The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-07
OPINIONS FROM GOTHAM.
Sporting Men Anxiously Awaiting
Fitz' Departure.

New York, Feb. 6.-Sporting men in
this city are anxiouSly awaiting the
departure of Fitzsimmons for his train
ing quarters in Nevada. The champion
has not made up his mind when he will
leave, but it win nots be later, than next
Friday. Manager Julian will leave
either today or next Monday to select
a suitable place.
Manager Brady is also making prep
arations for Corbett. He says Corbett
will train in Nevada and in addition to
Jim McVey, Joe Corbett and Charlie
White will, it is said, have Jim JEFF
freys, the big California heavy weight,
to assist him. Fitzsimmons is quite
angry over the reports going the
rounds that he has signed new arti-
cles for his fight with Corbett. The
only articles / have signed" he said
yesterday, ARE those to which l placed
my signature to at Taylor's hotel, Jer-
sey City. recently in the presence of
Dan Stuart"
Some one is trying 10 knock me.
but 1 shall not be queered' by any of
them"
There was a decided change in the
tone of the betting on the coming
fight last night.
At the Hoffman house, at Delmoni
cos and at several of the other popu-
lar resorts many bets were registered,
among them one of $500 to $3.50 on Cor
bett, and another of $1,000 TO 500 the
same way.
Jack McAuliffe, who is now a full
f1edged manager, returned to this city
yesterday from San Francisco after
an absence of nearly seven months.
He is naturally brimfull of confidence
as to the fistic ability of Tom Sharkey,
whose interests he now pilots. Accord
ing to McAuliffe, Sharkey will not be
hn hot
Corbett and Fitzsimmons. He will not
match him against Maher just yet, but
will have Sharkey at the ring side in
Nevada ready to take the place of
either FitzsimmonS or Corbett should
either one of them fail to show up.
M'AULIFFE AND YVETTE.
An apparently absurd rumor reached
this city last night from Atlanta, Ca,
that McAuliffe had met Nile. Yvette
Guilbert, the famous French divette,
in New Orleans and fallen desperately
in love with her, had travelled from
New Orleans to Atlanta with her and
intended to follow her to Europe very
shortly.
Mile Guilbert, the report added, was
not at all inclined to discourage her
admirers attentions.
Mile. Guilbert is expected to arrive nj
this city from Atlanta this morning
y
McAuliffe laughed heartily last night
when told of the rumor.
Well" said he, that is not quite
correct and he emphasized the
quite II did go from San Francisco
to New Orleans, and | did travel from
New Orleans to Atlanta in Mile. Gull
berts' private car. / Travelled that way
because the train was crowded and 1
could get no sleeping berth. A MEM
ber of Mile. Guilberts' company a gen
tleman kindly offered me a share of
his berth and l accepted. L met Mile.
Guilbert, of course, and so / presume
l may say I know her slightly. I am
going to Europe, too-in about six
L assure its not to see
Mile. Guilbert.'
WORLD FORECAST.
The World this morning prints as
special dispatches the opinions of
many prominent figures in prize ring
circles in different parts of the country
as to ther views of the probable result j
of the -FitZsimmons match. |
Those who consider that Corbett has
the better chance of winning are: John !
l. Sullivan, Thomas Sharkey, Peter !
Maher. Charles McKeever, J. l.. Herget |
young MitchelD, Billy Myers, George |
Green (Young Corbett. Martin Costello, |
Patsy Sheppard, Horace Leeds, Tom
Lansing, John Clark, Walter Camp |
bell, Arthur Chambers.
Those who favor Fitzsimmons are |
Jack McClelland, ]. D. Watts, Billy |
Cochran, J. J. Fogarty and Jack Nc
Auliffe.
Professor John Duffy and Steve
O'Donnell are both doubtful.
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