The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-19

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. =1S.-Corbett
and Mitchell will meet and fight it out
within thirty miles of Jacksonville one
week from to-day. The battle will not
take place in this city. That is GER
tainty. The Duyal Athletic Club has
given up as futile the idea of calling the
combatants together in the ring of its
new arena here. The members claim
that while Governor MitchelFs firm
stand against the fight Is illegal, unwar-
ranted, presumptuous, arbitrary and
what not, it effectually disposes of all the
chances of pulling of the mill where
the thing could be made a financial sue
cess in this city. Under the most adj
vantageous circumstances, the receipts
will not pay the liabilities incurred. It
will have cost the close corporation
known as the Duval Athletic Club,
$4,000 to put Corbett, Mitchell and
referee Kelly in the ring next Thurs
day. In fact, it has cost close to that
much already.
The onus of it all is now being thrown
on Bowden. It is claimed that he went
to Governor Mitchell in approximately
the same manner as Dominick o. A1alley
went at Governor Matthews, of Indiana.
1hS siue llno Ol oIplOludCy WIS Gill
ployed, coercion and threats. Before
the world at large became aware of the
fact that the infant was born, Governor
Mitchell told Bowden that the Duval
Athletic Club would die of inanition.
He warned Bowden against succorring
it, and told him that so long as there
was a law in Florida which
gave its chief executive the power
to call her militia TO arms,
l., Cob fa1- L.,
Florida soil BoWden knew all about
this when he interested the capital of
his friends here in the venture and be-
gan operations on the amphitheatre.
Had Bowden stood alone the fight
would have been declared off week
ago, when it became apparent that it
could not be contested in this city. AS
matters now stand his associates have
concluded to stand a loss, and President
Mason to-day told a representative of
the Associated Press that the loss, no
matter what it may be. will be shared
in equal parts by each of the men who
have monetary interests in the under
taking.
The location of the battle ground of
the contest has become known to
few persons outside of the Duval Ath-
letic Club. It will be in Nassau county,
directly north of Duval county, be-
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city of Jacksonville Fernandina
is little over twenty miles
from Jacksonville, on the Florida
Central & Peninsular railroad. The
site of the battle ground will be within
six miles of Fernandina, near the village
of Yulee. The tent belonging to Prof.
Gentry. the Snowman, has been leased
and will be pitched after the train
arrives at the place of contest. The
sports who will attend the contest will
not be given the word until an hour be-
fore the time for the train to start.
Mitchell has signifed his willingness
to fight anywhere in the state of
Florida, and there is now nothing to
prevent the fight Should the sheriff
discover the place of meeting, other
sites have been arranged for and the
crowd can be taken to one of them
within an hours notice. 1t has
been decided by the Duval club
to fix the price of tickets for the Cor
bett-Mitchell contest according to the
size of the crowd present at the train
on the morning of the battle. The
club officials say that 5000 is wanted
to clear them from debt. Should one
thousand people be present S25 per
ticket will be charged and in. corre-
spending ratio.