The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-31
CONTEST OF MAxILLARRIEs
FItz Corbett Symposium Has Got Down to
Business Again.

Business Again,
New York, Dec 29.-W. A. Brady to-
day posted $500 with Al Smith to bind
a match between Cofbeet and Fitzsim-
! mons
Brady tonight sent to the Associated
Press, the following challenge Of Robert
Fizsimmons, champion pugiliSt Of the
| world:
James J. Corbett, dissatisfied with
| the result Of his late contest with you
at Carson City and not believing thai
you are his superior either as a boxer
of a fighter. and being of the opinion
that the ma ajority of the American pub
!ic shares his belief that ne can defeat
you Il ever you are man enough to grant
rim return battle on equal conditions,
has deposited today $500 az first de-
posit to bind match for $40, 900 side,
the persons offering the largest induce
ments to have the management Of the
contest. As you have said today that
your wife has withdrawn her objections
to you again entering the ring, there IS
no reason why the arrangements should
not be speedily contaminated, for you,
in my presence, at Carson City, gave
COroett your word of honor that if you
ever entered the ring again you would
give him cne first chance. 1t is useless
for you TO attempt b deceive the public
end try to boom your private interest
by attempting 70 force Corbtet to meet
some second Or third rate boxer before
he shall be entitled TO your notice He
will not agree to meet Maher, Sharkey
or any one else. He claims the chance
that ne gave you the right to win back
the championship. He clearly proved
himself in your class on March II last
and it was by only the greatest kind of
fuke that You are now entitled chsm-
pi0n and do not ever forget until your
dying day the beating that he gave you
then and if ever he secures the oppor-
tunity 10 again face you in a 24-foot
ring l viii guarantee you that he will
prove conclusively and beyond ques-
ton of doubt whether or not he is in
your class.
tSigned) ''W1M- A. BRADY"
Dan Stuart, who managed the Fitz-
Simmons-Maher and Fitzsimmons- Cor
oett bouts. said today that ne would
leave for the west next week and hoped
anat he would secure the signatures os
Both FftZsimmons and Cor'bett 10 arti-
cleS OF agreement 10 a ring conte which
ne proposes 10 bring off next summer.
probably in the staoe OF Nevada He
SAID that as matters stand now he does
not anticipate any trouble in getting Cor
oecc 10 sign and he is equally hopeful of
gaining the consent OF Fitzsinl-nons 10
meet the big Californian in the ring once
more. Just what the amount of the purse
which he would offer would be Mr.. Stu
arr refused 70 say. Mr.. Stewart would
like 70 have the contest take place not
earlier taan next July end said that he
would like 10 arrange a meeting between
Kid Mccoy and Choynski o. some other
good middleweighI 10 take place in the
same week as the orbett-Fitzsimmons
contest II he can succeed in making
for both contests S:swar,
said he would offer excellent inducen,ent
for The winners OF both these bouts to
meet six months la:er. SO that in the
event of Mccoy and Fftzsimnons win
ming they could settle their differences
as 10 their respective p-owess within the
year 1895. Mr.. Stewart expects 20 be in |
Chicago BY the latter end OF next week |
and said it would be no fault Of MS II the |
big fellows did no; come 20 an agree |
ment
Cincinnati. O., Dec. 2a.-Janes J. Cor
bet. who is spending The holiday week |
here. is tonight writing a challenge 10 !
Corcstt says THAI when |
Fiiz announced his retirement from The |
ring he did not feel al liberty 10 challenge
him. Now that Fi,z has announced that |
ne is still in the ring. he challenge will /
be prepared within 4 day or two