The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
ARTICLES HAVE BEEN SIGNED.
JErFRiEs AND sHARKny ARE TO
MEET OCTOBER ~.
Charley Mitchell Also Asked for a
Licking, Which VIII he Given
Him In London.

New YORK. June ls.--Wllliam A Brady and
Tom o'Rourke. representing jim Jefries and
Tom sharkev. respectively. met today and
sigred articles OF agreement for fght be-
tween their men to take phase on October 3,
1895. The fighters agree to engage in con-
test OF twenty rounds FOR the champion
shit os the world. che contest to be soverned
by the MARQUIS OF oueeDbury rules. and then
men nermitted to fight VITA one hand free.
each protecting himself IN the breaRaway
George siler was agreed upon as referee.
anG tho winner shall take the entire PURGE.
The agreement provides that II either man
shall sufIer defeat between row and the
time OF acceptance of tho purse. the match
win be declared OF,
The contest will take place before the club
oncring the highest bid
New York. June 10 Champion James J.
Jeffries has received a challenge from Charley
Mitchell The Enalsh pusilist sent cable
TO Tom Childers u the Hoffman House aa-
thorizine him to arrange match with JEFF
fries to take place in London this summer,
! Jofgries said last nigh. that he would ac-
cept the challenge and would feht Mitchell
two weeks after his arrival IN England. He
1 is willing 10 fight Mitchell ten rounds or to a
finish before the club onering the largest
nurse.
The only condition that Jefrics said ne
would make in tho articles is that an Ameri-
can shall act as the referee.
! Chllders says the National Sporting Climb or
London will make bid for the light The
CHAMPION expects 90 sail for England July ~,
Champion Jeffrics paid visit TO Boston
yesterday and was received by big and en-
thusiastic crowd at the station and as his
carriage passed through the streets. After
making a call at police headquarters he yis-
tied the neNsnaper Offices
TITS an right to be champion" he said
but breaking your way through crowds Is
a hard and firing game. My ambition Is
now to meet evorv one that wants 20 box
me before / start ON theatrical tour. OF
course. know that there Is lot OF money
in Il for me now but / do not like to have
any one naEGinG az NV heels Tor match
want to stop them from talking before they
begin Then il still hold my position, tho
people will have moro regard for me, which
means bigger financial gam.
'Sharkey will IN all probability, be my
next opponent | am aware that he IS Del
ter man today than when met him at Sau
Francisco, but / have improved ana am
lust concaited enough 20 thlnk that l VIII
have an easier time defeating him now than
when we met before,
II meet Tom o'Rourke at New York tomor,
row" said Brady. and ] propose to hold
out for an eiehteen-foot ring, and that VIII
give Sharkey less room TO run around, he
did In the contest at Frisco"
oh, he can run all he wants this time, -
said Jeffries I'm get 10 him all right. Fitz-
simmons can defeat him II any one has an
idea that Fit1simmons is has-bcen he wants
to dispel his mind OF It right on. ] saw him
hght at Carson and the battle he gave me
at Coney Island convinced me that there was
no going back to him. Some people thought
was afraid Of him. but OF no stage OF the
. contest did | fear him in the least. ! had
studied Fitz's STYLE carefully and was Uat-
ished that my plans would carry me through
all right. and the result showed that was
correct. Al no time IN the aflair was dazed
or ratified. Fitz hit ms some hard raps and
, when they did not have the effect he expect.
. ed he rot a bit discouraged himself
: Another thing that ratified him somewhat
was his unsuccessful attempt to feint me to
lead my right ! was on to that move al
tho start. so kept my right back till | got
some people think / should have zone IL
and finished him when scored that knock
Q down in the second round. l thought IL best
. 20 be cautious
II never heard of Morrissey till he came
to this country. Maher will make him show
Is he Is really tho great boxer some New
y York sports are saying he is | do not he
iieve Corheu has any intentions Of going
into the ring"
How about giving Fltspimmons another
CHANGER"
He will have to wait awhile" replied
Joffres. III he defeated me / do not thnt
l would get another chance. start on m,
Western tour in a few DAYS. and expect to
reach my home early next month. / au
anxious TO see my folks, as 1t Ia over sis
months since l saw them, We are TO visit
Paris and England.
III / am matched with sharkoy I'll star
training the latter part of September. / dc
not want TO train earlier for / hud one eX
: pcrionce training in hot weather In the East
The contest II arranged, viii take place II
October at one OF the New York clubs ant
George Sier win be referee. -