The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
Sporting Men Expect to Pull
Off the Fight From
That City.
OFFICIALS ON THE LOOKOUT
Governor Clarke of Arkansas Says
the Pugilists Cannot Battle
In That State.

+ba iD+aotion is to pull the COrbett-FitZ-
simmons fight off from this city. Tele-
prarhic correspondence between them and
the managers of the affair has been going
on at a lively rate to-day, and one of the
agents at this end of the line admitted to
reporter this evening that the plan was as
herein stated:
The proposed arrangement is to have
trains bearing the sports who come to see
the fight line up on the river front, pre-
pared to moved IN any directions that may
be advisabIe-either to Mississippi, Arkan-
sas or this State. The night before the fight,
with hundreds of laborers aud the material
all ready to be put in shape, the.amphi-
theater can be rushed into form, and the
one holding the greatest appearance of
security from interruption will be adopted
at the last moment"
The party quoted said the talk now
about Hot Springs as the point at which
the fight is to take place is merely blind.
In view of the indications given. senti-
ment is rapidly crystallizing against the
fight taking place on Tennessee soil, and
those working up the project will be
strongly warned on the subject in due
time.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Oct 14.-No yisi-
BILE change has taken place here since
Saturday on the question of the proposed
orbett-Fitzsimmons fight at Hot Springs.
When seen this afternoon Governor
Clarke authorized the statement that
he has now full charge of the
execution to the State law which makes
priZe-tghting a misdemeanor and that
ian ounce of prevention is worth a pound
OF cure" " and therefore he, as Governor,
.1&x., 1.
fore the cure was needed, or else resign his
Office and turn the State over to the thugs
and their cohorts.
az am going to prevent this fight with
peaceable means if possible, and in case
this fails 1 shall resort to a force that will
compel respect. The fight will not take
place at Hot Springs, nor at any other
place in the State, either on October 81
next or at any other date, while I am Gov
ernor."
Although the dispatches state that Cor
bett and FitZslmmons will be in Hot
Springs within the rext day or two, the
Governor says he will cause their arrest
Immediately after they enter Arkansas
territory. All parties at Hot Springs are
still hopeful that the fight will take place,
and preparations for the mill are being
pushed rapidly.
Public sentiment at Hot Springs is de-
cidedIy in favor of the fight, as it is in fact
among sporting circles all over the State.
Corbett is expected to arrive at Hot Springs
tomorrow, and a telephone conversation
with the springs this afternoon says he will
give a glove contest there Wednesday
night.
Governor Clarke says Corbett will do
nothing of the kind, and future develop
ments will be watched with the deepest
interest.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK, Oct. 14.-The law
Will soon be appealed to decide whether
with Of oil is
a violation of the law. Mr.. Vendig says:
We have not come to Arkansas and to
the city of Hot Springs with any purpos
to violate its laws. If Mr.. CorbetJ and
Mr.. FitZsimmons cannot come to this city
TO give an exhibition, as is provided for in
our articles of agreement as they now stand,
q limited number of rounds with soft
gloves, the authorized officers being en-
powered to stop the exhibition if it be-
comes brutal then the exhibition will
surely not take place IN Hot Springs. The
best authority at our service says there
viii be no violation of the laws of the
State, but to make our case absolutely safe
the citizens committee has engaged the
ablest representatives of the legal profess
sion in Arkansas, and they are looking
diligently into the matter at this time.
We shall have a decision from them bv
tomorrow, and upon their advice we will
act. The matter Will be brought into the
courts as soon as we can get it
there, and by the decision of the courts
we shall abide. The Florida Athletic
Climb desires that if possible the
exhibition shall be given here, but if we
cannot have it here we have an absolute
guarantee of protection from three differ
ent places in Mexico, one of them lust
across the Rio Grande from Ell Paso.
Until we know just where we stand legally
in this matter here we shall do nothing
Thus tenn pOrarlly the matter remains in
stain ono In meantime pYcitpman+
runs high. The small minority is making
itself heard. The ministers called a meet
ing at Central Methodist Church this even
ing, and quite a crowd gathered, prompted
By motives Of curiosity largely.
During the progress OF the meeting after
the preachers had had their say, and the
Judge had spoken and several of the
church members had inveighed, w. A.
Brady, Corbett's manager, arose and asked
if a representative of Mr.. Corbett might be
permitted to speak. There were few
murmurs OF dissent, but calls to Speak
Speak began to fill the room, and Brady
was permitted to talk.
Mr Brady's talk captured the house, and
when he finished such an acclamation of
cheers and hand-clapping went up as was
never before seen or heard In that sacred
edifice, and which showed the drift of sem
timent. The church people were COM
pletely nonplussed.
Corbett will be here Wednesday and give
an entertainment in the opera-house with
his company. All the seats are sold. Hot
Springs is alive with preparations. The
Great Eastman and Park hotels will be
opened the Goth.
AUSTIN. Tex, Oct. 1.-THE Supreme
Court this morning handed down its
opinion in the cases of the Tax Collector
of Williamson and Hays counties seeking
to force the Comptroller to issue them a
prize-fght license under the law passed at
the regular session of the Legislature held
last spring.
The court declined to mandamus the
Comptroller for license on the ground
that a special session of the Legislature
recently convened nullified all previous
laws on the subject by passing new law
making prize-fighting a felony. and no
license can be secured.
SAN ANTONIA, TEX, Oct. 14.-After a
stay of nine days in San Antonio, Jim Cor
bett and party left tonight for Hot Springs,
where he will resume his training, unless
the position of the authorities there forces
him to make another move. Corbett did
not leave for his prospective field of battle
in the best'of spirits.
He stated lust before his departure that