Show COEBETTS SCALP Billy Madden is After It with Peter Maher He Says tho Californian la a Pantomlma Boxer He Will Hatch the Irishman Against any Mania the World Special to THEHEBALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK Dec 10BIlly Madden who Is manager of Peter Maher the Irish heavyweight pugilistic champion ia after the scalp of Jim Corbett Ccrbett is a clever follow said Madden tonight but HE 18 A PANTOMIME BOXSR Ho made a fine newspaper talk this morning morn-ing and I havo sent my reply Now let ua hear from him In Maddens letter he mentions the fact hat Corbett has said he is anxious to make a match with Maher that each man has 51000 forfeit on deposit and that Corbott has said that if the balance of the stake of 55000 is not put down at once ho will claim the forfeit Then Madden continues Let us see what are facts of the case Mr Cor butt has for months been shouting that ha wanted to fight Charley Mitchell Ho posted money to make such a match and ho boldly proclaimed that it was Mitchell or nobody At that time tbero WBS little Ilk ihood of Mitchell coming here and ao I OFFERED TO PUT MAHER AGAINST COBBETT The latter decided that ho would make such a match after December 15 if Mitchell either did not como here or re fused to fight Now however that Mitchell is on the ocean he shows great haste to get Maher to fight For a man who wanted Mitchells scalp before taking any other this action of Cor bott is strange indeed But I will let that pass 1 am really anxious to have Peter Maher meet Mitchell and Corbett also but I deferred to Corbett and agreed to the date he named so as to give him a chance at Mitchell As however HE HAS APPARENTLY CHANGED HIS MIND I will agree to go on with our match at the proper timo Now I do not want to have matters so arranged that when Mitchell arrives he can rub his bands with glee and say Oh ah I will fight the winner I dont want a match made that will prevent a match with Mitchell for either Corbett Maher The main object of both Corbett and myself in posting the money was TO GET MITCHELL IK THE KING If Corbett and Maher are matched Mitchell will escape If even after such a match was made Mitchell agreed to meet Corbett or Mailer no club would give a purse for Corbett and Maher and the latter would bo abut out So far as Corbetta claiming the forfeit I will say that I never paid a forfeit for-feit and never failed to go through with a match and I am not going to begin now I will make the match with Mr Coy bett and make tao second and final deposits on the dates named in the articles of agreement inclosed I am sure ho will agree that they are perfectly per-fectly fair Moreover I will make this proposition to Corbott I will give him 50 per cent of the nat proceeds of my entertainment enter-tainment at Madison Square gardens December De-cember 17 if he will box Maher and prove he outclasses the Irish champion He has nothing to do next Thursday night and he can easily got there If ho does not PETER MAHER WILL MEET ART MAS IN TH3 WORLD I have signed the articles of agreement and all that Corbett needs to do is to affix hia signature |