El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-19
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After Talks of the Fight.

The day before the late fight at Can
son city one of the most notable arri1
ais was John J. ingalls,, of Kansas, wb
went to the fight to write it up for tn
newspapers. On his arrival the new:
paper correspondents there wrote u
and sent out to their respective paper
the following account of Mr.. Ingall
and his talks among the pugilists:
'Mr. ingalls, is trained down to hi
usual fineuess and did not take III
much room in the travelling suit ant
box Overcoat in which he reached the
lscene. He said on his arrival that be
did not know much about prize fighting
either in theory or practice. but he wa
| very willing to learn, and accepted ar
| The ex-senator looked as though he
rather regretted the trip when ush ere6
into the smoky barroOm at Shaw
springs, filed as it was with brawny,
strengthened devotee5 of the game,
who stared suspiciously at the gentle
man from Kansas. There was little
| chance for escape however, and he fol-
lowed his escort into COrbett'S parlor,
where intrOductiOns ensued.
"How do you do, Mr.. Corbett?" said
Mr.. ingalls, 81 hope you folks are all
well.
Out of sight, old man," said the
champion, as he shook the ex-senater's
arm into a state of partial paralysis.
Glad to see you"
81 intend to see the match tomorrow
and thought 1 would come out and see
you," said the ex-senator. 81 don't
know much about this branch of gym
nastics.''
I'll be glad to post you SENATOR"
replied Corbett. ''What can l tell
you"
"Well, for instance, how hard are
you allowed TO hit your opponent"
asked Mr.. Ingalls, with evident return
of courage.
LAS hard as you can puhch," was
which again disconnected the question
err. But he was game and led back
with another query.
But" he asked, "how much does it
count when you hit the other man? l
don't know much about the score?"
That hoored Corbett, and to cover
his VISITORS confusion he began a little
rapid work at the dumbbells.. Mr..
Ingalls, hastily reiterated to a far corn
er of the room, from which he viewed
the work with evident admiration.
II think you must be very nice
fighter, Mr.. Cohett," said the senator
when the exhibition was finished, land
think You will b.at Fitz-immOns. We
are both American citizens, and of
course l sympathize always with Ameri-
cans. l don't know your opponent,
are SO big, you know.
Mr.. Ingalls, soon drove back to towp,
where he met Gov. Sadler and the two
walked TO Dan Stuart's b g arena.
"Dear me- said the eX-s5ateman as
he stepped on the ring platform:
What big place. Why, this beats |
the national conventions sll to pieces,
doesn't it? Prize lighting must be
quite lucrative enterprise to justify |
such splendid. preparation. 1 am quite
glad / came.'
Gov. Sadler was delighted with his |
enthusiasm and took him home
TO dinner at the executive mansion.
During the evening Mr.. Ipgalls met
Parson Davies, Muldoon, Sharkey,
Prof. Donaldson and many other pro-
ninent men in the pugilistic circles,
md appears to enjoy himself immense
y.
Fitzsimmons said after his late fight
20 press reporter:
There was no time during the |
ight," he said, "when 1 was not conf
lent of winning. In the fifth and sixth
-ounds when they say that Corbett had
ne going I had no doubt whatever in
my mind that 1 was going to be the
winner. After the seventh 1 kept GET
ting stronger and fresher all the time
and he was getting weaker ="
Regarding the future Fitzsimmons
says: II have not decided just what ]
will do, but one thing is certain and |
that is that l will not fight any more
for at least two years. 1t has been
three years since Corbett fought any
body for the championship and 1 am
not going into any finish contest for
two years myself. During that time I |
may decide to fight again and ! may |
not. All depends on how feel. l sam
getting along in years, and two years
not far from 40 years and that is rather |
a mature age for any man to engage in !
a finish contest in the ring. However, |
l will not say now what l will do, 1 |
shall pay no attention to challenges |
made by Goddard, Mitchell and |
They are all bluff challenges |
and not worth my consideration.
James J. Corbett said of his late de-
feat at CarsOo:
81 was beaten fairly and honestly
and have no kick coming-no COM
plant to make. Don't represent me
dying, or even i'll, for | am not-only
chagrined at my carelessness in the
fght.'
AmuSementS.
Louis James production of "Sparta-
Gus" which will be seen here shortly,
is extolled to the skies by the press
wherever it has been seen. His char
acterzation of the title role is said to
be the croWniu@ achievement of his
long aud brilliant career and his scenic
production is spoken OF as being abso-
1 Il
success for many reasons. Firstly, be-
cause the icopOclastic writer's have
been shouting "decadence of the dra-
ma" at us for SO long and SO loudly that
one might be inclined to at last give
some credence to the voices in spite of