The morning times., 1896-02-07

Unless Dan Stuart. the Texas promoter
of prize fights, has something up his
sleeve, OF which the general run OF sport
ing men are not aware. the chances OF his
being able to pull OFF the fistic carnival
which he proposes TO hold next week
look decidedly slim.
The anti-prize fighting bill which passed
the House on Wednesday was carried
to the Senate yesterday and passed with
out division. There was not a dissenting
voice heard when it was brought up and
it BOW stands upon record as one of the
quickest passed bills ever presented. The
text OF the measure follows:
BE il enacted, etc, that any person
who in any of the Territories or the District
of Columbia, shall voluntarily engage in a
pugilistic encounter between man and man.
or a fight between a man and a bull, or any
other animal, for money or for other thing
of value, or for any championship, or upon
the result OF which any money or anything
of value is bet or wagered, or TO see which
any admission is charged, either directly
or indirectly, shall be deemed guilty OF
felony, and upon conviction be punished by
Imprisonment ia the penitentiary not less
than one nor more than five years.
Section .. BY the term: 'pugilistic en-
counter" as used in this bill, is meant any
voluntary fight by blows by means of fists,
or otherwise. whether with or without
gloves. between two or more men, for money
or for a prize OF any character, for any
other thing of value, or for any champion
ship or upon the result OF which any money
or anything OF value is bet or wagered, OF
20 see which any admission fee is charged
either directly or indirectly.
HoAR SPOKE FOR IT.
Inspeaking on the bill Mr.. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts. said: "Idesire to ask the Senate
to pass that bill at once. / have ex-
amined it. The members OF the Senate
are aware that the prize fighters, after
going from Texas to Louisiana, and there
into Mexico, have been driven out OF Mexico,
and they are now proposing TO have their
prize fights in New Mexico. This is a
United States law 10 prohibit there. 1t
ought TO be passed within Il few days.
Ii now only remains for the bin 10 go
10 the President, and when his signature
S affixed, which will no doubt be al once,
II will remain 10 be seen what The Stuart
combination will do. When the bill passed
the House on Wednesday The nervy little
Texan did not appear 10 be at all rUffled,
or If he was, did not show il 10 outsiders.
"a
he pulled off as scheduled, and TO 81 certain
extent Gained the fears of the sporting
people now in Ell Paso, who had begun
10 think that they were in for another dose
of the Bot Springs fiasco.
has SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE.
Among the local sporting fraternity the
general impression seems to be that Stuart
is TO a certain extent under cover" as it
were, and that when the time comes for the
fight he viii spring some place for pulling
il off that no one has ever thought of.
Thc"some place 10y the way, is generally
thought to be the land known as mo Mans
Land, :" which lies between Mexico and New
Mexico.
Il think they viii surely fight" said Dan
Dwyer, John L. Sullivan's old sparring
partner enspoken ntoaboutthematterlas TO
night. This chap Stuart is as smart as
they make them and that he has place in
view where he can pull off the fight no one
can doubt. He has been So confident all
along that the battle will take place that
don't think this bill will have much effect
upon thesportingpeople who are goingdown
TO take it in. 1t is true that Stuart showed
simmons fight was being arranged, but this
time il is my opinion he will be successful"
Billy Mcmillan. the middleweigbt cham
pion OF the District, holds an entirely
different view Of the matter from Dwyer.
In my opinion" he said, "Stuart's strong
card is the kinetoscope trick. He will
get big piece of money from the company
that handles those machines il he is sue
ccssfui in getting these two men together,
and as far as they are concerned, il will
suit Just as well to bring the contest
off in private as ii would before 10000
people.
You can wa ger if anything should
arise that viii prevent him from having
the fight take place on this unclaimed
and which lies between New Mexico and
Mexico. he will take the men off to some
secluded spot and with probably only
half dozen people at the ringside bring
off the battle. For all we know he might
take them off TO Dallas. Galveston. or,
in fact, any city in the Union, and bold
the battle with only few witnesses
and the kinetoscope operators
MIGHT MEET IN VIRGINIA.
There's only one thing for him 10 do,'
said Lew Newmeyer, land that is TO ship
them ON here and have the fight take place
before the Eureka Club. That appears To be
about the only place in the country where
they will let a couple of gentlemenly pugs
get up and hammer each otter. But I
hardly think this Will be necessary. In the
first place this bill has come so late that it
is doubtful If it can be put into working
order in time to prevent the fight. Even
if it should Stuart will pack up his traps
and calling everyone into line go over into
That territory known as "No Mans Land
and let them fight 1t out. He is a clever
little fellow and has set his heart on pulling
off this fiUhf no will LAT pn,l,;r..