Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-14
YES, SAID Mr.. G0RBE7T
Champion Promptly signedthe Agree
ment offered by Sioux City
For a Fight.
JACKSON DON,T LIKE TT
JACKSON DON'T LIKE IT.
Agreement Provides For $4,000 to
Each Man, If Fight Is Pre-
vented by Law.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-Wlll1am A.
Brady and Tom O'Rourke, representing
respectively, James j. Corbett and Peter
Jackson, met Ed Lloyd, the representa-.
tive Of the Sioux City Athletic club at
the st. Denis hotel. Lloyd had the ar
ticles in which the Sioux City club Of
fered a purse of $4,000 for the fight,
the contest to take place between May
is and June Is next, at some point near
Sioux City. Each fighter was guaran-
teed So, 800 in case the fight was stopped
by police interference.
Corbett Signed, * Did Not.
Brady signed instantly, but O'Rourke
quibbled. He said that while he was
representing Jackson, he vas not a
thorized to sign and therefore would
not. Lloyd then left the meeting and
departed for Chicago to see jackson per-
sonally. Corbett was seen later. He
said that he was as anxious as ever to
meet jackson, and he had told Brady to
sign at any cost.
What the Contract Provides For.
The contract submitted by MI. Lloyd
is as follows:
These articles Of agreement are to
govern q glove contest for the cham
pionship Of the world between James J.
Corbett Of. America, and Peter Jackeon
Of Australia.
First-The contest shall take place
under the auspices of the Sioux City
Athletic club, on a date to be hereafter
named by the club. between the dates
May Is and June Is, 1895, said date to
be specified by the club on or before
March II, 1895.
Second-The contest shall be governed
by Marquis Of Queensberry rules, and
the gloves shall weigh five ounces and
the other details Of the contest, such as
the place and surroundings, shall be
left to the decision of the Sioux City
Athletic club.
Third-The Sioux City Athletic clut
agrees to pay the winner of the contest
$25, 900 in cash,said amount to be place.
: in the hands Of the referee, who is tx
be appointed by the Sioux City Athletic
club, and satisfactory to the principals
"a hours before the commencement 0.
the contest, the referee to be named l.
days before the contest.
Fifth-The Sioux City Athletic clul
further agrees to deposit the sum o
$4,000 as a guarantee that each MAJ
shall receive $4,000 for his training ex
penses in case contest shall be, prevented
by any unforeseen occurrence othe
than the failure of the principals to ap
pear after the signing Of these articles
Sixth-The Sioux City Athletic clu1
hereby requires from each of the con
testants a deposit Of $1,000, to be placed
in the Northwestern Bank of Siou,
City, or the hands Of areputable person
satisfactory to the club, to guarante
their appearance at the time appointe,
by the club, said amount to be poste'
on the signing of these articles.
The $40, 900 now deposited in Chicag'
shall go, as stipulated in the former az
ticles, on the result Of the contest.
Where the Fight Would Take Place.
The fight, if arranged, will take plac
in the open air on a bar in the Missouri
river near Sioux City, and between Ne
braska and Iowa. It has never beel
decided which state has jurisdiction
ovo, this mint