The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21
MCCOY CURBETr TALK,
SAID NOW THAT ROXY. IND, MAY
GET THE FIGHT.
stuart, COnsidinc and Condor Are in
thut Dcni-Thc Usual Bluffs
from the Men.

! LaIorte, Ind, September 20 The town OF
Rory which in past years was the scene of
many pugilis,c battles, may be made an
sienu for the pulling off OF the fight between
Coifott and Mccoy Private advCcs from
RoL. give the details Of the proposed meeting.
Architects have been NJ work Tor several days
on plans for the conversion Of tn betting
ring at Roby Into fighting arena with
seltnk capacity OF 10000 Tho details of the
NEE ting OF the glhdiators Is in ,ae hands OF
Stuart Considlne and John Condor OF race
,rcck fame, and . second meeting brld NJ
| Mo uni Clemens. Mich, resulted In NOby being
selected as the battle-ground OF the two heavy
weights
/; Is the evident purpose to keep both Me
Coy and Corbett In training without revealing
the exact location OF the fight and the adviccs
revealing the arrangements In progress Of
col summation have caused great sensation
| In SPORTING circles.
| Chicago. September 2o.-Dan a. Stuart said
tonight that the story from the Ens, 70 the
efftct that he was. In company with others.
making AN effort to bring the Corbett- Mccoy
| fight off at itoby. Ind. is utterly without
| foundation.
| rhe Hawthorne Athletic club says II tn,
| fight takes place It must bo under It's man
Augment. w. II. Gray. representative Of thA
Buffalo club says that Mccoy and Corbett nre
under contract and they must fight wherever
the Hawthorne officials designate between
now nnd October Is, and that they hope 10
make a deal with the Carson CITY folks h.
fore their time limit expires
We viii entertain any proposition after De-
tot CT 10, said MIR. Gray Mccoy will be
reeGy 10 enter the ring on that date no mat
ter where tho contest ig scheduled to take
place. and II the mill does not como of' u
won't be our fault Dan Stuart who tcIr
graphed Corbctt and Mccoy that he would pull
Of tho contest II the Hawthorne Abilene ciua
Withdrew. says that ne VIII guarantee to hold
the contest without interference. but would
like to have sixty days 10 get matters IN shape
| II tho men agree to fight In November,
say Corbett yesterday. lie told me that ne
would fight at Carson or any place else rather
thna have the fight declared off
| Mccoy and his wife arrived al Saratoga Sat
urday They were me, by the Kids manager.
Mr. Gray. Mccoy Is In fine shape, and looks
fit to fight al short notice.
| II have not given much attention to the op.
position 10 our proposed fight" said Mccoy.
"hu, have kept rgh, on training. | have left
! all details to Mr. Gray. do not believe that
J the fight will take place In Erie county, They.
OF course will not Interfere with our fight II
1 the Hawthorne people desire to hold II else
where. I win fight Corbett wherever the CLUB
says. provided they give mo AT least ten
days notice OF the battle-ground.
I Personally, favor Dan Stuart. but Will
wait until my maDager returns from Buffalo
! do not want the public TO presume that I
have stopped training. I still keep up my
schedule. and Will do so until October Is"
corbeit WINS at Saratoga Saturday and had
a talk with his manager. Considne. when
Considine was Informed that Mccoy would
| fight any place the club desired he said that
suited him. and that Corbett would do the
same