The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-18
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR.
THEr CdE'T FOOI nm VIrH FIyI.
OUNCE GLOpES.
He Knows What the sIuggers Use aud
Won't Allow aTwsnty-five-Eound
Contest To Fight in Mexico.

HOT SPRINGS, ARK. oct i7.-Gover~
nor Clarke took his departure for Little
Rock this morning. The Governor talk
Cd freely 20 a correspondent relative TO
the present aspect of affairs here re-
salning the Corbctt- Fitzsimmons con-
test. l5o was asked whether or not
;Ao press dispatches Of this morning
correctly reported his position.
lie replied that he was not responsible
for tne reports and that he had found
nothing during his visit 20 the Springs
10 cause him 20 change his mind about
the contemplated prize-hgnt
rs II fact. Governor. that you have
promised the Citizens Committee that
YOU would lot the local authorities cope
with the matter and mat under no cir
cumstances would YOU call out the mill
tsry OF The State 90 suppress the tight
# the Florida club insisted with going
on with it,"
There is no foundation for such ru-
mors. replied The Governor
"The dispatches that have appeared
in the press of thH morning attr.but-
INK these promises io me are incorrect.
81 made no such assertions either pri-
vately or publicly. and ] regret very
much thai they have been allowed TO
appear in print
Have your views in regard TO the con-
test been modified in any way?'
so covDo> onorND.
"Thcy have not. / came over TO Hot
Springs 90 see II there was not some
common ground that VIC could hnd 10
stand uuOu bIt after thoroughly invos-
tleaung the matter ! could hnd none
whatever / entertain exactly the same
views that J did prior 10 my visit and
cannot see how l can permit anything
sayoriug of A prizc-hght 20 be pulled
off on Arkansas territory.
Il would like 60 help the citizens of
Hot Springs in anything that would be
"a benefit 20 them, but there Is nothing
about "a prizc-fght that would accrue 10
the benefit of any community
"Did YOU promise the Ctzcns' Com
m.tfee that in any event you would not
call unou the State militia 10 invade
Garland county for the purpose OF sup
pressing the hght?'
"l made no such promise or anything
ike that The fact is that the military
o. the State are now holding themselves
in readiness TO respond 10 call from
mo az that time. ! am engaged IN mar
shalling my forces for any contingency
that may arise
"lt rs generally understood, and so
reported uron the streets and In the
hotel Hobbies, that the citizens Commit
tee convinced you that there was a
vast difference between a prize-fght ana
fho contest that is now proposed TO Doe
hroueht off under the revised articles Of
agreement entered into by the Florida
Athletic club and tho hackers of Cor
betL is such the caseY
COMM AND SULLIVAN GLOVES.
THAT is not the fact. The committee
tried 10 so impress me. hut failed TO
do So They showed me the revised ar
tces Of agreement. which were all
right They also gave me the ive ounce
gloves 10 look at. Al first glance no one
who is not posted ON these matters would |
think for a moment that the men could |
possibly hurt each other with them. but |
/ happen TO know that they were five !
ounce gloves that Eorbett and sullivan
fought with. and that majority of the |
prizo.nghts of the present day are !
fought with"
MIR. Arlin or some one else in the COM
rnitteo-rOOm admitted that these were |
the gloves that COrhctt aud tltzsmmons /
We're 10 fight TO a finish with ON the "lst /
of October. were they not prevented from
dong So Under the circumstances !
couir see no distinction between |
prize heht to- finish and a glove contest |
Iur twenty-five rounds.
EVERY one KNOWS indl ihl7 AEuA VIII /
not last through twenty-five ROUNDS, anu !
that Corhctt viii whip fizslmmons be- /
fore twenty-five rounds, on fl'zsimmons !
viii whip COrhctt
~ See by the dispatches that Fits inn /
mons declares that hc Will not go into +
lmitci-round contest with tOrhctt lie /
refused 20 do so once before. and lne /
probabilities are that such a contest /
could not be pulled of were | TO consent |
"titzsimmous has nothing 20 gain IA /
meeting Corhcft I'm contest where there /
IS doubt of saiuing decision
rH cOvrr> an F.hN.
The Governor talked pleasantly but /
firmly. and the impression he left was +
that he meant every word he said, and /
that unless something iuterNCncs 10 pre- /
vent him from uoins SO, he VIII declare 4
marr1i law.
He paid Judge Duny a high compli- /
mcuf saving. "Hc stood Ike an old /
Roman in the committce-roOm and would /
not consent that the proposed contest /
should so on. refusing t0 yield or 10 /
Withdraw "a word or syllable from the /
demand upon the Governor 10 save Car
land county from the disgrace that is
proposed 90 Doe put upon 10 by having |
prize fight within It's borders %
Tho Governor stated that his Office was
crowded from morning until night with {
visitors from an sections of the state.
who were Heading with him TO stop the
inteudcd tight. Letters, resolutions, and I
petitions were stacking up high coming
70 hm hy every mail, and AN were OF
ono opposition 20 the fight
The great majority OF his constituents.
ne declared. were bitterly opposed TO /
allowing Corhctt and fitzsimmons. or
ANYBODY else. 20 bring OF a glove contest
or prize night anywhere IA the state.