| Show of SPORT effort on tie bit pavilion at carson will ie commenced at once REAL ESTATE IS BOOMING biff prices offered for town lots work begun on corbetts training quarters at shaws springs fitzstmmons en route corbett talks sharkey gets his wind and say he can lick them both parson dadles looking to beno as a sporting point carson nev feb 12 the aret license to be granted under regulating clove contests will be issued to dan stuart tomorrow the document will be photographed by the newspaper artists now in the city and afterwards framed for exhibition the number of contests to be bold aeder the license is not specified and it is presumed that the holderman holder may embody as many events as he desires in the carnival of sport which fie is permitted to hold stuart is bosine no time in the construction st of his pavilion A large number of carpenters were engaged today and a quantity of lumber selected for the framework of the amphitheatre the bescan also offered a prominent business man for a lot on main on which ho proposed ts erect a first blabs colel but ahe offer wae declined real estate agents report that the value of property is rapidly advancing not boil in the city can be rented today at any price work was begun on corbetts gymnasium and hand ball court at shaws springs this affer coon both will by ready for use on wednesday nest and on the day following the champion will be comfortably his last public appearance before the fight will be in this city on the evening of the dinst when hamill spar with mcvey it is all but settled that fitzsimmons Fitza immons will train at steamboat springs although no preparations are being made for bis reception in the matter of training quarters the cornishman will not fare nearly so well as the nian superintendent jaynes of the western union telegraph company arrived this morning with a corps of operators he immediately leased a large building suitable for the accommodation of his staff and their apparatus the members of the press mr jaynes announced that his company would have eight wires in operation between careon and the outside world as quickly men and money could cons duct them this was gratifying news to tho numerous correspondents already on the ground who are even now crowding the present facilities it is mr jaynes purpose to install a force of more of more alian twenty expert telegraphers at carson before and during the week of the carnival reporters will be provided with desk room in thu telegraph office if necessary and no expense will be spared to render the service thoroughly first clase A maee meeting of citizens was held tonight for the purpose of devising means to accommodate the immense rush of visitors every spare room in town will be placed at the disposal of a selected to look after tie wants of the late arrivals and it is confidently fi hoped that nobody will be compelled to walk the streets owing to lack of accommodation it was rumored tonight that mysterious billy smith was among the arrivals on a late train and that he was looking tor match if such was the case the mysterious gentleman evidently himself for ho could not be located by any of the sporting writers up to a late hour with san francisco feb 12 champion corbett a number of friends this morning to allot whom he stated that ho felt as well as be joked and abbt he would defeat fitzsimmons Fitz simmone in ehon order it be my izet battle in the ring be remarked to a crowd of frienda at the olympic club whether I 1 defeat fitzsimmons or not I 1 shall fight no more I 1 shall whip him as certainly as that the eun shines today corbett passed the afternoon in playing hand ball corbett passed the afternoon playing hand ball with a number of hie olympic club friends jim nealon the club champion at the courts went down before bis pugilistic opponent in ehfe straight at the conclusion of the bout nealon remarked that is not the same man whom 1 defeated so easily last earing corbett was then overfed over fed and sluggish on bis feet he surprised me by his agility today in my opinion he ie fifty per cent stronger and more active than when he faced tom sharkey prof walter watson boxing instructor tor of the olympic club who first brought corbett to the front as a boxer was delighted with the showing made by his jim is himself again said the professor he is the corbett of old and an altogether different personage from the pampered epicure who thought tom sharkey was such an easy mark corbett thought he knew it all then apparently he found out bis mistake and has settled down to rational training he will be the only man in the fight A number of the champions friends who present at the band ball court this afternoon similarly expressed themselves and if corbett has really gone back his ban francisco admirers are not ready to belleve so en route Omaha Neb feb 12 robert eitz and bis part passed through omaha this afternoon on their way to nevada in conversation with manager julian it was learned that he fears an attempt will be made by corbetts san francisco friends to make the bin fight another sharkey fiasco he assured an intimate friend here that he had positive information that such a scheme wai on foot and that be had already taken precautions to counteract it A large party of fitzsimmons friends in new orleans will be on hand to break up any plan which the sin francieco sports may be incubating lt the public understand eaid mr julian that fitzsimmons is in better fighting condition today than I 1 have seen him all this talk about his not being in good training is rot nothing bat rot fitzsimmons says be is feeling first rate and is positive now that be can whip gorbett if he can get his opponent inside the ring the party will stop in denver colorado springs salt lake and possibly leadville arriving in careon on thursday SHARKEY GETS HIS WIND he will challenge ui winner or the vallejo cal feb 12 pugilist tom sharkey stated this afternoon he would be in the trout row of dan stuarts arena when corbett and fitzsimmons into the ring on march 17 at the conclusion 0 the fight con tinned sharkey 1 I will challenge the winner to meet me for any amount up to aside from the purse money and I 1 will ie ready to make my offer good within three weeks after the air lebed championship contest I 1 have not been approached with a proposition to meet peter maher I 1 can whip borbett and fitzsimmons and am prepared to do business with either of them any time if corbett has improved as bis friends claim he ought to whip fitzsimmons otherwise he isa beaten man reno nov feb 12 parson daliea is making efforts to provide a carnival for the citizens of keno A tele giam of inquiry as to the inducements induce menta the town would for finish con teate between maher and aba key and others was received from the parson today but little interest was taken in the matter |
