Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-20


Fitz--Other Notes About the
Fighters.
Lovers Of the pugilistic art are prom
two weeks. Tuesday night Oscar
Gardner, the Omaha Kid" and Jack
O'Keefe. of GAINESVILLE, will box twenty
or more rounds in the arena of the
Metropolitan Athletic Club; and on
the following Monday night, Buck
Stolzer and Charlie Burns will Try
conclusions before the Bridgeport Ath-
letic Club. AS the show bills say,
these contests will be worth gong
miles to see.
Officials of the NJ. A. O. have re-
ceived letters from bC.l 0'ncefe and
Gardner The former Is training bard
in GAINESVILLE, and will reach Wheeling
at o'clock Monday afternoon. He
will be accompanied by big delega-
ticn of GAINESVILLE sports who expect
to see him win. Gardner is in New
York, and will arrive in Wheeling
Tuesday morning.
The men will weigh in at six o'clock
Tuesday afternoon The contests will
be pulled off as promptly as possible.
There will be two preliminaries. Os-
car Gardner will box four rounds with
Harry Gilmore, of the Beaver Athlet-
ic Club, and Joe Bruner will mix
things with John Clancy, the clever
bantam of this city.
Eddie Gardner has signed articles
Of agreement for his contest with Jack
McClelland, and has forwarded them
TO Pittsburg for McClelland's sigma
ture. A private communication re-
ceived from Pittsburg last night, sta
ted that Mclelland will sign the arti-
cles as soon as they are received. An
effort will be made by the NJ. A. c.
officials to arrange this contest for
March 17th.'
If Robert Fitzsimmons win stop his
coquetting with public favor and de-
eide to fight the sporting world may
yet too a fight for the biggest sum yet
put up for a ring battle, says the \ w
York World.
William A. Brady. Corbett's man
ager, last night received from Joseph
Harvey, of san Francisco, telegram
offering $4,000 for a fight between
James j. Corbett and Robert Fitzsim-
mons He also notified Brady that as
soon as the men signed articles he
would deposit $4,000 with a reliable
and responsible firm in San Francisco,
the deposit to be forfeit and an evil
dence of his good faith. Ii he fails in
any way TO carry out his part of the
agreement, and by his failure the fight
fails to take place, the money is to be
divided between the fighters as a
solace to their wounded feelings, or
rather as a little salve to soothe the
irritation caused by their inability to
fight, thing that all the world knows
they wish to do.
AS soon as Brady received the tele-
gram he wired to Harvey: will ac-
cept. Send on the articles. Have no.
tined Corbett.'
Corbett is now at St. Paul, and Brady
says that although the former cham
pion has announced his retirement he
will re-enter the ring TO meet Fitzsim-
mons, whom he believes he can whip.
Brady. like many other sporting men.
believes that the champion is afraid
to fight again This belief is growing
all over the country, and is due to che
actions of Fitzsimmons. His little
popularity is all gone and his strength
as a theatrical drawing card is almost
nothing Corbett is still drawing
crowds. which is due to the belief Of
majority of the people Of the country
that he really wants TO fight
Few persons believe that there Will
be a fight even now when a fortune IS
temptingly held out to the Australian,
One widely known sporting man said
last night:
II am sorry that this offer has been
made. 1t will not bring the men 70
gether. Corbett is willing, but Fltz
does not want to fight. The only ac-
ton that this offer will have will be
tongue action. 1t will loosen up the
tongues OF the fighters again and we
will have more talk until we will all
suffer from nausea. For heavens sake
get them to fight or to shut up. | am
ready to bet that Fitz will not ac>
cept"
This is the consensus OF opinion OF
the New York sporting men.
.Lanky Bob" Fitzsimmons and his
theatrical combination will be in this
city next month. They have been Sc
cured BY Manager Feinler. Of the
Grand Opera House, for half week ;
engagement, beginning Monday, March
Sd.
DIR. JECKYL AND Mr.. HYDE.
The nnhlic If Wheeling will. during