The record-union., 1897-02-21
BOTH FIGHTERS ON THE SCENE
ARRIVES AND GOES
TO TRAINING QUARTERS.
Stuart Offers a Five Thousand Dollar
Purse for Maher and Sharkey
to Come Together.

CARSON, Feb. 20.-Now Fitzsim-
mons has arrived at last, and so the
men that are to take part in the fight
of the country are on the ground. Cor
bett went out to his quarters at Shaw's
Springs this afternoon ito stay until af-
ter the big event, and Fitzsi1nmons at
once drove out to his training quarters
at Cooks ranch, which is three miles
from town. F'ltzsimnons was met at
the train by half the population of
Carson, anxious to get a glimpse at
the man who has the coura ge to meet
Jim Corbett, for the latter by his affa-
ble manners since he has been in Car
son has won over the public sentiment
TO himself to a great extent. Fitzsim-
mons pushed his way through bhe
crowd and was soon taken away by his
team, it being Julian's idea to estab-
lsh him in his training quarters at
once and work with him will commence
tomorrow.
Corbetit as usual this morning went
over to the Opera house and put in
fifty 1.-TWO minutes spaTfng and wres
tling with his training staff and gave
them the hardest game since his ar
rival. He pushed them all hot and
seemed to be NOT In the very best of
humor. McVey, the wrestler is i'll and
us not doing as hard work as he would
under other circumstances.
The contract was let for the lumber
THAT is to be used ron the erection of
the pavilion, where the big mitch will
take place, this afternoon and the car
penters will commence work ON it next
week. Stuart has extracted a promise
from the contractor that the building
shall be completed before three weeks
have elapsed. and men will be put on
in such mum bers that there will be no
difficulty in carrying OMIT his request.
An order was received from Red
lands, Cal, this morning for a block of
fifty seats, and this was the largest of
the day, although there We're many
other smaller ones.
Fhtzsimrnons expressed himself to an
atdmiring crowd about him While he
was waiting for 'hIs team, to the effect
that they would see him down Corbett
in good style ON the meeting, and the
lHnsympa thizing youngsters yelled
rats" FItzsimmonS has not made the
impression on the Carson people that
Corbett hIals and sentiment here is cer-
tainly with THE Californian, who has
made many friends here during his
enforced idleness in this city.
The continuance of the storm has
kept the carpenters from finishing Cor
belts ha.ndball court, but he will now
go right along without it, and as he ex-
presses it, Make up for lost time in
short order" when the sun again smiles.
Newspaper headquarters are being
established all over the city. and their
enormous signs across the streets can
be seen for miles.
Tonight the weather has cleared,
with about five inches of snow on the
ground, and no prospect of any more
coming With three days of sun it will
all be gone.
When Fftzsimnons arrived he re-
marked on looking from the window
and seeing the snow descending: Cor
bett brought snow, I thought I'd bring
sunshine This is one miss, but / don't
expect to make another"
Governor Sadler was on hand to greet
the pugilist. and lent him an overcoat
to drive through the snow to his train
ing quarters FitZsimmonS presented
the Governor with a horseshoe and an
vii highly polished. his own make, and
the Governor exhibits with much pride.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Dan Stuart
telegraphed East to-day Offering
purse of $1,000 for a meeting between
Peter Mater and Tom Sharkey in Car
SON City, New. AS soon as this offer
was announced Tom O'Rourke. the
manager for the Broadway Athletic
Club. went Stuart 81 900 better, and
promised &c put UP a purse of $4,000 for
a meeting between these two in this
city. Neither offer has as yet been ac-
cepted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20-It is
stated here that George Green and Joe
Walcott have been matched to fight at
Carson during the pugilistic carnival
there Green will leave for Carson on
Monday.