St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-30
JOHN |. CHALLENGED,
Charley Mitchell Offers to
Battle the big I'm" in a
Small Ring,
And Will Lay a Heavy Side
Bet That He Can Best the
Champion.
President Fulda Announces
That a Good Purse Will
Be Hung Up.
DoingS Of the BoWleps--Ppe-
pairing for the Big Curl
ing Matches.

ST. Louis, jar. 29.-The Post Dispatch
this afternoon says that Charley
Mitchell has challenged John l.. Sulli-
van to meet him IN twelve or sixteen
foot ring. The den is the outgrowth of
the declaration Sullivan is credited with
making in Butte City. that he would
like to get Mitchell in twelve-foot
ring. On reading this the English boxer
became angered and telegraphed Fulda,
of the California Athletic club, that he
would fight Sullivan in small ring be-
fore the club if it would offer purse.
and that he would put up stake of
5000 on the outside that he would
win. Manager Billy Thompson. to
whom Mitchell and Slavin are under con-
tract, is authority for the above. and
states that Mitchell has received reply
from President Fulda, and that the Cali
fornia Athletic club will offer for the
contest the largest purse ever given by
an athletic club for a fight. Thompson
now regards the fight as made.
Manager Thompson. of the Thompson
Congress of Celebrities company, with
which Mitchell and Slavin are now
Sparring. was shown the dispatch, and
he said: The information in that tele-
gram is correct. only Mitchell said he
would fight Sullivan about August in
either twelve or SiXteen-foot ring.
There Will be no bubble about
the size of the ring or the date
either. for Mitchell said about August
and that means 4 margin Of a month or
or so, and he viii night in September as
well as in August. He is in dead earn
est, and immediately after reading
Sullivan'S talk, said: Il have not been
annoying him: now why can't he let
a.. ,A0f ell %lo TO
the telegraph and sent the message ask
ing for a purse for a fight
Fred Watkins and Tom Allen, of this
city, have agreed to put up $500 of
Slayin'S stake money TO fight Sullivan,
but the Australian says, to avoid any
Semblance of wanting 10 advert Sc HIM
self. he Will negotiate no further with
the big fellow until after he meets
jackson. If he whips the black man,
as he expects to do, he will have money
enough to back himself against Sulli-
van, and the latter will then have no
excuse for refusing to meet him.
MEMPHIS, Jan. %. Fred Gallagher.
associate editor of the London Sporting
Life, is authority fer the statement that
Charlie Mitchell yesterday wired the
California Athletic club, San Francisco:
al will fight John L. Sullivan to a finish
in siXteen-foot ring, the club offering
purse. and l will bet him on the out
side 5000 that lick him."
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29.-PreSident
Fulda. of the California Athletic club,
was seen this afternoon in reference to
the dispatch from st. Louis. and he
acknowledged he had received a mes
sage from Charlie Mitchell. asking if
the California club would give purse
for match between himself (MitchelD
and John L. Sullivan. He had wired
back to Mitchell i'll reply: The Cali
fornia club will certainly give reason
able purse for match between yourself
and Sullivan. Go ahead and make the
match" Mitchell. in his message to
Fulda. named next September as the
time for the contest.