The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-10-25
MAY YET FIGHT
It IS Thought That the Corbett-
Fitz Mil viii Take Place.
JULIAN STILL TALKS CONTRARY
Arkansas Supreme Court Adjourns After
Hearing Arguments--Corbett Gives
up ing--Eitzsimmons
Still Talks Fight.

Still Talks Fight.
Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 23-The fight
| situation here has assumed favorable
phase and it may yet develop that Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons will fight. Stew
| art stated that in view of F'itZsimmons'
| arbitrary stand, the contract between
! the club and fighters, in so far as it re-
| lates to FitZsimmons, is abrogated and
the club now stands ready to offer a
new contract which comprehends a
modification of the purse offered to say
$Zo,OOO at most, and fixing the date OF
battle two or possibly three weeks later
than the original date. Vendig and
Stewart are a unit on this point.
Fendlg this morning got a telegram
from J. ]. Quinn that Makers hackers
are offering to bet $1,000 on the Irish
man II a match betweet Corbett and
Maher can be made.
NO PILLOW FIGHT.
81 PaSo, Tex. Oct "A tie egram
waS received from Fitzsimmons' people
at Corpus Christi last night stating
that Corgett would be invited to meet
Fitzsimmons for fight to a finish at
Ell Paso. FitZsimmOns refused to en-
ter into a pillow throwing contest
with Corbett at Hot Springs( it is said,
because he had assurance that a fight
to finish could be brought off at Ell
Paso.
Hot Springs. Ark, Oct 2?.-Julian,
manager and hacker of Fitzsimmons.
made statement to the public today
In which he says: "Fitzsimmons stands
ready to carry out to the letter every
word contained in the contract to which
he signed his name. He wants to fight
Corbett for the purse offered by the
Florida Athletic club and a stake of
$4,000 side. If the Florida Athletic
Club is unwilling or unable to carry
out Its part of the contract, in 50 far as
the purse is concerned. then Fitzsim-
mons will on October 81, take Corbett
to any part of the globe within reach
OF both men, and there and then fight
him to finish. I simply want to state
that If Corbett and Fitzsimmons do
not meet and fight October 81 it will be
by no fault of Fitzsimmons.
Hot Springs. Ark, Oct. o.-While the
big fight has been formally declared off
there is still. a deal of hope in the ma
tive breast that Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons will come together here in the
foothills Of the Ozark mountains. The
situation is. of course. complicated. So
far as its relations with the Florida Ath
letic club are concerned the heavy
weight battle, 'lnder the original con-
tract which was subsequently amended
at Dallas, is a thing of the past. In
it's stead has cropped up a proposition
~ dig II uC" dillCl ~ light LOT d purse
not exceeding $500 and have the bat
tie here three weeks later than the date
originally agreed upon. Corbett, it is
known, favors this plan. October 81,
the day the battle was set for at Dali
las, was fixed upon because that is the
big day at the state fair. There are
fourteen state in the union where an
election is to be held on the 4th of No
vember. and while this would have
made but little material difference at
Dallas, the election would keep many
away from Hot Springs on that date.
This fact. added to the legal complica-
tons which have confronted the fight
ers here, made a postponement imper-
ative, argued Stuart and Vendig.
While Julian insists on the full text
and letter of the article. both as to the
date and purse, 1t is known that Fitz-
simmons will come about and agree to
a deferment of the hostilities 1t Is
also thought that he will submit to 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 ensconced himself in the best
of it. To overcome this, he must and
will fight. Martin Julian, this morn
ing, handed a statement to the repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press and
then supplemented it by making public
the names of six men he had selected
from whom the referee was to be OBJ
tanned by Brady. The men named are
John L. Sullivan of Boston; Jake Kill
rain Of Baltimore; Mike Donovan Of
New York; John Duffy of New Orleans;
Yank Sullivan Of Syracuse, and Lou NJ
Houseman, sporting editor of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The names submitted permit of the
selection Of but one man in the list,
Houseman. Brady would hardly Sc
lect Sullivan or Kilrain on the ground
that Corbett had whipped BOTH and
that this might prejudice them. Mike
Donovan and Corbett have not spoken
since the Sullivan fight. Yank Sulli-
van and Duffy have been rejected by
Corbett already. Julian's proposition
now is to bring his men on to Hot
| Springs on Oct. 80, put his side bet of
| 900 up in the hands of Houseman,
| ask Corbett to do the same and then
| allow Houseman 10 appoint an hour
| and place for the men to meet in pri-
| vate.
IF THIS PLAN FAILS.
! 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 a 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 of the fighters here are san
| guine Of a favorable decision on the ap-
| peal to the supreme court on Chancellor
| Leatherman's finding in the habeas cor
| pus case.
One thing is settled unless the men
| fight in private, on Oct. 81, the fight will
| be postponed and subsequent meet
| ing arranged under the new offer of the
| club of $25, 900.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 2s.-The second
| round in the great battle of legal heavy
| weights began at 10 o'clock today in the
supreme court, and for two hours legal
| leads, counters and cross-counters,
| feints. ducks. and upper-cuts We're in
Gulged in before a large audience of at
torneys and people interested in the
case. At the conclusion of the argu-
| ments the judge held a short consulta-
| ton and Chief Justice Bum announced
that, it being agreeable to counsel on
both sides, an adjournment would be
taken until IL o'clock tomorrow morn
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