Show JULIANS TALE was warned that a game was put up on OIL him san francl ico dee 3 martin julian Fitz manager has han mode made it statement cn to the associated press lit in which heri he about am last night I 1 was told by three prominent men that wyatt earp tile man selected to referee the fight wits was crooked and with lilt him lit in the ring fitzsimmons would stand no show these nicil men were ivere riley granstan UrAn Gran iian itan tile tho racetrack race track plunger lose hose gunot san ran Francis cos police commas aloner known lilt all over the world as a square sporting man and tom james formerly of an Austi allan steam or cr D and nd tho mun man who mho brought mons to america these men paid ald they were vere certain that FitzsImmon ti would noc lot ret get it 11 square deat deal they bald the lh change lit in the betting showed that something WM wrong As aa soon as an it became known that narp karp was to be the refe ii Sh atkey money n ney appeared in unlimited eluan tit ca carp barp fOlI follows ONH ilie iho 1 lores aies tor for it living and Is intimate N with ith uan dan laii h yH backer early in the day when wv we met inet to select privet a ie referee lef feree cree lynch would not agree to any tit of the men naho whoso names I 1 mentioned I 1 then lion asked n him to namo name it ii man and lie he declined dec lined saying lie ho prore ired to leave it to the Nal lorl nl tl club the club selected kaip and although I 1 knew nothing about the man mail I 1 lie he must bo 10 all light when I 1 was told that lari earp was utis cro choked ked I 1 tonk fitz Phil philmont mons to the pavilion pa villon at 7 instead of 9 ns as I 1 first Intend intended eti I 1 saw groom and gibbs and told them plainly that would mould not KO go into the ring if earp I arp was to be referee and I 1 told them why I 1 uttered offered to take any other man in town tonn except harp and although there was waa still plenty ot if time to make a 8 selection nothing was done finally when the big fight wits wim called I 1 mado made the lie announcement from the ong charging charR lne thol that harp earl lad been fixed tho the biff crowd waa nn g impatient of oc dolay and hilred and d hooted tile me I 1 saw that it ft would not do to take lake boh bob front from tho the ring if 1 I 1 lad had the crowd would have mobbed us u we finally decided to KO go ahead and do tile the best we could in spite ot of the ref referee erce it was owing to bobs distrust of earp that he fought so fairly and sc 8 cautiously ile he knew that he must take no chances and lie he did not when earp saw baw chilt sharkey was NA as cone lie called the foul font and sharkey pretended to be hurt it vas anas a 0 prearranged scheme NOSE MOSE GUNST in an interview paid he did not have a dollar bet on the fight except 20 that fitzsimmons would A win lit in fit four rou rounds adi 1 I lost that fair enough bald gunst hut but if 1 there was a foul blow struck I 1 did not sw ape it ft and I 1 dont like the decision the statement made that I 1 warned fitzsimmons that narp earp lias as programmed to decide against him Is a mistake A half dozen people reputable men fill all of them warned me that tills waa vas the arrangement and thin thank k iniz that I 1 had been bee n betting heavily 1 in I 1 told old me I 1 to 0 net got my I 1 money n n ney on off r ic ts avi m mons mona and to drop i in n behind sharkey who told them I 1 dont ion t know what first attracted my attention as being curious was the chance that took plate in the alie betting yesterday afternoon ahen hen it began to got get around that harp barp was to be tile llie referee the odds had been 40 to and the first tiling thing we know knew they were 55 5 to I 1 hear that Shir Shar keys end went even higher why ahat t hat I 1 cant answer but it looks queer As I 1 said before I 1 see any foul blow struck and I 1 did see tile the fight RILEY GRANNAN when interviewed said yes I 1 did aid advise fitzsimmons to bo be on his big guard the betting operations assumed such buch proportions yesterday afternoon hat billat I 1 felt convinced something was wrong up to noon the odds had been in favor of fitzsimmons at about the right pi lec 4 I 1 and 6 to 1 iut at when lion after that time nothing was seen but sharkey money which was offered fit at any price and when lien I 1 could fin land absolutely no ono N who ho would I 1 lako ake a bet a on n I 1 it a I 1 in mons at even money I 1 felt suie something must lie ho it w rong ordinal lly I 1 would have hot or biow on that fight but I 1 felt so fin on convinced that things were crooked that ahat 1 I immediately tried to bodge a 1300 be bet L on oil fitzsimmons which was all I 1 had watered wagered w alch I 1 was not in I 1 immediately hunted up fitzsimmons and communicated to him my suspicions I 1 told him I 1 knew nothing definite but ir I thought it n remarkable thing than when on tuesday it was mas impo filble to bet money on sharkey at 4 1 I to in 1 it looked queer to bee at least 3 go BO begging yesterday at odds of oven even money on the sailor 1 I watched the tight from beginning to end cal I 1 cannot bay too much in of Fitz work and I 1 confidently assert that the blow which sharkey claims was a foul was above the belt and fair in every respect |