St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-13
FITZ IN FIT SHAPE
AND, IF HE CHOOSES, LANKY BOB
WILL MAKE THE FIGHT OF
HIS LIFE.
FEARS OF ANOTHER FLUKE.
HOPED THAT THE AUSTRALIAN
WILL NOT REPEAT THE LIT
TIE ROCK EPISODE.
PRESIDENT DIAZ In EARNEST.
Has Enough Troops in Juarex With
Which to Wage a Small
FEARS OF ANOTHER FLUKE.
PRESIDENT DIAz IN EARNEST.

into JuareZ, and by tomorrow night
will be in strength to begin war if
Necessary He has 800 men, 200 Of
whom are Rurales, and by tomorrow
night will have 200 more. He declared
today that under no circumstances
would he allow. the fight to take place
in Mexico. 81 will prevent it by force,
if necessary, but I hope it will not
come to that, but if it does, I shall use
force" will you shoot them down ?'
IF men come into Mexico and intend
to break the law they will be arrested,
and if they resist arrest they will be
shot. That's all there is to that mat
ter"
The governor added that newspaper
correspondents and other spectators
will be regarded as prize fighters"
and that bullets might strike the news
paper fraternity as well as the spec
tators. Il don't think much of prize
fighting anyhow" said the governor.
Il went over to Ell Paso last night and
saw two colored men box Dixon and
WalcotD and I do not like it as well
as l thought l should from what have
heard about it."
''The chances of the fight coming off
are good, however, despite the declara-
tions of the governor Of Chihuahua
and the American officials" calmly in
sists Stuart according to schedule"
And there is no doubt that he is max
ing every effort and will continue up
to the last minute to do his utmost to
bring if off. He insists that every
thing is ready and that no interruption
will be forthcoming. The all pervading
fear of the law which has possessed
FitZsimmons ever since he became en-
tangled with it for killing Con Riordan,
at Syracuse, may make him take the
stand he took at Little Rock last fall
no fight unless absolute protection. is
guaranteed him, although he has kept
quiet on that point up to date Fitz-
simmons is in the best Of condition
and capable of making
THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.
He is now taking only enough ex-
ercise to keep himself in good condi-
ton, weighing 563 pounds today, and
probably.Will enter the ring very close
to that figure.
Reports from Las Cruces are to the
effect that Maher has completed his
training and is also in excellent shape
1t is expected that he and his party
will leave the training quarters to-
morrow and come to Ell Paso where
he can be ready to start for the bat
tie ground at a moments notice. The
pugilists of less note are hard at work
1t is generally conceded that the big
fight will be a test case, and the fate
of the others are to some extent de-
pendent upon the fortune that follows
the participants in the big battle. Dix
on has let up considerably in his work
II iS f1,ar fi,,n nfn Il
to train hard for fear of OVERRIDING it,
Wolcott is above weight and is trying
to work off three or four obstinate
pounds that still cling to him. Ever
bardt, Leeds, Barry and Murphy are
all ready to fight at any time. Barry
is in particularly good shape, and if
Murphy wins over him he must work
for his life.
Fitzsimmons went to the bicycle
races this afternoon, and about 500
enthusiasts saw him ride round the
track on a wheel.
Al Smith, the well known sporting
man of New York, arrives tomorrow,
to represent Corbett at the ringside,
but he will issue no challenges. How
ever, if any defances are hurled at
the erstwhile champion he will be pre-
pared to answer; them.
Manuel Bauche, the Mexican collect
or Of customs at Juarez, said today:
eff the fighters bring any tents or
ropes into Mexico they will be snug
Cling, and in addition to what they
may suffer from the military author
tiles, they are liable to six months
in Jail. The only way to avoid this
is by coming across the bridge between
Ell Paso and Juarez, and Of course
they won't do that. If they get in and
come out again without being caught
we can do nothing, but we're looking
for them to smuggle their stuff across
if they fight in Mexico. We will
punish them if we can catch them"
Late this afternoon Adjt. Gen. Mabry
gave Fitzsimmons a scare that sent
the lanky Australian to Stuart
WITH EYES HANGING OUT.
Gen. Mabry called at Fitzsimmons'
quarters in JuareZ and informed him
that no matter where he went, no mat
ter where the fight took place, some
of the state rangers would be with
him. If he attempted to fight on Texas
soil, rangers, Gen. Mabry declared,
would at once open fire and pay the
principals in the fight the distinguished
honor of trying to kill them first of all.
FitZsimnons at once hurried over to
Ell Paso and declared his antipathy
to being shot, and demanded absolute
protection, without which he would
a long conversation, and at it's close
FitZsimmons mounted his wheel and
with apparently easy mind started to
his quarters, saying he is satisfied to
take the chances.
Eugene Mailfert, surveyor of the
state of Chihuahua, has a large force
of men at work establishing a line
between New Mexico and Mexico. The
line is for the benefit of the Mexican
soldiers 1t was agreed at the late
conference Tuesday evening that the
survey should be made so that if the
fighters sought the disputed tract, the
Mexican troops might know how far
they could proceed. A further confer
ence was held in Juarez today at which
there were present Gov. Ahumada, Of
Chihuahua; Mayor Arriola, of Juarez;
Col. Tavarez, Collector Bouchee and
other Mexican officers; Deputy United
States Marshal Ware, of Texas; Dep
uty United States Marshal Hall, Of
New Mexico; Gov. Culberson, of Texas; i;
United States Attorney Culberson and
Adjt Gen. Mabry, of Texas. It was
agreed that the two forces should CO.
operate in preventing the fight. The
United States marshals declared they
WOULD NOT CROSS THE BORDER
after the fighters, although Gov
Ahurnada declared he should raise no
objections if they did. The governor Of
Chihuahua declares that while the
United States officers were welcome to
cross the line into his bailiwick, the
forces should stop at the line, even
though the officials of this side make
no question Such action might result
in complications The line being estab-
lished by Engineer Mailfert; who has
a large force of soldiers detailed to the
northwest at work will be recognized