The herald., 1897-02-20
A TOUGH LOT OF CITIZENS
Coming to Carson on st. Pat
rick's Day
JULIAN PREPARES A PUSH
To Sit Near Fitzsimmons and See
Fair Play
The Great Jim Trains Little and lmpresscs
Nevada's Governor a Great
Dsal-Pool Pointers
Press special Wire

Dsal-Pool Pointers
Associated Press Special Wire
RENO, New, Feb. 19.-Martin Juliai
arrived here from Carson this evening
to meet F7tzsimmons. who will arrive
from the east tomorrow morning. Jul
ian still expresses the utmost con
fdence in Fitzsimmons winning the
coming fight, and he laughs at similar
expressions OF confidence which have
come from Corbett. Julian said to the
Associated Press correspondent: There
is one thing certain. Corbett never in
tends to win this fight on the square.
have heard from most reliable sources
that there is a movement on foot on the
part Of the other crowd to pack the ring
side with a push who will break
through the ropes II it becomes neces-
sary to save Corbett, but you can un-
derstand distinctly now that they will
never do 1t, for have taken care to pre-
pare for just such an emergency by
sending for push of my own, and you
will find the toughest lot of citizens from
New Orleans and Texas near F'itzsim-
inOho SOihok thdt CNCl ldHQcQ al ILLS
state. ana Corbetts gang will have a
lovely time getting into that ring"
AT CARSON.
CARSON. New, Feb. 1g-Tne sun
came out today, but the weather is still
quarters at Shaw's springs is progress
ing rapidly. and he will probably go out
there tomorrow. Today Corbett put
in some time at the opera house, boxing,
wrestling, etc. He says he feels no i'll
effects so far as result of exercising
in the rarefled atmosphere at this eleva-
tion. Work has not yet been COM
menced on the amphitheater, but there
will be plenty of time before March II,
as the edif1ce is to be merely temporary
one, and large force of men can rush
1t up in a few days. 1t was stated today
that there will be 1900 seats in the
building, and that the fight can be seen
from any one Of them.
Now that Corbett is here and has been
sized up more or less favorably the ar
rival Of his rival, Bob Fitzsimmons, is
anxiously awaited. The New Zealander
will probably not tarry long in Carson.
as his establishment at Cooks ranch will
be all ready for him by the time he ar
rives here. So far Corbett seems to be
the favorite of the experts, and others
who have come here a month ahead of
eihiSt anu oiC waiting lIHpdtleHtly IOr
the 18th Of March. but Fitzsimmons will
undoubtedly have plenty of admirers in
his train.
Governor Sadler and number of other
state officials watched Corbett at his
work In the opera house this afternoon.
Jim made great impression on the
executive, and he was not slow to ex-
press himself SO, Altogether the cham
pion put in about an hour and forty
minutes today, taking but one short
rest. When the men were changing
that they might get little rest, Jim
would run and prance about that
ne might not get a moment of
idleness In which to get wind 1t seems
that Corbett is already acclimated, as
iar as ne or his trainers can see. A
lot OF newspaper men arrived here To-
day, and the telegraph office is nearly
swamped tonight, as the storm has pre-
vented the bringing in of new wires.
Juilan was down to Cooks again TO-
DAY to put the finishing touches on the
place Fitzsimmons is to occupy and re-
ports everything in good order and all
ready for the Cornishman, who is ex-
pected to arrive here tomorrow.
The contract for the lumber to build
the pavilion will be let tomorrow. and
work work will then begin at once. over
5W,O0O feet Of lumber will be used in its
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w. K. Wheelock reports that orders
Tor seats are still pouring In by letter
and telegraph but that they cannot be
attended to until the seating plan is ar
ranged and the lists are sent to large
cilies. MOST OF these requests for seats
these will receive no attention AT all
POOL POINTERS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19,-At the c,,ssv
house today Sam Fitzpatrick bet To-
Little 300 to $3.50 that Corbett would win,
and $!oo even that the fight would NOT
last nfteen rounds. Tom O'Rourke has
pet SSoo 10 $24O on Corbett with a New
ark carriage manufacturer. Bookmak
or Jakey Josephs offered to Law $1,000
against $2O0O that Fitzsimmons would |
win. "oNAo
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Joe Vendig. a
~ hnown sporting man of this city.
oday instructed his attorneys Howe
Hummell, to begin legal proceedings
against Dan A. Stuart of Texas FOR foiIN
rs to keep signed agreement wherehy
Vendig and Stuart were to share the ev,
penses. profits or losses of bringing Cor
oet ana fltzsimmons together for fight |
n a prize ring. Vendig claims that fhe |
agreement was signed in June, 1895. and |
hat Stuart has violated the contract
Reviewing the matter Vendir saws St,,-
lrt promised the counsel fees won,d ha
'l50o and the rent Of the arena s25oO
vendig claims that he told Stuart to .o
lhead. but after the latter reached TexeS
le wrote a letter saying that the cost
would be much more. In renlv 70 tbis
etter Vendig says that he wrote Stnart
o go ahead and draw on him wbenevar
le needed money. 1t is now a matter ~
history that the bout was prohibited in
'exas owing to the action of the Ieeis.
ature, and after fruitless attemnf to
ring 1t off in Arkansas Stuart present
d an itemEed bill to Vendig for ev-
lenses amounting to $2O,52 Al and IN
,dditional bill of $780,
When Stuart and Vendig parted at
little Rock Ark, in the autumn of 1se5
'endig says that Stuart promised TO
oIow Fitzsimmons to Australia and
hat he told Stuart to go ahead and that
e would be with him in anythine he
hould do. A month later Vendig re-
eived wire from Stuart, who was then
Houston, Tex, saying that he had
nered $780, 900 as purse for Corbett ana
itzsimmons to fight in Texas This
roposition. Vendig says, he notified
tuart he was willing to ab.Se by the
greement.
Stuart came on to New York with ar
cles signed by Fitzsimmops to fight
orbett as well as q verbal contract to
ght Maher. When the articles were