The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-16
BIG 60 IS ASSURED
LAST FORMALITY OF THE LAW
COMPLIED WITH BY DAN
STUART.
SUPREME IN CONFIDENCE.
TEST CAN GO AGAINST
HIM.
DIXoN-DOwNEY BOUT A sTAND-oFF
Twenty Clever Rounds So Even the
Referee Was Not Able to Pick
Winner.

- CARSON, New, Feb. 15-Dan Stuart
today took out the 81, 900 license for the
-Fitzsimmons contest to take
place here March II. He paid for it
by check and now nothing in a legal
way can prevent the big fight from
r taking place.
1t is understood the local railroad has
made arrangements with the Southern
Pacific to switch all excursions on
their track and bring them straight
through without any transfer taking
place. The sleepers will be side track
ed here and will furnish the sleeping
apartments for the passengers arriving
in them.
Stuart has been busy all day work.
ing on the plans for the arena, but re-
fuses to take the public into his con-
1dence as to just what the seating
arrangements will be or what the ex-
terror of the building will be like be-
yond that it will cover a piece of
ground 500 feet square and will be
OctagOnal in shape. Carpenters are ex-
pected to start work Wednesday Or
Thursday and seats will be placed on
sale at the same time.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 15.-
Jim COrbett started for Carson this.
afternoon accompanied by his trainers,
Billy Delaney and John McVey. Cor
betty spent the morning playing hand
ball and after lunch boxed four rounds
with McVey. He is supremely conf
dent of victory in his fight with Fitz-
7immons.
The Sabbath was partly a day of rest
and partly a day Of business to Cor
NIolH
a four-round sparring bout with Con
McVey for the delectation of the San
/, Francisco public at 10 cents a head. Cor
bett paid family visits in the morning
and went into the show business in the
afternoon and evening, for which it is
said he received 81 900. Last night
Walter Watson, who gave Corbett his
first lessons in boxing, dropped in on
Jim, and the two lamented the decad-
ence of the noble art Of self-defense
in the Olympic club. Corbett was in
doubt whether he would do any train
ing or not today. He said he antici-
pated tiresome journey from this
city to Nevada, and, as he wished to
begin active work upon his arrival at
training quarters, he deemed it wise
to lay off for the day.
Corbett received a telegram yester-
day informing him that all was in
readiness for his arrival at Shaw's
Springs. The party which will attend
Corbett will consist of Brother Harry
Brother Joe," Con McVey and a num-
Der of lesser sporting celebrities. In a
few days the Corbett party. in training
quarters will be joined by William
Brady, and after: the Jeffreys-Stenzler
fight by Jeffreys ~ -
Reno, New. Feb. 15.-J. J. Corbett
was billed for boxing exhibition here
tomorrow night but the district attor-
ney OF WashOe county has notified Ed
ward Cook, COrbett's agent, that under
the recent legislative enactment, a. Ii
cense for the exhibition must be OBJ
tanned. and that it will cost 81 900 TO
obtain the permit Cook was notified
that, If an attempt was made to give
the exhibition without a license, Cor
bett and his party would be arrested.
After receiving this warning, Cook con-
suited his principal by wire and finally
cancelled the exhibition, publishing a
telegram from Corbett, in which the
latter stated that he would sooner
lose his life than get tangled up with
the law and be prevented from meeting
Fftzsimmons on st. Patrick's day.