Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-11
CORBEIT AND FlTZ AGREE.
The Florida Athletic Club Oilers
S4l, 600 for lhe Fight.
tsoi words nsiwcsn the rugiii.ts He.
fore Everything IL Arranged
Satisfactorily.

NEw IUKt. oct. li.-Corhett aud
! Fuz'immOnH were matched this morn.
INK 10 Fight 10 y 1uish VI the Florida
Athletic club, Jacksonville, Fla, Tor a
purse u sil 900 and 100000 Ellie any
time alter July /, 1875. 10 will prob.
ably take place Ia the tall OF utxt year,
anl the date r. LEFT 10 the choice oi the
club.
Cofbott and Fitz,lmmons met ~ tho
ollice Of a newrpaper. Corbstt saidi
wei, Filz, am here to make a
"rhatiswhat am here for, " replied
/ Ftiziimmons, drnauuy. Then he In.
| tfoluced his manager, Captain GIo1,
anj saiIi "My manager will DO my
Spokesman on this occasion.D
g fhe't aaid' "Whtre Il your mo-
Giori rer He'd: "llere 10 81 200 to bind
the match.n
Cofbett pulled out roll Of ten 81 900
bllls, AMI Hail; "i1u people have bern
taking about $4,000 a. side. There h
my m. ney; cover IT,"
"But, Mr.. Correct, you DOM expect
Us TO putup SO 0OD right away?U said
Glori. "Nou'rc rich, hut wo are nct. -
Cofbcit smiled sarcasticalIy aud said,
"Whefo IL that $4,000 You have been
talking 20 much abou2 Tnefe IL no
use Plying the poverty gSgi It 10 too
Word followed word, but Corbett
hnAlly saidi "Wcll, here, I'Il put up
my $1,000 now anu you can uut your.
~ when you like. | will fight Fitz.
simmons auy time after July next
year ana not befote.n
eve thiuk," said Captain Glori.
"you should light within six months
and defend the championship twice a
ytAf."
"You do, do you?p said Corbel with
evident surprise. Then shaking his
head slowly ne SAID: "You 70 very
much mistaken. l hold the cnamp Dion.
ship and have the right 10 diotats the
turma IL II only n waste Of words
and time TO tslk " a nght before July,
FilE.immu mss manager, finally con.
sented o. have this fight come OF alter
the hrst VI July, auu both men an.
nounccd their willingness 10 Sign, but
No that would be against the laws OF
the state, the articles viii not be signed
here. The articles will be similar 10
thosr slguod by COrbeIt anu sullivan
IN 1902.
A. coon as this arrangement was
male tue question Of purse was con.
hidefed' There were three men In the
room ready 10 make olrrs, Captain
Williamp, OF tho Auditorium, New
Orleans; President soholl, OF tue
Olymnia CLUB OF the same state, aud
Joe Nendig, VI the Florida Athletic
club.
Snow, gentlemou," said Corbstt,
I'VE have agreed to nght and 1 want TO
know who viii offer the largest pufst?V
Soholl saiui "lhe Olympia will give
s25, OOO."
Captain Williams claimed TINT he
HAD already offered s25, 900 on behalf
VI tue Auditorium.
joe Noudig said,as he threw nveSl,.
600 bills on the tabl,;"rhe Florida club |
VIII give $50, 900 and here are s., OOJ ~
a guaranteed
soholl raised the bid to $40, 900 and |
Nenulg Went $1,000 better. schOll |
offered 100000, but Rs he was not pre. |
pared 10 make adeposit COfbett SAID he
would sign for Jacksonville. Fitz. |
summons objected Tor while, but
finally consented. Tho club will All.
low 81 200 TO each man for training ex.
penses, and each viii train Tor three
s'NAf"H lA'NA ~ NV AAhhNH htluIt int
negotiations were completed Cotbett
turned to Filzsimmons and said,
"Fitz, you SAID wnen you met me you
would shake your finger IN my face.D
81 did not" said Fnz doggelIy;
~ never said such thing about
YOU" 80, no, you're too much of a
said Corbett, "but N L
had mate such remark, | wOulu
make II good"
rhe n,aes Of both puglllats were not
six Inches apart Rnd It looked asifA
storm we're about TO burst, but nothing
came OF II. The fight IL 10 take place
On a date 10 be- named by the Florida
Athletic CLUB after July /, 1895.
C9rbelps $4,000 was banded TO Al.
smith ~ temporary stakeholder, aud
'ap'Ain Gloti, on behalf of Fnz-im
nous, will ON Monday, deposit s2,5IO
with the same man; g., 800 more DE.
'rmber /, ami similar sum February
+, aud the last inetallment on JuIV