The morning times., 1895-10-18
HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND.
Gov. Clarke VIII Do All He Can to
Stop the Fight.


Stop the Fight.
Hot Springs, Ark, oct. 17.-Gov. Clarke
took his departure for Little Rock this
morning, being accompanied as far as Nal
vern by a United Press correspondent
fron this city. The governor talked
freely relative to the present aspect of
affairs here regarding the Corbett Fi;z-
simmons contest. He was asked whether
or not the press dispatches of this morning
correctly represented his position. He
replied that he was not responsible for the
reports, and that he had found nothing
during his visit to the Springs 10 cause him
to change his mind about the contemplated
prize fight.
.'Is il a fact, governor, that you have
promised the citizens committee that you
would let the local authorities cope with
the matter, and that under no circumstances
would you call out the militia of the State
to suppress the fight If the Florida Ath-
letic Club insisted oD going on with it?''
HIS VIEWS UNCHANGED.
"There is no foundation for such rumors,"
replied the Governor. The dispatches
that have appeared in the press of this
morning attributing these promises tomeare
incorrect. / made no such assertions,
either privately or publicly, and / regret
! very much that they have been allowed
to appear in print
Have your views in regard to the con-
test been modified in any way?"
They have not. / came over to Hot
Springs to see if there were not some COM
mon ground that we could find to stand
upon, but after thoroughly investigating
the matter I could find none whatever.
l entertain exactly the same views that
did prior TO my visit, and cannot see how
/ can permit anything savoring of prize
fight to be pulled off on Arkansas terri
tory. ! would like to help the citizens of
Hot Springs in anything that would be
benefit to them, but there is nothing about
prize fight that would accrue to the
benefit of any community"
did you promise the citizens committee
that in any event you would not call upon
the,Statc militia to invade Garland county
for the purpose OF suppressing the fight?"
Il made no such promise or anything like
that. The fact is that the military of
the State are now holding themselves in
readiness to respond to a call from me at
any time. lam engaged in niarshalling my
forces for any contingency that may arise"
KNOWS FIVE OUNCE GLOVES.
"It is generally understood and SO re-
ported upon the streets and in the hotel
lobbies, that the citizens committee con
vinced you that there was a vast differ
ence between a prize fight and the contest
that is now proposed to be brought off
under the revised articles of agreement
entered into by the Florida Athletic Club
and tine hackers of Corbett. Is such the
case?"
THAT is not the fact. The committee
tried to so impress me but failed to do SO.
They showed me the revised articles of
agreement which were all right. They
also gave me the five ounce gloves to look
at At first glance no one who is not
posted on these matters would think for
a moment that the men could pcssibiyhurt
each other with them, but 1 happen to
know that they were five ounce gloves that
Corbett and Sullivan fought with and that
majority OF the prize fights of the present
day are fought with them.
"Mr. Arlin, or some one else in the commit
tee room, admittedthat these werethegloyes
that Corbett and Fitzsimmons Were TO fight
TO finish with on the 31st of October, IL
they were not prevented from doing So
Under the circumstances / could see no
distinction between prize light TO finish
and glove contest for twenty-five rounds
Every one knows that this fight will not
last through twenty-five rounds, that either
Corbett would whip Fitzsimmonsi in less than
twenty-five rounds, or Fitzsimmons would
whip Corbett. Taking this view of the
matter l could not see the difference.
FITz HAS NOTHING TO GAIN.
az see by the dispatches this morning that
Fitzsimmons declares he will not go into
a limited round contest with Corbett. He
refused TO do so once before and the prob
abilities are that such contest could not be
pulled off were to consent. FitZsimmons
has nothing to gain by meeting Corbett in
a contest where there is a doubt of gain
ing a decision"
The governor talked pleasantly but
firmly and the impression he left was that