Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-18

New YORK, February 17.-Charley
Mitchell, the English pugiliSt met m
A. Brady and Billy Delaney, Coroett
representatives, at the World oi1ce al
o'clock this afternoon.
For an hour and a half the atmos-
phere in the sporting editors room was
filled with English fnesSe and American
oratOry. Mitchell covered Brady ten
1000 bills with twenty $500 bills, then
objected 10 the division OF the purse TO
De fought for and so the negotiations
ended all in air for the present
The Mitchell party arrived rail- an
hour before the apPOnted time. by
the time COrbetts managers put In an
aDpearauce there were fully 5000 per-
sons In front of the building. Brady
and Delaney forced their way through
the crowd and arrived at the meeting
place at precisely 4 o'clock. There were
no handshakes or preliminary inquiries
about each others health.
Brady said the money must Oe depoS-
ited before proceedings commenced.
"As regards the money, where IS your
money!" asked Mitchell with smile.
Il shall want TO see those $4,000 IN
bills" retOrted Brady.
'.Flop il out and we will cover it up"
Mitchell hauled out a roll Of bills and
peeled of twenty $500 bills and counted
each bill with distinct enunciatlon.
Then Brady stepped forward with roll
equally big and counted out ten bills,
and the whole amount $4,000, was
turned over to the temporary stake
holder.
"Wen," said Brady, 1.-The first point
TO be settled is the date. >"
"Ahw returned Mitchell, 81 am not
going 20 be unreasonable about that.
know very we'll that you have made ar
rangements that you can't break.
''Corbett will absolutely refuse TO
fight before December" said Brady.
1T is out Of the question
.'Well, that suits me elegantly" said
Mitchell "And now as 10 the day.
NThere will be no caviling on my part as
to that / shall return here six weeks
before the day set for the fight"
"Shall we say the second week In De-
cember?" suggested Brady.
That will be agreeable to me, re-
piled Mitchell.
Then after some discussion the fight
was definitely fixed for the second week
In December. Mitchell up 20 this time
had conceded every point without a
protest, aud matters were going on
swimmingly.
81 think" said Brady, "that for the
next thirty days the place OF contest
ought 10 be left open, so that the clubs
"a tho nnA nF fnnf
time the club that offers the biggest
purse and which is agreeable TO both
men will be given the contest"
''That will do nicely" said Mitchell.
'q want to fight Corbett in 12-ioot
ring. want people 10 know that
sprinting Is not my game"
''YOu can't tight a championship bat
tie in a 12-foot ring and you know IL,
said Brady. "The rules will not per-
init it. Our proposition is that the con-
test take place under Marquis Of Queens
bury rules to a finish, in . 24-foOt
ring"
"Ohl very we'll then" said Mitchell,
with q sigh Of resignation. "a 24-ioot
ring it is, but will pay money to get
12-fOot ring.
"How about the gloves?" said Billy
Delaney.
81 hope" said Brady. "tbat each
contestant will provide himself with
one, two, three, four and five ounce
Qlovos, and use the smallest the club
will allow, Corbett's hand is larger
than yours, and our proposition Is that
eacn man shall have his own gloves"
This is unprecedented. " said Mitch
ell. "DO you mean that 1 eau use any
glove l like, provided it weighs five
OunceS?"
"Any regulation glove, yes" replied
Brady.
call right" replied the Englishman.
'sThen we will have IL whoever wins
the toss has the choice Of the four
gloves Ia the ring"
Then the question Of 6Ral stakeholder
was broached. and both settled upon
Phil Dwyer. There had been very lit
tle noise IN the room. The entire crowd
had become somewhat impressed with
Mitchel's combined ShrewdneSS and
good nature. IL was also agreed that
the referee should be the referee Of the
club where the fight takes place. the
fight should be 20 a finish, and tbst the
referee should have no power to call the
contest ot.
Then came the final, which threatens
to disrupt the whole proceedings.
"It is agreed. of course, that the
winner shall take all the purse, said
Brady, confidently.
"Oh! no." said Mitchell, "I think
there should be a division"
Brady said that be wanted IL TO be all
or nothing. He was willing 70 permit
81, 900 Of it to go TO the loser for train
ing expenses. Mitchell, however, de-
manded that the purse be divided, so
and 20 per cent. Brady would not agree
70 this, and as an argument said that
the purse might be SIS, 900, In which
case Mitchell would receive $4,000 for
fighting COrbett which was really
$1,000 more than be was betting on the
outside. BradY finally, on his own re-
sDOnsibility, agreed 20 let the loser
have 50. 500, Instead OF 81 900.
Mitchell, however, would listen to no
other agreement than he has stated
about the division of the purse. The
meeting had 20 be adjourned until one
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, in order
90 give Brady an opportunity to tele-
graph 20 COrbett to ind out what fur