The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-13

rules Honuoh prize ring
te ria ner Els Is no question about that re-
.is.es TO iisht under she Su,.s1s,n, ar
-, 60, II ~ not IN your proyince Or m ny
10 3 5naSe, ihe referSe is the only person
j.. sher replied Julian. ,.b,s No ,.,r,, =,
yu o,s. AZ me rules auy more than i nave
~ WIZ ADMIT that. George?''
OBJ. wy nos repAed sller IL have not
given my Instructions. The raason "-.v Y.
mAs sNhpy TO let everybody concerned
av0ia a anae.y what the rules are and to
w. any ny "fahsitng In the ring.''
iou say, remarked JqiAan ,uhat Won
ireet' W." one arm
. ,Nule IL covers that" replied siler.
linz op M 30 me tne use of rule 2. No wrest-
ana vlinehhs? You don't want either man
10 lose or wan on a roul?" ''
no. repaed Brady.
You dont want" said Julian "ei.har
one OF these men TO punish the other
"neh ne sees he Is wh.pped2"s
p,a are you afnasd OF your man?" replied
lie He will be in the ring Wednesday
OF h.ulseif.' e'N
= suppose" put in stuart ''n the fight
- 10 De strictly under the oueensDerry
,, Only one person catl deciie that" said
'laoS, and that is the referee Stuart
mas nothing to do with It. The two men
aNc asIesd on Il referees and when he
was app@nted Stuarts prov4nce ceased
cofnett, exclaimed Julian has re-
peattd.y said he wanted far night. You
want Il wrestling match. II no wants tno
London prize lDg rules we viii give them
to him."
Sorhett." said Brady. wants to fight
ufiler Nhe rules lad down By the referee"
Alter some further dalk, in which the
same ground was gone over, Julian said
ne Void be satisfied 10 have Stuart and
sier talk the matter over and would
az ae ~ Whatever they agreed TO. lie
asked Brady If that would SUN him.
anything dhe referee says Will suit
me, replied Brady.
isle Siler ana stu9rt retired to an outside
close conference. Finally Stuart entered
at emo end of the hall and said:
We'll. Martin, S.ler does not think ha
can MAKE 1hS any any change in his ruling. and
1T is not right, stuart" said Julian
after pause.
"Wol. 1 don't know. Julian" Stuart re-
joined. 'It is a good thing siler du not
defer this until the day of the fight, as
there would have been great delay
caused"
There certainly would have been" re-
wei don't know what TO do" said
the fight promoter. You and the Corhett
people have agreed upon this man for
Itlcltc ana unless you are prepared TO
20 ahead and turn him down at this late
stage OF the game think that you should
agree TO whatever he says"
There was another long pause. and then
Jul an said.
Well let it go. I give in to this and
we WA l.9nl Corb~t as Siler says but !
don't think 1t IS right"
Good said Stuart, his face clearing as
ne saw q change 81 the fight being pre-
vented by a row fallng away
IL don't know why L should be expect
ed. SID judah after the conference,
that Fltzs.Inmons should always give
away dYeything In an his hghts. /
don't consider Ser's rulings according 20
the Marquis of Queensberry rules and
think. as / told Brady, that If the rules
We're good enough to enable Corbett to
win the championship they ough, to be
good enough for hlfn 80 defend It under.
We want nothing but what Is fair to both
men. tftasimmons may not he as good
as Corbett at Just that particular thing,
but | guess he IA enough better in other
ways to more than offset the advantage
Corbett will have IN this respect. Fltz-
simmons VIII win, sure enough, no matter
what the style of lighting ,s.'
The red-ha!red fighter did not appear to
he overplcasei with the result of the con
ference. but he did not lose any of the
confidence that has character him
ever since he began training for the fight.
Il have always fought under the rules
M. O1a n mo Wi
Wv - - ~ ,a,
one arm ireo ana w.th All Inc pre"h-
aWays clean" said Fit2simmons, and
TINS IS rather new thing Tor me, Cor
bert has won all of his fights under the
rules as | want them. and | don't see
why he shonld make a holler for some
Thing different ths time. However. !
have always given on everything to every
body and ] am willing to give in on this.
! want The tight 10 he on, the square and
know VIII WIN u. WIN be the winner OF
am alive today. Corhet cnn not Hex me
ana ne WI never see tie NY Wheh ne
der Nlsrauis OF Ouc-nsIerry rules or any
other rules"
o, ,.,;-, .,. A. .r
,a,,,ar - I1i,r with s.orr
"That is all they have been playing for
n, alooc, - .,id f-orbett at 80 every way
e',...,,-,,o ~ ,,t,usi,,,r,one a., b-,
with one ann free. II is conceded on an
sldes ,hat ne u CAREER ht ~. ~ a.,an ~, NJ
an NJ" Nov on the otler hand i am boiler
Than FStgsimmons in long range iiglp.nS
and am more scieh'anc, ! conslie tl,a y
t siIre 10 III, r,la,; as hs has am wiling
agree 10 ANYTHING the referee says.
dnn,f coneaIer FitsSimnlons as giving UP
on1..,ir,- an ALI when ha agrees 20 lgM