Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-22
DECLARED OFF.
The Corbett- Fitzsimmons Mill
Ends in a Big FizzIe.
Zach Side Claims That Other Wants
Best of Everything.
And the People Are More Disguised Than
Ever With Pusilism.

Hot Springs. Ark, Oct. 2l.-The Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons fight has been declared
off by the Florida Athletic Club Corbett
and Brady were willing to postpone to
| Nov. IL, but Julian was not, The
negotiations were brief and not in the best
temper. zach side charged the other with
an attempt either to get the better Of tho
bargain or kill the fight altogether.
At the conclusion of the talk Martin
Julian, tltzstiumops' manager, said: ~
did all l could to make satisfactory ar
rangements, but the Corbett people would
not listen to reason. l offered to let
| titzsimmons fight Corbett In private for a
side bet, but they would not agree.
They wanted postponement to Nov.
IL, which was merely another way Of say.
ing that they did not want to fight at all.
declined to listen TO the proposition
Nendig and his crowd tried their best to
Job us, but We would not have It,"
| Brady charges that Julian flunked and
would not have agreed to anything Eek
cept title to the whole state of Arkapsas
with Governor Clarke's office to sleep IN, "
as he expressed it.
After the fight was declared of, Brady
announced that Corbctt was prepared TO
| tight any man in the world, Nov. II,
Fitzsimmons preferred, the man to be
named within "a hours. Vendig an
nounced that he would match Peter
Maher against Corbett for $4,000.
The outcome Of the muddle cannot he
foretold, but it looks az though there
would be fight Of some kind on Nov. IL.
During the conference of the interest
parties, today, Julian displayed tele.
gram from New Orleans stating that the
party who was to put up the stake money
would refuse to do so IL the contest was
postponed.
Julian said after the conferences: "I
would not agree for several reasons. ono
being because II results in an injury to
keep man in training longer than was
originally intended We do not propose
to be made convenience for any body
Through this whole matter l think
Fitzsimmons has shown the public his
willingness to fight, rs he produced two
side stakes of $40. 600, and we agreed,
contrary to our own wishes, to name men
whom we Thought most fit to referee,
now, instead Of waiting the day before
the fight.
I'VE don't propose TO be led into any
trap. will have Fitzsimmons here on
Oct. 81. l will positively not listen to
any limited number Of rounds. Fitzsim-
mons will get knocked out or somebody
else will
After the conferees had separated there
was meeting between the Florids men
and Brady mt which it was decided, Cor
bett being willing, that Peter Maher should
be put up against him in place of Fitz-
simmons 1t was argued that, although
Maher has once been defeated by the Aus.
trsliaD, yet he is in fact more in Corbett's
class than the latter and that the meeting
would draw big crowd.
Brady hurried to Spring Lake and adj
vised Corbett of the situation. When no
returned he said
"Corbett is naturally disappointed. He
is willing to meet Maher or any other man
that may be put against bin whenever
and wherever tho representatives Of the
Florida clubs and myself may agree"
On the heels of the suggestion that
Mahor should be taken out of his match
with D Donnell. Vendig wired "Parson''
Davies In New York, asking II Joe
Choynski would be willing to take
Makers place and 20 against O'Donnell.
Within an hour he received from Davies
this reply: "Choynski viii meet O'Don-
nell In limited number of rounds or To
finish contest
1.-The Florida Athlete Club Ia determined
to bring off the matches in one place or
another. said Vendig tonight. "If Gov.
Clarke makes 1t impossible for us to get
through here, we have propositions from
three other places at each Of which non in
reference is guaranteed. " Vendig would
not name these places.
Brady said: Unless Fitzsimmons has
the SO, 600 stake money up by noon, TO-
morrow, and the Florida Club IL still
willing to hang up its al, 900 purse, We
will regard the contest, rs far MS that club
is concerned as irrevocably off.
"If FitzsimmoDs is anxious to fight be-
fore the 18th, we will be willing to fore
stall possible legislative or executive 40.
tion by lighting him, Thursday. or any
day thereafter inside Of q week for the
gate receipts"