The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-29
FoREeoNE CONCLUSION.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons Will Meet
in Nevada.

San Francisco. Jan. est is a fore
gone conclusion that the Corbett-Fitz-
simmons fight viii take place in Ne
vada, and it is about equally certain
that the ring viii be pitched in close
proximity to Carson. Everything points
to the verification of this dual pro-
phecy.
The chief executive of the state has
firmly declined to express an opinion
as to how the matter strikes him. He
has refused to be interviewed on the
subject, and even his most intimate
friends are forced to admit that they
can gain no inkling of what his ret
/ icence in connection with the bill
is due to, though the Carson folks
have about concluded that Governor
/ Sadler will be swayed by the wishes
of the majority.
As to the location of the fight, W. K.
! Wheelock, partner of Dan Stuart, is
about as non-committal as the COVER
nor.
/ The Carson people are working like
| beavers with a view of securing the
fight and while Reno and Virginia
/ City will have claims to put forward
when the time comes for spying out
the ground, it is admitted on every
side that Carson stands the best chance
of capturing the contest.
An indication that Carson thinks
pretty we'll of its prospects of being
the seat of war is found in the fact
that its wide-awake townsmen have
already singled out a big structure
that they intend to draw Dan Stuart's
attention to. 1t is a vast building that
was once used as a round house by
the Virginia & Truckee railroad and
it is claimed that big bills for lumber
and labor could be saved by widening
the big barn and fixing it up so that
it would accommodate the fighters and
the crowd.
1t will also be pointed out to Stuart
and incidentally to the championship
candidates that Carson is an ideal
place in which TO train, possessing, as
it does. natural hot springs and other
facilities. 1t is further rumored that
the Western Union company has an
idea that Carson will be selected and
that it is preparing to string three
extra wires from Carson to Reno so as
to be ready for the mass OF news mat
ter that special correspondents will
send out from the scene of the big
encounter.
1t has not been learned as yet
whether Co bett and Fitzsimmons have
made up tn ir minds to do their train
ing up near where they are TO fight
Old time Nevadans at present residing
in San Francisco say in this connection
that II the pugilists do not give some
thought to the elevation of the Nevada
towns mentioned as possible battle
grounds they are liable TO find their
breathing apparatus seriously affected
when the final test comes.
1t is thought that the pugilists are
taking their cue from Stuart. and no
matter how positively it may be made |
to appear that Carson is to be the |
place, they Will not give a hint as to
where they intend to train until Stuart |
notifies them officially where the con- |
test is TO be held. In such case moth
ing definite may be known as to the !
intentions OF either man until Feb II, |
that being the date on which Stuart /
said he would make known to all the |
spot selected for the championship mill |
Corbett is already on record as say |
ing that Nevada will suit him as well |
as any other place.
Martin Julian, Fitzsimmons manager,
now wires the Examiner that ANY
place on earth" will suit his man. so
that it is evident that Stuart will hear
no grumbling from the men princi-
pally concerned no matter where he
elects TO put them in the ring W. X
Wheelock says that if the new bill
passes it will be the most intelligent
bit of glove contest legislation ever en-
acted by a state. He considers that the