The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
GOSSIP Of THE Town.
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Bat Masterson, who leaves the city
this morning for Carson, after a COM
pulsory stay here, has been brought into
some prominence in connection with the
fight by a fine half-tone of himself,
which appears in the official souvenir
programme of that event.
The first copy of the programme that
has been seen IN Salt Lake, is a rather
elaborate publication, containing half
tones of Corbett FitZsimmons Julian
Brady, Stuart, Siler, Masterson and
others. The only excuse made for offer
ing Bats likeness is included within
few lines below his face. They are full of
compliment, calling him the prince of
sports and declaring that no big pugilis-
tic event that has been held in the coun-
try for the last 20 years has been prop
erly embellished unless Bat was there
He he's been a man whose opinion on
fighters has been courted.
Bat recently wrote to Carson in re-
Spouse to 2. request for his opinion on the
coming mill. He asserts that the con-
test Will not last over four rounds. but
says that he has not bet one dollar.
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Here are his words: "Fitzsimmons is
every inch a fighter. There is not one
counterfeit hair in his head. All he
knows when he gets into the ring is to
into Corbetts camp. On the other hand
Corbett is the recognized heavyweight
champion of the world He will weigh
not one ounce less than $50 pounds, while
more than 1t0 pounds. Corbett is. in my
judgment. the cleverest big. man that
ever pulled off a shirt in the ring. He
cannot. nor will he, allow FitZSimmonS to
drive him one foot. So. in order to have
a miX-up in short order all he will have
to do will be to stay in the middle of the
ring. Now, there can be only one result
of 2 mix-uD between these two men-a
winner"
On the eve of Bats departure for the
fight comes the report of the bribery
of,Tp mil Of Tn oil LOT.
from whose Lexowing the noted sport
fed. That committee has decided that
the charge of bribery made ny Masterson
to Thomas NJ Patterson of the News
were not ~ell founded. and it has so
been reported to the senate.
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Referring to the departed Bat the COM
Mr.. Masterson. a man of admittedly
ill-repute. claims that certain persons in
Colorado Springs requested him to lobby
do what was right by him; that after he
had done some work in that direction
tbut Just what he did if anything, has
not been brought OUT. he asked these
parties for money for his alleged services.
and these parties refused TO pay him:
Mr.. Masterson does not claim that he
had either written or verbal agree
ment that he should be paid either a
specific sum of money, or any money.
but that eli he had was the assurance
that they would do right by him.
mat 'WneD these pdrIleS refused to paw
him money he notified them that if they
did not pay him he would tell about a
certain corrupt deal they (the Colorado
Springs people, h9 with a certain lobby
list and q certai senator: that these
parties still refused TO pay him any money
Notwithstanding his threat, and reported
the supposed transaction between them
and the lobbyist and the senator to Mr.
Patterson.
That all Mr. Masterson knew about any
such corrupt transaction with a certain
senator was that he (Masterson) made
the certain lobbyist in question admit
that these Colorado Springs parties had
paid the lobbyist $500 and the senator $500
and that three prominent persons of
Colorado Springs and the lobbyist and the
senator were all present in one room
when the money was paid; and that he
made the lobbyist admit the names of
the Colorado Springs parties.
When Mr.. Masterson called on Mr..
Patterson to tell him his story he told
him this story was that he (MaSterSon)
had been unable to compel these Colorado
Springs parties to pay him the money
he demanded; he also told Mr.. Patterson
the names of all parties mentioned by
the lobbyist and the name of the
lobbyist.
1t has been asserted locally since Mas
terSon came to the city that he made a
big haul in Denver and has had plenty
of dough" Bat will probably be able
to return to Denver after the fight. for
the Colorado senate may be expected to
do nothing else in the face of the re-
port than to dismiss the charges.