Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-20
IS IT ALL A BLUFF.
Mayor Boody and the New York Poi'-
ticianS Promise to Stop the Corbett-
Mitchell Fight.

Mayor Boody and the New York Poll'
tictan1 Promise to stop the Corbett-
Mitchell Fight
New YORK. October 10. - Mayor
Boody, OF Brooklyn to-day gave 1t cut
that he would not permit the prize fight
between Jim COrbett and Charley
Mitchell to take place at Coney Island.
District Attorney Ridgeway is also re-
ported TO have said that the offering OF
purse by the Coney Island Athletic
Club was more or less OF bluff, to find
out bow the people Of Brooklyn and
Kings county would stand 1t and the
tolerance of prize ight-that is an in
ternational prize tight-would never De
considered.
The sporting men Of New York do
not actually laugh out loud at these
campaign documents" but some OF
them do say that the bluff is on the
mart of the politicians. Some of them
even 90 far enough TO add that as soon
as the election is over, the status
of the Corbett- Mitchell little bout
wii' ~ II was p day ago
that Is that it will go on il Inhnny
McKane, the boss OF Gravesend, says
it may.
Others insist that Governor Flower,
who stopped boxing in Buffalo, to be-
consistent, must make these sluggers
20 elsewhere than In this State TO slug.
Bob FitzsimmonS, who was in the u
Illustrated NGWS Office this afternoon,
said he would fight either man, under
any terms. lie preferred Mitchell, and
expressed a desire TO meet the English
man, rough and tumble, or any way.
Sheriff Courtney when asked II IL was
true that the fight would not take place
said: "No, there will be no fight. What
Mayor Boody says is perfectly true and
the fight cannot como off,"
Charlie Mitchell, who is now In this
city, was very angry when informed
by the representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press that Mayor Boodv,
of Brooklyn, had decided that
the fight between Corbett and him
self could not take place at Coney Is
land. 1t was the first definite informa-
tion that the English pugllist had
received of the intended interference by
the Brooklyn authorities, and he at
once launched out into bitter denun-
citation OF the New York ministers,
whom he claimed were responsible for
Mayor Boody's action.
he said they did not know the differ
euce between prize fight and boxing
match, and they would do we'll to at
tend TO their own business. No at
tempt was made TO stop small fights,
but an internationa! affair gave the
preachers an opportunity TO .,et little
cheap notoriety. Mitchell thed de-
clsred that the fight would have 20
come of.
The money was up and II they could
not fight in this country, he would in
sist upon settling the matter in Mexico
or Cuba under London prize ring rul es
on the turf for the original stakes. The
purse was no object. He would prefer
to have the contest in New Orleans or
San Francisco. but II this cannot
be arranged, he will demand
that Corbett go out Of the country with
him and fight for the $4,000 a side. He
had conceded everything else and would
insist upon this. In conclusion, Mitch
ell said that if the fight was prevented
by Brooklyn's Mayor he would be in
So, 600, as the officials OF the Coney
Island Club mad put up a $4,000 guar
antee that the fight would come of
under their ausp ices.