Show IS PROBABLY MISTAKEN 1ISTAIiE Referee Kelley Says Mitchell Wants to Fight Jacksonville Jan 22After a long confab with Mitchell today at his training quarters Referee Kelley returned re-turned convinced that Mitchell wants to fight and is not suffering from a sprained ankle Mitchell offered to leave the whole matter of the check to the decision of Kelley just as Corbett had already done Thereupon Kelley made a demand de-mand on the club that the check be converted into cash and the 20000 in money be placed in his hands by tomorroW to-morroW lenoon A pecial meeting of the club was held tonight and It unanimously voted to comply with Kel leys requirement and place the 20000 In his hands by noon tomorrow This i entirely satisfactory to all concerned i Late this afternoon a bill was din d-in the circuit court praying for a injunction I in-junction restraining the sheriff from interfering with the proposed exhibition exhibi-tion and from preventing any person I entering the grounds etc The bill I shows that the agreement for the con ageemet test is in accordance with the city I ordinance passed by virtue of the power pow-er grated by the legislature to regulate regu-late and license amusements and exhibitions ex-hibitions Notice was served upon Sheriff Broward soon after the bill i was fed and a hearing will be had before Judge Call tomorrow Mayor Fletcher declared tonight to II an Associated Press reporter that the city ha passed an ordinance permitting permit-ting such contests and ha accepted I money for the license Under these circumstances he believed it was the duty of the city to protect the club I and the fighters a far as It can There has been considerable talk said the mayor about my swearing In special policemen to protect the fighters fight-ers and seeing they are allowed to 1 have their little affair without molestation i moles-tation I have never done such a I I thing nor will I do it These men and I the club are violating no law of this i municipality and I have no right to interfere with them Neither am I in any way bound to protect them beyond seeing they are allowed to proceed under I un-der the ordinance nassed by the city council This says the chief of police must be at the ring side and satisfy himself the parties have a permit and that the gloves weigh not less than five ounces He will be at ring and if the fight comes off in the arena he will look at the permit and weigh the gloves Then he will allow them to proceed But what about tne militia and the sheriff That is no business of the citys I shall allow the men to go ahead but if the authorities of Duval county or the state step in and stop the fight it is no affair of mine The city council coun-cil of Jacksonville cannot by passing an ordinance render void the common law which I understand Governor Mitchell declares will be violated Whether or not the law is being violated violat-ed is a matter for the courts The city i of Jacksonville has nothing to do with i and does not propose to argue it We will allow the men to proceed but will not protect them if the state or the county stops them We ire no more bound to protect the Duval club simply because it ha a license than we are bound to protect and guarantee success to a saloon keeper or any other branch of business for which a license ha been granted There is a large sized rumor abroad that Mayor Fletcher has agreed to swear in 500 policemen to protect the fighters This he tonight positively denied Two baggage cars a caboose and an engine pulled out of a siding in the yards of the Florida Central Peninsula Penin-sula railroad at 7 oclock tonight Inside In-side of the two cars were packed the circus tent and the portable seats of the Frank Gentry circus In the caboose ca-boose the blinds and sliding shades of which were tightly drawn there were thirtyfive picked men yrme each with a brace of Colts 44s Ever man had been sworn in a a deputy sheriff the oath having been aamm istered by the sheriff of an adjacent county friendly to the promoters of the contest Just where the tent was bound for no one outside of the inner circle of the Duval club knows This move is in consonance with a tip sent out this afternoon I was admitted the club would make a strong effort to brine off the fight in the arena and failing there would b prepared to load the fighters and spectators on a special train for a point at which the men could fight without molestation Which would be in readiness for the mill the day before the date s t It is said the last legal straw will be exhausted ex-hausted to force the sheriff to terms I the armed forces which are to in A vade the city tomorroWand which under un-der the adjutantgeneral are subject to the call of the sheriff can be dislOdged lOdged by the issuance of an injunc te ion the fight will take place in the okkleshell built for that purpose I coklehel buit the injunction does not issue then the men will be taken t a tented arena AdjutantGeneral Houston arrived In Jacksonville this afternoon and made Jacksonvie tis afteron mde arrangements for quartering a company arrngment pany of the Second battalion which will arrive tomorrow I am acting under instructions from Governor Mitchell said the and I will carry them out to the letter car General Houston does not anticipate any trouble in preventing the battle the of the and evidently thinks te sight troops will be sufficient to deter the men from entering the ring Manager Bowden created consterna ton in the club rooms tonight in the presence of a lot of newspaper men by making the startling announcement that the prize fighters were going out on the train t fight and that no news paper was t have more than one rep esentative free of charge and only the most reputable papers of the coun ry He went on to give the reasons try stated the club was out 50000 and he did not propose t have newspapermen newspaper-men aboard displacing patrons who would put up 25 for tickets This unlooked looked for assertion was brought about by the request of the local newspapermen newspaper-men for tickets for the morning and evening newspapers under the same I control Sullivan Thinks They Will FIght Harrisburg Jan 22John L Sullivan Sul-livan appeared at the opera house tonight night At the close of the performance he announced he would leave for Jack onville early In the morning to see the Corbet1Ichel fight The big fellow is confident the men will fight and says Corbett will win He declares he will challenge the winner to fight for the largest purse offered by any reliable club and for the worlds championship To Restrain the Sheriff Jacksonville Fla Jan 22The Du val Athletic club ha asked for an injunction unction restraining Sheriff Broward from interfering The bill has been filed in the state circuit court The Track at New Orleans fair New Orleans Ja 22The track was Fiveeighths Servia won Beverly second Billy Duncan third TIme 10214 i Mile and Seventy yards Mary Sue won Uncle Frank second Verden third Time l40i Six Furlongs Bryan won Miss Nan nie second Pousse Cafe third Time 1154 115Mile and Seventy yards Bijur won Tosie P second Tippecanoe third Time 147 Time17 I Six Furongs Cyrus won Jerome S second Carmen third Time 116 |