The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-13

about 5000 for writing about the fight
| lie has bet this money on himself against
| $odOo put mp by followers of NlzSmmons.
| go assuming that GorbcW vans the hight
| Nc VIII resolve on the evening OF March ":
EuTse ......................... ''Sio'vV
Stake NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lv,wV
| Newspaper money and bet............. sou
. l91i ,soS1g
| the pictures. OF course. the $1,000 stake
| belongs 10 his hackers, Warren Lewis
| and Jack Mcdonald of New York and
| George Considine of Detroit
| Tho expenditure in draining for q
haftae. of this. sort nre heavy. Board at
| Shaw's for the Corbett party win cost
stVJ; Initiating the hau1ball court cost Sln
| more; transportation from New York ana
back 8gain Is 5000 more; inedtntals aud
% on add $500 TO the sum.
linen there are eight men on Corheit $
| who are training him, and bob Jerrias
| Connie Money, BAly Woods. Joe corhdbt,
Kid Egan aud Al Hampton the han1hall
| expert. ! don't know what they WIFI re-
| cesve from the champion. but know thar,
| he Will give each one handsome present
These hxe,! receipts and expenditures,
| however. are a very small part Of the
money involved in u championship battle
| The gresdt,st item OF all rs the money 10
be made by exhibitions IN b!S cities and
| ON the road.
ION the way TO Carson city we played
once at Salt Lake City and twice in san
| Francisco, clearing about slin. Thst Is
crolAed ito the u.Gnsns account and de-
| posted In the bank"
Trimming account"
"Oh. yes; we keep n regular training &c
| count from the moment a match is made
and all the receipts and expenditures are
| regularly credital and charged.
I'm traLntng for the fight with Mitchell
| we spent IN the neIghhorhood of Siob all
| of Which We cleared by giving exhibitions
on ihe way TO jacksonville.
ut cost us sl5Oco to train for the late
| faale with Fftzslminons, counting our ex-
k-I.,. AZ. .ts.s lot
| Springs We made 5000 clear knocking
around the country on our way To those
| pieces. bls; we are SUN Slo.dDo behind.
| as to what F'itzssrnmons Will make out
of this match. can not give You any ON
cial estimate, but | can make close
guess The mere fnct that FitssinInons Ia
mentioned as likely TO fight corhept -
worth money 10 hun. From the moment
hs challenge was accepted he was s%e
of good living. For the last year he
could easily have made from 500 TO SloOV
u week merely because he was marched
against Cortett
'Of course lie Will lose all thai when
Corba1t heats him, bait remember that IN
the meantime he has made an least $50 900
out OF Corbedt's name. by the way. MIR
BGizsimmons Is easily making his train
ing expenses by charging 81 admise!on
fee ITO see him at work training. lie has
only three men on his stan,
"Supr0se Corbctt should hc so unforlu-
nate as TO lose this fight which, thlak
is impossible, uritsls an earthquake over
Tbom ISitzsirnmons soiIli travel around the
country Syhfi,ainf- HIMSELF IN a box;ng
show and in yaiIdevtile houses. lie would
~ onter,airnerst bccarse M. can 40 no. h .
ms, "a a,, actor JuIs.n r,yad him once
IN ,b,. Soi,th IN n Tffia MAY callr1 ''T'ae
tiiaei,smtth'a Vow, - and h soon met vrh
n disae,ro1s o,,1
"In,t at ali events should some mi.,,..te
erahIe Titzyir1nons Ia WIN. he could ey
800, b',,N',T', ,,i,'1lnd ina rn,mfrv 40
mako nr,,hai,s .s0Ou MeqniGmr' the
AM RYAN srtI-t would slas,-rt Itself and a
5,.e,, ,n,i,biinu,' r,,urer frile,,'a would rli-
,erea IsltzsSmmons He would either hays
~ 80 ~, ~ astf''I .1,-ry r,,. al
mem ar he would lose his drawing power
~ nrr~o
.IVrth corheet the cnae VS. d fferen,. In
,h -, A.. l,,,,,etis4elN. f'lfi9yytny the
Jobn r. s,,lltvan fipbtsC,or-,,f,n ,.leared Sg3-
VA ia vniGton Sn,,a,,n arden he rerctyod
$500 Nd, for one nights performance. in