The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-18

words followed. Fitz was borne away
with all the glory of his new-won vic
tory and Corbett hft To return to his
nome In San Francisco. carrying with
him the despair of defeat.
The BATTLE DAY.
All That Could he Desired as TO Weather
Considerations.
The dawn Of the battle day i'm Carson
City was all that could be- desired by
the several thousand people who have
travelled many miles to this snow bound
valley to see the great corhCtt and
Fttzsimmons fight. Late last night the
weather was bitterly cold, the sky was
overcast with clouds and light nurrirs
9f snow fell several times with every
indication that dayhreak would find the
prospect for n cold. cloudy day ahead
and perhaps several inches Of snow on
the ground, and in such "A case there
would have been great disappointment
In this section of the world. for IL had
been officially stated that the battle
would not occur unless the sun was
SHINING 81 that the vitascope could bc
worked AT the ring side. hut the repu-
tation OF Carson weather at this season
of the year asserted itself and "A little
after o'clock the sun rose over the
SNOW covered mountains and in n short
time the whole valley and the whit"
mountains on all sides of 1t were glis-
tening in brightness.
Not "A cloud was to be seen anywhere
and while the air was cool aud sharp
and there was a covering ~ white frost
on the streets there was a noticeable
moderation in temperature and II could
readily he predicted that when the sun
was "A few hours higher the day would
he a perfect one
No news had been received i'm town
from either of the training quarters this
early In the morning. hut as the wealth
er continued favorable. II was known
that there was no reason To change the
programme which had been decided
upon. The town was astir early and
crowds began to gather about the hotels
and railway station waiting for incom-
ing trains and all eager for any piece of
news or gossip IN connection with the
fight.
As early az s o'clock this morning
there was small crowd gathered at
the gate of the arena. No one was ad-
mitted, however and the crowd grad
ually increased. by . o'clock probably
500 people We're gathered i'm front Of the
gate anxiously awaiting the signal 10
enter. There was also "A procession of
p,opi' , 0', n"hs wy '.tcc- -puaI',rs oi .'lle
''''' ""N'ie w Wv s''"'"s an" 'heSe
constantly increased the size of the
.'"Mu' ~ ""s ElN',' ou. ',iat 'n' sa'es
m"u'u NY W "p'"Su u'i'Il w 'lo'h anu
lhr croWu oech'ne itnPa'lent' 'iles "l
npeh uP "''e ne'r"' pu' 'hcS had no
'n.rt'
A""u' ti"'h wagon containing
ul'r NV Hln' na,h 'u" droNe up ana
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~, ~ '"'H W nv u"s 'he ea,e wa" opcheu'
Nv 'loNu ti'u v" loil"" ll' nut
nuriE spe',al Policeman huShod thr
haStS "n'S pach me 'r"Nu' III Nh"h
were one or Nv" women amused user
ny EASING M',u 'at 'ohih'u III
'"E' near ny anu ny s"lhE AGAINST
roulette game III tent 'Ipse 10 the
sate'
Til" Gates Are Opened.
The gates were opened at 40 and
there was rush To got in. The press
was So great that it was impossible for
the gatekccpors To take tickets. The
holders Of pastehoards were requested
tn hold them up above their heads and
in that fashion 800 people rushed into
the enclosure. There were three women
in the first burst and they We're as eager
IN get in ms the rest. There were plenty
Of ushers on hand and there was no
confusion In seating the people. Five
dollar standing room tickets seemed to
IN. the most popular and SO uureserv,d
seats were in great demand at first.
Holders Of reserved seats and boxes
were lpisurely in their movements and
came strolling in up to the moment of
calling time. When the crowd was
first admitted workingmcn were still
husily engaged In putting the finishing
tcuches on IN" arena hall an nour
aiter the gates upene1 ,her' were aoout
Iuuo people colnIoitahiy seated.
th'y pul VI 'h' ii"'' gazing Win III
ter"st on the PLATFORM Where 'orOett
ana Fltz we're 10 igh' Tor the suprem-
aCN' Inc moor "l 'he rlhE was "i lhcn
pine hnatuS CLOSELY uTaWn 'oseth'r ana
sprinkled hhefally WIN t"s'h. The
BOARDS were unpauu'u anu comments
on the pr"mnhltg "t ln' hshters
knocking th"lr htads on the haru sur
lace III case ol hhoch doNh were IRE
qu"nt.
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