The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-30
THEY'RE HOT AFTER HTz
Brady Puts Up 50, 500 land Writes
a Letter Full of Red Pepper.
HARD JABS AT FITZ'S HONOR
IF Corbett Can't Have Fftzs Gore He
Won't Fight Anybody Else-Dan
Stuart viii Start Out to
Pull 1t Off

New York Dec. 29.-W. A. Brady will
to-day post s., 500 with AL Smith to bind
a match between Corbett and F'itzsim-
mons.
William a. Brady, manag ger of james.
J. Corbett, tonight sent to the associ-
ated press the following challenge TO
Robert Fitzsimmons, champion pugilisr
of the world.
james J. Corbett. dissatisfied with
the result Of his late contest with you
at Carson City. and not believing that
you are his superior. either as a boxer
or a fighter, and being Of the opinion
that the majority of the American peo-
pie shares his belief that he can defeat
you Il ever you are man enough to
grant him a return battle on equal con-
ditions has deposited to-day $500 as
a first deposit To bind a match for S10,-
900 a side. the persons offering the
largest inducements to have the man.
agement of the contest. As you have
said to-day that your wife has with
drawn her objections to your again
entering the ring, there is no reason
why the arrangement should not be
speedily consummated; for you, in my
presence, at Carson City, gave CorbetC
your word Of honor that if you ever
entered the ring again, you would give
him the first chance. 1t is useless for
you TO attempt to deceive the public
and try to boom your private interests
some second or third-rater before he
shall be entitled to your notice. He
claims the chance that he gave you-the
right to win back the title of cham
pion. He clearly proved himself in
your class on March IL last, and ii was
only by the greatest kind Of fiuke
that you are now titled champion, and
| do not believe that you will ever for
get until your dying day the beating
that he gave you then. and if ever he
tre ~ frz.
you in 24foot ring, l will guarantees
you that he Will prove conclusively and
/ beyond question of doubt whether or
not he is in your class.
wv A. BRADY"
Dan Stuart, who managed the F'itz-
simmons Maher and Corbett- Fitzsim-
mons bouts successfully, said to-day
that he would leave for the West next
week. and hoped that he would secure
the signatures of both F'itzsimmens
| and Corbett to articles of agreement
for ring contest which he proposes to
bring off next summer. probably in
the state of Nevada. He said that as
matters stand now he does not anti
cipate any trouble in getting Corbett
to sign, and he is equally hopeful of
gaining the consent of FitZsimmons TO
meet the big Californian in the ring
just once more. Just what the amount
of the purse which he would offer
would be. MIR. Stuart refused to say.
contest take place not earlier than next
July. and said that he would like to
arrange a meeting between Kid Nc
Coy and Choynski or some other good
middleweight, to take place in the
same week as the Corbett- FitZsimmons
contest. If he can succeed in making
arrangements for both contests Stuart
said he would offer excellent induce
ments for the winner of both these
bouts to meet six months later, so that
in the event of Mccoy and Fitz win
ming they could settle their differences
TO their respective prowess within
the year 1898. Mr.. Stuart expects to
be in Chicago by the latter end of
next week. and said it would be no
fault of his if the big fellows did not
come TO an agreement.
MIR. Stuart expects to be in Chicago
by the latter end of next week, and
said 1t would be no fault of his if the
big fellows did not come 10 an agree
ment.
Cincinnati, Dec. 29.-James j. Cor
bett, who is spending the holiday week
here. is tonight writing challenge to
Fitzsimmons. Corbett says that when
Fitz announced his retirement he did
not feel at liberty to challenge him.
Now that FitZ has announced that he
is still in the ring. the challenge will be
prepared within day or two.