The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11

Quis Of Queensbuty rules are silent on
the subject OF hitting In the break Always
Hnu with ono arm free, but both are al
lowed BY the rules OF the London. prize
rug ana therefore II esAvms TO mo that II
inuiniy " the intention. OF the Quccns-
bury rules that both hitting with one
arm Srn nSc and hitting ON brNk awaya
4 suppose that some dufrer will diner
from me on that. but Il really looks to mo
Us though thu thing Is too plain to admit
OF any o.her CONSTRUCTION than that have
However IL Corbett ard Fltzsim,nons
dcclam they prefer TO fight the otner way
them 10 asrss s 10 som ,s %en' !" ''r
Corhctt took the road this mornsng In
company Wtth Jcifries. ,and cover sd ten
idly DRYING up and Il Is possible. with care,
TO get along on them without sinking IN
the soil ny 20 tho Knees, In the afternoon
has gone through during the last ten days,
Yesterday In his boxing bout Cottctt
n,.,lc it UNPLEASANT for both WOODS. and
SHr c sSn ser un tho law s sns ss na
ter he Knocked ont with a hot punch In
The Kidneys. 10th were at work today
ana none The worse for their hatterng.
storm at Cooks ranch and Martin Julian
dsclared that In his opinion Corbett had
9 Mik WITH S,ier and induced hun TO issue
inc lettor. Fltxstmmors asserted II would
not be right for him to agree on anything
uniil both he and Corbett had entered the
ring; no had always fougM under tho
and that was wha, he wanted TO ,ight
Under this year.
Julian then took tho stand that when a
man is knocked down aud his seconds
lW''W Mter upon the latter man with tho
intention of .rcviy.ng him |, should he
ground for forfeithis the ngh, aud he
SSS o. 10 WAS going to Insist that ih:s
cnfod that he would fight under the Mar
aus OF pueensbury rules, and that II they
dla no, sui, Corhc,t no would fight under
tho rules of the London prize ring.
He has fought oil his battles under the
Hueenshnry rules" said Fltasmmons
and they should be good enough for him
Roth tfizsmmons and Juran declared
thoy did not want any hitting with one
hard tree or or the hreakaway. Both in
sisted that breaks should be cinAn and no
hitting should be allowed until both hands
were free. tftysimmons above all things
insisted that no agreement should be made
before the men entered tho nng This WAS
nil tho uhsunacy with which he IL ca
| papr ana that - saying " good uoal,
,fl,zsimmons did very little work today;
III the morning he Nn 10 town and back.
covering about ten miles, and IN the after
noon Ito boxed with iiGckey and susxcr
ami punched tho hag for a short time
IAN stuart TINS morning appointed Mall
arhl Logan of Chicago referee OF the wei
terMoight aud fenthcrwcight chAinnini-
smp nights botwtm "Mysterloud' Buly
Snith AND George Green q Dung Corpe,D
ana Martin F.Ahnrty and ban Hawkins
respectively, This Was done after Stuart
hai conference with George Sller,
Iitshimmons and Corbett nnyc h,ton In n
hHlr~splitting mood for some time past,
Corbctt heard that 1t was the Intention
OF thn contractors TO cover the rlnw f,por
with canvas. lilo objected to this siren
l'ouHiN, giving ny his reasons that the M.
tersal made a lighters legs weary mn IN
"pri'r tram would be the ,saa,, we're only
smooth boards gnd crushed rosn us>ed Ii
n JUST possible that Fitssiinmons ha,i
rover given The matter thought mu,dl
?" heard what corbett hal TO say. Then
Bob rrmarkcd.
We'll there are two sides 10 this u,ca-
non, Como 10 think of II, | am rather
partial 10 canvas under foot and g,ie "a
III have 10 think the matter over No az
TO be able TO hold my own when tho mat
ter comes up for argument again"
To return 10 IN rules Fitzg,mmnns at
one lime aerud with Referee Eller TINT
hitting Wdth a free arm and hitting IN The
break would he fair for both men and IL
was tacitly understood that tho deiinit,.
agi@omcnt should be rearhcd on the limos
siBp9Ntod two weeks before the urbt
Bob subsequently, altered his VIEWS saving
thrt he DID not gee the force of puttlu,r
Corbett IN Il position to ,yhcarse q pariiru,
llr form of boxing. lie held thn IL would
be time enough to discuss points In ring
etiquette when they toe1 the scratch