The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-23
THEY DO NOT AGREE
COrbatt aud Fitz Must Arrive at an
Understanding About Rules.
The POINTS IN DISPUTE
John Donovan. an Authority on
Matters rugIllstic. Gives His
Views on the Coming Fight
-Othor Ring Talk.
Special Dispatch to the standard.

copy of rules. I'm which the points at
dispute are covered. he presented To
each contestant several DAYS before
the battle, To which Fitzsimmons seems
to be- prone Ia object, holding that the
regular Marquis of Queensberry code
should govern, which every boxer Is
supposed to know. The Australian
thinks, therefore. that 1t IL superiluous
To go to any such lengths as Corbett
suggests. yet l believe he Is wrong
about this and that the Two should put
their heads together and agree on cN-
actly what shall be considered fair or
otherwise.
The fine points In dispute are these.
and they have been a source OF con-
siderable trouble among boxers in this
country for several years: First-Shall
II he fair for n contestant To hit his op-
poncnt Immediately after break
away? Second-Shall IL he fair for "A
contestant to fight himself free by
striking from an opponent who wants
To clinch? A personal opinion of mine
Is that both these questions, from u
common sense view, can be answered
only in the Affirmative. nevertheless.
there are plenty of ring deNotecs that
appear tn think otherwise. n dispatch
from New York the other day stated
that such experienced ringsters as Al
Smith and tarson Davies ,nousht Coz
bett was wrong in wanting II under
stood that "A contestant have the option
Ia fight free from a clinch.
AS regards the first question, " a
man cannot hit Immediately after n
break when can heH Where Is the
limit to be drawn? In order to avoid
dispute. there should be limited time.
Ia be measured by watch. in which
combatants could not strike at each
other after they had parted from n
clinch. or-and this Is the simplicity Of
it-they should he allowed To resume
as quick as possible after leaving holds.
The practice of holding both hands up
when the referee cries break as
shown here by Young Griffo and Fitz-
simmons, is pucrile; IL II is agreed to
lift hands. then "A time keeper must say
how long they are To hold them thus.
or one man may bring his down first.
which would be unfair.
Concerning the second question. II
contestants were allowed TO fight off "A
clinching opponent when possible. there
must be less drag work. Grappling or
clinching is the despair of the referee
and a clog To the enjoyment Of the au-
dence, as well as "A hindrance and Il
handicap to the superior boxer. who
does not want 10 he made a party to IA
hugging match. IL Is mostly where
both combatants are bent on clinch-
ing. throttling and squeezing that the
wrestling comes in. where one of them
insists on keeping up his humping.
with blows mostly for the body. the
other is frequently forced to loose his
hold I'm order to save himself punish
ment.
The coming welterweight champion
ship contest Ci5 pounds at ring sideD
between Tom Tracey and Tom Ryan is
not attracting quite the attention II
should. on account of the big fights
talked about for Nevada Tracey and
Ryan will contest 20 rounds before the
Empire club Of Syracuse, N Y. for a
purse Of 81 800 and side bet the 2ith
of the month.
Yank Sullivan. the official referee oi
the Empire Athletic club. whote Colo
mel Hopkins. hacker OF Tracey. last
week that 81 900 worth Of seats had al
ready been disposed of and that the
club owners expected a 5000 house Ia
greet the great welters.
Ryan appears To he the general IA
vorite among the fancy, though at the
weight namcd, IL appears to be any
body's battle.
IT the sun shines ON next St Pat
rick's day. in Carson, New. the date set
for the finish engagement between Fitz-
simmons and cnrbctt. 1t viii probably
he the means of great many people
several milliOns-seeing the stirring
clash at arms. The big strides mad,
recently In rapid -photOgraphing ma
chimes has made this possible and Dan
stuart will, IL the day propitious
wind up panorama Of the occurrcnc,
that viii reproduce IL lifc-size all ovei
the country. II his apparatus IL sue.
cessful in getting a vivid impression. II
ought 10 be worth n quarter of mil
lion dollars or more; nothing, i'm fact
but legislation against showing such a
thing will keep Dan and those inter.
ested with him out OF quiCkly-buil
fortune. Stuart, | suspect, has had
this In mind from the inception of his
remarkable fight against all odds Z,
bring about "A great championship mill
| yet, as becomes wise man, he has
kept IL quiet. He has let people he.
/ lieve about him as they chose and In
| the meantime he has been polishinI
up his cameras. biding his time for al
opening.
The principals Of the fight are said 4,
/ have been let In ON the scheme tn som,
extent and Fitzsimmons has been givef
/ credit for tapping II, though COrbetI
and Brady. II is well known, know al
about il and its big money making pos
siblities. At the time Of signing arti
( cles for the contest corbett was in 9
mind to believe that FitZsimmons wa,
not overly anxious for "A go. and beinl
chary of holding hack any. for fear tn,
] FitZsimmons partisans should pretend
I To think the same of him. he attached
/ his signature without more than men
/ ttoning the fact of the picture privt
/ l-ges. II remained then for FitZsim
I mons. who was last to sign. and in n,
\ particular hurry at that. to hold ou
for a divvy.
In September. 1894. Corbett was pal,
s. 200 10 spar siN short rounds will
Peter Courtney before the E,disor
kinctoscope. the original contrivancl
from which have come the numeroui
family of such things of late. Tn,
kinetOscopic reproduction is yer,
small insignificant affair. but the com
pany that put up the purse has no
been complaining; they are still grind
ing Ii out In several hundred peep
holes throughout the country. at
cents a peep.
Concerning the Corbett- -Courtuei
bout before The kinetos,ope. Fit1 one