The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-13
JUST AS SILER SAYS
The Fight to Be in AccOrdsncs With
His Interpretation Of ths Rules.
JULIAN AND BRADY CONFER
At Times II Looked as N tho Zig
Scrap Would Fall Through.
but Fitz's Man Finally
Agreed to Abide,

| suited in the spelling OF all chances OF
the big night being pulled off. was held
this afternoon between Martin Julian.
representing Fitzsimmons. and Will
lam A. Brady, for Corbett. over the
construction put upon the Marquis Of
Queensberry rules, and the end was
that Julian, after objecting strenuously
upon the right of the referee making
any ruling whatever before the men
entered the ring and against the hit
ting with one arm free and in break
! aways, gave way entirely and consent
ed that the men should hit with the
one free arm and on the breakaways.
The fight will therefore be fought in
\ accordance with the Interpretation OF
the Marquis of Queensberry rules made
4 by Referee Siler. IL was at times a
stormy conference and time and again
1t was only averted by the most narrow
. margins.
Brady at the outset took the stand
that Corbett was willing To abide by
the decision of the referee. no matter
what that decision might he. Julian,
on the other hand. maintained that
\ there was no right vested in the referee
to make any ruling whatever until the
men were ready to fight. He claimed
that Fitzsimmons had always fought
+ "a good. fair, square fight and in all
his fights the hitting has been both
arms free and that all the breakaways
should he clean. Corbett, he said, had
won the championship of the world In
a fight conducted under such condi-
tons and methods, which IL they were
| good enough TO win the championship,
were sufficiently good TO defend IL,
"Fitzsimmons. | say frankly" said
| Julian, lis not experienced In hitting
with one arm free He has always met
his battles fairly. and he wants to fight
this one fairly. We cannot give in on
this proposition, and " Corbett VIII not
agree TO fight with clean breakaways We
| are willing TO fight him under the rules
| Of the London prize ring"
That is good thing" broke In
| Brady. You saw Fitzsimmons is not
accustomed to fighting in anything but
| the most open fashion. and yet he Is
| willing to fight under the London prize
ring rules, which allows wrestling. hit
| ting with one arm free. biting, goug-
| ing, and heaven knows what. III he is
| not willing to fight with one arm free II
| In queer that he should be willing to
fight under rules which allow that and
great deal OF the same kind that Is
h worse"
we want it one thing or the other" ="
/ salu Julian, w., ,u,N @ W W -.
oeriy anu II'nu"n pi'@e ',ns
ne ~ ,....e,'a a., ~, y,,,,, lon
nian nInns .', @ ~, I,.,ari,,, hi. Il. H..
turning gray as ne saw all the chances
I Of the great fight ending in miserable
row over technical point in the rules.
Siler took part IN the argument. and
he and Julian went over the same
ground that Brady and Julian had
traNeieo peI"i.. w. anu o,,,,a anS
Wen,; so,ns a ~ san,a noIn,
Nn"e w Einaiiv I,,,ian said
every time. rlhaliy, s,ian. 1u,,a" sau an,
init IN Ioa,o a. "a Mr. stuart. and
Wiling 10 ieaNe " !" mt ''""'' GU"
ao,ae U! ",s ar, o,nsh,o of docld-
doht tn'nh an ,r,,a ring
. ing teonna. .a,ai,, oaro
rules sala o.uar, ,o,n, anu :, ""'''
10 unuertaNe 'ne ',,,'.', -, roo 20 Ieave
| . ihen ! ann w'"s - siia,." s,id
the mater WIN syu s,, asa ~, a,ra,ay de.
Juild.' ~ - rrnn,st,ton
cianeu ni , na nd ,ha ,urv re-
lh's su,.u &C.,, ,,inu,es with
urea, re,urnins ~ 10, ,hay Mad decid-
tiie ahhounos,e"t ,,.a, re, .,,on ~ tba
gu ~ aa ua H.. S.i,ar
ru,.s .'laue 80 ,or some minutes
'anan 80 ,,ay
ID
wan, ~ ~, s"s, ans Nr Ei,zsimmons
tnat w ali n,s i,.a,, ,n avervthinr. and
mas a,"ass s Wo VIII t,ght under
ne WI, wv " A.. ctiar nonstr,,es them
/ the ruies a, ~ ,,,,a i, !.
eN.h ~ W" ,,o. 4, n.,Ioci. vhep the con-
I, wac 49,, ,rhroa ,vas tho hour
ierenc' p's,i,.,s somen.hat late in
se,, ~. S,,,art's once was found too
,, aii,fs -, noonmodate the members Of
s,iian stii ~ ,,,oranca and The correspondents
wv, w ,,a,rnmant was taken 10 Odd
g'iu ,,i,. gu h,tI
..,,' a,,anaa tho talk nv addressing
, u,,a' '
80, oa IN 600 Won he said, about
M ". ,u,o things IN these rules tina.
on' " 49,, 80 hs, rieht Rule / saws il,
uo n't sa,, star5.un boying match
,s oa-foo, ring and Rule . that no
IN ou' ~, ,,rns,i;ng is to lie allowed
nuftn,,t n,,n,ing pu,e 4, of IN.
,,',Is ~, ~ 80 4,,eensberry rules. that the
MAIL Ma l',' g., at, cases ia 10 he governed
,'.' ,.,,,,sad ,niss of tho J,ondon prize
ns wy , Snnsider tha, one of the most
iIIiE' ns ,ho 10 r,,Ies and II an
llhIoi ,a". ", iaar tho homo NJ conten-
i" ai',os, everv contest II has
, ,,oI. III ~, n,,s,on, of referees. myself
peen ."u ~, ~ innuire az The nrinci-
a, .ha,har ,hev choosa IN hit in
p,,. ,,.i,h ono arr, fraa and also ON
~ 80 ,,.,,ays Invar,a hIy The nrin-
- a,,as moi IA hi, in the cl,nches