The San Francisco call., 1897-02-16

Stuart is continuing his efforts to give
Peter Maher match during the carnival,
and it is now practically settled that the
Irish champion will be pitted with all un-
known. Somehow or other, Sharkey does
not appear to be in favor with the big
Texan. Maher was asked by telegraph II
he would meet Sharkey or an unknown,
and his reply was that he "would meet
Sharkey or anybody in :he world" TAX
ing.the Irishman at.his word, Stuart to-day
wired him to prepare for collision with
the unknown. Who this unknown is is
one of Stuarts secrets, and if ever man
could keep secret when he wanted to, he
is that man.
Some idea may be gained as to the
amount of business the Carson hotel and
saloon men expect to enjoy as the result
of the coming of the thousands to this city
to witness the battles, from some of the
preliminary orders that have gone out for
eatables and drinkables. AS most OF the
latter will come from San Francisco, the
wholesalers of the California metropolis
viii have reason to be tha u kful that there
is going to be fight. The Arlington
Hotel to-day placed orders for $500 worth
OF liquors, $1,000 worth of cigars, and
nearly $4,000 worth of general hotel sup.
plies. The Briggs House ordered $1,000
worth of drinkables and $500 worth OF
groceries. The total order of the Ormsby
House, which already carries tremend-
Gus stock, amounts TO $500.
A. Livingston, the saloon man, who is
accredited with having first suggested to
Stuart the possibility OF pulling off the
big fight in Nevada, naturally counts on
carrying off the cream of the saloon trade,
and has ordered $1,000 worth of extra
liquors and cigars. Tim Dempsey is put
ting in an additional stock. ordered at
$1,000. In fact they are all at it, IN antici-
patton of the harvest of their lives. The
city is overrun with whisky drummers,
and all of them are joyous over the
bonanza they have struck.
Stacks of letters continue to pour III
upon Dan Stuart from all parts of the con-
tinent, in which the writers demand
bloc2s of choice seats at "any old price"
In order to dispose of these. as rapidly as
possible, be has set three of his clerks at
work on a seating plan for the mammoth
pavilion. This will be out by tomorrow
or next day and the seats already sold will
be checked off and the;tickets forwarded
as rapidly as possible. Stuart has, up to
date, orders for over 5000 seats, and all in
the highest-priced row at that.
Corbett's handball court and rub
down room out ct Shaws Springs were
practically completed by sundown this
evening. Both are substantial and COM
modious structures OF white pine. Only
few finishing touches are necessary, and
Corbett can make use OF them tomorrow
L ight if he so desires.
Within five days Stakeholder Al Smith
will have in his hands every cent of the
money that is to go to the winner OF the
Corbett Ftzsimmons battle. Corbett's
siGe-be forfeit money has long since been
up. A few days ago Martin Julian for
warded to Smith the balance of Fitzsim-
mons side bet. To-day Stuart sent TO
Smith $40 coo as the balance of the SIS 900
purse offered for the fight. He put up
5000 at the time of the signing of the ar
ticles. The $4,000 he sent to-day was
divided into five certified checks calling
for $1,000 each, and are drawn on the First
National Bank of New York.
~ would have put this money in
Smiths hands sooner, but 1 deemed it
wise to wait until practically the last mo-
ment in order not TO get tangled up with
the New York law" explained the Dallas
sport tonight.