The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11

AkNAt y HuNtN"IN requires some ullAlS-
SIS, ns some of the points ute often mis-
construed. The rule says: ''If either
man fail through weakness or other
wise, he must get up uh0ssistcd. ten
seconds 10 be allowed 10 do 80: ihe
other man meanwhile TO return 10 his
| corner"
A man may either fall or be knocked
down In his opponents corner. IL then
the man ON his feet retlreh to hls corner
as the rules direct. he will DO standing
over hls fallen opponent and doing JUST
what the rules mean he shall not do.
| To avoid all disputes on this score, 1
will simply instruct you, In case OF Il
breakdown. to retire ut least ten feet
from your fallen opponent, TO give hun
an opportunity to rise.
Neither of you, / am sure, desire TO
win the coming contest onn tcchnicnlitY
and to avoid any such contingency
| through hitting In clinches with free
arm in a breAknwa,y ] will rule that
you be permitted TO hit in Cllnches with
one arm free. upd also in breakaways.
! With this Interpretation OF this rule,
announced q week before the contest,
you will both have ample time TO pTuc-
tice these important points and VIII
have no cause for complaint should
either OF you DO caught on your guard
| Pivot blows. missing with either hand
and whipping back with the elbow,
| meeting an opponent with or delIber.
atriy striking hiuIs with tho elbows or
knees are barred and will DO considered
foul
Should any Of tho seconds of either Of
the principals enter the ring during n
round to render any assistance to the
| fighters or prevent them from commit
| ting foul. or TO throw water upon
them, II shall be considered foul.
| Coaching by the seconds during the
rounds Is objectionable to everybody
and Is apt 10 create discord and RTRu-
mcnt. Both OF you have undoubtedly
mapped out your plans OF attack and do
Tense and need no advice from your re-
specliVa seconds, The latter will, there
fore, refrain from making any comment
| during the contest. Trivial fouls may
be unlntcntlonally committed by either
| OF you, which, unless they have direct
bearing on the result, will DO overlooked
by mo az my discretion. This, / be-
lleve, covers all important points.
Duplicate copies OF sIler's letter were
| made and a copy was sent TO both Cor
bett and FitzsimmonB. Corbett was
writing letter to his wife when Siler's
communication was handed to him, and
when he had finished writing he read
the letter from the referee through with
great care. He then folded It up, say
Ing:
this to-day, will talk II over with my
trainers tonight and will write for
NAL letter to Mr.. SIler tomorrow"
| 1T gives you what you desired, does
| It rotT" he was asked.
NO" he answered, ''all want Is that
| we fight under the Marquis OF Queens
berry rules. such as have always
| fought under. carry these rules in
my head. and ! am likely to conform
| to them unconsciously while lighting.
| When a new construction Is put upon
] them might forget all about II In the
heat OF the fight and commit foul un-
Intentionally. All want IL fair show
and nothing else"
at was reported some time ago that
YOU desired to hit with one arm free
and on breRkRwayS?"
THAT is mistake. never
wanted anything but the regular
Marquis OF QuesngbHiy rules and never
said did. Now, FftzSimnions has said
he did not want to hit with one arm free,
but everybody knows he wants juss
| that very thing. Everybody comedies
that FtZslmmonS Il u harder hitter than
l am. and everybody comedies that am
better NJ long range fighting, and more
] scientific, 1t stands TO reason then, thai
lie Is the gamer by this thing Tou Will
see that Fitzsimmons will not 1gree 10
| this, as he WnntS TO have the appearance
| OF making some concession TO me, How
ever I am not making any objections rs
vet nm going to talk It over with my
trainers and will say what think to-
morrow.
/ MI. ~ n
storm at Cooks ranch and Martin Julian
declared that in his opinion, Corbett had
! u talk with SileT and induced him to de-
| liver the letter. FitZSmmorrS Inserted *
would not be right for him TO agree on
anything until both he and Corbet: had
| entered the ring. He had always fought
under the Marquis OF Queensbury rules.
| he declared. and that was what he want
| ed to fight under this time, or he would
fight under the rules Of the London prize
ring. Both F'ttEsimmnnJ and Julian de-
| cIared they did not want any hitting with
nne hand free and the breakaways. Both
| Insisted that breaks should be clean and
| M hitting should be allowed, until both
| hands were free TNItzstSnmonS, above
| nil things, insisted that no agreement
should be made before the men entered
! The ring. This B'as his strong point, and
he stuck to Il with all the obstlnacy with
which lr. was Gamble and that Is saying
u great deal.
Dan Stuart, this morning, appointed
Nalachy Hogan, Of Chicago. reSeree OF
the weller weight and fsatherwelSht
championship fight between "Mysteri-
| o,,s" Billy Smith and George Green.
| Young Corbett) and Martin Flahcrty
and Dial Hawking, respectively. This
was done by Stuart after a conference
with George Stler
M'MECHEN.
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