The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-16
BREWING.
Mitchell is Said to Intend to
Restrain AL Cridge.
A PROPOSITION TO PENSION JOHN L.
An Old Sport Makes it-HuldOOn Talks-Kil-
rains ConditiOn-Refe Fitzpatrick Sur
renders Himself Sullivan In Chicago.

! Especial to THE HBRALD-Examlner Dispatch
New YORK, July 15.-There is likely to
be more trouble over the Sullivan-hilrain
fight than that which the governor of Miss
issippi has caused. 1t was the subject of
general rumor last night that there would
be a hitch to-day over the payment of the
stakes. The gossip was to the effect that
Charley Mitchell would invoke legal inter-
ference and ask the courts to eniOin Al.
Cridge, the stakeholder, from paving over
the amount which he now holds until Kill
rain had settled an Indebtedness of some
two thousand dollars, which the English
pugilist is alleged to claim as due him for
services rendered.
These services consist Of the charge for
training the defeated man for the battle
and for necessary advances made during
the time when Kilrain was getting ready
for the meeting.
1t is asserted that from a legal standpoint
Cridge is simply the custodian of certain
moneys placed in his hands by the hackers
OF each fighter, and that he can be re-
strained from turning over the sum to the
winner on the ground that the contract. no
matter now binding, was unlawful; that
the law would not recognize any agree
ment which was in itself violation of any
statute.
This was the gist of the talk among the
freQuenters of Wigley's place in this city,
and Johnson's in Brooklyn. 1t is alto
gether at variance with accepted rules
among sporting men which govern such
events, and whether it Will be carried out
remains to be seen. The persons inter
ested will meet tomorrow, and the win
ming side will make formal demand for
the stakes It is safe to say that neither
Sullivan nor Kilrain Will be present but
their respective representatives will meet
in conference either AT Richard 4. F'ox's
Office or the Office of Lumley. Then if pro-
test is made, the Sullivan people will not
only post the objections as unspOrtsmGr-
like, but will make every effort to recover
by legal means the 900 that Cridge now
holds.
Neither Charley Mitchell nor Frank
Stevenson was TO be found last night, so
no verifcatiOn of the rumOr could be had;
nevertheless 1t was very generally the topic
of conversation. From the earnestness
with which it was discussed it appeared to
have some foundation.
Charley Johnson reached this city yester-
day morning He was reticent concerning
his own movements, and protested utter
ignorance OF the whereabouts of Sullivan
All he would say was that the champion
was in Canada. He refused further in
formation on the plea that he actually knew
nothing himself and had nothing to tell.
What do you think will be the final out
come of this affair" the World reporter
asked him.
well it seems to be question of eX ira |
dition, but whether misdemeanor is an ex-
traditable offense seems to be matter of
opinion, and |, of course am not able 10 say |
whether it is or not. l think that the mat |
ter will end by its being allowed quIelly 10
drop. As for myself, l don't see why l |
should fear arrest any more than any of The |
several thousand spectators present. l was |
merely spectator at the great battle. One |
thing you may say as positive fact is, that |
John L. will never again bare his hands or
enter the ring again with any man, either |
IN this country or any other"
William MulGOoH and Murphy, of Boston, |
spent yesterday at Manhattan Beach |
They came to the Vanderbilt hotel last
night. Muldoon, who is noted as q square
dealer'' and who would rather decline to
answer Il question than tell an untruth,
said positively and emphatically that Sui
Ivan was not in or near New York. He
had heard nothing of Mitchel;s proposed
action concerning the stake money
There can be no trouble about the stake
money itself, he said, because Matchell
has nothing at all to do with it. That's
receipts, but it is a question whether he
could successfully make a fight there.
This is all news to me- ] haven't heard
anything of it before"
Speaking of the proposition to present
him With d purse as a recognition OF his
ability as a trainer, Muldoon said he would
not accept any money for what he had
done. IF they want to make me some sort |
of a present as a remembrance - he said |
81 am free to say that | wouldn't object |
but l don't want and will not accept any
money for what l did. OF course it is
gratifying to know that ones efforts are
appreciated"
1t is pretty generally understood that the
big slugger Is not likely to arrive before
to night.
An old sport writes 20 the World protest
ing against the insinuation made in various
papers that Kilrain was drugged by Mitch
ell on JulyS He has known Mitchell from
bOyhoOd, and believes him incapable of |
such villainy. ''Old SPORT thinks John L. |
Sullivan is the best pugilist the world ever
produced, and makes the following sugges-
ton, which should be carefully considered |
by the next Congress: "JOhn Lawrence |
The authorities at Washington, instead of |
wanting to arrest him, ought to grant him |
a certain sum year, the same as the Eng |
lish parliament did Tom Savers, providing |
he never fights any more. If my memory |
serves me right it was 8, 900 per year, as |
long as he lived. If a vote was taken by |
the country, John would get fifty times |
that amount by the American public, and it |
would be the best way. for if ever ne gets |
fair punch at any other man, the chances |
are that they will say that he is dead, not |
drugged.''
Sullivan on the War Path