the fight. The would
be spectators have nearly all disap-
peared and the strangers in town are
principally from the country surround