The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-19
THE FIGHT on FRIDAY.
Til" Mexicnns Quietly Intimate That
Their Vigilance VIII He Relaxed.

III Puso, Tex, Feb. ia story ls /
going the rounds of the resorts this !
morning thnt the light managers have |
received an lntimntlon from a source |
near TO the state OF chihuahua authori-
lies that there need not be any appre-i
hcnsinn concerning interfereuce with !
the affair Friday next provided the spot |
selected Is not within forty miles of |
Jaurez. up or down the Rio Grande, |
Or adjacent to II village or hamlet. AZ
leaonuartcrs the usual policy OF refus-
ing either 10 confirm or DENY current
r"nors ~ sun being adhered to. but col
or ~ given to the report from the fact
1hnt Governor Ahumudn ana two nom
bers OF his staff were for two nours vcs-
teruhy afternoon the quests OF Iritzs,m |
mons at the lattcr's training uuartrr. |
par,ook OF his hospitality and watched
WIN interest his punching of tho bn.,
ana other exercises e
interest In the possible n,no,i,r -.
Manner and Fitzsimmons on ISri,Inv b.,
nout ',t ne.ercu out. The throngs that
.ovhuneu r.,h III i'aso street. from slurc
itoht 10 curh, have gradually 1win,,,n6
10 complete disappearance, and Tho
groups that are CcaSionally enronntar
cd on the observation-disclosures ure con,-
poscu. In the main. OF Mrxicans from
JuhrtH on furalites from the surrounding.
country: The headquarters, too. are
deserted and need only n s.rcamcr of
crepe on the door to cumpIctc their run..
raj ASPECT. The feeling Is next door 10
general that something will again hpD-
pen TO Keep the men from entering the
ring. Taken altogether never has n
worids championship pugilIstic contest
petn ihlPeued by such an utter lack OF
enthusiasm or eyhlaration.
Fi,zsimmons took his daiIy spIn ia
town on his wheel this morning. Julian
had preceded him on an International
mule car Opposite the Federal build
ing the Cornshman encountered Stake
holder Tom O'ftOuke, of Boston The
latter rallied l'itzsmmOns pleasantly
on his spectacular play of Yesterday and
suggested that he look i'm better temper
l'itZ. responded that he meant every
word uttered Oh Monday: that he still
regarded MS opponent us IL '.StiiT" and n
yellow dog. and was satisfied that he ha d
no Intention of fighting OH Friday. The
Boston man offered to het Il twenty that
fttzSimmonS was way off and the latter
replied, with q Sneer. that he was not
In the habit of betting less than IL hun
dred O'Rourke. who was by this time
ncttled, pulled out IL wad OF hundred
dollar bills and suggested that It be
made thousand. Willing Fltzsimmons
assented and this two men hustled across
the street to headquarters. where Julian
was holding the fort solitary and alone.
Gimme me some money, Julian" said
l'1tH. Give me IL wad OF IT,"
What for?' nonchalantly asked the
manager.
IL have he, O'Rourke Il thousand that
that stiff Naher wont fight" was the
reply. Give me roll"
Not on your life." was the mana
gers answer 81 have no answer to be
stalking you on such fool plays. Keep
quiet and your mouth shut"
And with this he hustled the fighter out
pf the back door, while O'ltourke, who
had been an amused listener, went whls-
Ting down the street.
FitZsimmons took four hours exercise
at his Juarez quarters this afternoon,
weight. wrestling with Jack Steiner, OF
ST. Louis, and punching the bag
Everything indicates that Fltzsim-
mons will put the fight of his life If the
opportunity is offered three days hence
Adjutant Mabry held n consultation
this afternoon with Captains Mcdonald
and Hall, ana the latter said that the
would remain here until the
fight managers had gone out of bust
ness.
y scmi-ofiicial statement given out
from headquarters to-day says in part
NO one should think that the Fitzsim-
monS-Maher fight VIII not take place
simply because the lesser fights have
been declared off. The fact of the mat
ter is that Stuart has been placed in a
better position to pull eff the big fight
since the little events arc out of the way
than he was before. There Is no need
for the visitors thai remain to fear In
reference. The ring Is well located and
the conditions are such that no one will
be arrested or molested. This much can
be stated absolutely, kilograms and as
sertions to the contrary notwithstand-
ing"
Spider" Kelly. who came down from
Las Cruces to-day says that Maher
walked twelve miles yesterday and af-
took two hours exercise In
doors. His eyes were doing we'll and
there was no question of his being fit
for the ring Friday.
I'itzsimmons received to-day q des-
patch dated at Chicago and reading:
"'ro Robert FitZsimmons:
Read In to-night's paper that you
said was cur The first time I see
you / will make you take 1t back. as I
did before. J. J. CORBETT."
After making the air sulphurous for q
while. Fitzsimmons turned the messa ge
over to Julian, who promptly filed the
following reply:
u. ]. Corbett, Chicago:
"All right. Chappie. get ready, put
yourself In better condition than you
were In Hot Springs and get down here.
Fitzsimmons will put you out of exis-
teRce tho day after he puts Maher
among the has-beens.
MARTIN JULIAN"