The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-22
BUT THE CORBETT-FTTZSIMMONS
FIGHT Is DECLARED
OFF.
THE AUSTRALIAN STUBBORN.
WILL CONSENT TO NEITHER POST
PONEMENT Nor A REDUCTION
OF THE FAT PURSE.

as the Florida Athletic Club is concerned, |
the contest between Corbett and Fltz-
simmons has been declared off, on the |
grounds of Fitzsimmons' refusal to con- |
Sent to a postponement for two weeks. and !
a proposition has been made to substitute |
Peter Maher for the Australian. 10 meet |
Corbett in the ring on November IL or |
such date as may eventually be agreed |
upon. There is Just a probability, how
ever. that Fitzsimmons, who was fully |
advised this evening by wire of the situa-
ton. may finally consent to meet the |
views OF the Floridans, and which were |
concurred in by representatives OF Corbett. |
At IL O'Clock tonight no word had been |
received from Corpus Christi.
The local situation was further comp!i- |
Gated this evening by telephone message |
from Little Rock that Governor Clarke had |
issued call for a special session of the !
Legislature to assemble on Friday to enact |
a law prohibiting such carnivals in the |
State. These reports, however, were sub |
sequently denied, but they served the pur-
pose of increasing the tension to which the
representatives of the conflicting interests
are Just now subjected. 1t was a little
after o'clock when the conference in the
private office of the Arlington Hotel in this
city between President Dan a. Stuart, Jo-
seph S. Vendig and Louis c. SIhler of the
Florida Athletic Club, w. A. Brady, repre-
senting Corbett, and Martin Julian, man.
ager for Fitzsimmons, resulted in the call
ing-off by the Florida Athletic Club be-
cause of Julian's deciding that the men
must fight 10 a finish October 81 for a
purse OF Sal, 600 or not at all. Owing to
concurrent circumstances the club could
not agree to this, and it now announces
that preparations are in progress to match
Corbett against Peter Maher, with Choyn-
ski to be substituted in Makers place to
try conclusions with O'Donneu.
When Brady arrived at the Arlington
Hotel this morning from Spring Lake he
held a long conversation with Julian, to
all appearances of an amicable nature,
and Vendig ventured the opinion that the
skies were clearing. About IL o'clock the
conferees went into Manager Hayes private
office, Stuart presiding. An hour was con-
sumed in desultory conversation before
the real business of the meeting was
sprung. Some one asked the question if
the postponement OF the fight ten days or
two weeks would be agreeable to both
sides. Brady promptly objected, as did
and finally Brady conceded to the PROPOSE
ton, but Julian refused. So positive in
his manner was Julian that he announced
that Fitzsimmons would be ready to meet
Corbett in the ring October 81 whether be-
fore six men on a side in private or before
10000 for a side stake rather than for the
purse Of $41 goo on November II.
Brady here interposed an objection to
any such proceeding or proposition. He
said, Get Fitz and We'll be ready to talk
business" Then a telegram was handed
to Julian, who read it aud passed it around.
Ii was dated from New Orleans and read:
Party who puts up stake money will
refuse if contest is postponed. G. Eckardt
& Co."
Vendig then said that the club had
done all in its power to bring the contest
off, and if it falls through it Will be no
fault attributable to the CLUB. He briefly
reviewed the situation under the
legal aspect and pledge of the club to
the attorneys, showing the practical i'm
possibility of getting things in readiness
by that time and the crowd here to rem-
burse the club for money already invested
and the purse of $41,O 600. He thought that
under the circumstances it was no use to
sum of S34, 900 was to have been deposited
to-day il would not be safe to run any
chances of being able to pull it off by the
31st. He suggested then that some one
else be put against Corbett, but again
Brady objected. President Stuart asked
Vendig if it would be safe to go on with
the remainder OF the programme and re-
ceiyed an affirmative reply. Julian here
asked if Corbett would be willing to fight
for $4,000 a side October 81.
"Where2" asked Brady
ANY place" answered Julian.
Brady studied minute or two and
asked: Without any admissionP'
Without any admission fees, certainly"
81 decline to answer" said Brady.
Just here President Stuart had a short
conference with Vendig, and then made
this proposition to Julian: "If we can
throw things together to get started by DC.
tober 81, if the club hangs up a purse of
$4,000, apart from the side bet -
1--WE shall not agree to it, answered
Julian. .tIf the club hangs up purse at
all, and wants Fitzslmmons to fight, it
must be for Sal, 600 and take place Octo-
Der 31.''
Stuart and Vendig declared this out of
IL
fair proposition, as Fitzsimmons had
sought the contest and pulled Corbett
about from pillar to post, and he had been
submitted to all the annoyances of courts,
his time taken from training, and the ex-
pense attached during that time since Cor
bett consented to enter with Fitzsimmons
had far exceeded the sum named.
Brady announced that Corbett had gone
on record over his own signature that he
would fight any man in the world after he
is done with F1tzsimmons, and that PROPOSE
ton still holds good. Julian made similar
claim for his man. Brady proposed that
he had a man he would put against Fitz-
simmons and bet $4,000 on the result.
Julian replied that no proposition would
go until after October 81, when they might
be able to do business together.
Stuart asked Julian ii he would agree to
a postponement, the men to meet any
where else. Julian said he was ready to
make no new contract until after October
81. Brady then made this announcement