The herald., 1897-03-11


to them.
With fair field, no favors. no preju-
dice, / remain, very truly yours,
GEORGE sILER. Referee.
Duplicate copies of Sllers letter were
| made and copies sent to both Corbett
and Fitzsimmons.
Corbett was writing a letter to his
wife when the communication from Siler
was handed to him, and after he had
finished writing he read the letter from
the referee through with great care. He
then folded it up saying: Il do not care
to make any reply on this today will
talk II over with my trainers tonight
ard will write a formal letter to Mr..
Siler tomorrow
1T gives you what you desired, does 4.
not?' he was asked.
NO" he answered. "All want is that
we fight under the Marquis of Queens
berry rules, such as have always fought
under. l carry those rules in my head
and l am very likely to conform to them
unconsciously while fighting. If new
construction is put upon them may for
get all about 1t in the heat of the fight
and commit foul unintentionally. Ali
1 want is fair show and nothing else. "
1T was reported some time ago that
you desired to hit with one arm free
and in the breakaways."
THAT is mistake. I never wanted
anything but the regular Marquis of
Queensberry rules and never said that
1 did. Now Fitzsimmons has said that
he did not want to hit with one arm
free, but everybody knows that he
wants just that very thing. Every
body comedies that Fitzsimmons is a
harder hitter than 1 am and everybody
comedies that l am better at long range
fighting and more scientific. 1t stands
to reason then thtat he is the gamer
by this thing. You will see that Fitz-
simmons will not agree to this, as he
wants to have the appearance of making
some concessions to me. However, [
am not making any objections as yet.
| am going to talk it over with my
trainers and will say what l think to-
morrow. 1 am glad, however, that Siler
has made it clear that the pivot blow
and all that sort of thing is barred. That
is as it should be; we don't want any
thing of that sort
Siler said when giving out his con-
struction of the rules: II have made
this decision solely on the ground that
1t is declared in the Marquis of Queens
berry rules that when not ordered other
wise the rules of the London prize ring
shall govern. Now, the Marquis of
Queensberry rules are silent on the sub
ject OF hitting in the breakaways and
with one arm free, but both are allowed
by the rules of the London prize ring.
and therefore it seems to me that it
plainly is the intention of the Mar
quis of QueenEberry rules that both
hitting with one arm free and hitting in
the breakaways should be allowed. l
suppose that some will differ from me,
but it really looks to me as though the
thing is too plain to admit of any other
construction than 1 have put upon it.
However, if Corbett and Fitzsimmons
declare that they prefer to fight the
other way it is all right All want is
for them to agree to something"
Corbett took to the roads this morn
ing in company with Jeffries, and COW
cred ten miles at a lively pace. The
roads are rapidly drying up and 1t is
possible with care to get along on them
without sinking into the soil UP to the
knees. In the afternoon he took tn,
same course of work that he has gore
through during the last ten days. Yes
terday in his boxing bouts Corbett made
it unpleasant for both Woods and JET
fries The former he knocked fiat with
a left swing on the jaw and the latter
he knocked out with a hot punA in the
kidneys. Both were at work today, none
the worse for their battering.
The receipt of Silers letter raised a
storm at Cooks ranch, and Martin
Julian and Fitzsimmons talked very
vigorously on the subject. Julian de-
c.ared that in his opinion Corbett had
had a talk with Siler, and had induced
him to issue the letter-a charge which
to the personal knowledge of the As
sociated Press correspondent, is without
the slightest foundation in fact. Fitz-
simmons asserted that it would not be
right for him to agree on anything unit,
both he and Corbett had entered ths
ring He had always fought under the
Marquis of Queensberry rules, he d.
clared, and that was what he wanted to
fight under this time. Julian then took
the stand that when a man was lSnocke ed
down and his seconds threw water upon
the fallen man with the intention of re.
viving him. it should be a ground for
forfeting the fight, and he asserted that
he was going to insist that this be
agreed upon. Then Fitzsimmons de-
cIared that he would fight under the
Oueensberry rules, and that if they did
not suit Corbett he would fight under the
rules Of the London prize ring.
"Hel has fought all his battles under
the Queensberry rules" said Fitzsim
mons, "and they should be good enough
for him now"
Both Fitzsimmons and Julian declar
ed that they did not want any hitting
with one hand free or in the breakaways.
Both insisted that the breaks should be
clean ard no hitting should be allowed
unless both hands were free. Fitzsim
mons, above all things insisted that no
agreement should be made upon the
point until both men had entered the
ring This was his strong point, and he
stuck TO it with all the obstinacy ,of
which he is capable. and that is saying
great deal.
Fitzsimmons did very little work to-
dav In the morning he ran to town.