Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-31
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Dan Stuart Making a Bid For
 a Big Tournament.

iAe IS " NdtCuluS LHV OluCiuudtl Cou-
 test Closely-His Ambition Is to
 Bring Together the Best Men in
 Each Class In the World-Carson
 City Will Be the Place-Interesting
 Items About the Ringside.
 There appears to be a concerted movement against boxing all over the country. Not week passes that some city where the sport has thrived shuts down on it. New York, Chicago, Phil adelphia, St Louis and other big places
 have set an example that appears to
 be infectious. Even at San Francisco there appears to be trouble brewing. Twenty-round contests are allowed
 there, but only one boxing show q
 month is permitted. This is hard for
 the promoters of five or six clubs, par
 ticularly in view of the fact that the
 police commissioners enforce a law
 that cOmpels each club to lease
 pulling for one year and devote it sole 1y to athletic sports. In addition to
 this licenses are not granted until four
 teen days before q show takes place,
 so that the promoters complain that
 it is impossible for them to secure pay
 ing bouts on such short notice. In
 other words, boxing at Frisco is so
 unprofitable that it is to all intents and
 purposes dead. The ministers of Gin
 cinnau are making such a hard battle
 against the Jeffries-Ruhlin fight,
 scheduled to take place there ill Feb
 ruary, that the sporting men interest
 ed would not be surprised to see the
 affair declared off. Louisville, Baltl
 more, Hartford and Boston are still conducting the tss0rt, but in such inf llIr
 thorities may be looked for without
 preliminary warning. Meanwhile Dan Stuart, the man who pulled off the Corbett- -EitzSimmOns fight in Carson City, when every other state in the Union had drowned upon prize ring contests. has gone to Nevada to get
 things ready for another tistic carni- val. Stuart says he will have a monOp- oly of the sport in that state, where the law permits finish contests. Stuart intends to secure the arena in which I1itz doubled up "Jim the Cent and put it in shape. The structure is standing and has not suffered much I from the elements. Stuart'S idea is to hold a regular old-fashioned carnival. If Jeffries and Ruhlin are not inter- l fered with at Cincinnati, Stuart says | he will match the winner of that mill to meet Robert FitZsimmonS for the | worlds championship. stuart would | also jump at the chance to secure
 finish fight between Kid Mccoy and | Tommy Ryan providing the former | could make 15S pounds. Then finish | fight between Terry McGovern and | either Ben Jordan of England of | George McFadden of New York would | be a good card, Stuart believes, to- | gether with a miX-up between Peter | Maher and Tom SharIey, or Joe Wal | colt and Mccoy, if the latter would consent to tackle the Giant Killer.' | Stuart as soon as he clinches matters | at Carson City, will come east to make
 a few of these matches for he is con | fident that by the time he is ready to | pull them off the sporting public will | he hungry for the game. The Texan | does not expect to draw many eastern enthusiasts to Carson City, but he says
 that Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis, | Louisville, Detroit. Denver and other | big western cities, where the boxing
 craze is at it's height, will provide
 many patrons, to say nothing Of the
 places on the Pacific slope. Then
 again Stuart is shreWd enough to see
 that the big fighters. unable to settle | their differences anywhere else, Will | have to submit to his terms as re- | gards purse, money and other details | And so Carson City. the most outland- | ish place on the map, which many red
 hot sports never wanted to visit again | after the Corbe ett-FitZsimmOns fight, | begins to loom up as the lone Mecca | for the DugiliStS in the near future. | Stuart's decision to get in on the | ground floor may cause q feeling or | chagrn among several other supposed
 ly active huStlers, who seldom let good | things get away.