The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-11

all the ohs'racy OF which re was capa-
Bile. an dthat IS saying a great deal.
Fitzsi;nm3ps did very little work To-
day. In tie morning he ran to town ana
back, covering about ten miles, and ii
Steiner and punched the bag for a
short time.
Dan Stuart this morning appointed
Maiachy Hogan OF Chicago referee of
the welterweght ana featherweighJ
Championship fights between "Myster-
ioUs" Billy Smith and George Green
("Young Corbett''), and Martin Father
y ard Dial Hawkins, respectively. This
was done by Stuart after conference
with George Siler.
GOLD BRICK MEN.
Carson, New, March i0.-There was q
decisive increase this morning in the
number Of sporting men who arrived TO
witness the fight. More OF them came
morning than any day yet, and it is ex-
pected that from now on the increase
VIII be steady. 4 majority of those al
ready on the ground is Of a sort who
prefer TO live without working and all
sorts of Sharpers are on hand. In JUS
tee 10 The Carson officials it must be
said, however, that they are using
every effort to keep known confidence
men out Of the place. They have al
ready sent out a large number Of men
known TO be laden with gold bricks and
the like, and whenever the town mar
shall spies a man whom he has reason 10
suspect, he invites him 10 take a ride
forthwith to Reno
CHALLENGES WILL FLY.
A large number Of prominent pugilists
is looked to- by the early part Of next
week, and II all reports are true there
will be more talk around the ring after
the Corbett-FitZsimmons fight is decid-
ed than ever took place after any single
fight in the history Of the prize ring. It
is said that a representative Of Joe Cod
dard will be here to challenge the win
ner; Peter Maher is also TO be prepared
to bet all kinds OF money that he can de-
feat the man who wins on March II.
Joe Choynski will also be l2ere, and It Is
said he will have a challenge TO hurl.
Last Of all. Charley Mitchell is expected
10 be present and tina. means that there
will be all sorts of challenges and de-
ficG"es flying around. 1t is reported
that Mitchell intends to dare the victor
20 enter into a contest with him. T. Is
also said that he will issue a few chal-
leIses for other people.
WHY ON ST. PATRICKS DAY.
Dan Stuart was asked this morning
how he came to select St. Patrick's day
for the date Of the fight and was ac-
cused OF catering to the Irish element In
he Corbett camp in SO doing.
'Oh, guess not" said Stuart, when
I put the date OF the fight on March II,
never thought Of it's being ST. Patrick's
day. II anybody had come to me and
asked me when st. Patrick's day came I
could not have told him to save my life
Con bett signed the articles OF agreement
December H. and l set the fight three
months from that date. That is all there
is il the story, and that is how the
fight came TO be set for the 18th Of
KINETOSCOPEs ON THE WAY.
New York, March 10-The Carson
battle will be kinetoscoped. The three
machines that were especially designed
to makel lightning pictures of the Cor
ett-Fitzsimmons fight were shipped to
Carson today, the attachment which
held them having been released.
YALE JUNIORS EAT CROW.
New Haven, Conn, March 10.-The
Yale juniors who sent Pugil-
s. Corbett letter and a Yale flag. with
Yale's best wishes for Corbett's success
over Fitzsimmons, were summoned be-
ore Dean H. z. Wright, of the faculty,
.oday: Payne Whitney, New York. son
If cx-Secretary William c. Whitney; j.
". Wadsworth, Geneseo, Y. Y; +. H. |
simmons, Brooklyn; Gouverneur Morris,
New York; Bruce Clark, Chicago; T. c. |
Cleveland; ]. S. Rogers, |
New York; Forsytle Wickes, New York. |
md r. ]. Turnbull, Jr., Morristown, |
Y. J.
The Yale News contains a drastic edi- |
orial, utterly repudiating the senti- |
nents expressed in the letter and de- |
hands a public apology. In the same |
s1ue of the News the men who wrote |
ne letter make a statement in which |
hey announce their willingness 10 re-
Tact all phrases in which II was pre- |
uined TO represent the sentiment OF the |
university.