The record-union., 1895-11-02
No Chance of the Big Fight TAX
ing Place in That State
IF COURTS AND THE GOVERNOR CAN
PREVENT 1T.
I'm Fact, 1t Appears That All Con-
oerped With the Fistic contest
WouId Rather Be In More Con-
genial Cline at the Present lime
Both Pugflists Under Guard.

little ROCK (Ark), Nov L
Corbett and Fitzsimmons will not hghe
in Arkansas This proposition Is set
tied as nearly as anything can be set
tied that is not an accomplished tact'
and when it is added that the puglllSt )
admit that the game is up 1t may pe'
conceded that the courts and the Gov
ernor have won. 1t is safe to say thtlI
both Corbett and his rival would De
glad to be anywhere out OF TINS state
under a promise never to revisit H.
This conclusion was not reached WIFI
ont a. great deal of talk on the side Oh
the fighters and a display of reneWe
vigor upon the part OF the authorities
Much old straw was threshed over
verbally by the pugilists and thelr
hackers in their rooms at the hotei
to-day Propositions and counter
nronositionS flew fast and thick. Ot-
fers of fabulous purses were near !
of from various points Of the compass
and discussed with unabated neat pg
the prize-ring followers VINO haa
drifted UP from Hot Springs IN IN;
wake of Corbett and his party. Ihere
was a conference of one kind ana an
dav. except while the prize-hghters
and their attorneys were IN court
wrangling over the peace warrants:
Not only the sporting contingent, put
the natives of the town had caught the
fever. and one would have thought, IN
tead of being engaged in a grapple with
the courts and the Governor Tor thelr
liberty. the two pugilists had only to
agree on terms to pull off the long-ad-
vcrtised match in the suburbs OF the
city tomorrow morning.
The result of this parley was in Strlk-
ing contrast to the various stories that
flew through the air all day Fltz-
simmons, Corbett, Brady and Julian are
tonight asleep in their respective no.
tells, guarded by Deputy Sheriffs. The
judiciary has not only maintained 1ts
hold upon the pugilistic contingent, but
has added fresh meshes to the web in
which they are entangled, and Gov
ernor Clarke looking more like Henry
Clay than ever, sat in his office, and IN
q smiling way declares that he has only
begun his campaign, and that his
strongest cards are still in reserve.
The chief events of the day were the
arrival Of Corbett and his party from
Hot Springs, the peace warrant pro-
ceedings in the Circuit and Chancery
Courts. and last, and most important
OF all, the issuance by Chancellor Mar
tin of a sweeping omnibus injunction
restraining nearly everybody in Ar
kansas from having any part in
prize-fight at Hot Springs. or elsewhere
in the State of Arkansas. It is this legal
document which has destroyed the last
hope of the fight agitators and caused
the principals and their hackers to
throw up their hands and admit them
selves beSted.
The postponement of the hearings
in the peace warrant case by Judge
Martin and his namesake, the Chancel-
lor. was expected and discounted. The
attorneys for the fighters expected
nothing else, and so informed their
clients It was anticipated that the
Attorney General would play for de-
lay. and no one was surprised when
the cases went over until tomorrow,
but the injunction was another mat
ter. 1t was not alone unexpected, but
it was stunning in its force, and when
the news of its issuance became cur
rent il was admitted on every side that
Arkansas was no longer a debatable
ground, and that if Corbett and Fitz
were to fight at all it must be in other
territory than that so jealousy guarded
by Governor Clarke. The recognition
OF this fact at once set the matchmak-
erS at work afreSh and late tonight
+hcre is a prospect that if the pugilists
can make their peace with Arkansas
authorities on the condition of getting
out of the State they may yet meet be-
fore a select company for a side bet of
$4,000 each. This proposition will be
tloated of later on.
The story of the day is a simple one,
Invested of the wild talk and senseless
ruEors that semed to engrOss the at
tention Of most people around the ho-
tells. Corbett and his party, consisting
OF Manager Brady, Billy Delaney, Jim
McNey and John Donaldson, arrived at
10 o'clock this morning from Hot
Springs. They were nominally in the
custody of Sheriff Houpt of Garland
County, who had served the warrants
issued by Chancellor Martin of Little
Rcck. The party registered at the Cap
itol Hotel, and Corbett at once repaired
To the Opera house, where ne went to
work in an improvised gymnasium. His
antagonist, the elongated Australian,
had arisen early, and in company with
the two Deputy Sheriffs visited the
gy mnasium of the Little Rock Boat
Cluo, where he punched the bag and had
q bout with the gloves with one of his
cus:Odians. Thus it happened that, al
though the rival slOggers were regis
tered at the same hotel, they did not
encounter each other until dinner
time.
The meeting was rather in the nature
OF a disappointment TO those who imag-
ined that the men would fly at eacn
others throats like bulldogs. Nothing,
CE the contrary, could have been more
amiable, not to say frolicsome than
their actions. Corbett, who had en-
tered the dining-room sometime before
fitZsimmons made his appearance, I'm
iShed his dinner, and in leaving the
room passed close to the table at which
the Australian was seated. There was
glance of mutual recognition. Then
Corbett stopped for a minute, gaZed he
neYolently at his rival, and performed
the dancing movement known as
cnasseZ all, being rapid side step IN
quick time. Having executed this feat
h stopped, smiled again and waited a
kiss from the tips of his fingers to
titzsimmons, who grinned amiably in
return. The champion then put his
hand TO the other side of his mouth.
and, in a stage whisper. calculated the
single syllable, BOO" which. ii viii be
remembered. was agreed upon two
weeks ago as signal for hostilities
when the men should meet Evidently,
however, it had lost its significance
for, instead of provoking Fitzsimmons
TO wrath, It merely caused him to smile
all the more amiably, and after blowing
another kiss to his rival the champion
passed out of the room without any
blood having been spilled This ended
the forenoons entertainment, which
had been somewhat in the nature OF a
comedy.
The afternoon performance was of a
more serious nature 1t was nearly
2:30 O'Clock when Judge Martin called
the case Of the State VS. F'itzsimmops
and Julian in the Circuit Court. Th.
room was filed with newspaper men
and members of the bar and the corri-
doris of the Courthouse were filled to