The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11

ping back with the elbow, meeting an
opponent with, or deliberately striking
him with the elbow or knees, are
barred, and Will be considered foul.
Should any of the above blows have
any material effect in the result of the
contest I shall use my judgment &C.
cordingly.
Should any Of the seconds of either
principal enter the ring during round
to render any assistance to the fight
ers or prevent them from committing a
foul, or TO throw water on them, 1t
shall be deemed a foul. Coaching by
seconds during the rounds is objection
able to everybody, and is apt to create
discord and argument. Both of you
have undoubtedly mapped out your
plans of attack and defense, and need
no advice from your respective sec
onds. The latter will therefore refrain
from making any comment during the
&C ntest
Trivial fouls may be unintentional-
ly committed by either of you, which,
unless they have a direct bearing on
the result, will be overlooked by me at
my discretion.
This, l believe, covers all the i'm
oughly acquainted with the Marquis of
Queensberry rules not touched upon by
ne, and L hope to see you both live
strictly up to them.
With a fair field, no favors, no pref
ucice, l remain, very truly yours,
GEORGE SILER, Referee"
Duplicate copies of Siler's letter We're
made and copy was sent to both Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons.
Corbett was writing letter to his
wife when the communication from
Siler was handed to him, and after he
had finished writing he read the let
ter from the referee through with much
care. He then folded it up. saying: Il
do not care to make any reply on this
to-day. l VIII talk it over with my
trainers tonight, and viii write a for
NAL letter to 1Ir. Siler Tomorrow"
1t gives you what you desired, does
it not?" he was asked.
NO he answered: "all | want is
that we fight under the Marquis of
Quensberry rules, such as / have al
ways fought under. l carry those rules
in my head, and l am very likely to
conform to them unconsciously while
lighting. If new construction is put
Upon them 1 may forget all about it in
the heat Of the fight, and commit "a
foul unintentionalIy All / want is a
tair show, and nothing else"
1T was reported some time ago that
you desired to hit with one arm free,
and in the breakaways?"
That is mistake. 1 never wanted
anything but the regular Marquis of
Queensberry rules, and never said that
did. Now, FitZ has said that he did
not want to hit with one arm free, but
everybody knows that he wants just
that very thing. Everybody comedies
that Fitz is a harder hitter than l am,
and everybody comedies that l am bet
ter at long range fighting and more
scientific. 1t stands to reason, then,
that he is the gamer by this thing.
You will see that Fitz will not agree
TO this, as he wants to have the ap-
rearance of making some concessions
to me. However, l am not making any
objections as yet. | am going to talk
1t over with my trainers, and will say
what l think tomorrow. | am glad,
however. that Siler has made it clear
that the pivot blow and all that sort of
thing is barred. That is as it should
lie. We don't want anything of that
Sort
Siler said when giving out his con-
struction of the rules: Il have made
my decision solely on the ground that
ii is declared in the Marquis of Queens
berry rules that whep not ordered 9TH
erwise the rules of the London Prize
Ring shall govern Now the Marquis
of Queensberry rules are silent on the
subject of hitting on breakaways and
with one arm free, but both are allowed
by the rules Of the London prize ring,
and therefore it seems to me that 1T
plainly is the intention of the Marquis
Of Queensberry that both hitting with
one arm free and hitting in the break
Always should be allowed / suppose
that some will differ from me, but it
really looks to me as though the thing
is too plain to admit of any other con-
struction than l have put upon it. How
ever, if Corbett and Fitzsimmons de-
clare that they prefer to fight the other
way, it is all right. All l want is for
them to agree to something"
Corbett took to the roads this morning
in company with Jeffries, and covered
ten miles at a lively pace The roads
are rapidly drying up, and ii is possible
with care to get along on them without
sinking into the soil up to the knees.
In the afternoon he took the same
course Of work that he has gone through
during the last ten days. Yesterday in
his boxing bouts Corbett made it I'M
pleasant for both Woods and Jeffries
The former he knocked fiat with left
swing on the jaw, and the latter he
knocked out with a hot punch in the
kidneys. Both were at work to-day,
none the worse for their battering
The receipt of Siler's letter raised a
storm at Cooks ranch, and Martin Ju-
liam and F'itz talked very vigorously ON
the subject Julian declared that in his
opinion Corbett had had a talk with ST.
ler and had induced him to issue the
letter-a charge which, to the personal
knowledge of the Associated Press cor
respondent, is without the slightest
foundation in fact. Fitz asserted that
ii would not be right for him to agree on
anything until both he and Corbett had
entered the ring. He had always
fought under the Marquis Of Queens
berry rules, he declared and that was
what he wanted to fight under this time
Julian then took the stand that when
a man was knocked down and his sec
onds threw water upon the fallen man
with the intention of reyiyinC him if