El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-13

continually in hot water. Furthermore
it gives the referee an opportunity t.
determine contest on a technical fOu
, which is generally unsatisfactory t.
!, everybody concerned. Neither of you
l am sure, desire to win the contest OF
q technically. and to AVOID any sucl
contingency, through hitting in clinch
es with a ee arm and on breakway
1 will rule:
That you are permitted to hit il
clinches with one arm free and also in
breakways
with this Interpretation Of the
rule announced week before the con.
test, you will both have ample time tt
practice these important points and
will have no cause for complaint should
either of you be caught of your guard.
| "Pivot blows, missing wi b either
hand and whipping back with the ell
bow, meeting the opp nent with or de-
| | berately striking him With the elbow
| or knee are barre and will be cou-
| sidered foul. Should any of the above
blows have any material effect on the
result of the contest l shall use my
Judgment accordingly Should any of
| the seconds of each of the principals
enter the ring during round to render
any assistance to he fighters or pre-
vent them from committing a foul, or
throw wat-r upon them, it shall be con-
sidered FOUL
"Coachirg by the seconds during the
round is Objectionable to every one and
is. liable to create discord and comment
Both Of you have undoubtedly mapped
out your plans of attack and defense
and need no adv ce from your respec-
tive seconds. The litter will there
fore refrain from making any comment
during the ront...t. Trivial fouls NAV
be extraordinarily committed by either
of you, VIII CHI, uuless they may have
direct bearing on the result, will be
overlooked by me at my secretion.
This, | believe, covers all ;mpor-
tsnt poibIs. Both of you are thorough |
ly acquainted with the Marquis of |
Qleeneberry rul g not touched upon b., |
me, and L hope to SEE you both 1--we |
str city up to them.
with fair field, no favors, no
prejudice, l remain your very truly,
GEORGE oILER referee.''
Duplicate copies of Siler's letter
were MADE aud copy was sent to both
Corbe.t and Fltz,lmmo IS.
COrbett SAID: Il do not rare to make
any rep to this To-Day. l will talk
over " tn my trainers and write for
NAL letter to Mr.. S,ler.''
ut gives you what you desired, does
IL not! he was ASKED.
mo, be answered: .'all l want is
!
of Q leens berry rules, such as L have
/ ays frnght under. | carry those
-ul. n my head, aud | am very Likely
10 conform to tbem uncOn -clOusly Will
lighting Wneu d new construction is
put upon them l might forget Il about
I in the heat of the tig ht aud commit h
oul uninteutioLa ly. III L want is d
air shOS and nothing else
1T was reported some time ago that
yOu desired 10 hit with pDa arm free - | |
That is a mistake. l never wanted
but the regular Marquis OF
eueenSUerry rules and never SAID | dio.
Now, FltZ.lmmuns has said that be did
lot want to hit with one arm free, but
everybody knows be wants Just tnas :
'ery thing. Every body Comedies that
fItz,immOns l. a harder hitter than
IN and everybody concedes that 1 am
better at long range fighting and more
cientific. 1t STANDS 10 reason, then,
hat he is the gamer by this thing
GU will see that Fitz5immons will not
gree to this, rs he wants to have the I
appearance of making some cOnces- +
;ons to me. However, am not maxi s
Dg any objections as yet. am gong
o talk 1t over with my trainers and t
will say what l think tomorrow. / am q
lad however, that Mr.. Siler has made ,
t clear that the pivot bio and all that l
ort Of thing Is barred. That is as it r
hould be. We don't want anything of i
hat sort " r
Sller said when giving out his con- d
trucrion of the ruie>: c
Il have made my .csion solely on f
he ground that 1t Is declared in the {
Ia quis OF Qdeensb rry rules that
hen not orde red otherwise the rules
# the London prize ring shall govern. >
Vow, the Marquis of Q ice Ms berry rules n
re silent on the subject of hitting in y
he breakaways and with one arm fire =. e
ut both are ALLOW ed by the rules of :.
he London prize ring, and Therefore n
set m, to me that il plainly is the H. -
ention of the GU =ensberry rules tn 1T G
10Th hitting with one arm free and +
lifting on breakaways should be al i.
owed. :,
Il suppose that some duffer will u
iffer with me on that, but It really h
ooks to me as though the thing is too n
lain to adm of any other construction n
han that ! have put upon it, /
"However, ii Corbett ard Fitzs'm- h
ions declare that they prefer to tisht II
he other way it is all right with me. a
III l want is for them to agree to some +
hing " "
the receipt Of ler's letter raised a
torn at Cooks ranch and Martin
ulian declared that in his opinion
'orbett had talk with S Ter and iu- r
ured him to issue the Litter. Firz- y
lmmOns asserted that it would not a
q right for him to agree to anything r
ntil both r g and Corb TT had entered
he ring. He had always fought under :,
tie Marqus of Que-nsberry rul 3 he Z
eclared, and that was what he want. d
D Fl : hL under tins var.
JUL An then took the stand that when
man j. knocked down and hi, seconds
brow water upo" tle fallen man wi =.
he Intention of reviving h m it should q
~ ground for forte ting the fight, and r
e ASSET d Juat be wa gOi ~ To insist
hat this b. agreed upou. Then F.,z- u
H. N rus declared that he would ti2h :, i
uuer the Marquis of Q Iee-sherry Y
:lles, and that if they do not suit Co..
EFT be would fight under the rules Of
.DndOn pr'z ring
He ha- ugrt all his battles under [
re Quer rs 1erry rui s. said Fit m "
lous ''and they s'touId be good enough -
,r him now :
Both ri zsmmons and J"lian declar- :