The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-13

'Well, Martin, Siler does not think
he can make any change in his ruling
and there the thing stands"
1t is not right, Stuart" said Ju-
Ian. after pause,
well, do not know, Julian" Stuart
rejoined. IF you had deferred this
thing to the day of the fight and Siler
| had there declared himself as he has
done, there would have been an ar
gument in the ring.
There certainly would have BEEN"
replied Julian.
We'll, l do not know what to do"
said the fight promoter. you and the
Corbett people have agreed upon this
man Tor referee, and, unless you are
prepared to go ahead and turn him
down at this last stage Of the game, I
think that you should agree to what
ever he says"
There was another long pause and
then Julian said: 'WeI, let it go.
| give in to the thing and we will fight
Corbett as Siler says, but 1 do not
| think it is right"
Good" said Stuart, his face clearing
as he saw the last chance of the fight
being prevented by row falling away
L don't know why it should be ex-
| pected, said Julian, after the con-
ference, that Fitzsimmons should al
ways give way everything in all his
! lights. l don't consider Siler's ruling
as according to the Marquis of Queens
berry rules and I think, as 1 told
| Brady, that the rules that were good
| enough to enable Corbett to win the
championship ought to be good enough
! for him to defend it We want moth
! ing but what is fair to both men. and.
although, as / said in the meeting. he
Is not good at that style Of fighting,
and we know that Corbett is good
at 1t, we are willing to give Corbett
all or that chance and then we will
/ have him licked just the same. Fitz-
| simmons may not be as good as Cor
bett at just that particular thing, but
L guess he is enough better in other
| ways to more than offset the adVan-
tage Corbett will have in this respect.
Fftzsimmons will win sure enough, no
matter what the style Of fighting is"
The red-haired fighter himself did not
appear to be oVerpleased with the re-
suit of the conference, but he did not
lose any of the confidence that has
characterized him ever since he began
training for the fight
i have always fought under the
rules as meaning the men shall not
hit with one arm free and with all the
break-aways clean," said F'itzsimmons.
and this is rather a new thing for
me. Corbett has won all Of his fights
| under the rules as 1 want them, and
L do not see why he should make a
hoIler for something different this
! time. However, l have always given
In on everything to everybody, and I
am willing to give in ON this. I want
/ the fight to be Oh the square, and I
/ know l Will win it. / will be the win
ner Of that fight on the 18th of March
just as sure as l am alive today Cor
bett cannot lick me, and he will never
see the day he can, no matter whether
he fights under Marquis of Queens
| Of oil
Corbett was inclined to view the sur
render of Julian with scorn. That
! is what they have been praying for all
along" said Corbett. cit is in every
| way to the advantage of Fitzsimmons
| to hit with one arm free. 1t is conced-
! ed on all sides that he is a harder hit
ter than l am, and that he is better on
the jab than l am. Now, on the other
| hand, / am better than Fitzsimmons
in long range fighting, and 1 am more
scientific. l consider it very much
more to his advantage than to mine
that Siler has ruled as he has. I was
willing today, and have been willing to
agree to anything the referee says. 1
do not consider Fitzsimmons is giving
up anything at all, when he agrees to
fight, as Siler says he should. I'll bet
he is laughing in his sleeve right now
at the credit he will get with people
who do not know him, for agreeing to
thing else. am glad of one thing.
This removes the last obstacle to our
fighting, unless FitZsimmons loses his
nerve. The fight is nova certainty,
and when get that felloWIin the ring,
[ am going to make him repent all the
hard things he has been saying about
me for all these years. ~nH~
The gloves for the contest will be
brought to Stuart's office tomorrow by
both Brady and Julian, and after being
| inspected by the referee will be locked
in the safe in Stuart's office until the
day of the fight. The arrangements
were agreed on at the conference to-
day by Julian and Brady, the former
making the proposition and Brady
agreeing promptly.
CoFbett did not vary the routine of
his training today, but there was moth
ing in the least resembling monotony
in the exercise for the men who were
aiding him in his work. He began the
day with a ten-mile trot over the fast
drying road. He entered on the aft
ernoon work at the wrist machine,
following 1t up with bag punching and
hand ball. He played five games of
hand ball With Joe Corbett and his
partner, the pair being matched against
pair of professionals who had some
what the better of the argument
Without a moments rest after the
game Jim donned a sweater and took
on McVey for the wrestling bout Then
big Jeffries was sent into the arena,
and the California giant had a decidedly
unpleasant three-minute experience
with the swift gloves Of the champion.
Woods followed, the champion taxing
the strength Of the pneumatic headgear
to the utmost. Joe Corbett and McVey
were then again taken on. After a
good rundown, Corbett was seen to
be in excellent condition and spirits,
and called from Trainer White a re-
iteration of the opinion that his man
could not possibly be in better shape
for the contest on March II.
Fitz started in this morning taking
an eight-nile run, and upon his return
to the ranch boxed with Stelzner and
Hickey. A rundown finished all the
work for the morning. Fitzsimmons
was full Of interest regarding the con-
ference on rules which is scheduled
for a late hour this afternoon. He
| again declared he did not war,t any
hitting with one arm free and said
that, Notwithstanding all that had been
said. he did not consider such ruling
at all favorable to his style of fight
ing. All he wants Is anything fair to
both parties.
The tramps commenced coming West
week or 50 ago. AT every station
west Of Ogden there are from three to
dozen. So far the trainmen have
been able to prevent most of them from
stealing rides, but a few have reached
here. A large crowd was at the depot
at the arrival Of the morning train ex-
pecting to see John L. Sullivan He
did not come. and it is said he will
not be here until Monday or Tuesday.
Aside from the pugilists, their train
ers and attendants and a score of news