The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-24
BALKED BY JULIAN.
All Efforts to Bring off the NM Seem
Be Ua0rdiIin0.

All Efforts to Bring off the NM Seem to
Be Uaaraitin0.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK, Oct. 23.-Another
strenuous effort to bring Corbett and Fitz-
simmons together was made tonight by
the citizens committee, which met
at the Arlington at o'clock with
Mayor Waters presiding. Brady and
Julian were invited to meet the
committee, and after both had responded
a legal member of the committee gave an
opinion that the Supreme Court decision
cleared the way for the men to meet sub
ject to conviction and fine for INSIDE
meanor. 1t was suggested that new arti-
Giles should be drawn up, and President
Babcock announced that gentleman now
in the City was prepared to see
that the purse of $4,000 was forth
coming or to put up $4,000 toward
a fight in private with six men present
on each side. No names were mentioned
put it was understood that the person re-
feTred TO was Valentine Hoffman, the
Chicago brewer, who is stopping at the
Arlington. A proposition to make the
purse Sal 900 was also discussed by the
committee but it was not believed that the
Hot Springs people would raise this stake.
Brady insisted that as condition prece-
dent to his consideration of any new
proposition or the signing of new articles
q definite understanding must be had con-
corning q referee and the putting up of the
purse. When he and Julian named their
choice for referee, Brady submitted Phil
Dwyer, Macon Mccormick, Herman Gel
richs of New York, Johnny Clark of Phila-
delphia Tim Hurst, the National League
umpire; honest John Kelly and Arthur
Moore of the New York Athletic Club.
Julian in turn submitted John L. Sulli-
n
Sullivan, Louis Houseman and Professor
Duffy.
Brady objected to all of these, giving his
reasons, with the s~seption of Kilrain,
whose name he had under advisemenu.
Julian did the SAME with John Clark.
Brady then offered to admit six more
names and to keep on doing so until
him but again Julian objected. Concerning
Sullivan, Brady said that he had no OBJ
lection 10 him, but that he had stated
in type that he would not serve. He also
insisted that Fitzsimmons' side bet oil
$4,000 must be up on the day the purse
is in sight. Before the committee adj
journed at 1850 Manager Price of Whit.
tington Park said in reply to a question
that he could get the amphltheater in
shape for 10000 spectators in three days
and nights.
In the Western Union office tonight
BRADY Of1ered Julian TO toss penny
whether Kilrain or Johnny Clark be the
referee. Both men had been held in re-
serve out of the list named. Julian replied
that he had come to the conclusion that
Clark, having only one eye, would be in
capacitated from acting. Tonight Corbe
gave out the following:
"Unless Robert Fitzsimmons or his rep
resentative agrees to a referee by II o'clock
tomorrow Thursday and deposits $10,-
000 nv 10 o'clock Friday and maxine
his deposit good and rendering this
fight an absolute certainty, | declare
the match off. 1 will not train another
moment. l have named for his
consideration here follows the list al
ready given with the addition of Billy Ed
wards. Jere Dunn and Jimmy Colville],
and an offer has been made to toss a
penny whether Jake Kilrain, named by
him, or John II. Clark, named by me,
shall be the men selected. This is POSI-
lively my ultimatum.
JAMES ]. CoRBETT.'