The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-13
THEY WANT THE FIGHT HERE.
Savannah Sporting Men Anxious to
Get Corbett and Mitchell.

Savannah Sporting Men Anxious to
| Get Corbett and Mitchell.
! Vow that the jacksonville authorities
! have set themselves 80 stubbornly against
! the proposed Corbett-Mitchen contest
| taking place in that city, the sporting ele-
/ Hent in Savannah are discussing the
| feasibility of securing the contest.
Both Mitchell and COrbett seem to view
| Jacksonville's invitation somewhat du-
1 biously, and it is believed that they would
| look with much more favor upon propo-
| Sltlon rom savannah. II IS said that
| there would be no difficulty in getting the
| requisite amount Of money subscribed to
/ Drlng the two great prize fighters here,
as 1t IS well known that there
| are number of men of means
/ IN this city who take an interest in such
| things and who would be willing to 90 a
! good way for the purpose of securing the
| fight. Besides it is said it would be a
| profitable investment as the investors
could safely rely upon doubling their
| money.
The sports are taking kindly to the
subject whenever mentioned and they
| want some well-knOwn citizen to take
the matter in hand and bring things to
| focus
1T would be the biggest drawing card
| that Savannah ever had" said a we'll
known sporting man who carried big
| roll to New Orleans to the Sullivan
| Corbett fight, a good portion of which he
failed to bring back, by the way. THE
Town wouldn't be able to hold the
| people that would come. Savannah
alone could furnish pretty big attend
ance upon such an affair, but that
wouldn't be drop in the bucket to the
! crowds that would come here from other
cities There wouldn't be city of any
size in the United States that wouldn't
be represented by from anywhere
and there would be men here
| by the hundred with rolls of money as
| big as your arm. 1t would bring mint
| of money to Savannah. The hotels and
boarding houses would be overlooked,
and the night before the fight the people
would be, sleeping in the streets.
The saloons and restaurants
| business men in all lines would
make money out of it. I don't suppose
| Mayor McDOnough would let us have the
| fight in the city, but that would be a
small matter. Thunderbolt is the place
for thing of that kind. Doyle's Park
could be fitted up and accommodations
| provided to seat 10000 people. There
would be every bit of that number in at
| tendance.
There is no law against prize fighting
in Georgia, and the contestants would
have nothing to fear on that score. With
laws existing in so many states against
the sport, don't see how it is that the
| champions have overlooked Georgia so
| long The amount that would be required
to guarantee the fight would be
only bagatele to the returns,
and it would be the biggest
| speculation in a small way that was ever
gone into. Savannah is town that has
good reputation with the sports every
where, and the very fact thatuit was to
take place here would draw hundreds
| that would not go to some other place.
Our convenient facilities for bringing
| people here, by steamship and rail,
| would make it an easy matter
| for large crowds to come from the north
ern cities. l would give a good deal to
bring the fight here"
There would be every bit of 5000, 900
left in Savannah by the fight" declared
another sport, to whom the subject was
| mentioned. 1T would be the biggest
| thing we have had in a long time I'll
! give my share to get it here"
There is no doubt that the propos ition
to have the fight in Savannah will meet
with approval from a large elemenJ here
| that takes an interest in such mntters
| Corbett and Mitchell need not feel sur
prised if they receive a proposition from
here.
A correspondent of the Jacksonville
| Times Union contradicts the idea that
only the tough clement attend affairs of
this kind. He says: 1t is a we ll-estab-
| lished truth that at a contest of this kind
the thug element is scarcely discernible
| The people who attend are men of means
and standing. Every city in the
country win contribute It's quota
of prosperous and respectable bust
ness and professional meTl-lawyers
| doctors, bankers, merchants nnd drum
mers-who love athletics and turn out en-
masse on these occasions. The thug ele-
ment cannot afford to travel long dis
tances and pay big prices, anti the sport
ing men who attend belong to the better
and Weather classes. have been pres
ent at several noted contests and outside
of the cheering you would no have known
| but what you We're in a first class theater
| You will find that it will be an orderly,
well-dressed, extremely Ii LIBERAL crowd,
and that every man will be there with
his pockets full of money
There is no question, however. that any
move to have the fight here would meet
with strong opposition, 10th from the
eople and the authorities.