The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-04
Will Conduct the Great Mill Between
the Noted Sluggers-TEe
Ampllitheatre
Hall Has His Eye on the Big Purse
Both are Confident of
Getting the Doodle.
FROM SLUGGERDOM.
Management of the Uall-FitzsimmOns
Fight Turned Over to the Mime
sofa Athletic Club.

Fight Turned Over to the Mime
sofa Athletic Club.
CHICAGO. July Frank n. Shaw and
Y. Y. Cowles of ST. Paul mato their ap-
pearancc in Chicago today, having spent
the forenoon at Beloit, where Jim Hall
is in active training for his fight to
finish with Bob Fitzsimmons in st. Paul
the night of July %, the opening day of
the Twin City Jockey club races. The
purpose of Shaw and Cowles in visiting
Beloit was to secure the signatures of
Jim Hall and Parson Davies to the en-
tirely new draft OF articles of agreement.
The original articles stipulated that
Frank Shaw should give purse of 5l2,-
600. of which the winner should have
81, 900 and the loser $1,000, Shaw to
have the privilege of naming either st.
Paul or Minneapolis as the city in which
the contest should take place,
while Fitzsimmons and Hall reserved the
right to choose the referee. Then came
the incorporation and organization of the
Minnesota Athletic club, with capital
stock of $4,000, and having in its list of
incorporators and officers some of the
leading business men of st. Paul. among
them Shaw himself, who was most active
in promoting the enterprise.
II was his original intention to turn
over the Hall-titZsimmons contest to the
al. ,h hnn rl,, I,,
done. New articles were drawn in ST.
Paul and signed by Cowles. as president,
and John IT, Baker, secretary of the Min
ncsota Athletic club, and last Wednes-
day FitzsimmOns affixed his signature,
his trainer, Jim Carroll, also signing as
witness. Hall and Davis signed at Be
lott today and the new articles are there
fore complete and binding upon all
parties. In addition to transferring the
contest to the jurisdiction of the Mime
sofa athletic club, the new articles en-
body a very important provision that the
club and not the contestants shall select
the referee. In this way the club be-
of the fight and it is enabled absolutely
to insure the battle to the bitter end and
on its merits.
u
in the course of construction in a central
vate boxes. reserved seats and first class
fortably seat 1000 people and from book
ings already made, it is evident its
capacity will be fully tested. The fol-
ST.. PAUL, Minn.. July ,. 1891.
inln af L.,
Minnesota Athletic club and Robert
of America, and Jim Hall. champion
nesota Athletic club of st. Paul. Mimi
for contest to !. finish with four ounce
govern. between Robert Fitzsim-
America. and Jim Hall. cham
pion middlc-wcight of Australia.
said contest to take place in the buiid-
Minnesota, on the night of July -. 1891.
at nine O'Clock sharp: of which purse Of
Sl2,OOo the winner shall receive 5ll.O00
and the loser $1,000, the club to name
the referee: contestants to weigh at the
ring side in costume not over l5G pounds
each.
We. Robert Fitzsimmons and Jim
Hall hereby accept the above conditions
and as guaranty of our appearance in
the ring and at the weight herein desig-
mated, at the hour of nine o'clock
sharp on the evening herein
named, there has been deposited
the sum of $1,000 by Charles +. Davis
for Jim Hall and $1,000 by Robert F'itz-
simmons in his own behalf in the hands
of Frank A. Seymour, treasurer of the
Minnesota athletic club at the city of
st. Paul, and the contestant who shall
fail to appear at the ring side at the hour
and under the conditions above named
agrees TO forfeit said deposit of $500 to
the Minnesota athletic club. Signed,
II. c. Cowles president Minnesota ath-
letic club: j. f. Baker, secretary Mime
o,+, ,+bloti. cluh. Robert titzciumopS