The sun., 1892-04-13
HALL AND FITZ WILL FIGHT.
IT VIII BE Il BATTLE TO A FINISH
AND At CATCH UETGRTs NEXT FALL.
fftssinss Gained His Point in Regard 20
the battle Grouad-Articl.s stsnea for .
o12,OOO Purse and a wager 81 $4,000
q aide-Uau Huu~v eN,.r a.. H>..,s

Fitxsi.s,ons Gained Ris Point in Regard 70
the battle 9rousd-Artici-s signed for .
$4,000 Purse and n waEer Of 0B,00e
side-Hsii Happy Over the Resalt.
II feel grateful to THE SUM-" said Jim Hall.
the boxer. yesterday. for publishing the re-
| port Of the Sydney Referee Of the last round Of
my fight with Fitzsimmons That article set
tied 90 conclusively the assertion OF Fitzsim-
mons. that he lay down to me. that there was
nothing left but for Fltz to make the match
that he has been so long trying to stave Of"
The match was made yesterday in the New
York offlce Of tho Boston Globe. II took long
time to agree upon terms. but the men finally
got there. and. in the presence Of lot Of
prominent sporting mon. the former Austra-
lians agreed to light to finish for S.. 900 side
II one Of three clubs will hang up purse
OF $4,000.
Fitzsimmons and Jimmy Carroll were very
particular that the clubs they wanted to fight
in should be agreed upon Hall was willing
to fight In any club that offered the largest
purse. "Parson" Davies mentioned the
Coney Island A. G.. and Arthur Lumley. IS
that clubs representative. said he would
give $1,000 without CULVER Fitz and
Carroll would not have 1t. They said that
the Coney Island club was new orga nization.
without reputation for stability tthey had not
heard. apparently. that George Godfrey and
Jus AeuuVus anu 00oFR0 DlAon ana rFeu
Johnston. have agreed to fight there). and that
they would not deal with the club. while others
Of standing would probably offer q purse OF
proper size
Warren Lewis. Parson Davies. Joe Choynski.
Billy Madden and even Steve Brodie had q
suggestion to make. but the Ftzsmmons
their terms there would be no match. Hall.
who was evidently anxious to clinch the husi-
meas. told Davies and Lewis 10 agree to any.
thing. and after a two hours wranGle the fol.
lowing articles were drawn up and signed:
we the undersigned. Robert Fitzsimmons Of San
Francisco and James Hall OF Chicago do hereby
Weights before one Of these three clubs Offering
purse OF Sl2on or nore: Olympic Club Of New
Orleans Pacific Club Of san Francisco. and tho CALI
oner the same purse the place Of the contest shall
deciied by mutual consent. The club selected snail
name the referee and the contest shall bs governed BY
We furt her to wager the Of $4,000 each on
the result the club selected to act der Tho
nrst deposit. $4,000. to be made wheH tho clubs
post to be made thirty days before the date OF the
test the date to he chosen by tho club but shall
BE- before Nov and not ater than Dec: 40 1892? the
the contest
Jimmy Carroll signed the articles for Fitz-
simmons and Joe Choynski put his name down
as witness. Charles z. Davies signed for Hall
and J. c. Kennedy was the witness.
Hall talked merrily after the business was
tver Fit has tried to roast me- many times
since he has been in America" said Hall
:. Now he has got to fight. and that fact pleases
shs'w who is the better man. II get licked
III say nothing more. II Fitzsimmons. gets
lick ed ! hone he will say nothing more. for he
has said too much already"