The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
TROI re OVER CORBETT-FITg-
SIMMONS FIGHT RECALLED.
IlOW PrsmsieF stuart Was Driven Prem
PulaF 10 Post Before IIe Pulled on
the win Opposition 70 heavyweight
BATTLES an ENeeptioR 70 the naie.

ship fights cause such an uuttTy In this
country when other glove contests Pass
practically unnoticrd'' asked a well known
sporting man during a discussion relating
10 pugilism the other night This Jehries-
Johnson afIir reminds me NJ the trouble
tho late Dan Stuart experienced while
! trying fo pull "a the CUrbett- Fit1stnuone
AFFAIR. and hv the Way q was Stuart WIN had
. DO. law passed which may allow Jeffries
/ and johnson 20 settle their differences
I ~ Nevada stuart was Just such a promoter
/ a. Tex HCkaTd tie vas a dead game chan.
/ liked prize fights and was willing 10 run
I the risk OF losing money to pun one on.
/ When he matched Cofbytt and FitzsimmOna
IN lses stuart thought he had Il all fixed
. 10 stage the scrap ~ icvas There gAa
no law against hghilnR In the lone star
State At that time and stuart picked Que
| Dallas rs the battle-ground The business
men ~ that city we're with him 10 q man
aud u looked like a sure hing until shortly
before IN" scheduled date when GOV. Cub
| bcrson. m response To protests from the
. clergy called a special session of the Legis-
lature and passed Law that killed thr hght.
stuart was slO.OhO Out Of pocket. which
had been spent In arranging details bat
he didn't weaken Ne picked out place
/ In the Indian Territory for the battle
ground aud WAS going ahead without rp-
position when Congress stepped In aid
blocked him Then he turned 20 Mexico
-Iuarez Just across the Rio 0rande
from N Paso. where hull fights are stll
pulled N. but the greasers told him there
could be nothing doing Florida put 40
the bars and finally. when Stuart received
assurances that Hot Springs, Ark. would
stand Tor the mill. Flt2smmons. In dis
rrsi. declared everything N.
BY that time stuart was i4O,Oo0 In the
hole hu' De didn't give up. He got tip
that Ncyada wasn't ayerse 10 przedghtinR.
80 D." went 20 carson city and talked the
matter over with politicians and business
men. " tn the result that the LEGISLATURE
passed ball leRaliznR finish fights upon
the payment Of iirrnSe Zee Of a. 100. Then
signing tDrbaii and tizsmmOns AL over
AGAIN hv built huge wooden arena with
room Tor l1uuI sTrctafurs aud cent word
rp fu. sporting world that there would b.
mo- interference The nghf took place %
Mauh o.. I.Ys. ami the men hattied IN the
O1en Hr. -uuW was on he ground and the
little Town ua~ crowded With nEht fans.
u When noses we're counted there were
NOT more fhan suOO spectators that paid
~'Ulr. .uuk ~ only f22 on aud vas BIG
'r.rl "u fts venture itself. bat he owned
fuH uurur picture privileges which netted
NOR, nan s.iV.wD ~ profits. After that
AFFAIR stuart declined O promote any mora
prg.dght- say Rg THAT % was not worth
tho rru"hl" ana vorr1
when ~uri,an fought Kiirain ~ RichburR.
" So Do 1850 there vas a strong protest
f-rn. mo on nisters aud n was only nv
4. .r f.UF a.s outlandish place that the mil
90. ..rr.u uui FitNslmmuns and Maher
.u I-aB had tu travel 90 over the south
U.'oTe Tho, mot si Langtry, Tex, before
lnv hundred spectators, Fiiz scoring a
sUus au4f "a round Vet icnries's hghta
With tf1s ulfuunr Sharkey and Oortatt
; Il
of ... uNlsrsu,r Of the Horton law There
vas mo- serious nppl~'fi to the COrheti-
NuiiIEI UTUf go New Orleans M 1892. while
F.H .,rl.f NifrhHl right 100 Jacksonville
$500 esr- 'H.sT N.~ held without trouble.
Q Iru. vH. 100 interference With Jcn nRhts
or rho coast wrh ShnfEev. fitzslmmoua,
t.n.r Muuru". 'ho'n-Ni. Jackson and
. Uf.rT. .
CflIym'7 Hrf been thu socn0 az uqfs
THr eUuIv- |..r any other State m No
IN an '0r that matter. The Fitnllalh,oua-
. ski iackson-i ortFtt. knzeFat,o i.an.
I1tgs frm0u=-tiafrIUrr Hufnsaiilll H'#f,en-
lltrIs. johnson HAT, Burns-AliuIlus. Ju1n-
sun-N, Ncv, Daus-Britt. Cans NelsoAi AZ
tf'l Moran Atf~iI-Nel-On. O'bTieli- hauin1n.
