The herald., 1897-03-20

and he is entitled to my admiration.
That is not saying, however, that he
could beat me again. believe that the
majority of the people who witnessed
the fight at Carson entertain the belief
that am the best man and want to
justify the confidence that is reposed in
me. Those of my friends who lost money
on me say they are willing to lose lit
tie more and I'm going to give them the
opportunity to back their opinion with
their money if I can"
DEBRIS AT CARSON.
CARSON, New, March 19.-P ].
Donahue, the San Francisco architect
who constructed the big arena for Dan
Stuart, today plastered an attachment
on the building to recover certain mon
ey which he claims is due, according to
the contract made by Stuart. The first
attachment Is for s2s9 and the second
for $75 The case will be brought up in
the district court tomorrow.
Mysterious Billy Smith, who threw
up the sponge with George Green on
Wednesday, is now reposing in the
county jail in Carson. He got on the
train this evening to go to San Fran
cisco, and, walking up behind a detec-
tive, with whom he had trouble, COM
| menced to strike him in the neck. Pis-
tolls were drawn. but before anything
was accomplished officers had Mysteri-
| Gus Billy in tow and were leading him
down to the Jail. He was arrested last
evening on charge of disorderly con-
duct and spent the night in Jail, but will
now probably spend a short time in the
penitentiary.
1t was disclosed today that the ring
in which Corbett and Fitzsimmons met
last Wednesday was but % feet inside,
instead of "a, as the rules require. Short
ly before the contest the ring was en-
larged by shelves being constructed on
its sides, in accordance with orders CIV
en- by the referee, but on the night before
the contest Chief Carpenter Franklin,
acting under Instructions from Stuart
and Wheelook, sawed off two feet of the
boards around the entire ring. The
posts were taken up and placed two
feet inward. 1t is claimed that this was
done to accommodate the kaleidoscope
people.
WORSE THAN THE NUDE.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. March 9.-Rep-
resentative w. o. Lamont of Chicago
today introduced bill in the legislature,
with an emergency clause, which will
prohibit, if it becomes law, the repro
duction of prize fight pictures, and fixes
a severe penalty for violating it. La
mont has had in mind such measure
ever since it was announced by the
press that the Corbett-F -Fitzsimmons
fight would be reproduced in this man.
ner During the last three or four days
he has received large number of let
ters from business men and fathers, ad-
vocating the passage of such a bill. The
bill prohibits the exhibition not only of
pictures of prize fights, but of any other
act prohibited in the criminal code of
this state.
OTHERS WILL FIGHT.
PITTSBURG, Pa. March 1S.-In re-
Francisco, published today, that Tom
Sharkey had deposited $2500 for fight
with Peter Maher, the latter's manager,
John j. Quinn, says ''If Sharkey will
deposit his money with any reputable
newspaper in New York city or with
either Parson Davies or AL Smith, it will
be covered within twenty hours for
the purse of $4,000 before any legiti-
mate club in the country.
eff a match cannot be made with
Sharkey, Maher is anxious to meet Joe
Goddard on the same terms"
SILK workers Strikes
PATERSON, N. j., March 19.-The
300 strikers of the Enterprise silk mill.
who went out for an increase of wages
of 80 per cent, returned to work today.
The old scale of wages for which they
struck will be paid them. Their victory
| is the first gained by strikers in Pater-
son. The strike in the Phoenix silk mill