Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-13 | Page 7 | Looks like Match Will be Called Off

Looks Like match Will tfctallcd Off Fitzsimmons Gets Hot Over Failure of Club to Come in With Money. There Is great pertuibatlcn among the rank ond fide of tho boxing fraternity over the action of Robert Kltr.slmmons yesterday after-dOOn after-dOOn lr. reC,rd to tho proposed glSVs contest with Mike Befareek scheduled to taki place at tho salt Palace saucer irr.ck on tho evening of July 3. Trcublo Over Forfeit Money. Y'-'" lhe match was arranged In Chicago tacn of tho principals put up SIOOO forfeit money and expoctl the management of the A thenaeum Athletic club of this city to . , t this amount aa an lAldcnco of good faith, in fact, so thu boxers claim, thoy were given to understand that this was done, 10 thoy cume on hero an 1 starl-l training. Y rterday Flt2 dlscow.vl that ti e club had MflSd to como In with th.. coin, nnd the b'g fellow Just went straight up ' and bellowod liko a bull ovr what ho called a "blo mln' hcutrago ' This ebullition of Fitz s recurred St tho sporting headquarters on South Main Hre-t in front of a room full of spectators and. on th? story gocu what Fitz ,ald no thought of tho club, It.s manager, manner of doing business, etc . would be unlit for publication pub-lication In tho Ladles' Homo C'omrMnlon.- Schreck and Fitz Have Words. 8oh reck it is alleged, took exception to om or ituby Robert s statements nnd threw in a few- eumiic remarks, which wero resented, and for a few monunts It looked as If th two boxers might give in exhibition not lawn rn tho card, but wiser cut, sol prevailed and the nfTalr blew over That Is all but tho money end nf it. Fitz, nfter declaring hlm-seir, hlm-seir, gave Manager Bean until 6 o'clock lo come In with tho money and fulfill his part of the agreement, and a.i llean. It Is al.i;-. railed to como to time, according to the done. Fitz hotfooted It for the Lagoon troln, giving 'ut bis intention of packing up hi belongings ar:.l hlkln.r bark to ,J. tr ,,, l V. v Y'.rk t.jwn Money Not Yet Up. Then there was trouble. Back and forth raced emissaries In a wild endeavor to corral enough cola to uioJt good Iho J.,v, f r tho club, but nt last reports nothing definite ha I U--n arrived at. Fits camo back from Lagoon La-goon last night and put up at tho Ksnyon Ho li still firm In his decision to throw up tho mnuh. and said that he would havo for tho East today So there you are