The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-01
WON'T BACK SLAYIN
George Piesse Does Not Care to
Back Him in America.
THE AUSTRALIAN is SURPRISED
His Backer VIII Write-He Will Get Fight
on With Sullivan, AnyhOw-The Match
With Jackson Off.
Especial to THE HERALD-Exam1ner Dispatch.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examtner Dispatch.l
New YORK, Dec 31.-A small pink en-
velope handed to Frank p. Slavin in the
cafe of the CLARENDON hotel, Brooklyn,
shortly before 10 o'clock last night, con-
tanned a message which may alter the
plans of some nosable pugi'ists. 1t was
dated Monte Carlo and read: "Will write.
Do not care to back you in America,
George"
The author of the telegram was George
Piesse, head of the big perfumery house
of Piesse & Lubin in London. He is, or
rather was, Frank Slavin's hacker and
had he landed vicious upper cut on the
Australians chin it would scarcely have
surprised the six-footer more than did
these words from across the sea. Slavin
read the message twice before he spoke.
HERES a pretty mess" he exclaimed,
tossing the cablegram over to Mitchell.
What do you think of thats"
'Su .'prising. indeed" replied the Eng
fish boxer. "What do you propose to do
about It.n
II was minute or two before the hard
hitting antipodean made reply. He knit
ted his brows and appeared to be deeply
engrossed with something. This beats
day Piesse started for Monte Carlo he told
me distinctly he would stand by anything
did in America, and now he says he does
not care to back me while am here.
shall not be broken hearted, however, for l
am sure l can ind the stakes for battle
with Sullivan inside of forty-eight hours"
II will guarantee that" exclaimed Nit
chell. "a cable to Pony Moore would
fetch $40, 900 in a very few hours"
W N
In his letter. resumed Slavin, land l don't
care rap. George Piesse is not the only
man in the world by d long chalk, and
] can assure you that L shall not leave
this country simply because he does
not choose 10 find the money for me to
fight Sullivan here. want to fight Sulli-
van not because L have any i'll will to-
wards him, but for the reason that there
would be money for me if l should defeat
him. 1 don't say that 1 can peat him but
l will try my best. 1t is all in the spirit
of sport. If nobody came here to fight
Sullivan he would be idle all the time
Now that a change in my plans has I'M
expecteely come about l propose to make
some changes in the plans of some other men
George Piesse is the largest stakeholder
in the club where l am matched TO fight
jackson. 1t was solely on MS account that
l agreed to fight the black fellow there.
Tomorrow morning l shall cable to John
Daugherty, of Melbourne. This Is the man
who met Sullivan upon his arrival in
Australia and offered to back me for so, 600
against him. 1t is my opinion that he is
quite willing to make match on the same
conditions now. a very few hours will
tell the tale, anyhow. As soon as
receive reply from Dougherty
l shall notify Charley Johnson that my
match with Jackson need not stand in the
wry with meeting of Sullivan"
How do you propose to Tx itln the re-
porter asked.
That Will be very simple, " he answered.
sAs Mr. Piesse does not want TO back me
in this country, as he says in this message,
why, l shall turn up my match with Jack
son altogether and remain here to fight
Sullivan. Mr.. Piesse's club will therefore
lose match and 1 shall get one on,
hope"
$50 there is no forfeit in the jackson
matchF'
Yes; each man Is required to put up
81, 600 TO guarantee his appearance in the
ring May 80. In case of failure TO appear
on the part of either, the club takes the
forfeit. MIR. Piesse put up 5 200 for me,
and as | propose to throw up the match,
why, he can put the money back into his
own pocket. He can therefore lose moth
ingn
us Jackson's forfeit up?"
THAT can't say; but if 1t is. why, he
can take it down, that's all there is about
that ! can make more money by beating
Sullivan than l could by defeating Jack
son, and inasmuch as Mr.. Piesse has taken
this course l feel that | am justified in
looking out for my own interests before
considering his There is nothing in the
way of my making match with Sullivan,
and l mean TO make it,"