The herald., 1894-01-04
BEGINS TO LOOK LIKE A FIGHT,
The Corbett Mitchell Battle
Will Take Place.
Both Men Have Signed the Amended
Agreement.
The Plan Now Is to Pitch the Arena in
Secluded Spot and Run Special
Trains to the Scene of
the Battle.

By the Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. Sunless
something of an unexpected nature
turns up, the Corbett-Mitchell battle
will surely take place. 1t is probable
that the original plan will be fully car
ried out, but il it is found impossible to
pull the fight off in this city, secret
battle ground will be selected some
where within the limits OF the Duval OF
st. Johns county and the contest will
90 on as il nothing had happened. This
is the gist of arrangements that have
been made within the last few days.
Corbett yesterday signed new arti-
cles agreeing to fight at any place in
Florida named by the club. Mitchell
at first refused. but today signed.
Under the new articles each man will
furnish his own gloves.
Within a short time legal proceedings
will be instituted by the Duval club
testing the legality OF the contest. Ex-
actly what these will be, is not stated
by the club people, but as it is notori-
GUS fact that no jury can be found in
Duval county to decide against the bat
tie, it is pretty certain that the outcome
will be favorable to the club. Ii Gov
ernor Mitchell then sees fit to step in
and interfere, all plans for the fight in
Jacksonville will be dropped and new
battle grounds selected. The location
will, of course, be kept secret until jan
uary 25th. 1t will puzzle the governor
to know what course to pursue to pre-
vent the meeting.
Tomorrow it is expected q license will
be applied for, which. under the new
city ordinance. passed yesterday, over
the mayors veto, must be granted.
Corbett is in town tonight, together
ssh Brady and others. The party
all attended q performance at the opera
house, after which they returned to the
hotel. They will return to Mayport to-
morrow and Corbett will resume train
ing at once.
Mitchell is trained down to about the
condition in which he will enter the
ring. He said today he was little sore
from hard work, but would be all ready
to fight within week, if necessary. He
expresses confidence in his ability to
whip Corbett, and Gays he is longing for
the day when they will meet.
For the first time the Corbett party
really believe the fight will take place.
Local sporting men are happy and say
that it is now doubtful if the governor
will interfere. The lawyers, however,
think he will, but say that it will not
amount to anything, as he has no ground
upon which to act. The scare about
troops being called out has died down,
and those who were most fearful are now
loud in their statements that nothing OF
the kind will hsppen. Altogether it
seems as though the champions of Eng
land and America would at last come
together and the question of supremacy
be settled.
It is learned tonight that the managers
of the Duval club propose to pull off the
contest just as the Sullivan-Kilrain
fight was pulled off at Richburg, Miss,
in 1899. They will select a suitable
place and charter trains to transport the
crowd, no one to know the site except
the club managers. In this way the
club hopes to outwit the governor, be-
lieving if the site is kept secret he can
not get sufficient force to prevent the
fight.