| Show THE SPORTING CENTER I 1 advance guard of the sports gather at carson CORBETT A STRONG FAVORITE I 1 fitzsimmons fitzstmmons stock will probably go up when ile he re reaches the town contract for building the pavilion to be let I 1 today with it a capacity for seating joe will sue stuart for it a shore share in the profits of the big right big race in san francisco t carson feb 19 the sun eun came out today but tho the vi weather eather la is still cold work on oil corbera Corbet Corb eUa CrE training quarters at shaws springs Is progressing progress lne rapidly and tie he V will ill pi pio bably go BO out there tomorrow today corbett put in set some lie time ILE at tile the opera house boxing wrestling etc ire he says bays lie ha feels no ill effects so tar far as a of 0 exercising lit in the led atmosphere at this elevation work has not yet been commenced on cm the amphitheater but there will be plenty of time bedole march hi the hie edifice Ls la to be b merely a tempo temporary one and a laige la ge force ot of men can rush it 11 up in a 11 few days it li N stated staled that there will be seats lit in the building and that th ahr light can be seen f irom rain any ally one of 0 thern hem now kow that corbett la in here and tina been sized up snore more or less lens favorably the arrival of oc his rival rob bob mons la IS anxiously awaited the new zealander will probably not tarry long in carson as lit hlf establishment at ai cooks ranch be all ready for him by the time lime ho he at rivea here so far corbett seems seema to be the favorite of the experts and others who have come here a month ahuad of r time and are Iv alting impudently for or the hill of march but Pliz simmons enill hate hae plenty or admirer on ills tiala gov sadler and a 9 number of other state officials watched wat clied corbett at his work mork in elio opera house this afternoon jim made a rood good impression with ill the executive and lie QS as not nol slow to express himself so BO A lot of newspaper men arrived hero here today and the office here Is nearly swamped tonight as the storm hag haa prevented the bringing in I 1 ot of new wit mil the contract for the lumber to build t the he pavilion will be let tomorrow and work win will then begin at once over feet ot of lumber mill be used in ita construction NV K X reports report that orders for seats aro are still pouring in by letter and by telegraph but that they cannot be ba attended to until the seating beating plan Is arjang arrand d and the lefts are sent to the lame laifa eldes most ot of these requests for or seata scats are not by bv the cash and the ahw ak will ill receive no attention ai at all 16 mevey leVey corbetts trainer says nays As ai for or the coming fight corbett cant help ak winning inning for ho he la Is in better rendition than lio lie ha hai ever been ritt 14 1 a good man and a hard lighter hut he be cant cland up oil against jim jim will worry the life out 0 it f him fitzsimmons has s a right hand punch that won would do dainise if it kol got there but it wont and mark my words jim will ret get on off without belne punished you know corbett Is wol cool its as a a cucumber and never loses his head while la Is just the opposite the rhe fight may last ten rounds but I 1 dont think so BO in about tho the third or fourth round lound jim will tantalize tile the life out or of that long australian allan for if cant win thence will gt eo all to pieces and tight fight mild what do I 1 co consider nilder corbetts corbett best blow well hard to say pay lie ile has a right body punch that Is R a corker but his lefthand left hand liand hook would knock down a house TWO RIVAL PUSHES reno nov nev feb it 19 martin julian armed here bere from carson ihli evening to meet fitzsimmons who will arilde from the last kaat tomorrow mottling jullin julian still expresses tho the utmost confidence dence in FU simmons vt inning the coming tight fight arid and he laughs at similar expressions pres slona which lave have come from cor bett julian paid cald to th the associated press correspondent iverc Is 14 one thing certain corbett never intends to win this firlit on the square I 1 lave heard from most re reliable liable sources burce that there Is a movement on oft foot on oil the part of the other oilier crowd to pack tile the with a push who li will ill break through the rop if it becomes necessary to save corbett but you can understand der stand distinctly now that they will I 1 never do it for I 1 have taken care can to tn prepare for ju jut at such an emergency by sending tor for a push of my own and you will fand thi toughest st lot ot of elti citizens from now Oilean Ii and texas near Fitz corner that ever landed in this state and corbetts Co rhetta iani will nave have a lovely time petting getting into the ring gues STEWART side partner of the ui big fight promoter wants a share now york fork feb 13 19 joe IL a well krown sporting man of 0 this city today instructed his attorneys to begin legal proceedings against dan A stuart of texas tor for balling to keep a signed agreement vi whereby hereby and stuart were to hare thare t the expenses or losses of 0 bringing corbett and fitzsimmons together for a ight fight in a ring vandle claims that the agreement was signed in jurle june 13 and that stuart ties has violated the contract reviewing the case said that stuart promised that tho the counsel feea would lie be 1500 and the rent of tho the arena 2000 2600 claims that ho he told stuart to pro go ahead but after the litter latter reached texas texan lie wrote a letter saying that thai the cost coat would be nery much more it Is now a matter of oc history that ill tho bout wits was prohibited in texas to the iho action of the LegEr lature and after tl a fruitless attempt to brin brine ir it 0 olt it lit in arkansas stuart presented an all itemized hilt hill to vendle tor for experts expenses a amounting amount lna to 41 and on additional bill or of 1200 when stuart and