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Show lllEFKIimSAFiliB Positive Evidence that La Blanche Be ceived a Stipulated Sum to ba Knocked Out, . M IT T7AS KNOWN IN BOSTON ' ft Bufore the Fight, and Odds were Given Q by those Inside that Mitchell CT Would Win. .. New YouTC.Feb. 23. The World prints the following from Boston r "The fight H between Mitchell and LaBlanche at the O California Athletic club Friday uight W was one of tho biggest fakes ever per h t petrated on any club. There is positive M evidence that, the Marino took his own, Q knock out according to an agreement with a prominent Colorado sporting W man. February 11th the Marine wrote . to a Colorado man from Kossvillo, Cal., " the following letter: CD 'Bet all you can on Mitchell and Fo b fcjl ruary 20th telegraph me how much money you have on Mitchell. You can trf ' send telegram at Graud hotel, San ' Francisco, thig way: 'I have so much money on light,' and I will understand it." The fact leaked ont in this city, and several persons knew Tuesday that tba match was not to be square and got several bets by giving odds of $100 to 121)0 on Mitchell. Little Rock, Feb. 23. Ed. Whit of Louisville and J. L. McGraw of Little Kock, two well-known sporting men, engaged in a glove contest at the old fair grounds at midnight last night for gate receipts. White won in the fifth round. The gate receipts amounted to fMOOO, |