The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-10
m IN FOUR ROUNDS.
|srbett Says He'll Make Short
Work of the Englishman.
aar PREPARATIONS CONTINUE.
.ksa BY the People OF Jaeksonvifie
- Ciab Managers Dare the Gov
erner to Interfere.

,.<rsoxvrrLE. Fla, Jan. g. A number
81 -. have been placed within the last
-. s.r.. all With odds slightly IN favor Of
r.s<ss. Tonight several were made 800
!. sx heing the amounts wageret.
: s;ose contest has been arranged with
/ -. esune conditions under which Coyoett
- MICHEL are matched. 10 take place 10
-. -sty the latter end of the week. The
s-r.r,psls will De Green Harris, champion
s..ra nsid6Ieweight of Tennessee. and
rer-y Watkins. champion middle
~.grtf OF Florida A purse o! $50
- bs offered for the contest
aiskoagh tie DuvaI Athletic club deny il,
- renesslly known that this will be in
sss nature OF challenge TO Gov. Mitchell.
Yshs contest is allowed 10 go on without
tuxrserence. then IL will be taken as . GER
sssrty tha, the Corbett- Mitchell battle will
suss place. while II II is stopped the courts
II. b asked to decide the matter This
: thsaght TO be the plan the Duval people
have been forming for long time past
md which has been guarded with such
secrecy.
Late tonigh, the club gave ont q state
rent 70 the public, reciting its attempt 20
obfxin conclusive iegal test OF the ques-
non whether the proposed contest Is in
vsoistion Of any Law OF the state of Florida
and Gov. MitehelI's determined opposition
10 snch legal test. The club asked the
governor to unite IN submitting test case
% the supreme court, bnt ne refused The
es1b Ia this address dares the governor to
nk the supreme court for decision in the
case. The address closes as follows:
I'VE wish to say to the public in the
most positive terms that, barring accidents
Of 0 provldential nature. If Corbett and
Mitchell appear at the ring side January
q. - they have contracted To do aud no
aoasf viii. just so sure will this con-
best take place. We assure the public
Of the city of Jacksonville and the
stale OF Florida Is in favor of the contest.
and being legally assured that there is no
las against contests of this kind, we now
ssars all intending patrons Of the event
shas they can come to Jacksonville secure
IN the knowledge that they will zee
two OF the greatest boxers in the
world In contest that will
Do nothing more than demonstrate
which Is the more scientific. We have
aided to the membership of the club some
" ire iBOst Sedltuy anu tnHuentlEi men
10 Jacksonville and Florida, and We know
We have the means and ability 10 see this
thing through. Further. we wish TO say
thar no one will he hurt financially or so
eislly II an attempt Is made TO stop this
affair"
Brady expresses belief that the fight will
be brought off. lie denied that either he
%. corbett has entertained propositions
from Colorado, Cuba or elsewhere. Cor
best, when asked how long he thought the
contest would last, said IL am not in q
position to judge of Mitchell's ability,
moving little more about him than what
read in tho newspapers, but saw him
tox once. That was with Mike Cieary.
II he has not learned some new wrinkles
since. he won't last more than four
rounds"
DEApwoop. s. d.. Jan. a.--The Dead
wood Athletic Club has decided to- offer a
purse of 1000 for the Corbctt- Mitchell
tgnt The club means business, aud II
the offer is accepted will construct q
pavilion 10 accommodate 1900 people.
Patsy Carr. Hare Ferguson aud sam
schwarlzand. wealthy Deadwood sports,
are backing the club.