The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-19
MITCHELL AGREES TO FIGHT
All the Conditions Demanded by Corbett
Conceded by the English Pugilist
Winner of the Battle Will Take All the Stakes
Effort by New York Police to Stop
Negotiations for the Match.

NEW 1ORk, foO. lo.-OupeTiutenu6nt
Byrnes stated, this morning. that he would
not permit any further progress of the
preparations for q Corbett- Mitchell fight
in this city. Acting under his orders, Capt.
Sliven and four of his men appeared at tho
place where and at the time the prize
fighters or their representatives. were
to meet. They had instructions to
arrest any one who tried to bring
about fight. The place of meeting-the
World Bnilding-was surrounded. and In
speotor Williams and Captain Sliven en-
tered the building and at once made
known their mission. Word was sent to
Mitchell, Brady anu the other men expect
ed to attend the meeting. explaining the
situation, and they did not appear.
At p. NJ. Brady was at the Coleman
House. wrathfuI and disguised. He ex-
pressed his opinion of the Englishman
freely. lies big buffer" said Brady.
He did not come over here to fight. tell
you. Mitchell is q fake fighter. He's only
here for a good time and wants to make a
lot of talk" Brady added that If the
Mitchell men did not agree e the PROPOSE
tiOn submitted at the meeting yesterday
all negotiations would he declared Oft. and
he would at once proceed to make match
between Corbett and jackson.
Notwithstanding Brady's talk Charley
Mitchell has conceded all the conditions
demanded by COrbett. and fight between
the two ia now assured. The only point
of difference at the meeting to-day be-
tween Brady and Mitchell that seemed to
seriously threaten prospects for fight has
been conceded by Mitchell-the question
of division of the stakes. Mitchell yester-
day wanted the loser to have 20 per cent.
OF the stakes and his insistance on this
point. while COrbett wanted the winner to
have all, upset everything, although all
the preliminaries had been agreed upon and
Corbett and Mitchell had each deposited
$4,000.
The two parties met at ESQ this evening,
In the Office of dramatic journal. Mitch
ell was accompanied by Esquire" Aiding
don Baird, his hacker; Abrams. the English
lawyer, and his secretary, Bailey. Brady
and Billy Delaney represented Corbett.
very little preliminary dis
cussion Mitchell announced that
he was willing to concede that the winner
should have all the stakes. This statement
was greeted with satisfaction. IS 1t dis.
p %sS of f' the ' fight Mitchell went o1
to say that he considered that ne
was perfectly right In asking that q per-
centaRe OF the stakes should go to the loser,
but as Corbett seemed determined to win
or lose all. he lMitchelll would not let 1t
stand IN the way of q match being ar
ranged. He intimated that he thought
Corbett was obstinate to make il appear
that he Mitchelll did not want TO fight
superintendent Byrne's action in declar-
ing that he wOuld arrest all concerned In
making q match in New York was DIS
cussed. In view of this 1t was decided. as
q safeguard. not to sign articles at present,
and to withdraw the money held by
George Dickinson. Accordingly. each
man withdrew his $4,000. An agreement
was then drawn mp that representatives
of each party should meet on Saturday.
Feb. %. at 0 p. NJ, on the Canadian side of
tn. Niagara Falls, and there deposit the
stakes and sign articles Mitchell
and Brady affixed their signatures
to this agreement. 1t was under
stood by all that the arrangement
as made on Friday In reference
to the time of the match tDecemberl and
the size OF the ring (twenty-four feetl
should be considered as binding. There
was some talk of increasing the stakes.
Mitchell said he was perfectly willing to
make the stakes $4,000 each If COrbett
would so agree.
Mitchell delivered short grafton on John
L. Sullivan. He said that when he beat
Sullivan he beat the best man that ever
lived. although COrbett has ha opened to
beat him" said Mitchell, Il think You will
find that Sullivan still Occuples warm
ule "a i'm the heartR of the Amarlcan ueonI. ~