IOuI.son- he. bel Johnson kaui man, haFrt-
kaufman. Mcfarland Welsh. ketshel-
. Ihums-. he. h"i ptpke. Nel-un- YounN Olg-
hct, N,i-1n-Ir.lr Nelson " Jigust, hjfaph-
, tTos- Gnft-l uuug CnrheiL MrNioytfn-
y Yasing orteft Mo- ov-lHrk fIWlnl sullivan,
slinE ord Barr. l3naiOrd tiynn. MurghF-
Moran and many Ulher hig hghis have been
7, de, died ON The gUaa without intefrapiioa,
ne mat er ~ rofurt that - nolFH-
. weight champions tp hghf in this o. an.
l other country hs- ever resulted n tally
, 20 stand punishment Than fighters In o.
. lIghter classes vet zuWrtOU ~ hen they
u are matched On scrap for the tiilc The cry
Of 'Prif"nxhf' goes az and there trouhe.
FUiI.r super I-ur NcrHet Of san frnnciscQ
ruil rr.Huf'r fhHt 'uri5rig CHE was a scrap
NrU u.r" auueties 10 IuIsh. with wre4-
thing aud 'ripptng allowed. aud that such
Ian affair WAS far dinerDnf from = contest
|rrh padded doves under rules that nre-
Vented brutality 900 hot that if Isnriaa
n and Johnson come together neither WI
ha SERIOUSLY hurt bevond black eyes and q
'IrN nrIi.r-
JcFr.ss has hlurcd f,r more money
. iu phHwpinusHip contests than any other
/, fnIsfr Shsrssv IF Ion"y Island he re-
- ..rtIf- wrr' sdH Fu Hi- nshf with turbett
u california drew tOs, 300 The hattie
with Fur-lWWun- DO FRISCO attracted
'lroH SD ~ Q b." fight With Nunroe IN
"a fiH same T.Iu" n"ftei gl'hi hen Jen
I, rrt' fU Summons .' 'Hury island here
~ saz 81 .,sn in f1" house. Uhil" ~ hpiier-
4 maker contests aifh urhstr ana ~harkeY,
70 also ~ flc Island. drew 5000 ami sH.mo
, Respectively
" Iofrir- and Johnson have agreed TO
D paw ~ vu 20 fln referee Va be- presifes over
their fight vii tex Eichard collect the
A money Tor himself
pal Moore tho phenomenal philadeluhia
"a boy ur' di~ulay bis skill a. nemheTs of
3D. the NHItuuaI ~UuTIiug Tub n ih'z city next
EriiHE uiglf. vhnu De- rtret- The crack
y IugItsh bantam snow hail Rroad IN a
" r.u ruupI bout Moore j. raining AZ
2 ,usuuursf y and WI vpirh abullt
g Igt pounds Broad b. getting ready In
. N r-flUrH or IUu a. DO scale ~ - OT here
Y about I. h' Do he Billions hrst APPEAR
y aDce in 'bis country
10 Tho rs,hr-t tuo-yrar Old stake, 10 bs
Y 10, idrd 1f Shespsbold Hay b. the Great
= IrisI. ~ $1,000. sIN iurlung-. Futurity
% cuur-r Ihis event ua- inanEurated IN
b Ispi. v hen hlvid G'dcuus III HiRhnesa waa
!. The NiUuct Siu,s theu many famoua
horse, have scored triumph,, in,ludina
v danes u k'"n"- Domino, = Dwyer's
Handspring y D. Mld,lrn's HHnhurg
= SYDNEY pagrt'r dean Esr'aud. = n Mad
:. denis David GHrrfck. jaime. a. keenes
= tpWuaufu. J r. Nlddru's Eue Girl, NhN-
y uny 4 DUryeH's irish l.sd James u keene Z
o. Coin and j D. Madden Sir Martin, nov In
- ~ August B'iWoU stHrds u royal rhance
70 q" Win Tbs prll" - D. 'an start the hgce
sand tuit- IrTU Nnfk and Foot print, the
y former being regarded ~ he best Young
% h7. tuo eiirihle- that mar b. iaCiors, House.
= maid. H nllN by BruDWatick .tthrl Pace an1
= Meridian q colt hy ktp1Instick sue smith
n p o. Wu,hcu,ks Hlls fnOf. by AankRe--
y Trpso BE- u high rlass colt thai may not have
N shown his hs7,f form 80 The Meme stable
htH i've eligible Iron Mask. y colt by Dis
- Fui4c Royal Rpso RunnyWcde, n colt By
/. Voter kuuUing stream. Forbidden Ftult
e by Voter bingham. and Govt q daughffI
" ol Disguise ST. Mildred John v Mad
y den NAV boz represented bY The Spy ". 4
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