The record-union., 1893-02-18
MITCHELL L-CORBETT FIGHT.
MORE WORK WITH TONGUE THAN
FISTS.
Hitch in Proceedings Over the Di-
vision of the Purse-The English
man Wants Slice
special to the REcoRp.uN1ox.

ct'SNAeAA " ANA@SSANA'-
New YORK, Feb. 17.-Charley Mitchell,
the English pugilist, met William a.
Brady and Billy Delaney, Corbett's rep
resentatives, at the World Office at
o'clock this afternoon. For an hour and
half the atmosphere in the sporting
EDITORS room was filled with English
finesse and American oratory. Mitch
eli wanted a division of the purse to be
fought for, and so the negotiations ended
all in air for the present.
Brady and his friends kept the Mitchell
party waiting half an hour, and then
forced themselves through a crowd of
5000 persons, who had gathered about the
building, and proceedings commenced
Mitchell thereupon produced twenty $500
bills, and Brady covered them with ten
bills, and the whole amount of $4,000
was turned over to the temporary stak e
holder. The fight was then fixed for the
second week in December The place of
the contest was left open, that clubs may
bid for it, and in the end the club offering
the largest purse, which is agreeable to
both men, will be given the contest.
Mitchell wanted to fight Corbett in a
| INGIN N6-lOOb llBS. Dlduy SdIu Il cudill-
pionship battle could not be fought under
such conditions, and Marquis of Queens
berry rules for a finish fight in twenty
| four-foot ring We're agreed to. 1t was ar
ranged that each should provide himself
with one, two, three, four and five-ounce
gloves, and use the smallest the club
would allow. Phil Dwyer was selected
as the final stakeholder. 1t was also
agreed that the referee should be the Off
cial referee of the club where the fight
takes place. The fight to be to finish,
the referee having no power to interfere
in that respect.
1 Then came the announcement which
! threatens to disrupt the whole proceed
ings. Brady said the winner would, of
course, take the whole purse, hut Mitch
ell objected, saying he thought there
should be division. Brady wanted all
or nothing, but was willing to permit
| 81 900 to the loser for training expenses.
| Mitchell, however, demanded that the
purse be divided 50 and 20 per cent.
Brady would not agree to this, but finally
consented to let the loser have s.. 800.
Mitchell would accept no proposition ex-
cept his own, and the meeting adjourned
till tomorrow, to permit Brady to tele-
graph Corbett what further concessions
he will make.
Corbett's reply came late tonight as fol-
lows: 'If 1 can't whip thewind bag ]
don't want cent. The winner must
take all.''
JOHN L. HAS 4 SAY.
CHICAGO, Feb. T.-Talking about the
proposed Corbett-Mitchell fight, John L.
Sullivan said he was SURPRISED that Cor.
bett should compel Mitchell to put ur
$4,000. He (sullivan) only required Cor.
bett to put up 81, 600. As to the probable
winner. he said Corbett had the advantage
of hight and reach, but is no cleverer
and Mitchell is a stItfer puncher. 1t took
at least ten punches of Corbett to knock
him Sullivan out in the last round. aftel
Sullivan's arm had fallen helpless
Mitchell could do better, and it was nC
cinch for Corbett. 1t would be a Ions
fight-twenty-fiv to forty-five rounds
and probably more. Sullivan showed :
telegram asking him to act as Corbett'.
second in case of the fight He said ht
wished Corbett success, but would declin,
to act as his second.