The San Francisco call., 1897-02-02
CARSON MUST
HAVE THE FIGHT
Legislators Give Manager
Dan Stuart But One
Choice.
Ready to Repeal the Bill if He
Decides Upon Another
Location.
Father lrt.and of the Cath olic Church
Voices His Approval of Cove
Contests.

CARSON, New, Feb. LIT was re-
ported this morning that the sporting fra
ternity of Utah and Montana had offered
to Dan Stuart Inducements to pull the big
fight off near Salt Lake, just inside the Ne
vada line. This report caused great ex-
element here, and members of the Legis-
lature declared that if such an offer was
accepted and the fight taken from Carson
they would repeal the prize-fight bill $50
quickly that it would make Stuart's head
SWIM" They voted for the measure on
the understanding that the capital of Ne
vada would be the battle ground. Already
a canvass has been made of nearly every
member of the Legislature. In the House
there are nine men who voted against the
bill and one who declined to vote. These
ten will vote for repeal of the act, and it
will require but six more votes to repeal it
in the House. Eight have said already
that if the fight does not come off in Car
son they will vote for repeal. A change Of
two votes in the Senate will repeal it, and
they Will be forthcoming at any time that
Dan Stuart announces that the fight will
not come off here.
The feeling is so pronounc ced on this
tlon about the location OF the fight, as far
as Carson is concerned, and the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad Company is al
ready putting on extra men TO get the
cars in order to transport the crowd.
Orders for hotel accom- modatious and
seats at the ringsde are pouring into Car
son. Yesterday cable dispatch TO A.
Livingston, Stuart's agent, came from
London, asking for twenty seats. Up to
date seventy-elght Pullman cars have
been engaged in New York, st. Louis,
Chicago and San Francisco and other
cities TO transport gilt-edged sports to the
battle ground.
Corbett will train ct Steamboat Hot
Springs, near Reno, and Fitzsimmons will
train at Shaw's Hot Springs at Carson.
Father Garland of the Catholic church
in this city was interviewed to-day con-
corning the prize-fight bill and said: "The
mem bers of the State Legislature were
sent to represent the majority OF the in
habitants of our commonwealth. and if
the bill permitting prize-fghts suited th e
majority OF our Lawmakers then the mi
nority has nothing to do but submit, and
since the Governor, who has the interests
I,
bill. proper and signed it it is law, and as
such We should all uphold it and do all in
our power to see that we get as much
benefit out of it as possible.
There is nothing brutal in glove con-
tests as they are carried on at the present
time, as compared with football and a
great many other games that are per-
mitted, and if the fight will bring the
moneyed class of people here and benefit
the town financially as well as otherwise,
without dong any harm-which it will
not-then let it take place IN Carson by
all means"
The pastors of the Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches oppose the project,
but they have not been able in any way
to stop the tide OF popular enthusiasm for
the bill.
As yet no place has been selected for the
big pavilion. A dozen have been under
consideration, but all of the so-called
pictures of the spot, published in a San
Francisco daily, have been fakes The
exact location will not be known until
Stuart reaches this city the latter part of
the week.
A Sar Francisco syndicate is now ar
ranging to build a large hall in Carson
for the big fights that will come off for
some years to come, end next fall, in adui-
tion 10 fistic programme, there will be
a pigeon-shooting match for the cham.
pionship Of the world and q weeks horse
racing.