The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22
THE FIGHT DECLARED OFF.
FITzSINIMONS' MANAGER REFUSED
TO GRANT a POSTPONEMENT.

The Club Managers wanted the Fight
Delayed Until Nov. II-MnnaEer
Brady Accuses the Other side Of
FlunISinE and being Afraid 90 En-
ter the Ring-The Club Now Will
ing 10 Match Peter Maher Against
COrbett-The Outcome of the Wrnn-
gle in Doubt.
Hot Springs. Ark, oct. 21.-I.ike Mahom-
NETS coffin the prophesied championship
meeting between Corbett and Fitzsimmons
is suspended between earth and the skies
So far as the Florida Athletic club is con-
cerned the contest has been declared on
on the grounds Of Fitzsimmons's refusal
to consent to a postponement of two weeks
and proposition has been made to sub
stitute Peter Maher for the Australian to
meet Corbett in the ring on Nov. H. or
such date as may eventually be agreed
upon. There is just a probability, how
ever, that F'itzsimmons, who was fully
advised this evening by wire of the stu
alton, may finally consent to meet the
views of the Floridians and which were
concurred in by the representatives OF
Corbett At late hour tonight no word
had been received from Corpus Christi.
II was a little after o'clock when the
conference in the private Office at the
Arlington hotel between President Daniel
A. Stuart, Joseph Vendig and Louis c.
Sier of the Florida Athletic Club. w. A..
Brady, representing Corbett, and Mana
ger Julian, manager for Fitzsimmons,
were called off by the Florida Athletic
Club because OF Mr. Julian's deciding that
the men must fight to a finish, oct. 81,
for purse of $4,000, or not at all. Owing
to concurrent circumstances, the club
could not agree to this and now announces
that preparations are in progress to match
Corbett against Maher, with Choynsk to
to be substituted i'm Maher's place to try
conclusions with O'Donnell.
On the early train this morning ac-
companying Attorney General kinsWor-
thy, went two of the ablest representa-
tives of the legal profession In this state
to represent the interests of the Florida
Athletic Club and the people of Hot
Springs In the supreme court in its con-
sideration of the transcripts of the Cor
bett habeas corpus cases. These We're
WIN II. Martin. city attorney Of Tot
Springs, and Col. George Murphy. Before
these gentlemen left the Florida Athletic
Club gave them its pledge of honor to
make a postponement Of the carnival for
week or ten days so as to allow the
supreme court to review the transcripts
and evidence. hear argument and pass
upon the decision rendered by Chancellor
Leatherman. This will scarcely be ac-
complished much before the latter part
of the present week. and If the chancel-
lor's decision is sustained and no further
barriers were placed In the way the time
would necessarily be too limited to COM
plete the arrangements and get the crowd
here by Oct. 81.
| AT The conclusion of the talk Martin
Julian, Fitzsimmons' manager said; ~
did all l could to make a satisfactory ar
not listen to reason. / offered to let
| Fitzsimmons fight Corbett in private for
the side bet, but they would not agree to
It. They wanted a postponement to Nov.
il, which was merely another way Of say
ing that they did not want to fight at all.
OF course, declined to listen to the propo-
sition. Vendig and his crowd tried their
| best to job us but we would not have it,"
Brady, on the other hand, charges that
Julian fiuked, and that he would not have
agreed to anything, except to be brought
on litter to the state Of Arkansas with
Gov Clarke's office to sleep in" as ne
expressed 1t. Vendig announced that ne
would match Peter Maher against Cor
bett for $1,000
Corpus Christi, Tex, Oct 21.-"I have
nothing to say and will not express my
self until Mr.. Julian returns, which prob
ably Will be tomorrow night" said Fitz-
simmons this evening when asked for his
views on the situation at Hot Springs.
fitzsimmons was told to perfect his physi-
cal condition in anticipation of a turn OF
AFFAIRS, which may yet bring him into
the ring with the champion. lie says he
never felt better in HIS life.