The herald., 1897-04-13
FEAR OF LAWS
Led to Lying About Pugs'
Pictures
STEWART PLAYED IT SLICK
AND MAY, PERHAPS, MAKE
SOME MONEY
If Jeffries Keeps on Growing He'll
Weigh Ton and Win the
Championship
a s,oo,ated Press Special wire.


BOSTON, April 12.-According to a
letter received by Editor George v.
Tuohey, of the Sporting Review, the re-
port that the Rector pictures Of the Car
son fight are a failure was sent out to
help kill the bills prohibiting the exhi-
bition of the pictures now before sew
eral legislatures. Charley Mullen, who
assisted Rector in making the pictures,
is quoted by Tuohey as stating in an in
terview that they were perfect in every
respect. Tuohey's correspondent says:
sit will surprise the average person to
learn that Corbett and Fitzsimmons
each received $3666, or one-third OF $l1,-
900, the figure supposed to have been paid
by Rector to Stuart for the control of the
pictures.
"This Is how 1t was done: Fitzsim-
mons raised rumpus over the money
and finally changed the articles of agree
ment so that he and Corbett were given
a third interest and it was agreed that
the combination should work on roy
atty. with Stuart as third party.
"a few days later the machines were
seized in New York and to the uninit-
lated it looked as though they could not
be forwarded to Carson in time for the
fight. This frightened Fitzsimmons and
Corbett into accepting Stuart's state
ment that Rector was willing to pay
$1,000 and take his chances. After
considerable pickering Stuart told Fitz-
simmons and Corbett that there was
danger of the pictures being spoiled
because OF the rarefied condition of the
air. This proved settler and the men
signed on the terms made by Stuart.
Edison was willing to pay at least $780,
900 for the picture privilege. Thus Stuart
outsharped the boxers and secured for
s11 900 something for which another
concern was willing to pay $250,000.
Wheelock, Rector and Stuart form the
combination that secured the privileg-
es."
JEFFRIES GROWS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12-Spurred
on by the advice of his friends. Jeffries
is already beginning to look over the
heads of novices and to measure his
chances up against the prowess of Steve
O'Donnell, Slavin, Sharkey, Choynski
and Maher. The Los Angeles man par
ticularly desires to meet O'Donnell, and
the National Sporting club people here
are already talking about negotiations
in that direction. Jeffries stated today
that 1t was not publicly known what his
actual weight was when he fought Van
Buslxirk last week. He tipped the beam,
stripped, at 210 pounds. Delaney and
Billy Woods claim that in another two
years Jeffries, even when trained down
to perfection, will be able to go inside
the ropes for fight weighing fully 2S0
pounds. which, 1t is unnecessary to say,
is figure greatly in excess of anything
ever heard of in prize fighter before.
Acting under the advice of his intimates.
Jeffries is living frugally and without
dissipation. Many sporting men are
already beginning to pin their faith to
this young native son and to believe he
will soon redeem the title of champion
lost by his fellow Californian.
DALY-EvERHARD
PHILADELPHIA, April 12.-Jack
DAILY, of Wilmington, and Jack Ever
hardt, of New Orleans, fought six rounds
tonight in the arena of the Quaker City
Athletic club. The first three rounds
were decidedly tame. scarcely a dozen
clean blows being struck. In the fourth
and fifth rounds Daily became aggres-
sive and landed repeatedly on Ever
hardt's neck and stomach. Everhardt
did practically no leading. At the close
of the fifth round he sent Daly's head
back with a stiff left punch. The sixth
round was in favor of Daily. The fight
was Daly's.
After the other bouts were fought
Dames J. Corbett came into the ring and
was Justify cheered. He said: "Gen-
tlemen-I thank you kindly for this re-
ception. I want to say to you that
was whipped honestly and fairly by Mr.
Fitzsimmons. don't intend to go and
drink myself to death, or cry over my
defeat. 1t was the first setback of my
life. I am young yet. and hope within
the next year or SO to prove to you that
am still the champion Of the world"