The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-23
Martin Julian Has Accepted I'm Behalf
OF Fftxsimmons, and Has Gone
to Confer with Corbett.
CHALLENGE ISSUED BY BOB"
LATTER DENOUNCED AS A CUR ny
THE CHAMPION PUGILIsT.
Various Propositions Submitted md
COnsidered-The Legal Fight at
Little Rock still Undecided.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Oct 22.-To-night
Martin Julian submitted proposition 10
Mayor Waters in which ne agrees 10 fight
Fitzsimrnons against Corbett for a purse OF
$1,000 on Oct 81. provided the affair is taken
out Of the hands of the Florida Athletic
Club. At a late hour tonight Martin Julian
accepted offer OF $4,000 purse made by
the Hot Springs Athletic Club for fight
on Oct. 81 under its direction. Julian at
once started for Spring Lake TO confer with
Corbett, who declared early In the day that
he would fight for any kind OF purse on.
before or after Oct. 81.
Earlier in the evening there was a heated
meeting which ended with the declaration
from Corbett that everything is OF. He
called Fitzsimmons a cur, and said that he
would not fight, and he intended having
nothing more TO do with him. The meeting
was held in the private office at the Airing
ton Hotel, Corbett. Brady. Julian. Stuart
and Vendig being present. together with a
number of newspaper men. Julian said that
Fitzsmmons would not fight on any date
except the one originally agreed on--cct
81. Corbett wanted to fight in private within
four days for bet of $4,000. or else post
pone the fight eleven days and fight In pub
lie. Julian would not agree and corbett left
the room. declaring that he had washed his
hands OF Fitzsimmons
A dispatch from Corpus Christi Tex.
says that Fitzsimmons made the following
statement to-day: You can say for me that
now challenge the world for a $4,000 side
bet and the championship in this or any
other country. Furthermore, / will meet
Corbett for the $4,000 side bet, and viii let
the gate receipts be given to charitable in
stitutiont Of New York city"
Developments Earlier I'm the Day.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Oct 22-While the
big fight has been formally declared of.
there Is still deal of hope I'm the native
breast that Corbett and Fftzsimmons will
come together here in the foothills OF the
Ozark mountains. The situation Is or
course complicated So far as its reIa-
tions with the Florida Athletic Club are
concerned the heavyweight battle. under
the original agreement. which was subse-
Quently amended at Dallas, Is a thing OF
the past In its stead has cropped up a
proposition to sign rev articles to fight for
a purse not exceeding $500 and have the
battle here three weeks later than the
date originally agreed on. Corbett. IL is
known, fayors this plan. Oct. 81, the day
the battle was set for at Dallas. was fixed
on because that is to be big day at the
State fair. There are fourteen States In
the Union where an election is to be held
ON the 4th Of Novemben and while this
would have made but little material diff
ference at Dallas, the election would keep
many away from Hot Springs on that date.
This fact, added to the legal complica-
tions which have confronted the fighters
here. made a postponement imperative. AZ
que Stuart and Vendig.
While Julian insists on the full text and
letter of the articles, both as TO the date
and purse. 1t is known here that Fitxsim-
mons will come about and agree TO de-
ferment of hostilities. 1t is also thought
that he viii submit 10 a reduction OF the
purse originally hung up by the club and
sign new articles. He recognizes the fact
that on the face of recent developments
Corbett has shrewdly ensconsed himself in
the best OF it. To overcome this ne must
and will fight. Martin Julian this morning
made a statement in which he said: "F1tz-
simmons to-day stands ready TO carry out
articles TOW to which he signed his name. He
wants to fight James j. Corbett: he wants
TO fight for the purse offered by the Florida
II the Florida Athletic Club is unwilling or
unable to carry out its part OF the COM
then then Robert fitzsimrnons will on Oct. 81
take James J. corbeet to any part OF the
globe within reach OF both men and then
$4,000 500 side stake. each man to select six
men and these only to be present at the
fight; / do not care to mince matters: 4
that IL Corbett and Fitzsimmons do not
meet and fight on Oct. 81. It will be by the
Later in the day Julian supplemented the
above by making public IH., the ma names ss,eSa o.
the six men he had seieStea ~ tro'n s nv raSx' an
| The men named are John l. sullivan, OF
Boston; Jake Kilrain, OF Sslemore; Nike ta
! Duffy. OF New Orleans: Yank Sulliy1n; OF
| syracuse. and Lou NJ. Houseman, spo-tlng
editor OF the Inter Ocean, CHICAGO. The
of bat one man in the iistEH ,use-nan-.
! Brady would hardly select SusL San or kI-
rain on the grounds that corbett nac
| whipped them and that this might pre- ju-
dice them Mike Donovan and corbett
| have not spoken since the Sullivan rfff.
yank sullivan and Duffy nave ,,;; cee1 reject
| tion now is to bring his nan on 10 Hot
Springs on Oct. 30 put 1's si1e bet OF
Sorhett Sso;ge pp 70 )" do the same and then allow
| Houseman 10 appoint an nour ara a
place for the men to s, Ts,t IN II prixasst gd,stt
insists on lighting In publi>. unless Fr:-
s2c.oo0 vendig and stuart think new
| men must meet and that they viii come
| together here Just on what lines the con-
| cInsIon Is reached Is not apparent. but TIE
| friends of the club and the fRh efs here
| are sanguine OF favorable decision on
| the appeal to the Supreme Co''rf On Chm
| cellor I.eatherman's finding IN ,sie hapcas
corpus case. Equally sang1ine are me
| members of the citizens commutee tnaS
| ion OF the supreme Court and retits 5rafe-
| fully under cover of a judicial ruling fIom
| that tribunaI Then. IL is argued. the Nay
| is clear one thing IS settled. unless the
| men fight in private on Oct 81, the nRht
win be postponed and a subsequenl mstt-
OF $15.0oo.