Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-03
The FIGHT OFF FOR GOOD.
COrbett and FitBimmOnS Make Prom
iSeS to Governor Clarke
That They Will Make No Effort to
Get Together in Arkansas Al
Chance Of a Fight in Private Con
Glimmering-COrbett Won't Fight
Without the Side Bet, and F'itz
Hasn't the Stuff.

Hot Springs, Ark, November 2.-The
big fight is off for good. It's easy to see
how it never was really on as far as
the State of Arkansas was concerned.
Not only is the -Fitzsimmons
match dead and buried, but the Maher-
ODonnell and Smith-Ryan contests are
yet in the future.
Governor Clarke has won out in
every point at issue and has scored an
unqualified victory over the prize fight
ing element. Corbett is tonight at his
training quarters at Spring Lake and
FitzsimmOns is in Little Rock, where
| he will remain over next Tuesday.
| There is no chance whatever of them
coming together, as Fitzsimmons has
promised the Governor that he will not
| come to Hot Springs while Corbett is
here, and says plainly that he has no
desire TO do so. Corbett Will remain in
Hot Springs and vicinity for some time,
but his plans are uncertain and he does
not know when he will start for the
North.
There is no doubt that Corbett and
Fitzsimmons individually have been
willing to fight all along, but Fttzsim'
mons will take no chance of going to
Jail, and COrbett will not fight without
the posting of a side bet on the part Of
FitzsimmOns which the latter is unable
to do. Dan Stuart tomorrow will
make a proposition for the fight, but it
is declined before IL comes out He
will offer a purse of $4,000 for a fight
in Mexico, close to El Paso, post $4,000
forfeit money for each man, and guar
antee all expenses to which the men
may be possibly put by coming in con-
tact with the law. the fight to come of
November 10. Julian has said in ad-
vance that he will accept the PROPOSE
tion for FitzsimmOns, and Brady says
he will consider nothing that does not
involve the posting of side bet Of at
least $4,000 This kills the last chance
of the fight, for the Julian-FitZsimmons
combination could not produce that
amount of money to-day and will not
say that they can produce it by the
18th.
Brady's proposition of last night to
fight on a private battle ground for
$4,000 a side, was his ultimatum and
be win not recede from it. If Julian
( mad been able to raise $4,000 to-day, II
was intended to have the fight IN pri-
vate at Monroe, La, but the poverty Of
the Fitzsimmons crowd prevented it.
COrbett and his party left on the 2:30
| train for Spring Lake where they arriv-
ed at 3 o'clock this evening. The cham
ion expressed himself very freely on the
subjct of the fight collapse and was in
no way complimentary to FitZsimmons
in so doing
q have given them all the chance in
the world" he said, "and I can do no
more. 1 do not believe that he intend
ed to fight me, and has used me for his
| own advertising purpose. | know that
he never intended to fgh me. He IS
afraid to fight He is a contemplate
cur and that is all that he ever was.
suppose now that he will be following
me UP with all sorts of propositions to
fight and will tell the world that l did
not give him a chance. Well. 7 gave
him all the chance he could ask for and
now l am done with him."
Brady and the entire COrbett party
share the opinion expressed by Cor
bett. There is but one opinion among
them and that is that Ftzsimmons is a
rank coward who could not be blown
into the ring with a charge of dynamite.
Manager Julian spent the day anx-
iously awaiting, he claimed, the S10.-
600 with which he was to guarantee
Fitzsimmons' appearance in the ring
He also announced that he would be
only too glad to go to II Paso on the
Florida Athletic Clubs proposition.
Both F'itzsimmons and Julian contin-
ued their assertions that Corbett was
afraid to fight and the manager declar-
ed again and again that Corbett could
not be gotten into the ring with a four
horse team. Fitzsimmons. early in the
day said that he had given up all hope
of a battle at this time 81 am not go
ing to fight in Arkansas" he said. and
am not going TO break any laws or
break into any jails. I am satisfied
that the fight is all off for this time.
But, mark my word, I'll get him again.
and when do get him, I'll lick him.
would like to have fought on the first.
I had trained hard and I am in condi-
tion to do my best. But it could not be
brought of"