El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-08
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"Yes,', said Dan Stuart 70 Round
About this morning, 81 am now Oa
my way to Nevada where | expect to
remain until after the COrbett-fltz-
simmons fight. There are no obstacle S
in the way and no hitch that will pre-
vent its coming off ia public on the day
designated. l have some business to
attend to here, ana may be able to get
away this afternoon, but if L can't. l
will take tomorrow nights Limited
and go straight through to California.
[ will stop few hours in Sacramento
and from there go to Reno. am
now making every effort to get the
railroads to give reduced rate TO the
place where the fight is to occur. L
am satisfied they Will make it one fare
for the round trip, but l am trying to
get them to do better than that.
have lately seen Corbett in Kansas City
and he is in fine condition. He left for
Nevada yesterday with his party
where he will train. Fitzsimmons and
his party leave New York today for
Nevada. He writes that he is confident
Of winning the fight and Is in fine cor
ditiOn. [ do not think the dollar
law talked of in Nevada will affect
me, in fact, | have heard nOtbin @ about
it and do not think it will pass, but if ii
does it will cut no figure about the
fight, as | have given my word that 1t
will take place on the 18th OF March
and it will. if Corbett and Fits mmOns
are able to get in the ring. Some lesser
contests will be arranged after my ar
rival in Nevada. | do not know what
they will be yet. Sharkey will not
agree to fight Peter Maher. 1t is said
Maher stands ready to challenge Cor
bett at the ringside in the eTent the
Californian vanquisheS the Australian.
Should F'itzsimmons win it is thought
that Peter will take the matter under
advisement. The memories of New
Orleans and Langtry are not pleasant
ones. 1t is likely that the advan &c
guard of sporting writer's and sporting
men will begin to pour into Nevada Oh
or about March | E" Mr.. Stuart is con-
fident that there will be great crowd
from all sections of the country at the
ringside.
81 think Frank Simmons did just
right in forbidding that prize Ii ght the
other night" said citizen this morn
ing. Il have always opposed Simmons
politically and would have went TO the
fight if it had taken place, but nOtwit-i-
standing all that l like to see an officer
do his duty. i he law is very plain on
prize fighting and the governor of this
state spent Que hundred thousand dol
lars to get it enacted and if Simmons
had not stopped that fight the governor
would likely have jumped all over him
and might have succeeded in impeach-
ing him. There are others who think
just as [ do, and they hope to see Sim
mons keep up the lick in other dlrec-
tions when an enforcement of the law is
required"
"You just wait until my comedian,
Felch, gets chance at the audience"
said Jules Grau to R)Ind About yester-
day. ''He will make them laugh until
their sides ache. He will be smOthered
Monday night in the ''Begg AZ Student"
by our tenor, Dunbar, bat when he gets
role like he has to play in Paul ones,
Tar and Tartar, or Ship Alloy, he just
gets away with everything on the stage
and carries the audience away. OF
the stage he is as dry chip but is
strictly in it before the foOtlights."
Society is making a preteuse of be-
ing shocked because Elsie de Wolf is to
appear at the Bradley-Martin ball in
her bear feet. The approach to i'm
N odesty here, it seems, is not from
the neck down. but from the toes up.
This fancy ball has received so much
advertising that jealousy is apparent
among the leaders, and Mrs. Aston is
now planning a simil zr affair.
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