The herald., 1897-03-12

Referee Siler was not in the best of
humor today over the objections to his
construction of the Queensberry rules
that have come from the Fitzsimmons
camp.
when was in Chicago" said he,
"Fitzsimmons told me that he had no
objection to the construction Of the rules
that I have made, and. that being the
| case, I cannot see how he can very we'll
object to them at the present time. How
| ever / did not rule as did for the pur-
pose of considering what Fitzslmmons
would like or what Corbett would like,
or what anybody else would like. ruled
exactly as I thought was right, and
will stick to my ruling. At the same time
wish It understood that am not in the
least trying to dictate to the men. All
l want is an agreement Of some sort,
and as long as the men are suited don't
care what the agreement is. I guess
that by the time the fight is due both
men will reach an agreement without
| any trouble"
siler was troubled all day by people
| who came to him to tell indirectly how
| little he knew about the rules and how
much they knew. One gentleman came
| up with the assertion that the rules for
bid all hugging and clinching.
"Now," said this person. II want to
know If you're going to decide the fight
against a man If he hugs or clinches."
1.-THE rules do say" replied Siler, that
there shall be no hugging or clinching,
but they say nothing about such ac-
tions being ground for disqualifying
man. They simply say he must not do
| It, and I take 1t to be intended by the
rules that If a man does one of those
things he must stop it. If man was
80 persistent in his hugging as to pre-
vent all fighting, he should be warned
| and then If he kept up his hugging so
that no fighting could take place, I think
| that man should lose the fight, but
where two men are fighting and occas-
ional hugs or clinches take place.
think that the duty Of the referee is
to see that 1t is not carried to an un-
reasonable extent and that the men
break promptly when called upon to do
so by the referee.
IT think. too. that permitting the men
to strike with one hand free is a toll
erably sure preventive Of all hugging or
clinching in the ring and that is an
other reason why think the Marquis
of Queensberry rules intend that the
men shall be permitted to strike with
one arm free. If a man is hugging he can
do no fighting, for the reason that his
hands are used in hanging to the other
fellow. Now, II the other man Is not
hugging and keeps both hands free he
can win the fight in short order, because
he will be at liberty to strike while the
other man Is defenseless, because he is
not using his arms as he should. Do
you suppose that a man is going to hug
and keep at 1t when he knows that the
other man has the right to hit him when
his own hands are occupied? Well,
think not, That is why I say that per-
mittiag the men to strike with one hand
free is the surest preventive of all
cIinching and hugging. and that Is one
reason why I think that the Trainer OF
the Queensberry rules intended that the
men should hit with one arm free"
Siler receivd a number of kilograms
from prominent sporting men all over
the country commencing the construc-
tion Of the rules he had made. One of
them. from Billy Madden in New York,
was as follows:
Your construction of the rules is the
same as that of Angel. Stick to It,"
Angel Is the well known referee of
London events and the acknowledged
authority on all ring events.
Corbett's work today consisted Of the
regular run on the roads, the champion
covering about ten miles with Jeffries
as a companion. In the afternoon he
punched the bag and spared with his
trainers.
George Green C'Young Corbett"). who
is to fight Billy Smith, and who, in the
early part Of the week fell into the Car
son river, has met with another acci-
dent and this time one that may hurt
his chances in the ring. In boxing to-
day he struck his trainer. Macarthur. on
the head, spraining his thumb very
badly. 1t is hoped by Green that his
hand will be all right. but 1t will prob
ably put him back in his training.
THE PARSONS PUGS.
DENVER, Col. March 11.-"Parson"
Davies and his two pugilists, Bob Arm
strong and Jimmy Barry. arrived In
Denver today and gave an exhibition
tonight.
From here we go direct to Carson"
said Davies. land after the fight will
go to San Francisco. am going to try
to get a match between Armstrong and
J. J. Jeffries out there. but IL cannot
then am willing to let him go against
any heavyweight in the world. If pos
sible will get a match for Barry out
there, too. but I am not over anxious
to have him go into any very hard fight
for some little time. as he is pretty well
worn out.
II have made proposition to Fall
lon, Of the California Athletic club, that
may seem extraordinary and yet am
willing to back 1t up. I told him that
would match Armstrong against Quee-
nan and Everett and guarantee that my
man will stop both Of his in the same
evening""
HENRY CLAY EVANS
VIII Accept Office % commlsslonsr Of Pen.