The San Francisco call., 1897-03-13

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it was finally broken by Julian.
s.IIi leave the whole thing to Siler and
Stuart to decide" he said. jammlng on
his cap and starting for tramp around
the room.
Stuart and Siler then retired from the
room for a consultation, and when they
returned about five minutes later Stuart
walked directly to Julian and told him
that Siler would not change his rules now
that he had once formulated them, and he
hoped Martin would look at the whole
matter in its right light. Fitzsimmons
manager was inclined to be obstinate. :,
"Just think of the hole l am In,
| pleaded the big Texan.
well, all right, Dan." blurted out
Julian. "We will call it off. will abide
by the referees decision"
"Good boy, Martin" chorused the
throng of newspaper correspondents, all
of whom admired tine little fellows pluck
and generosity.
"Now look here. boys" said Julian, ad-
dressing the correspondents, II want to
say to you that Fitzsimmons has given In
| to his opponents inc every fight he has ever
had. He will do it again in this case.
These are not the Marquis of Queensberry
rules, but we will take a chance.
| And thus was removed the greatest OF
all obstacles which has confronted genial
| Dan Stuart's gigantic project and over
which he has actually fretted himself
| sick.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons did not go ont
on the, same highway to-day, and neither
did they indulge in any fake meetings or
auarrels for the benefit of the 'exciusive"
| brigade. This is not saying, however, that
| with another $500 each they would refuse
| to swear by another such yarn.
| Dan Stuart had no more than rid him-
self of the row over the rules to-day when
| hQ ronoivad anOfhor Sh0Ck bIlt this 0n6
will not cost him half so much worry as
| the other. 1t came by mail An old
sporting friend of Dams, who now resides
| in Pasadena, wrote to him 10 the effect
that while on a train recently enjoying
few whiffs in the smoker he had an OPP
portunity to overhear the conversation OF
several rough-looking characters. These
| fellows were Matching SCENE 10 ride into
Carson on horseback on the day of the
Corbett- FitZsimmons fight, swoop down
on the office and plunder IL OF the
thousands Of dollars that will doubtless be
! there on that occasion. Dams friend in
| forms him that the en- tire plot was liked
up while he listened, and the conspirators
| agreed to meet i'll Truckee on the 10th
| inst.
well, to be forewarned Is to be FORE
armed" said Stuart to-day. II guess we
will be on hand to receive the gentle
men,"
Inasmuch as the intrepid Bat Masterson
will be in charge of the protective force at
| the arena on the 17th, and will be accom-
panied by swarm of trusted Southern
| gunfighters, the chances of the bandits
would seem to be rather in doubt. The
| boxoffice raid on big-event day has not
been attempted by the freebooters in lare
years. The last really sensational hod-
up of this character occurred nearly thirty
wears ago in Kansas City, when the notori-
Ia hrof hor nd fhoir nj iCoo
the Youngers, swooped down on the fair
grounds and carried away all of the
receipts.
The Western Union people have been
given a little scare, TOO. A big wire-tap-
ping plot has been discovered, which, il
Il should be successfully carried out.
would rob the company of many thou.
sands OF dollars. I understand that the
conspiracy was Matched in San Francisco,
but has important Eastern connections.
Ths plan was to tap the wire coming out
OF the arena and get the information Sc
cured thereby to the poolrooms i'll advance
of the regular bulletins, thus giving the
sure-thing gamb blers what is known in
sporting parIance as "lead-pipe cinch"
on the final betting.
But all this is not to be. Stuart was ap-
prisei of the plot to-day and has agreed
to assist the company in protecting its
rights. Sentinels will be placed all along
the route travelled by the wire, and as
these men will all be armed it will be
rather dangerous for the tappers to in.
| dulge in any funny business.
The training OF Corbett and FitZsim-
mons to-day did not differ to any great
extent from the regular routine. Both
| took advantage OF ths fine weather and
dly roads and did about seven miles Of
sprinting during the morning and in the
afternoon went through cir indoor ex-
ercises. Corbett distinguished himself by
knocking out Billy Woods again during
one OF their boxing bouts. Billy declares
that he is going to drop his pneumatic
mask and breastplate because they offer
such temptation to CorDett to hit hard.
The result is that he gets worse beating
than does any OF the other trainers, de-
spite the protective devices he wears, and
he does not like his job The only conso-
lation Billy has is that the day of the
battle is near at hand ana his troubles
will soon be over.
While out at FitZsimmons' camp this
| morning l took occasion to obtain the
opinions of the Cornishman's trainers as
to the duration OF the big battle. Here
they are:
Ernest Roeber-Fitz will win in three
| rounds, to certainty.
Dan Hickey-If Fitz does not win in six
rounds the fight is liable to last twenty
rounds, with Bob on top
Jack Steizner-Fitz is liable to win in
one round or it may last forty.