The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-17
PLANS FOR ARENA
ARE ACCEPTED
GOldfield Man Is Architect;
Structure Will Seat Eight
Thousand People.
WORK OF CONSTRUCTION
WILL BEGIN TODAY
Battler Wins One Hundred Dol
lars From Cans on a
Little Bet.
Special 70 The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
GOLDF1ELD, Aug, l6.-Goldheld has
accepted plans for the arena and work
will begin in erection tomorrow.
Tho arena will seat nearly 5000 and
will hold $4,000 in reservations.
Seats will run from $25 to $5,
Walter G. Lark is the architect. He
is a Goldfield man who recently lost
brother in Death valley. The arena
lumber will be returned after the fight.
No referee has yet been chosen,
George Siler is choice Of the Goldfeld
people, but the club is unable as yet to
agree. President and Treasurer Tex
Rickard of the Goldfeld club is we'll
after brief illness and will facilitate
the choice Of referee.
Nelson Wins Little Bet
Battling Nelson this evening secured
training quarters in Goldfeld. The
Battlcr today won 500 from Cans on
a bet as to whether the referee should
be allowed to lay hands on the fighters
Tad Dorgan of the New York Journal
as to whether Referee McGurigan
touched either fighter in the Nelson
McGovern fight in Philadelphia, Nelson
bet he did not and won the money on
receipt Of the telegram from Dorgan.
Both Battler and Gaps claim to have
a cInch on the coming fight and express
the utmost confidence Cans claims to
be stronger than Herrera, Hanlon, Kid
Sullivan or Britt, all Of whom lasted
long against Nelson. He predicts the
training Systematically. The Battler.
thus far, is only running and rubbing
Bobby Lundy comes en- route from
Seattle to help train Nelson and to
meet Jack Clifford in a twenty
preliminary for $1,000 purse.
Many tickets are being sold. Al
ready it IS certainty that the Gold
field club will win money on the fight.
Cans Registers Kick.
A storm of protest emanated from
the Cans camp last evening over the
published interview, accredited to Nor
ris Levy of San Francisco, stating that
Eddie Graney had put up the forfeit
money for Cans. 1t was intimated that
Graney had an understanding with Tex
Richards and would be selected for
referee. The inference was that the
Cans end of the fight would be the
best one to take under the circum-
stances Cans angrily denounced the
story. He said:
Mr., L. M. Sullivan, president OF the
Sullivan Trust company, right here in
Goldfeld, is the only man who has put
up any coin for me, and / want it
understood
Cans added that he had no objec-
tions either to Graney, George Siler or
Bat Masterson can I want is a
square deaI,' he said, "and if / get it
the pictures of the fight will show just
two rounds
Nelson has made a material change
in his plans for training today In
stead of early morning running, he will
not start work until $3.50 or 10 clock
each day. A run of eight or nine miles
will be made before noon and the early
part of the afternoon will be spent in
resting up. In the cool of early even
Ing, after o'clock, the Battler" will
do his sparring with Jack Clifford,
punching the bag and other exercises,
Nelson is not stinting himself in the
matter OF food and his idea of work
ing so hard during the heat of the day
and eating heartily at meal time is the
subject of much speculation.
Both fighters felt in prime spirits
this morning and tackled their work
with great vigor. Apparently the al
titude has not affected either in the
slightest degree The pure, dry, brac-
ing air, on the contrary, has greatly
stimnIated them