Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-16
JULIAN WOULD GTAND IN
Demands Share in Proceeds Of the
Kinetoscope iosprel.
WANTS oNE-1HRD OF l1Hs RECEIPTS
Says that n His Dennnd is Not
Granted Fitzsimmons Shall Not
Fight Unless thebCasncra
is Rcmovcd.rO

CARSON CITY, New. March 15-Dan
Stuart is up against another snag and ii is
one that is causing him much worry. He
has not yet reached a decision on the mat
ter, and he may not make up his mind
until tomorrow morning. The snag Is In
the shape of Martin Julian, who has de-
manded one-third of the receipts that may
come to Stuart from exhibiting the photo
graphs OF the fight. At the time of the
signing OF the articles Of agreement Julian
asked for share OF the money that would
accrue from this source. and he was told
by Stuart that II any bids were made for
the right to take pictures Of the fight Julian
would be given a chance to be in on the
returns. No bids have been made. however,
as Stuart has been intending to take the
photographs with a machine which belongs
to him for the most part.
This afternoon Julian drove to Stuart s
headquarters and told the latter hat he
wanted the receipts from the exhibition of
photographs to be divided into three equal
parts, one of which is to go to Stuart, one
to Fitz and Julian and the remaining third
to Corbett. Julian said that If his demand
was not granted he would refuse to fig t
before the camera, although he was willing
to allow Fitizsimmons to fight for the purse
IL the camera is taken from the arena. The
pictures are considered by Stuart his one
chance of getting back some of The money
he has advanced for the fighters in the last
three years.
FIGHT WILL COME OFF.
Stuart, when asked concerning the de-
mand made by Julian. said There is one
thing certain, and that Is that there will
be fight between Fitz and Corbett next
Wednesday. have not had any trouble with
Mr.. Julian and do not expect to have any
1N1,z-D IT,, ,tt,sr Il lie
thing and if Mr.. Julian is not willing to
abide by them he can pack his trunk and
go home. That contingency will not arise
however, and | am entirely safe In saying
that any trouble may have with anybody
will not prevent the fight from coming of
on the day after tomorrow. Nothing that
has arisen up to this time and that may
hereafter arise between Mr.. Julian and my
self or any other person and myself is going
to prevent that fight. 1t will surely come
off If one of the principals does not die by
the time set for the battle. Mr.. Julian will
have his man in that ring ON March II If
/ do not countermand my present order to
the men to be ready to fight on the morn
inig of that day, and have no intention of
countermandlng my order" >
Stuart said this afternoon the three fights
would be pulled off on the 18th. The pres
ent program is to have the great fight at
as close to II a.. m as possible and the men
have been ordered to bel in their dressing
the taking of pictures, theu Smth-Grcen
fight will be put on and await will be made
in this way until the sunlight Is favorable
If conditions to suit the photographer exist
at the end of the first fght8then the big
fight will be, called in all probability though
the sun may be given a'secnnd chance by
putting in Flaherty and Hawkins before
Ftz and Corbett have batri called into the
arena. No matter what the conditions may
be at the beginning of the rbig fight, the
nxya Of- tha da uyt ia
photographer must take his chances. If the
great fight should be first the other two
Will follow in short order,s sandiit is the pres
ent intention of Stuart, weather permitting,
to have all :he three fights In one day.
BOTH MEN IN FINE CONDITION.
Both of the great pugilists did today the
last work they will do before the fight, with
the exception of e little road work tomort
row for the purpose Of keeping their wind
in good condition Both of them are in the
finest kind o. shape, and as Charley White,
Corbett's trainer, expressed 1t today, II
the thing were entirely a matter of condi-
tion the men would fight until dark and
there would be no decision at all, for they
are both in such excellent shape that 1t
will be out of the question for them to lose
the fight through lack of condition"
When Corbett arose this morning he took
a little light work in his room with the
dumbbels, and then went to breakfast.
After sitting around the house for snort
time he went at the wrist machine; which
he worked for a short time, and then
punched the bag, but did very little with
it, He then went through several light
rounds of sparring and took some snort
runs and walks on the road. During the
forenoon he played three games of hand
ball with Nealon, the expert from the Pa
cifc coast, winning them all.
In the afternoon he took short walk
and rested for the remainder of the day.
Neither Corbe.t nor any of his trainers
will give any idea of what the champion
will weigh when he enters the ring, but
1t is certain that he will weigh over l75
pounds as he is above that weight now.
The chances are that he Will tip the scales
close to the 1S0 mark. Charley White said
this afternoon that he is more than pleased
and that 1t will be impossible for the cham
pioin to ever get in finer shape than he is
at the present time
FITZ is ERRATIC.
Fitzslmmons wound up his work Of prep
aration today and announced that from now
on he would do very little. He took short
run in the morning, punching the bag
little, and boxed with his trainers. This
was all done In the morning and In the
afternoon he did nothing. Fltz, notwith-
standing his declaration today that he would
do no more is likely to do some more to-
morrow. He Is apt to take sudden notions
and act accordingly. He for the larger part
trains himself and his trainers do what
he directs and Fitz does not allow them tc
tell him what is best for him to do. He
is his own trainer and is probably the only
man in the ring who is so. His conduct in
this respect is against all precedents but
Fitz has proved conclusively that he is not
to be gauged by ordinary rules and has
shown time and again that he can get him
self into the best OF condition without any
assistance from his trainers in the point
Of advice He is the best judge of his own
condition, and II he decides that he will be
the better for little more work tomorrow
he will take it without any hesitation.
The stories of the weight of Fitz at the
rngsde have been very conflicting, but the
probabilities are now that she will weigh
not far from 100 pounds, and according to
the assertions OF the men in his camp he
will be rather over thanl under that figure.
He fought Maher the last time at 1853 and
when he put out Dan Creedon he weighed
154k. This time he. viii weigh more than
in either OF those fights, and from this time
he will take on weight, although 1t is not
91si COIN