The San Francisco call., 1897-03-15
READY To
} STEP INTO
The RING
Corbett and Fitzsimmons
Ease Up in Their
Training.
THEY WILL FIGHT ON
SCHEDULE TIME.
No Danger of Delay Because
of Uniavorab.e Weather
Conditions.
KINET0sCoPE FOUND TO WORK
ON A CLOUDY DAY.
The Battle Gould Be Photog raphed
Though the Sun Were Hidden
From View.
KINETOsCoPE FOUND TO WORK
ON A CLOUDY DAY.
The Battle Could Be Photog raphed
Though the Sun Were Hidden
From View.

CARSON, NEv.. March 14-When Car
son awoke this morning she was greeted
by leaden and ominous sky. Groans at
once took the place of the expressions of
JOY that had been aroused by the past
few days of delightful weather. Dan Stu
art frowned and looked gloomy enough
when he came out of his apartments and
noticed the forebodings, but his troubles
were nowhere to be compared with those
of the kinetoscope people. They fairly
roared with rage. And it is no wonder;
for these folks have gone to an expense
already amounting to nearly $500 and
it has been their plant all along that un-
less the 18th was clear day all this would
be lost Dan Stuart's fat share OF this
kinetoscope privilege would also evap-
orate. The latter fact certainly accounts
for the popular Texans frown and gloomy
look this morning.
But there came tonight happy little
turn in affairs, which had the effect of IL
Eliminating the countenances of all con-
cerned with happy and confident smiles
The weather did not assume more pro-
pitious aspect-not at all, for those moist
and threatening clouds clung to the in
'verted bowl all day. Something else hap
peued. The kinetoscope crew. having be-
come desperate, determined to ascertain
by experiment just where they STOOD so
to speak. They bundled up their ap-
paratus and hied themselves to the arena.
Everything was put into position, just
as if the battle for the worlds champion
ship was to be fought, and at a given sig
nal several mem bers of the outfit clim bed
npon the platform where the ring is to
be located and began to execute sort of
imitation of Piute ghost dance Stimuli
taneous with their debut came whirring
and buzzing noise from the interior of the
stilted box whereiR was located the mys-
terious device which takes sixty photo
graphs second.
The hopping around performance on
the platform continued for three minutes
the allotted time for one.round of fight
ing under the Marquis of Queensberry
rules. "Time," rang out voice from the
interior of the box. The whirring sound
ceased and the dancers stopped for rest.
Then they had another three minute
round and another and another. So far as
the machinery worked everything was
perfection. The ghost dancers were COM
plimented for their endurance and the ex-
pertinent was over,
But the most important feature of the
entire affair-the item that was to deter
mine the winning or losing of a small
fortune-was yet mystery. The question
was, Had clear negatives been received
under such frowning and murky sky
The iilms were taken away to the syndi-
Gates laboratory and put through the Sc
we're chemical process.
An hour later the negatives had been
developed, and it was found that the
amateur Indian dancers had been re-
produced as plainly aud distinctly as II
the sun had been shining its brightest.
A shout of joy went up from the
kinetoscope contingent, for this expert
ment proved something that had never
been known before - that kaleidoscope
negatives could be successfully taken on q
cloudy day.
Stories have been flying around for
some time to the effect that in the event
that st. Patrick's day came in cloudy aud
threatening the big fight would be post.
poned in order TO accommodate the
kinetoscope concession, Indeed, l have
been informed on the very best of author
ity that the programme agreed upon be-
tween the fight promoters and the syndi-
cate was that if the 18th was unpropitious
the two smaller contests-Smith against
Green and FIaherty against Hawkins
would be substituted ana the chief even,
would take place the following day if .he
sun shone. But to-day's happy expert
ment precludes all this, and now the
original programme will be carried
through to the letter.
Corbett and Fltzsimmons will begin to
maui each other at IL o'clock Wednesday
morning and the other two fights will
take place on the following day. The
big pigeon-shooting tournament will BE-
.inaugurated on the afternoon of March
II. Immediately after the world cham
pjonship battle is finished, and will be
continued during the next day and until
the cham pionship at this game is settled,
too. The cowboy tournaments is scheduled
for Tuesday; so there is the whole Carson
carnival programme.
The last obstacle which threatened the
consummation of the match between Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons was removed to-day,
when the Cornishman came into town
and announced that he would offer no
further objections to the clause incor-
porated in Referee Siler's rules permitting
hitting in the clinches and in the break
aways. Bob declared yesterday that he
would not stand by Manager Julian's sc-
ceptance of the rules as they had been
published and threatened to make trouble
on the day of the fight. but after slee ping
over the matter he has decided to take
things as they come and makes the re-
mark that he twill lick that Dig fellow
anyway"
Those who know Fitzsimmons well still
persist in doubling that he ever seriously
Intended to raise row over this rule, be-
cause they believe, down in their hearts,
that he would rather prefer to punch in
the clinones, but that ne wanted 70 lead