The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11
jim AND BOB
ARE MATCHED.
COrbett and FitzsimmOnS
Quickly Come to Terms
and Agree TO Fight.
THE CHAMPIONS MONEY UP.
Lively Bidding for the Fight Be-
tween Three Clubs, with an
Offer of $4,000.
SETTLED AT LAST FOR $4,000.
Pres. Scholl Showed No Money, So
It Will Probably Go to Florida,
for December, 1895.

Another, and the most important
scene In the Corbett- Fitzsimmons pugil-
istic pow-wow, was enacted this morn
Ing. and when 1t was all over the men
were practically matched for a fight.
They are to meet before the Florida
Athletic Club, of jacksonville. some
time after July next The Club, through
It's representative, "Circular joe
Vendig has agreed to hang up a purse
Of 81, 200, and reserves the right to name
the date when the fight shall take place.
According to Vendig the Club will
name December, 1895. The stakeholder
Is to be selected this evening, and
money binding the match is to be posted
within twentyfour hours. Philip j..
Dwyer, the thurman, will In all proba-
bility be chosen, and he has already
signifed his willingness to act
The men met at The Herald office this
morning. Long before 10 o'clock, the
morning.
Capt. williams, Of the Auditorium
Athletic Club. and William A. Scholl,
of the Olympic Athletic Club, both of
New Orleans, were among the earliest
arrivals.
Fitzsimmons and Capt. Glori, his man.
ager, and a coterie of friends. came
in shortly before 10 o'clock. They were
followed by Corbett and Manager Will
lam Brady.
When Fit7 entered the room he took
a seat near a table. Corbett came in a
few minutes later and lost no time in
getting down to business. He i'm
mediately walked over to where the
lanky middle-weight was seated, and
pulled up chair close to his rival. He
was dressed in a gray suit and wore a
Albert suit and high hat.
"Well. Fitz, ] hear you want a fight"
were the champions first words. II am
here to accommodate you. Let's get
Yes. I want to fight you" replied
as my spokesman. ..
here and am ready to put 1t up. Money
talks. so produce the coin"
With this Corbett pulled out roll OF
bills and carefully counted out 10000
Capt. Glori then said that he was
amount, but that there Was 5000 on
,"oh! / thought you had 100000" re.
piled Jim: Il don't see your money.
II you want fight put up the money.
Mine is here. and also $4,000 more.
one week. and have the money here to
back me up. Is there any other heavy
n.rs 1t present who desires to take any
we never said we had $4,000" said
Capt. Glori. You are a rich man and
we are poor. We will put up the s., 900
now. and $500 more in twenty-four
hours"
After some squabblIng, in which Cor
bett said he didn't want any OF the
old sympathy gags" worked. he finally
hunE his money ON the table and said I:
when you can. am here to make a
fight, and will do so II It Is only for S
a side. My hackers have confidence in
me. and there's my stun.
when do / want to fight? Well, that Is
a queer question. You know / won't
fight until after July l. have Until
Sept / II I like, have fought three
fights in three years, and that is more
than the former champion did. / have
engagements on the road, on which | am
making money, up 10 next May, and I'm
not going to cancel them to fight Fitz.
Corbett exclaimed.
The old articles governing the match