The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-03

and say thaJ II the EngllShman can be
induced to sign the amended articles,
they will yet pull off the contest in Flor
ida. just what the course of the club
will be, no one seems to know. Some say
that their next step is to secure
the arrest of the principals by
some justice of the peace in order to have
the habeas corpus proceedings gotten
before the circuit court. Those proceed
ings, which were to come of tomorrow,
are done with, inasmuch as the prinoi-
pals are out of custody, but the question
is whether justice of the peace will be
found to go where the county solicitor
fears TO tread.
BowDEN THINKS IT VICTORY.
Manager Bowden, of the Duval Ath-
letic Club, was found shortly after the
adjourning of the court and informed by
the Southern Associated Press corre-
spondent of what had been done. When
asked what the clubs next action would
be, Mr.. Bowden answered that he was
not at all prepared to say, save that it
looked very much as if the officials were
afraid to give the case fair
test and allow the club to find out
the law. Continuing Mr. Bowden said /:
THE action of the solicitor is practical
victory for the club. 1t shows that the
governor is afraid to let the courts pass
on the law in regard to prize fights He
knows that the decision of the courts
would be favorable to US, and he wants to
keep the question open SO he can inter-
fere without running counter to a court
decision. You may say" added Bowden,
that If the Englishman sticks we will
have this fight in Florida. We know that
there is no law against it, and we intend
to go right ahead arranging for the con-
test, always provided Mitchell signs the
amended articles -
THE CLUB NOT WEAKENING.
When questioned regarding the dis
patch from Chicago, concerning the
weakening of the club and its intention to
sell the right to hold the contest, Manager
Bowden said; "You may simply state
and state it as emphatically as you
please, that the club has not weakened
and does not intend TO- As far as our
endeavoring to sell the fight goes, that is
the rankest newspaper poppycock, and
utterly without foundation.
coRBETT's MANAGER TALKS.
William A. Brady, Corbett's manager.
when asked what he thought about the
criminal court business, said II really
have not thought about it. OF course
Corbett has come to Florida to meet
Mitchell in glove contest, and both he
and are anxious that the match should
come off without hitch, but we look to
the club and have nothing whatever to do
with its legal matters. Corbett was pre-
pared to come up tomorrow, but if there
is no necessity for his presence, why, he
will not be here. 1t would make
no difference to us ii every man, woman
and child said that the match was off.
Unless officially notified TO the contrary
by the Duval Athletic Club. Corbett will
train until Jan. 25, and will then be at
the clubs disposal to meet Mitchell at
any place they name"
The sports say that the Cripple Creek
people mean business, and propose to get
the Coroett-Mitchea tight if money can
get IL.
coLoRADo's BID
Relative to the reports that the contest
was liable to take place in Colorado, Mr.
Brady said: sit is true that have re-
ceived kilograms from Colorado. as have
from many other parts of the country,
making offers for the contest. The
one 1 received from Cripple Creek or
Durango was signed by both the
mayor of the city and sheriff of the
county and guaranteed $40, 900, but to this
as to the others the answer was thesame
that we are bound by our contract and as
long as that is in force Corbett is entirely
at the disposal of the Duval Athletic
Club"
THE MAYORS VETO ovERRIDDEN.
Another sensation of the day was the
Monkey and Parrot time in the jack
sonville city council tonight over the
ordinance which was passed some time
ago, permitting contests with five
ounce gloves. Mayor Fletcher
sent it back with a veto mes
sage in which he denounced the
ordinance as an attempt to legitimatize
''brutal and degrading prize fights" The
mayor said that the phase "glove con-
tests" was mere a euphemism for an in-
human exhibition, and those who passed
the ordinance knew it, The mayors
strong language stirred up the support
ers of the ordinance. and they replied in
no polite terms. The ordinance was
finally passed over the veto, only three
councilmen voting to sustain the mayor.
There is a story current that, If the
club can induce Charley Mitchell to
sign the amended articles, they have
place in view in Florida, where the fight
can be pulled off despite the governor
AT present the Englishman seems to
hold the key to the situation.