The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-04
CORBETT WILL FIGHT
Ne Posts a Forfeit for a Battle
With Fitzsimmons.
vTER THAT He WILL RETIRE.
~ Cowardiee Has. However, Lost Him
the worid's Championship. which
fifxsimmons Now Holds.

x~r ozLYAxs. Oct. 3-The foIEorfnr
..s,rrs.n was forwarded today BY the
0ympic Club.
.Te yagaes J. Corbett. Boston, Aass-. At
.,xxalay meeting of the board Of director.
q tie olympic cIuo held Tuesday. octo-
ss~a motion ~as passed unanimously
S-rssr.ng Robert Fltzs.mmons the cham.
-sao heavyweight Of ths sorId. and ne
=, be compelled TO defend the title
.sxinsf the best man that can lie found ia
- sorid The board Of directors were
sarspes ed 30 take this action on account
a rour persistent refusal 10 meet Robert
T.rsimmous. who bad complied with
sxsrx requirement. The subterfuge yoa
,rssrtea 10 ia causing 0'Donnegi TO chal-
isnxe Fsizsimmons is not worthy Of con-
liberation. II vas ia the Olympic Club
dat the heavyweight pionship Of
az xorid was lost by John l. Sullivan
sra uon by you. and IL is nox within the
prorince and duty Of the olympic Club to
declare Robert Fitzsimmons champion
hsavy wsigat OF the world;
aH A GtunrI
President olympic Club"
A similar letter was sent TO Fitxslm-
mons. notifying him OF the clubs action,
and he viii he expected to defend the
champion heavyweight title in the month
Of FebGary. ISIS. against the best man
tbs, can be found in the world
gCofbett's shameful treatment of Peter
Jsrx.ars haas aroused much Indignation In
tie Easf. Peter wanted 10 fight IN the
rsxi sir months. Gorbett proposed New
orleans, bat Peter refused, knowing that
he life would got be safe in Southern
rag he went 10 New Orleans 10 see
Tsssimmous aud Dempsey tight, but vas
excluded from the hall on account OF his
solor. Again he VAS chased by mob in
las street 80 Baltimore. Peter proposed
hattie IN England. but Corpett refused
sosntbsank. Then an employee Of Corbeit
sad Brady, named Webster, assuming the
rane OF Floyd. pretending to hail from
eoux City, Ia. and 10 represent a myth
ieal athletic club. offered a purse, put mp
part and submitted articles TO be signed.
corbe;t signed, but Jackson saw through
the miserable subterfuge. Ii he had
signed Gorbett would have declined
fnrsher challenges because matched with
Jackson. When the time for the battle
drsx near Webster, alias Floyd. would
have drawn down the purse on the
ground that the authorities woald not
PERMIT the battle IN Iowa.
HARTToRp, Conn, Oct 3.-Champion
Corbest. in an interview with an Assoc
Gated Press reporter, confirmed the special
that he had ut last covered Filxsimmons'
money. and said he would meet F.tx ia
New York on Thursday TO make FINAL
arrangements, He continued:
III will also meet any other heavyweight
or any other weight in the world the same
day, as many al them rs would ike 10
came with $I0.o0 | viii meet all in New
York, aud as soon after July
as they want TO choose.
Iswili meet all heavy weights. or any other
weights. Ia the world that have $1,000.
beginning with fitzsimmons. i am sick
snd Tired of the pagiisfic business and
want To retire, aud after | retire no one
can throw II up in my face that | have not
defended the championship of America
against the WORLD"
Corbett states that he holds the cham
pionship Of America. which cannot DO
denied. but the newspapers and Olympic
elub people are bound 10 keep him fight
ing necessarily TO maintain il.
BosroS, Oct 3.-William A. Brady,
forhetl's manager. tonight telegraphed
the New York stakeholder TO transfer the
Hoo deposited with him on behalf OF
Steve O'Donneli's account 10 Cor
belts name, for fight with
Etsamm0ns. This amount, with 5000
70 be deposited with David blanchard. of
this city. tomorrow morning. viii make
~ the $40. coo mentioned by Corbett in his
slismatarn last night.