The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-23
THEY WILL PROBABLY FIGHT
Another Proposition Made to COrbett and
FitzSimmonS.
TO CONTEST FOR A SMALLER PURSE
Julian Agrees to Have His Man in Hot
Springs on Oct. 81 to Fight for
$40, 900 Prize. and the Question
Now Rests with Corbett.

Hot SPRINGS. Ark, Oct. 23.-While the
big fight has been formally declared off.
there is still deal of hope that Corbett
and Fitzsimmons will come together here
The situation is, of course, complicated
So far as it's relations with the Florida
Athletic club is concerned the heavyweight
battle under the original Coleman House
agreement, which was subsequently
amended at Dallas, is thing of the past
In its stead has cropped up proposition
to sign new articles to fight for purse
not exceeding $25, 900, and have the battle
three weeks later than was originally
agreed upon.
Corbett, it is known, favors this plan
While Julian insists on the full text and
letter of the articles, both as to the date
and purses, it is known here that Fitz-
simmons will come about and agree to a
settlement. 1t is also thought that he will
submit to reduction of the purse orig
inally hung up by the club, and sign new
articles. He recognizes the fact that on
the face of recent developments COrbett
has esconsed himself in the best of it, To
overcome this he must and will fight.
Martin Julian has made public the
names of six men he had selected from
which the referee was to be chosen by
Brady. The men named are as follows;
John l.. Sullivan of Boston, Jake Kilrain
of Baltimore, Mike Donovan of New York,
Professor John M. Duffy of New Orleans,
Yank Sullivan of Syracuse and Lou NJ.
Houseman, sporting editor of the Inter
Ocean of Chicago
The names submitted permit of the Sc
lection of but one man on the list -
HOuseman. Brady would hardly select
Sullivan or Kilrain, on the ground that
Corbett had whipped them and this might
prejudice them. Mike Donovan and Cor
bett have not spoken since the Sullivan
fight. Yank Sullivan and Duffy have been
rejected by Corbett already.
Julian's proposition is now to bring his
man on to Hot Springs on Oct. So put his
side bet of $4,000 up in the hands of
HOuseman, ask Corbett to do the same
and then allow Houseman to appoint an
hour and place for the men to meet in pri-
vate. If this plan fails, as is likely, for
Corbett insists on fighting in public unless
Fitzsimmons increases his side wager to
$4,000, Vendig and Stuart think new
deal is sure to ensue.
They say that the men must meet, and
that they will come together here. Just
on what lines the conclusion is reached is
not apparent, but the friends of the club
and fighters here are sanguine of a favor
able decision on the appeal to the supreme
court on Chancellor Leatherman's finding
in the habeas corpus case. Equally san
guine are the members of the citizens
committee that Governor Clarke will abide
| by the decision of the supreme court and
retire gracefully.
AT a late hour last night Martin Julian
accepted an offer of $4,000 purse made
by the Hot Springs Athletic club for a
! fight on Oct. 81 under its direction. Julian
at once started for Spring Lake to confer
with Corbett, who had declared early in
the day that he would fight for any kind
of a purse, on before or after Oct. 81,