The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-12

that Siler gave out his letter when he
did. 1t is better for us to talk for a
week in advance of the fight than to
talk for week after we get into the
ring"
Referee Siler was not in the best
humor today over objections to his
construction Of the Marquis Of Queens
berry rules, that had come from the
F1tzsimmons camp. when 1 was in
Chicago" Siler said, "Fitzsimmons told
me that he had no objection to the
construction Of the rules that I have
made and that being the case, 1 can
not see how he can very well object
to them at the present time. How
ever, did not rule as l did for the pur-
pose of considering what FitZsimmOnS
would like or what Corbett would like,
or what anybody else would like. 1
ruled exactly as I thought was right
and 1 will stick to my ruling. At the
same time 1 wish it understood that
| am not in the least trying to dictate
to the men. All want is an agreement
of some sort and as long as the men
are suited. I do not care what that
agreement is. I guess that by the
time the fight is due both men will
reach an agreement without 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
forbade all hugging and clinching.
Now" said this person, 81 want to
know If you are going to decide the
fight against man if he hugs OF
clinches?"
The rules do say" replied Siler,
that there shall be no hugging or
clinching, but they say nothing about
such actions being ground for disqual1-
flying man. They simply say that
he must not do it and 1 take it to be
intended by the rules that if a man
does one of these things he must stop
it. If man was so persistent in his
hugging as to prevent all fighting, and
after being warned, kept up his hug
ging so shat no fighting could take
place, [ think that man should lose the
fight, but where two men are fighting
and occasional hugs or clincheS take
place, 1 think it the duty of the referee
to see that it is not carried to an I'M
reasonable extent and that the men
break properly when called on to do so
by the referee.
Il think. too. that permitting the men to
strike with one hand free is a tolerably sure
preventative of all hugging clinching in
the ring, and that is another reason why l
think the Marquis of Queensberry rules in
tend that the men shall be permitted to strike
with one hand free. If a man is hugging,
he must use his hands and arms, and while
he is hugging he can do no fighting, for the
reason that his hands are used in hugging
and if he 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 it up when he knows that the
other man has the right to hit him when his
own hands are occupied? Well l think not.
That is why 1 say that permitting the men
to strike with one hand free is the surest
preventative of all clinching and hugging,
and that is one reason why | think the
! Trainer Of the Marquis Of Queensberry rules
intended that man could hit with one arm
free"
Siler received a number of kilograms from
prominent sporting men all over the coun-
try commenting upon the construction of
the rules he had made. One Of them, from
| Bill Madden, in New York. was follows:
| Your construction of the rules is the same
as that Of Bill Angel. Stick to them" Angel
| is the welI-known referee of London, and the
acknowledged authority on all ring events.
Corbett's work today consisted of the reeu-
about ten miles, with Jeffries for compan-
ion: In the afternoon he punched the bag
and SPARED with mis- trainer
FitZSimmOnS decided this n1Ornin y
to change his hours for regular work
and instead Of doing it in the after
noon hereafter will take the hardest
kind of exercise in the morning. He
took the usual run into town this
morning and went through his hard
work Immediately after the return to
F! Cooks ranch COrbett started out for
run at an early hour this morning,
and by noon returned after making u
/ ten-mile trip. He went into the hand
ball court for an hour and then took
! a rub down.
1 The champion looks in excellent
shape, and from present indications
will enter the ring heavier than in
any fight he has ever fought. Talk
of fighting under 40 pounds is non
! sense. The chances are he will tip the
| few pounds To all appearances he is
| heavier than when he began to train,
! although the material in his physical
! makeup has altered very much for
! the better. .....
Fitz will not be more than 10 or II
pounds under Corbett. From now until
the day of the fight it is likely Fitzsim-
mons will take on a few pounds. He Is
| carefully guarding the secret Of his
weight, and will not open his mouth
when the subject is under discussion.
William A Brady stands ready to
lose quite a sum if Corbett goes down,
and it is said will back him still more
before the day Of the fight. None of
| the heavy betting men have arrived,
and betting will not be heavy for some
days.
The town is filing UP rapidly. The
! first special train reached here this
| morning from the East. 1t consisted
| Of five coaches. all full. One or more
! specials are expected every day. from
now until the morning of the 18th.
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