The San Francisco call., 1897-03-20
FitZsimmons Serves Notice
on Aspirants That He
Has Retired.
Honors Await the Man Who
Can Climb the Pugilistic
Ladder.
Discovery Made at Carson That the
Co.iss um Arena Was Far
Too Small.

CARSON, NEv., March 19.-Fitzsim-
mons. accompanied by his wife and child,
Steiner and Hickey, left on the $50
O'Clock ev ming train for San Francisco.
where ne will give boxing exhibition to-
morrow night with mis- sparring partners,
Hickey ana Steiner. He was driven in
at about o'clock and walked up to the
train, followed by a crowd of admirers
and curiosity seekers, all ANXIOUS to get a
last look at the man who wrested the
championship from Corbett. When asked
If it was true that he intended to retire
from the ring permanently he said:
YES; l promised my wife before the
battle that it would be my last fight, and
intended TO abide by that promise.
Henceforth all statements signed by me
shall read: Robert Fitzsim mons, retired
heavyweight and middle weight cham
pion of the world. f"
And those who Witnessed the fight be-
lieve he is wise from busin SIS stand
point in not tackling Cor bett again.
Martin Julian and Roeber remained
over to settle up all the accounts. Fitz-
simmons has sent notifications to Corbett,
Goddard, Choynski, Sullivan, Sharkey,
Maher ana the other aspirants for the
the ring permanently, and that they will
have to battle among themselves Tor the
honors he has laid aside.
Dan Stuart has come out SIC, 600 short
on the carnival, exclusive of the kineto-
scope privilege, but if the latter comes up
to his expectations he will be on good
financial basis after all.
P. ]. Donahue, the architect from San
Francisco who erected the arena, has at
tached Dan Stuart for s299 due on con-
tract. He has engaged James D. Torrey-
son as counsel, and the case will come up
in the District Court tomorrow.
By the order of the referee, before the
fight the ring was enlarged two feet on
all sides by shelving constructed around
it: but on the evening before the battle,
when everything was dark and there was
no danger of discovery. Wheelock hunted
up Carpenter Franklin and handed him
an order signed by Stuart to cut off two
feet all around, putting the ring back
to its original size. Tidball, the chief
ring equipper, placed the posts back, max
ing the ring % feet square instead of %.
as the plans called for. This was done to
favor the kaleidoscope people, but is IN
direct violation of the rules and may cause
some complications.
Since Mysterious" Billy Smith and
Flaherty lost their respective fights they
have been in bad state of intoxication.
Smith in particular has been the cause of
a great deal OF trouble, and has found his
way to the County Jail several times.
This evening he was ordered to leave
town, but caused such a disturbance in
the train, with a few OF his iubilant part
ne-s, that he was taken back to jail, the
cond uctor refusing to Lave him as pas
senger. 1t seems that guns were drawn
on all sides and for few minutes things
looked serious. The authorities say that
they will take good care of Smith until to-
morrow evening and will place him on the
train in q sober condition.
Dan Stuart was asked if he would con-
tinue to give fights in Nevada and replied
that he would, as he is now in the busi-
ness and sees no way to get out of it at
present. The arena will stand where it is,
the judges stand being raised to allow
the race officials an unobstructed view of
the races, and the outer edges of the arena
will be used more or less as a grand stand.
Billy Madden who was official time
keeper at the fight, departed for his home
in New York tonight. Referee Siler left
for San Francisco, whence after a few
days visit, he will return to Chicago.