Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-11
Very truly yours,
GEORGE SILER,

Referee.
Carson City, New, March 10.-Fitzsim-
mons was the first to receive his letter
Under the advice of Martin Julian, he
declined to say a word. "rhe less you
say, now, Bob, the less you may have
to regret, was Julians advice. There's
time enough to discuss this matter before
next Wednesday. Speaking for Ftz-
simmons and myself I'm not prepared
to say that the rules please US. but do
not wish Ii understood that they are not
entirely satisfactory. We have every
thing stake in this fight, and 1 will not
take the chance of injuring Bobs pros-g
poets by jumping. at conclusions too
hastily. We will come out with an ex-
preston in a day CT two, after we have
thought the question over carefully" 1T
was evident from Julians manner that
he intended probing the wood pile care
fully for ''niggers, before making up
his mind. Fitzsimmons took the situa-'
ton gravely and never opened his mouth
When Corbett's letter was placed in
his hands he retired to a quiet corner
and perused it thoughtfuIly. IT think I'd
better sleep on this, he concluded, be
fore giving out my opinion. I always
respected Siler's judgment and do so now.
but You cannot tell what holes you may
find in a thing until YOU look it over care-s
fully. 1 want to handle this matter my
self so that l may thoroughly under
stand 1t. Delaney. White and I will read
the letter over tonight and go through
every CLAUSE pl6Ce Ufedl. JUST now l.
would rather be excused from making
any comment on it. All T want is an
even break and we are certain to get it
from Sier. It's best. though. that we
should have clear understanding of the
rules beforehan nd
In the opinion of many sporting au-
thorities the time honored rules are in
for threshing. 1t is not believed that
Siler's dissertation will be swallowed as
it stands and joint conference of those
tPtn ~ fc N1,na Ill
| Both Corbett and Fitzsimmons were sat-
| isfied with light work today. The Cor
nishman let up peg and cut out sew
| eral numbers on his programme. He
! followed Jack rabbit trails for couple
| of hours in the morning, but could not
| get a shot. Roeber and Stenzler were
| excused after lunch and Hickey's labors
were cut down 70 four rounds. Bob did
! his turn at the punching bag as usual.
| He is timber and speedy and will try to
! hold his present condition until the fight.
| Corbett's joints did not ache this MORN
| ing after his tramp to Empire and Jim
| declares that he is now equal to road
! work of any kind. He is not so accus-
| toned to this kind of exertion as his OPP
! ponent and it stiffened him up for a few
| days. When his lunch had settled, he
went through the most tedious ordeal of
| bag punching and working the wrist ma
chine before taking on Woods and JEFF
fries. Four rounds with each of them
| was Charley Whites prescription with
| two games of hand ball for desert.
From the plans of the arena on exhi-
| bition in San Francisco and Carson, 5000
! seats have already been. sold. The res
| erva tons set aside for excursion parties
! are still untouched. Secretary Vince
| locks idea is 10 have poll of each spe-
| cial car taken after the train is on the
! road. An attendance of no less than
| 5000 is now certain.
Dan Stuart will call upon Corbett and
| Fitzsimmons tomorrow If the weather