The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-08

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for Meeting in Dallas to Settle tn,
Time and Place-Hot Springs, Ark, Il
Now Candidate = COMMISSIONS
Browning's Emphatic "No.v
San Antonio. Oct. 7.-Corbett began
| training this morning at his quarters
| in the Jockey club grounds. After a
| short walk and a half hour with the
| gymnastic apparatus he spared five
minutes with O'Donnell. Delany. Daley
| and McVey. The bouts We're very fast
and Corbett sent ODonnen TO the floor
twice. Corbett was not touched once
during the four bouts. He was quite as
fresh as when he started and worked
without becoming fatigued a particle.
He is looking we'll
Dallas, Tex, Oct. martin Julian,
representing Bob Fitzsimmons and
William Brady for ]. ]. Corbett, arriy-
ed In the city tonight. Only Joe Ven
dig is lacking to make up the quorum
to settle the selection of the battle
ground. He will be in from New York
tomorrow night.
III possible all the preliminaries will
be arranged tomorrow night but more
than likely they will not be until We'd
nesoay. Bets were freely accepted to-
day at odds of to 5 that the fight
would come off on October 81.
Maher is now putting in ten hours a
day at Oak Cliff punching the bag.
sparrlng with his trainer, running five
miles ana repeat, plunging in the lake
and doing other developing acts.
me city has already received a hun
oreo or SO sporting men who are here
looking over the ground. w. w. Wat
ers. and w. H. Martin of Hot Springs.
ARK, committee representing that
city, are here arranging for the Cor
pett-t1tzsimmons mill to come off there
and viii remain here until details are
settled upon. They quote the law of
their state as applying to principals
ana participants in the ring, making
pr1zehghtlnS a misdemeanor with a
me OF $1,000 to $4,000 as the penalty.
They say the contest can be pulled off
there without question.
An Associated Press reporter asked
Mr.. Martin what course Governor
Clark would take in the matter.
Upon this l am not authorized to
speak for him, but 1 can say this: I'm
der the law, the governor of the state
has no power or authority to interfere
except upon certain contingencies that
cannot possibly arise in this case Gov
ernor Clark can be relied upon at all
times and under all circumstances to
see that the laws of the state are en-
forced in so far as authority to do so is
vested in him by the laws and consti-
tuition of our state. His official action
is equally beyond the influence of the
Puritan, the Pharisee and the outlaw.
He will be dictated to by no influences
except his own sense of duty and any
r.arN HI % Il ~
a governor as defined by the law can
forecast his line of action with greater
certainty than by any other test
But suppose the governor should call
a special session of the legislature and
recommend that prize fighting be made
a felony"
Upon this point the views of the
governor are so well known in our
state that l feel warranted in saying
that 1t would demand an emergency
much greater and more serious than
threatened misdemeanor to induce him
to convene the general assembly in
special session
Little Rock, Ark, Oct 1.-THE posi-
bility of the rbett-Fftzsimmons con-
test being brought off at Hot Springs
was the subject of much discussion in
Little Rock today. 1t has all along
been Well known that Hot Springs was
anxious to secure the big fight and the
benefits to be derived from it,
The press of that city has been out
spoken in favor Of it. Just what steps
have been taken by interested parties
to bring the contest to Hot Springs is
not known, but it was asserted here to-
day by people who professed to know
what they were talking about that the
contest viii positively take place at the
Arkansas resort. The assertion finds
many believers in the face of the fact
that prize-fighting in Arkansas is a mis-
demeanor punishable by a fine not ex-
ceeding $500 for every participant.
Should the governor not interfere, how
ever, there is no doubt about the Hot
Springs people being able 10 bring the
contest off successfully as there is no
city ordinance against boxing and the
local authorities are favorable to the
project, Mayor Waters being one Of
the committee now in Dallas. Mr..
Martin, of the other committee, is a we'll
known leader and ex-prosecuting attor-
ney of this county. Should the COM
mittee be successful in bringing the con-
test to Hot Springs it is believed there
will be no interference during the con-
test in but when it is concluded the prin-
cipals will be arrested in accordance
with the law