Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-09
BALKY BRUlsERs.
The Doubtful 0utcoms Of the Mis-
understanding Between Slads
and Mitchell.
Friends ofths Former Making Pre-
fuse Charges Of Bad Faith
Against the Latter.
The Mill to Come or Near
New Orleans, or the Stakes
to Be Drawn.

will or will not be Q fight between Slade,
the Maori, and the Englishman, Mitchell,
is still q subject Of much doubt Jem Hsos
and his party arrived in Chicago from It
Paul, yesterday-Slsde, Henry J. Rics, his
manager, and Jack Brighton, his trainer.
being included in the muscular arrivala
slade is in splendid form, and Is anxious
for the fight His encounter with Sullivan
with the gloves when hs was no. In ooadl.
tion has givsD him sdN10~eo-pssys 49,
he can do better than being knocked cat In
four rounds, and that he did not come
All theSWay froa AUsisaifa
10 be whipped. When he met Sullivan ia
New York hs weighed 10 pounds, but ey
and would have been down 70 l9f By ths
time the fight was first arranged to take
place. The entire party are at "ParSon"
Davies headquarters, and all day yestsrday
and last might the place was crowded With
those who admire pugilism and like 10 sss
hard hitters. Jem Mace had nothing per
ticular TO say himself about how matters
were, but insisted tha. hi, party we're .aE
ious for the fight. ma den is keen ouO
you know" said the veteran, "And tholyh
he cont want to fight he don't want TO loss
the money"
"Do you think
Maddea 10 Afraid
70 fight Mitchellr'
1t looks that way. They heard bow
Slads was, and Madden is afraid his maa
Mitchell can't do the work he'll need TO do
IL they 20 between the ropes. But you
talk 10 Rice; he's Just from the proposed
battle ground, and had charge Of oil The
arrangements
L.. k
Slade in Independence, Mo-, and after
ward near Atchison, Kan, As his manager.
while the Maori was undergoing training.
made the following statement about how
First Declared or,
The first intimation ! had Of anything
Vas dispatch from Madden dated AHs
| 30. Stating that the authorities intended 70
| prevent The fight, and for fear OF going TO
| the penitentisry IL had better be declared
of. Several telegrams passed between all
parties in reference TO the matter, and
| finally met Madden, at his request. He
| then signed the agreement which has al
! ready been published. and which said thai
| being afraid Of arrest and imprison meat
he, Madden, had declared the fight Oh. la
| this agreement, which Madden wrote him
| self, lie used the language: proposed -
| Henry J. Rice, II. A. SHADES manager, -
uPtlhTt tUc URUt uuu HSNcptCa ~
''N The writicn Agreement
ended, and Madden, J. g. Bishop, aud my
self attached our signatures. Now hs ssys
he wants to fight In Mexico, but have the
| naming OF conditions according TO that
agreement, and he knows IT, He knows.
too, that / want and always did want the
| fight TO come of. He talks about arrest
and penitentiary, and that's all right, bot
/ II. M
| CrIttenden, OF Missouri, sent word 10 us
that we would have TO stop training In 10.
| dependence? We went over 10 WOODLAND,
farm near Atchison, Kan, and We would
have kept on going until we found suitable
| training quarters and un Ill the day OF the
| fight. ] meant fight all the time, aRd vs
mean Il yet. Now Madden telcgraphs thst
he won't come to Chicsgo, but We must
| meet him In Ksnsas City nd make new ~.
| rGngements. II he Is
| willinE 90 Fight,
| ss he says he IL, let him conform 70 the
conditions / name. He won the toss st
6arstoga and had the privilege OF nsming
the ground and date, but he has forfeited
that right by signing an agreement where
accept on conditions"
What are those conditions
ITO fight within one hundred miles Of
New Orleans on October ..
| Does he know themr'
"Of course he does, as ! wrote and tele-
| egrsphed to him. just little while ago i
sent this dispatch 10 him:
| "CBIcAGo, September Ito WiLLiAn
| MADDEN, Pugilist, care Bishop 4 Chri,tie,
Kansas City. Mo.-My reply 10 SIsds and
| ConaDt's prof. 0siiiUn II ~ the Teferee Will
| state TO YOU. have the palBing OF condi-
tiors under your written Agreement roa
must have the Elade aud Mitchell light
tske place within one hundred mills Of
New Orleans. This Is Gnsl. ii. J. RIOS.
| Madden will get that telegram 70 night,
and he will have 10 do something or
| ICiaim the Mssey.
The money IL sli up, and u M,dden won't
| iyh' his man We shall claim ths stskss.'
| ~ 20 arr SIa H. and ConantT'
They are the committee sent from ~
Pa.o 10 get the fight 10 take place tbers."
"Wbst IL your objection 70 " Paso"
Just thi.; that have nov The ,,sb. II
name The plsce, and prefer New Onssua.
know We can have Q fight down thecs,
md In not 70 sure about M.xioo. -.
rides, I'm not tss'5s 4 bull around tie
country, nor q circus, either. 10 entsrtsin .
lot OF MeIicsns. ! don't want 10 b sotsg
around
Hippredv~miBs sn Siim Chsssss
and take lot Of people from the Est ont
there TO see . fight which may not ooms
of. We hsye sure thing in Nsa 0fieauA
and IL Madden means businsa be can -
there. They treated both himself and Sal.
| liVsn very we'll when he managed Sailivsa
In the Ryan fight, snd ] csn't sss Why hs
won't 60"
What is your belief about bis intss.
tionsT
at looks as ~ he was afraid N fight Mitch.
| ell sgsinst SIade lie ~ In what excoi.
lent condition Onr msn wss; sod thsa
| again, ! understand, he 10 afraid hitsbs0
hurt one OF bis wrisrs Ia Denver. as1
wouldn't be able 20 hold ont. Mitsbsil
didn't teem 20 be much sfrsid OF hls wrist
when he VS. writing 10 the pswspsp~ss."
,"Do you think there vii Be 6ght aftse
| allr'
They'll hsve 10 Eight o. give up The
money. Everybody in the country knows
how our ride has snted In the matter, asA
Msddsn will have " coma 10 The fsoot q
Ait In a hack sest here Alter"