Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
How Noel Dealt with Fitzsimmons-Dun-
raven and the American Cup-A
New Pigeon-ShOtiDg Crack
er Jack, Etc.
Special correspondence of The HERALD.

CuusluoTou uuo Ouer lOT u HSUI De-
tween Fitzsimmons and Hall, until the
crafty "Fitz" came on here and init.
mated to the Coney island people that
they had as good chance to get the
fight as the New Orleans people. He
had not actually signed with the Cres-
cent club, but. had only agreed to fight
Hall before that club for SIS, 900 purse,
providing no other club offered any
more.
That was hint enough for the island
ers, who Immediately offered the lanky
freak from the land of the kangaroo
$1,000. 1t was fine offer, of course,
but then the foxy Australian could not
honorably accept without consulting
Mr.. Noel of New Orleans. He knew his
book and he played his cards most ad-
mirably, doing the messenger boy act
from Noel to Newton and from Newton
to Noel until he got the two clubs bid
ding against each other at such a lively
rate that Newton's last offer was $45 900,
and he would have gone as high as
500, 900, but unfortunately for the repre-.
sentative OF the club by the sea, Fitz.
simmons bad already affixed his sigma.
ture to New Orleans contract to fssht
Hall for $4,000 purse. 1t was simply
a case of Noel out-generaling Newton.
The clubs had been going up in their
bidding at $1,000 clip from $4,000 to
$35, 900, the latter being the last offer
made by the Coney Island club. Noel
made bluff to Fitz when be offered
$34 600 that he would not go one cent
higher, no matter what the islanders
offered; that the fight was not worth
that much money to either club and the
club that got them would lose money,
but that the bidding was only a matter
of pride and pig headed jealousy.
When Newton went up to $35 600 it
took Fitz's breath away. He thought
he had reached the end Of his string,
and he was almost ready to sign then
and there, and would have done go had
it not been for his promise to Noel not
to do any signing without consulting
him. Thirty-fve thousand dollars
seemed such gigantic amount that
lanky Bob was almost driven out Of his
head with Joy. He considered it as
good as settled that he would fight at
the island, and all that remained to be
done was merely to tell Noel and then
close out with Newton.
This programme, however, was not
90 easy to carry out. Noel simply took
hold of Mr.. Fitzsimmons and talked to
him like Dutch uncle. He raked him
fore and aft, and then dealt him knock
out blow, with a $4,000 purse. Bob
was paralyzed for the time being, and
when he fairly recovered his senses, as
is customary for prize fighters to do, he
did not only discover that the 10 Sec
onds were up and that he was beaten
man, but he made the sad and startling
discovery that he had signed with the
Crescent club of New Orleans to fight
Jim Hall for $4,000 purse, and that
his little game of see-saw with Newton
and Noel was at an end. He had played
both ends against the middle for the
last time, and his grief knew no bounds
when Newton made him the offer of
$45, 900 and he realized the fact that it
was too late, as Noel had him where his
hair was short.
If the wary Fitz does not die of a
broken heart between now and next
February, it can safely be eaid that he
will try conclusions with Jim Hall dur
Ing the mardi-gras week, to see which
one of them would make the best Gus
todian of the $4,000 that the Crescent
club will have no further use for. From
the tone of Dick Fox's dispatch from
London it begins to look as though it
was all cut and dry for the Corbett-
Mitchell fight to also 60 to New Orleans,
as Hail expresses his willingness to fight
before any club selected by Fitzsimmons,
while Mitchell likewise agrees to fight
before the club selected by Corbett,
with the proviso that it will have to be
the same club that Fitzsimmons and
Hall fight before. Just where Corbett
comes in as to the selection of the club,
under the circumstances, it is difficult
problem to solve. If they hold them
selves open, however, for the highest
bidder, as it is perfectly natural to ex-
pect they will do, the fight will either
come to Coney island or else it will cost
the New Orleans people close ON to
100000 to secure these two great pu-
giliets.
No matter whether Lord Dunraven is
bluffing or not, as many seem to think
he is, he has at least gained one great
point by compelling the New York
Yacht club to admit that the "deed OF
gift" of the American cup 10 unfair. He
has forced them into making many con-
cessions in their great anxiety to get on
an international yacht race. While the
English people are spending go much OF
their time in condemning the sea law
yers, who drew up the deed of gift,
which they regard ss a solid fort built
around the cup, would it not be we'll to
look back on their records to August,
1851, when the cup was won by the
Amer cans. There was no beating and
pickering then. but the Americans
had to 60 10 and race against
the entire English fleet, which
che did successfully and distanced
them all. Now it appears to be case
of sharp practice, ard the one side
seems to he just as eager to get the up.
per hand al the other. According to
the construction OF the deed the Ameri.
can yachtsmen have TIE heat of it. but
why should they not? They hold il
now and it 10 not to be expected that
anyone is going to frame set of rules
whereby they ara getting the worst OF it.
Their having held it since 1861 is nc
reason why they should make such con.
cessidns now az to endanger their losing
1t. While everybody ia desircus of see.
ing race, no one in the country is par.
'icularly anxious to sec it go back 70
England.
The swells in the crack athletic clubs