The herald., 1897-03-23

stuart alone received any IsiiuiiSA"
| ton for the kinetoscope privileges. he
says that when Stuart had arranged the
| fight various offers We're maze py the
kinetoscope concerns. The Edison COM
pany and the Vitascope company bid
| $4,000. E. j. Rector made the largest
effer, $11, 900, and obtained the privilege.
Kenyon also states that fighters them
selves did not and viii not receive any
portion of this money.
KENYON asserts that the agreement be-
tween Stuart and Rector would have
been Cancelled had the weather peen
such as to make photographing impos-
sible. The reason alleged is that the ex-
pense of getting and setting up the
kinetoscope machinery amounted 10
$4,000. He says Stuart agreed not to
demand the s11, 900 if the day was too
dark and dismal for the proper opera
tion of the apparatus.
Martin Julian says that each fighter
secured rights for himself Just how
much and what they are he would not
divulge, claiming that it was a private
matter and did not concern the public.
He denies that the winner was to re-
ceive an extra stipend.
Fitzsimmons has nothing TO say for
himself, trusting in the unbounded wis
dom of Julian.
Jim Corbett. who has followed the
business details of the fight with sharp
eve sings a song different from the
others. He says that each fighter re-
ceives a percentage and the winner aa
extra $4,000
Corbett was early at Fitzsimmons'
hotel looking for his conqueror but the
latter was in no mood to see Corbett
and avided him by escaping from the
hotel by a side door. Corbett says If
he cannot fight Fitzsmmons again he
will fight no one. He says he would
make nothing by beating Sharkey or
Maher. Corbett says he has been Of
fered the management of big athletic
club in New York at a fine salary, AMI
that he will probably accept the offer
if his theatrical plans do not mature
quickly.
Wheelock promises another big meet
inside of year. If another match can
be arranged between Corbett and Fitz-
simmons, Stuart will make bid for it.
For second attraction he will try to
arrange fight between Sharkey and
Maher. Wheelock is confident that
within a few months half dozen states
will pass laws legalizing prize fights.
AT CARSON.
CARSON, New, March ga story
was circulated here today as coming
from San Francisco that Dan Stuart
had given instructions to his local rep
resentative, A. Livingston, to tear down
the pavilion used for the Corbett and
Fitzsimmons fight and sell the lumber
for what he could get, as he was going
out of the fight business. Mr.. Living
ston was interviewed and denies the
rumor unqualifiedly. There is nothing
in it," he said. "All that Mr. Stuart has
done is to give me the authority to rep
resent his interests here while he is away
and as for taking down the arena, that
is, am sure, very far from his inten-
tion. On the contrary he will use it
again in September or October for an
other carnival, although just what the
attractions will be is not known to the
public at the present time. There will
probably be two or three good fights,
but there will be other things that will
be of at least equal Importance. Mr..
Stuart will return here in May and will
then commence to work advertising his
autumnal carnival"
STUARTS SHARE
SAN FRANCISCO. March 22.-Stu-
arts Carson manager, w. K. Wheelock,
when asked for an accurate statement
about the kinetoscope receipts and their
disposition said:
1.-The sum of $3666.66 represents ex-
actly the full share of profits that Mr..
Stuart has already received or will re-
ceive from the workings Of this machine.
Eleven thousand dollars was paid in
cash by Rector, owner of the kineto-
scope, 10 Stuart, who divided it equally
between the fighters and himself. After
that Rector takes everything. He now
has the films in New York developing
them and isn't hampered by any part
ners or anything of the sort
And you mean to say" he was asked,
that Stuart does not get as much as
$4,000 out of the privilege?'
That's right" he replied. "The
kinetoscope people came to him with big
propositions, one of them quarter of a
million, if he would agree to hold the
fight back for a fine day or take some of
the chances with them. But to all of
these proposals he stated that he had
been trying for three years to bring
Corbett and Fitzsimmons together and
that he wasn't going to delay the thing
an hour. He said. too, that he intended
to look upon the kinetoscope simply as
side issue. The main thing was to
keep faith with the public and get the
men to fight. The reason, therefore,
why the kinetoscope people had to pay
so little for the privilege was that they
took all the chances"
On top of this statement Brady says
| that some time before the fight a cor
poration was formed called the 'Vari-
scope Company" and that there We're
four stockholders in the concern-Rec-
tor, Stuart, Corbett and Fitzsimmons,
the two former holding the major por-
| ton of the stock between them and the
| fighters smaller equal share. The
stockholders are to get their percentage
out of every contract made for the pic
lures, though what that percentage Is
! Brady refuses TO state.
Julian tells practically the same story
1t is very well known that a few days
before the fight the Australians man.