The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

| lily QiQ HOl come, lnOuSn the mines WSI
well represented. The arrivals this morn
ing were about $780, making the tota
of strangers il town between 5000 AM
| 1000.
The demand for tickets 20 the fgh
was very good this morning. Dan Stu
| arts headquarters, where they were OF
sale, being crowded. The demand wa:
| 50 brisk. indeed. that the price Of tn,
| cheapest seats was doubled, the last few
rows on the outer edge of the arena hav
ing been set aside for people willing tC
pay only S. for admission. When il was
| discovered that these seats were selling
well, better than the SO seats just In
front Of them, there being very little diff
ference between the two in desirability,
all were placed at $40 each. The increase
did not interfere materially with the sac.
The impression had got abroad with the
townspeople that when Stuart found he
would have several thousand unso:d
seats on hand Che arena will accommo-
date over $4,000 he would be willing to
fill al least some OF the outer VOWS Of
seats by accepting 81 or 81 for them
There was a larger number present than
Stuart had been hoping for since last
Friday.
The main street was early filed with
people waiting to see the principals drive
in from their quarters on their way 20
the arena.
The takers Gid thriving business SELL
ing souvenirs in the shape Of small box
ing gloves, medals, shamrocks and flags.
At ore of the corners. surrounded by e
large crowd, was a wheel OF fortune, the
proprietor of which was very busy TAX
ing in bets and paying cut winnings.
John L. Sullivan was up early this
morning ard attracted g good deal of
attention. He seemed to be Just as big
q man in the estimation OF the Carsonites
and many others as Corbe.: and Fitz-
simmons.
Carson, New. March 1.-THE center
Of activity this morning was the Airing
ton hotel, where the sporting men have
been in the habit of coEgrcgating ever
since the fight has been under way in
the vicinity OF Carson City. Il was a
visa man who rose from his bed carly
and did little leg work in the direction
Of the dining room early in the day for
the sake of getting a breakfast. The no.
tel dining room is not large and it will
not accommodate many at one time. The
first ones to arrive were sure of their
meal but along toward the flag end Of
the morning the hungry followers OF
the noble art " sugilism who showed
up clamori1g for his breakfast came out
OF the argument with an empty stomach
and was forced to rush for the nearest
restaurant, and the restaurants Of Car
son are not many, nor are they on a
par with those of larger cities. The late
arrivals were not many in number, how
ever, for the large majority Of the men
who have come here to witness the fight
were up early after their breakfast in
short order after they appeared in the
office OF the hctei.
Most Of them realized that a fight at
II a. m. with two other fights to follow
meant no lunch at noon hour, and they
took no chance on getting a good meal
at the opening of the day. By o'clock
this morning the hotel Office was crowd
ed TO suffocation and for several blocks
down the street groups Of men stood all
in earnest conversation, and the topic
with nearly all of them was the COM
parative merits of the two men.
Around the hotel of Stuart the scene
was one of lively hustle. The big blue
chart of the ring was lying on the coun-
ter and two men were constantly en-
gagged in selling seats and making the
final arrangements for caring for the
crowd which saw the fight. In front of
the office stood Dan Stuart as cool II
the climax of his work as he has been
il pushing that work to conclusion.
This one chance to get even" he said,
latter three years of hard work that /
have been through with all these fight
ers. It marks the beginning of the end
with me and I rather think that when
this thing is over that l will be out of
the fighting business for good. ! am not
making any predictions regarding what
L may do hereafter. but 1 do not think
that L will undertake any more fights"
Stuart expressed himself as being some
what disappointed at the attendance,
which is smaller than he has been ex-
pecting. but he viewed the matter in the
II
of his troubles.
There are not more than 5000 here,
are there?" he said with a smile. "but
it is the best we can do, and there is no
use of making any fuss. Carson is a
long ways for lots of the boys to come,
and the hard times have made 1t impos-
sible for lots of them 10 spend 5000 to
come here to see the fight and get home
again"
The pool room OF Corbett and Cole
man. across the street from The Airing
ton hotel. was filed with men this morn
Ing who were anxious to put their mon
ey on the fight Outside OF the pool
room many small bets were made. with
Corbett the favorite, many OF to /. The
mass of the sporting men were with Cor
5ett. many because they liked him and
many because they disliked Fizsirl-
mons, and would be pleased TO see his
head punched into mincemeat The mag
nlficent form shown by Corbett in his
and the somewhat cratic man
rcr in which F'itzsimmons had gone
through his work Of preparation, but
which it must De confessed, had left
him in as good condition as the chamni-
on, had also tended 10 down the amount
OF money which was going in on Fftz-
simmons.
CORBETT's RIDE To THE ARENA
HOW the Champion appeared on His Way
10 the ex-Championship.
Carson City, New, March I7.-Although
If