The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-12
Dan stuart Forced to Take a Hand in
the Row and Endeavor to SOothe
the Angry Fitzsimmons.
POWWOW TO BE HELD TO-DAY
REPRESENTATIVES, OF Jim" AND
..BOB- TO DISCUSS THE NATTER.
SiIer's Reasons for Interpreting the
RuIes He Did-One OF the
Lanky Pugiiists Jokes.


| to-day II looked if there would be a reg
ular row between the camps of the fight
| ers regarding the Interpretation of the rules
| of the ring made by Mr.. Siler yesterday.
| Dan Stuart, however. took matters in his
| own hands, and in q short time he had
managed to patch up a peace and avoid
| the threatened storm. The main obstacle
| I'm the way of pulling off the fight without
| a squabbIe was Fitzsimmons. who. declared
| that he did not like the reading of the rules
made by Siler. and that he did not propose
to agree on anything until he and Corbett
| were in the ring. Stuart at once ordered
| carriage and drove out to Fitzsimmonss
ranch and had a talk with the lanky
| fighter.
THE only thing for you to do. Fitzsim-
mons.' said Stuart. sis to come to some
| agreement this thing, and the sooner
| you do ii the better it will be for all con-
cerned. What we want, and all that Siler
wants. is for you and Corbett to agree on
something that will suit you both. and
something that will be fair to you both.
Now. l suggest that one of your men and
one of Corbett's men meet me at my office
| tomorrow afternoon and We can talk the
matter over and see If some agreement can
not be reached
! THAT suits me- replied Fitzsimmons.
| Il want nothing but what is fair to BOTH
and II L have a man present when the
agreement is made. that's all / can ask
| Fitz wanted to know how Corbett viewed
| the proposition for conference, and when
| told that it agreeable to the champion.
he again expressed himself: II don't know,
though, Dam" he said, las / will be ready
to enter the ring on the day agreed on
Stuart is pale from his recent illness. but
he turned about three shades paler when
| he heard FitZsimmons declare himself to
this effect. why can't you; what on earth
! is the matter with your Stuart asked anx-
iously
We'll. you See" said Bob. Il have hurt
one of my hands, and / do not think that l
can possibly get into shape to fight on the
18th"
Stuart's face fell several degrees, and
| Bob. seeing his distress, danced around the
room like a schoolboy.
BOB WAS ONLY POOLING.
lone must have fun out in this country
said Bob. Il was only fooling, Dan and
my hands and all the rest of me are in the
best sort of condition. and nobody will find
that out better than one Corbett when l see
him on the 18th of March,
Stuart left the Fitzsmmons camp with
the positive assurance that Fitzsimmons
Will be represented at the conference in
his office tomorrow, and he set the hour at
! O'Clock. The consent of the Corbett peo-
pie was obtained without any trouble.
Fitzsimmons took 1t rather easy to-day.
the principal part of his work being "A ten
mile run on the road this morning. In the
afternoon he spared ten rounds with
| Hickey and Steiner. and wrestled little
with Roeber and wound up his work by
punching the bag. Il am not making any
objections to the rules as . whole" said
other fellows from getting any advantage
over me. / want an even show. and notn-
ing more than that. L know that i can
lick Corbett, and will do ii if they do not
| work any fine schemes on me, and 1 do not
intend that they shall. That Is all there is
James j. Corbett had intended to send a
letter to-day to George Siler, the referee
latter's construction of Marquis of Queens
berry rules, but plan for conference
anything at the present said corbett.
but the conference will settle things. L
understand that Fitzsimmons is kicking on
the rules, just as L said ne would. L don't
want to say anything until L know just
what he objects TO In particular. He may
object TO some things that l consider very
essential and. again, things which he finds
fault with may be trifiing, and in that event
do not wish to oppose any objections, no
matter If they are more favorable to him
than to me. All L care about is to keep
Fitzsimmons from getting any undue adj
vantage i want nothing myself that / am
not willing TO concede TO him and there is
no use OF my telling Siler that / agree to
thing or object to that thing until l know
what Fitzsinsmons is making kick about.
If he makes no complaint of Siler's con-
struction of the rules. 1 will not. But it
| would be bad policy for me, at the present
time. TO agree 10 anything or 10 object to
anytihing , until know where ere the sore spot
that am on things there will be very little
trouble. He is a chronic kicker. however
and. in my opinion, as long as he has
chance TO object TO anything he Is going
TO do it, / think it is a good thing" con-
tinued Corbett. that Siler gave out his
talk for week in advance of the light
than to talk for a week after we get into
the ring.
REFEREE SILER TALKS.
Referee Siler was not in the best of hui
NOR to-day over objections to his construc-
ton of the Marquis of Queensberry rules
that had come from the Fitzsimmons camp.
when L was in Chicago" Siler said. "Fitz-
simmons told me that he had no objection
TO the construction of the rules that 1 have
made. and that being the case / cannot
see how he can very we'll object to them
at the present time. However L did not
rule as | did for the purpose of considering
what F'itzsimmons would like. or what Cor
bett would like. or what anybody else would
like. | ruled exactly as l thought was
I right and L will stick to my ruling. At
the same time i wish il understood that
am not in the least trying 10 dictate 10 the
men. All | want is an agreement OF some
| sort, and, long the men suited.
do not care what that agreement is.
guess that by the time the fight is due both
! men viii reach an agreement without
| trouble"
Sler was troubled all dav 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 hug
| ging and clinching- Now said this per
son, Il want 70 know IL YOU are going 10
decide the fight against man If he hugs
| clinches?
The rules do say replied Siler. that
there shall be no hugging and clinching.
but they say nothing about such actions
| being ground for disqualifying man. They
Stmply say that he must not do H. and
take IL 10 be the intent of the rules that If
does of these things he must
stop IL. III a man was 10 persist in his hug
ging so as to prevent all lighting and after
being warned kept up his hugginG so that
no lighting could take place. | think that
man should lose the fight. but where two
men are lighting and occasional hugs or
clinches take place / think IL the duty of
the referee 10 see that IL Is not carried 10
an unreasonable extent. and that the men
break promptly when called do 10y
the referee. | think, too. that permitting
the mvn TO strike with one hand free is a
: | tolerably sure preventive OF all hugging or
! | chnching in the ring. and that is another
reason why think the MARQUIS OF Queens.