Show I TIlE FIGHTERS ARE HERS Denver Ed Smith Peter Maier nnd Backer Ouliiii Arrive During that brief season a few years ago when finish glove contests nnd wrestling bouts were of almost nightly occurence here D nver Ed Smith came to Salt Lake and he was one of the obscure ob-scure members of the short haired fraternity fratern-ity who gathered here Time has wrought changes since then and wjien Smith arrived here yesterday he was at once the lion of the hour among his old acquaintances ac-quaintances and the snorts generally binctfbe was last here Smith has beaten the Australian terror Joe Goddard and is now an aspirant championship honors He is a strapping young fellow tipping the beam at 180 pounds and is as fit as a fiddle He is the same light hearted chap as of old and enjoyed himself yesterday in renewing old friendships and scattering scatter-ing money with a lavish hand Accompanying Accom-panying him are Peter Maher the Irish champion and J J Quiun the backer of both men A HERALD reporter found them with Major Floto at Colonel Kellys last night and referring to the talk of a contest with Jim William Mr Floto said I see by the papers that Williams says he will wager from 5500 to 1000 that he can stay before Smith four rounds We were around to his place several times today but failed to find him in However you may say that MrjQuinn will immediately post 1000 if Mr Williams is talking in good faith that Smith can stop or best him in four rounds if he is not satisfied with the proposition Mr Quinn will also wager 1000 that Maher can stop Williams Wil-liams in eight rounds That is a double headed proposition and the Utah cham pon can take his choice of them Having paid his respects to Williams in this emphatic manner Mr Floto turned his attention to Pompadour Jim and said So Corbett has at last concluded to take on Peter Jackson How he can fight Jackson in November and Mitchell in December I dont understand At this Mr Quinn interrupted with the remark that it looked as though Corbett was trying to get away from Mitchell Be that as it may continued Mr Floto The match is a direct violation of confidence on the part of Corbett He explicitly promised Smith in Pittsburg last March that after his match with Mitchell was fixed he would give Smith the next chance He did not do this but Smith is nevertheless ready Mr Quinn has f0OCO which he will wager that Denver Ed Smith can whip any man in the world bar none It is believed now that a match will be made between Jim Williams and one of these pugilists of international reputation reputa-tion Peter Maher the Irish champion is a big brawny fellow of quiet demeanor and has many admirers here He and Smith will give a series of bouts with local boxers box-ers at the Peoples theatre tomorrow nightWHO |