The evening times., 1896-02-07


that the site of the arena in which the
| Fitzsmmons-Maher fight, near Ell Paso,
| Tex, is to be decided, is not located in the
| United States, as he seems to be- the bill TO
| prevent prize fighting which passed the
| Senate yesterday will not affect the Stuart
| pug.listic carnival in the least, unless 1t is
| to keep away some who would otherwise
have attended. Stuart is quoted as say
ing: The English Parliament may pass
a similar bill tomorrow, and still the car
nival will 20 ahead as advertised
THIS is evident, for neither the United
States government nor the English Parlia-
ment has jurisdiction except in countries
| governed by them. Stuart also says that
the arena will not be pitched in Mexico, so
| President DiaZ will be powcrless. The sue
cess of the carnival now hinges On the abil-
| ty of the projectors of the fights to prove
that there is a strip of mo mans land
| nearby. where neither the United States
| nor Mexican governments can legally inter
| fere.
IF President Cleveland signs the anti
prize-fighting bill it will be case of
'.what will the poor sports do" with a
vengeance. Dan Stuart can assure every
| one that the battles will come off as-much
as lie pleases, but the short-haired frater-
| nifty would sooner see Maher and FitZsin-
mons and the rest OF the pugs who go
10 make up the carnival in a twenty-four
| foot ring hammering away at each other
than to hear Stuart tax.
1t has come down to point where fight
ing talks and assurances are at a discount.
OF course. II the game little Texan should
fool them all and bring off the fight they
will all declare that he is the greatest
thing in the prize-fight promoting business
that ever happened and when il comes right
down 10 it they will be about right. He
claims 10 he $4,000 out of pocket by the
Corbett-Fitz zsimmons fiasco and is naturally
anxious to rccoup his losses.
II now remains To bc seen If he can do il
through the agency OF these fights. Until
Wednesday. when the bill was introduced
in the House of Representatives. everything
looked rosy for Il successful carrying out
of Stuart's scheme down TO the smallest
detail. But things have changed since then,
and il Will be nothing wonderful 10 see the
disappointed sporting people and pueilists
sadly vending their way horneward-broke.
In answer TO q telegram sent last evening
asking if the F Fitzsiinmons Ma her firh, would
take place this morning, rs reported, or on
February Il. as originally scheduled, Dan
A. stuart wired:
"El Paso. Tex, Feb. 6.-Mahcr-Fitz
fight will take place February / 4. as adver-
tised. DAN A. STUART"
But while the ant-prize-fighting bill
cannot stop Dan Stuart's carnival, IL he
brings il off outside of the United States
it can effectuaily put 4 stop TO all fights
i'll the Territories and the District Of Colum-
bia. ITO see which any admission fee
is charged, either directly OF indirectly
comes pretty near covering all kinds OF
fights.
According to persons who profess to
know. the money which Stuart Will lose is
not cash out of pocket, but losses through
the decreased attendance OF the sports. II
the fights could be brought off without any
talk OF interference Stuart would have made
barrel of money. 1t is believed that STU
arts arrangements with the Kinetoscope
Company are such as to guarantee him
against any possible loss personally. This
company. ii is said. pays the purses and ex-
pcnsc of the fighters. and arranged for
division of the profits with Stuart. The
kinetoscope Company wants the fights for
their machines, and is prepared to spend so
much money to get them, whether they are
brought off in private or not. 1t is said
that the pugilists understand that they
must fight in private if conditions confront
them which makes such proceeding neces-
sary. Stuart gets $4,000 velvet from the
Ell Paso citizens.
The possibility of interference will deter
many from attending who would otherwise |
have gone. 1t takes four days TO make the |
journey, as follows; Leave Washington |
about 0:30 p. M. on the Southern Railway |
Southwestern Vestibuled Limited: reach |
New orleans the second morning at 7:25; |
leave New Orleans on the Southern Pa |
cific at 9:15 n. M. and reach El Paso at |
$50 on the fourth morning out of Wash
ington.
The position OF the Mexican government |
on the pending prize fight is that every |
State in the American Union has lcgisiated |
against prize fights, and Mexico cannot |
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