The record-union., 1897-03-13
The FIGHT COMES NEAR
BEING DECLARED OFF.
Continued from First Page.)


and We Will fight as Corbett and Siler
SAYS, but I do not think that it is
right"
Good said Stuart his face clearing,
as he saw the last chance of the fight
being prevented by row fading away.
Julian advanced to the center of the
room and announced his decision as
follows: L don't know why it should
be expected" said Julian, after the
conference. that Eitzsimmons should
always give away everything in all of
his fights, but it seems to be that way.
l don't consider Siler's ruling as being
according to the Marquis of Queens
berry rules, and [ think as l told
Brady, that the rules that We're good
enough to enable Corbett to win the
championship ought to be good enough
for him to defend them under. We
want nothing but what is fair to both
men and although, as | said in the
meeting, FitzsimmOns is not good at
that style of fighting. and we know
that Corbett is good at it, we are will
ing 10 give Corbett all of that chance,
and then we Will have him licked just
the same. Fitzsimmons may not be as
good as Corbett at just that particular
thing, but l guess he is enough better
in other ways to more than offset the
advantage Corbett viii have in this re-
spect. Fitzsmmons will win sure
enough, no matter what the style of
fighting isl
The red-haired fighter himself did not
appear to be oyerpleased with the result
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any of the confidence that has charac-
terised him ever since he began train
ing for the fight.
L have always fought under the
rules as meaning that the men shall
not hit with one arm free and with all
of the breakways Clean" said Fitzsim-
mons and this is rather new thing
for me. Corbett has won all of his
fights under the rules as | want them
and l do not see why he should make a
holler for something different this time.
However, [ have always given in on
everything to everybody, and I am will
ing to give in on this. | want the fight
to be on the square, and / know that
viii win it, | will be the winner of that
fight on the 18th of March just as sure
as I am alive to-day. Corbett cannot
lick me, and he never will see the day
he can, no matter whether he fights
under Marquis of Queensberry rules or
any other rules"
Corbett was inclined to view the sur
render of Julian with scorn.
That is what they have been praying
for all along" said Corbett. TT is in
every way to the advantage of Fitz-
simmons to hit with one arm free 1t is
conceded n all sides that he is a hard
er hitter than l am, and that he is
better on the jab than l am. On the
other hand. I am better than Fitz-
simmons on long range fighting, and
am more scientific. / consider it very
much more to his advantage than to
mine that Siler has ruled as he has.
was willing to-day, and l always have
been willing, to agree to anything the
referee said. | do not consider that
Fitzsimmons is giving up anything at
all when he agrees to fight as Siler says
he should. I'll bet that he is laughing
in his sleeve right now at the credit he
will get with people who do not know
him for agreeing to something that he
wants more than anything else.
4 am glad of one thing" continued
Corbett This removes the last OBJ
stacle to cur fighting, unless Fitzsim-
mons loses his nerve. The fight is now
a certainty, and when l get that fellow
in the ring l am going to make him re-
pent all the hard things he has been
saying about me for all these years.
Dan Stuart received a letter to-day
which amused him. 1t was evidently
from a crank, at least that is what
Stuart considered him. The letter was
dated Pasadena, Cal. The writer stated
that he was in San Francisco about two
weeks ago. and while in a resort of
bad" men overheard two of them talk
ing about a plan to raid the box office
at Carson. So he wanted to warn Stuart
in order that he might be on the look
out"
Stuart laughingly referred to the let
ter while talking with Sheriff Kinney
this afternoon, and said short work
would be made Of any men who at
tempted TO raid his office
Yes" said the Sheriff, II would like
Ia see them get out of Carson"
The town is in a short valley. sur
rounded by mountains. and with Dep
uty Sherffs at each end of the main
street, the only method of escape would
be over tho snow-covered peaks, a road
which even an escaping criminal would
hardly venture to take. in view of the
risk of death by cold or starvation.
An extraordinary find of French and
English armor, dating from the time of
the crusades, has just been made at
Constantinople