The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-19

EI,PASO, Texas, FEB. lS,--PriAc nEht
MATTERS were very quiet to-day. Not
,norc than corporai's guard of sport
,pe. men Is now on hand waiting for
rr,dny and 1t Is not sure that ali Of
,bcn will remain that long. FItzsim-
,,,,rs went back to his work this morn
Inc and only appeared In El Paso for
Tow minutes shortly before noon. He
has nothing to say regarding the sltua--
zion except that he expected TO win ana
,yin very quickly. He Is very sore over
the loss Of his $1,000 forfeit money yes
tprAay and II he defeats Maher the lat
Ter wifi set worse licking thaH ne
WIGHT have received had Fitzslmmons
.ht,inHI what he considers his right.
EH laughed when told OF the inter-
cNnnVe OF kilograms between Corbett
SSl Julian md repeated what he said
IN the early morning about his willing
mess 10 meet corbett.
Eitr VIII Fight corbctt.
"Iwlll fight him anywhere he likes. at
nry time he likes, in London or in this
country. An ask Is place where we
can be safe from Interference. ] would
nor 20 throuEh again what ! have been
.Srnut.h down here for all the cham
nIon,h!ps that ever were mnde. can
lick Corbett and I win lick him II ever
We get into the ring together. That's
Mi have To say about him. When
haze whipped MahCr, viii be cham
rion OF the world by virtue OF Corhetts
1wn account in giving the champion
shlp 10 Slaher end will accommodate
lin With a chance to get his champion
ship eEGIa. l wont keep him waiting
either" 49,.
morning for vIrioIs points in the inter-
for n hts province ~" mas coEe 20 me
ouIrIon :hSt there will DO 10 trouble
and tHat his nrc1cnce on the border Is
no lpagrr necessary.
Tfrrrorts from Las Cruces Elay be re-
lied upen. Maher's eyes ara improving
c3l the l-lshmnn Is going about the
-Se;y Mexican town with Ghadrd glasses
on jimmy Curroy says Peter. between
holl5 and "ai,caii eyes" has not dcHe
more than ten days all told OF good
honest training.
liaIIrr In roor Condition.
Buck Connolly declares his charge Will
be in the ring on Friday, ana that he
thinks Peter will be lr reasonable shapr
;heu so fnr as his eyes arc concerned.
DR. GandelI declares that while Manner
HAY. he should not attempt to ugHt
under Il couple OF weeks. Should the
man r-ht. the battle is expected to be
short and sharp one. .,
II Is the plan OF the Mnher party, II
they must hGht. u send their man after
Fitzsinmons with rush in the nope
OF getting FitZ on the go and landing
20 90 hlnW
proceedings. 1t is In fact about the
only hope the ill-condftIoned man has.
He can scarcely hope to play u waiting
or n defensive game with the tanky
Australian. II FitzsIEimOu5 carries
out his intention, he Will also sail IN
from the call OF time.
VIII he short Fight.
Fitrsinmons has heard Of Makers
plan Of battle and he proposes going In
on the same lines and ending his adj
yersary in quick time. Therefore the
few who will see the fight expect n
short but exceedingly lively mixing.
Eaoch Rector saws the battle will not
last more than three rounds. Others
say FIVE will be the limit. Few think
II will last eight or ten rounds.
Dan Stuart says there will be a iiSht
unless the PRINCIPALS or one OF them
fan, He IL ready to fulfill his part nH
he has been since he declared there
should be a. fight near FL Paso lie
doag not care now II there are only
newspaper men for spectators. II Is
7oss!ble there will not be more than
10 or 900 al the fight. The would-br
tpectators have nearly disappeared and
tho Strangers n town are principally
from tile country surrounding.
Late reports Tonight from Las Cruces
are 10 tie effect that one OF NEherJ
cyos is entirely well and that tho other
is practically FREQ from inflammation.
He took tramp OF twelve miles and
went through all hls exercises except
ruachlng tho bng. II Is announced that
Re surely will be in condition TO enter
the ring or Friday,