kendir parted at little rock ark in it tile the autumn of 1895 1995 says pays that stuart pro ased to follow to austan alia wild and that he told stuart to go BO head and that lie he would lie be it with ith trion him hill anany thinie he be P should hould do A month th later vendie received a wire front from stuart who was mass then at houston tex aning that lie he had offered as 2 a purse tor for corbett and oils to fight alit in texas onya bays he be notified noll led stuart that he was wai to abide by the agreement stuart came cam on to now kew boric with nith articles asti ai tides cles signed by mons to light fight corlett corbett as well ng n a verbal contract to fight matier when fitzsimmons signed stuart wired von that lie had to rive give 1000 for or doing so ao were also all ah perfected for or the bout boul at ri paso but ahen it was found impossible to lo bring the fight olt off at that place Vel lilic says that stuart and he h agreed ari tod to bring brine it olt off at langtry they saw aw there was a booso egg be fore them but they both bolli agreed to bring tilt the fight off so an try li how the public Tiu lille that they meant bu that t they h ey would easily recoup their losses by bringing chull C and fitz together r later on oil one hundred ed andeen find itch people pam to xeo see the light fight sit at langtry and when stuart t anil and vendis campat complied ed notes they fo found asid they had lost 0 0 on ill the speculation this showed a total loss 1 undo under ill hi article artic leq of 0 rit of 0 nearly halt half ot of which vendle raid fitzsimmons ond arid corbett signed the articles Artl clea for the coming tight and stuart went avent ahead to lo make arrangements IN while title the he dallas promoter il was its h hunting u tit for a place where the fight c could hl lie he blought i ought 0 a successful ful issue ven ou 1 alir I lir claims claim that he received letters from stuart him of ills ilia progress reKi and that later when illicit they met stuart produced papers var rit which showed that it I 1 would 0 III take lake S 10 to injure the iho bringing I 1 n g or ore of tile the contest vendle baym that lie toll OPT stuart lien hon appraised of t this ills eno inious expense that he could not stand more than 25 per cent of it and stuart laid lie ile could afford more than that himself him gelf prom that 1 lime I in e on oil asserts that ma mado de several eng bilth lah him but bruke them ell all A few days ngo aga ven slig ji a telegram legram tf from stuart stated dated carson nov nev said that stuart was Ni liling to rile gl c a pia poolina oling interest on the events event but nothing more ir endig then ihen felt he was being frozen out and immediately informed his lawyers SAN FRANCISCO RACES four mile race for a stake takes place today san francisco feb 19 the fourmile tour four mile race tor for at a stake ot of will trill be run tomorrow rain or shine ot at the oakland track tile the course Is lit in bad condition to the recent heavy rains but there aill be at least three starters and peili iain aps more the sure I 1 anes ire are bobc alila rid ridden ilkin by thornhill Thorn hlll ridden by thorpe and schiller with sims up oakland cal feb 13 19 weather rainy track sloppy summaries first race one mile soiling s boreas won charles A second wood chopper third time 18 I 1 second dacej rac eione one mile sells won uon hansom second Ca camella atella third timi time TAT third race seven furlongs arrouo won imp maln second sweet NV william Illiam third time fourth race live five and sk a halt half furlongs selling basquit won wen roy caruthers second siegfried third time fifth race sit alc furlongs selling borsina Tor sina alria second una que arno amo third time sixth race one mile selling fic aline walter J yn won ballente CAl lente second monita third timo time CONTROL OF WHEEL RACING will ie be taken out of the hands ot of the L A W board chicago fell feb 19 the tribune says A divorce of the L league lague ague of 11 wheelmen wheelman elmen from cycle rating be before fore the close of tile the present year Is lilo ble such 1 L campaign cam will lie ile carried on oil by racing men throughout the iho country tile kir men themselves will lie welcome the ino movement now on foot and will join such a movement when mica tho the time shall arrive tho the hack owners x will ill be pat pai bios alia to the movement when it la is demonstrated to them that it Is 14 for their interest that success be met with the watt will ill be II li adera lers in the separation through the rejection of the sunday racing amendment by the national im assembly embly I 1 california delegates to the he assembly havo issued an address to the people defining their position I 1 danver Is in on record in favor of sunday racing new nelv orleans advocates the same and texas Is a unit tor for it anil and missouri Misso url Is in line for or the movement t ahr national cycling association now low formed in th kast east will all br be asked I 1 to strengthen itself by tile the addition of 2 all 11 the tracks of the country which can call ile secured and other oilier organizations will lit be asked to ally themselves the american Ica leacue kue of 0 racing cyclists formed in and dormant tor for somo some years will now it seems he be revived and reorganized and bill form as many of the 2000 evnen as possible into an organization national in its scope when the track owners and the racing loaders leaders have thoroughly organized for the control of tile the sport the american Amerl can league of mat rating ing cyclists will NOR have also been perfected an alliance between the two to bodies will bo be tile the outcome the racing advocates say bay and tin the new bod body y N will ill issue tile sanctions instead of the L A 11 andl and will issue the bul bulletins letina find and to control atrol the sport as it Is being controlled now but in greater sympathy bilth hie ln in teresta tt of cycling racing |
