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Show lively Gossip Afloat as Aftermath of CorDett-IIylcnd Bout That Was finally Pulled Off at Ogtfen; Hyland's Han-cr Han-cr Also Has Grievance: - ; Btoriesx. of the Hylaod-Corbett fight tare going the rounds of the hotels and " : ! on the street today, that would put a - '.wooden Indian to the blush. These stories are told openly and by . j men high up in the business and social J circles of , the city. And . peculiarly ;: j enough, these little tales of woe are as 'alike as two peas none differs from the j other. These stories may be heard by j frequenting the hotels and other resorts I of sporting men. - , The tellers of the I story are not backward In the telling 1 thereof. ITaiy Didn't Get Money. ' .". II .rja;the eipry In detail: , Jnt, that many holders of tickets to ttie fiasco at the Salt Palace theater, ! although promised their money back. " ; nevi- received a cent. , Scond. that many holders of$3 tickets were told at the theater In Og-den Og-den that the "lower part of the house was sold out." and that they would be obliged to take balcony and gallery seats, which were then sold at $L An hour later there were row after row of empty seats downstairs. Hyland Has Grievance. J Third, (this Is direct from Dick Hyland Hy-land and his manager. Sammy McClln-tic), McClln-tic), In articles drawn up and. signed before th fight, the little scrapper and McCUntic allege. It was stipulated that Chapman and those interested with him In the fistic affair, were to have paid for the board and lodging of Hyland and his manager. Both men state, and state angrily, that this provision was-not was-not carried out," that they were obliged to' pay their own expenses while training train-ing for the bout. Corbett Demanded Money. Fourth, that before Corbett ' would even enter the theater building, he demanded, de-manded, and received. It is claimed, the sum of f 400 as a guarantee. This is In Itself a direct violation of one of the Iron-clad rules of the game. 'Fifth. Donaldson, who was supposed to be the real thing behind the fight, was really the second man. It Is said that he was to receive (50 for simply retereeing the fight,, and that Instead of getting that amount, the real promoters handed him $25 and he had to be satis-, fled with that. And that story told by Donaldson, of his losses caused by the fight. Is laughed at by every man who knows the real facts. " It Is contended that Donaldson was not directly, and financially Interested in the affair, and that he merely was the agent for cleverer clev-erer men. . - , i Men Lose Their Temper. All these things are openly discussed and condemned today, and have been ever sine, the details leaked ou;. - ... otherwise trdatp -tnd ' fl i &rjt id, ' loee their tempers when the fiasco la dlscussfcd-' . - : " . , ' .. ; ' - There are men In this city today, dosens of them,, who have been looking for a chance to make public the manner man-ner In which they were -treated when they went to get their money back for tickets purchased for the fight -which didn't come off at the Salt- Palace. - Many of. these men are men of high standing and good repute.. For obvious reasons tbey do not wish their names made public, but should the occasion arise, they will be willing to come forward. for-ward. Warrant Not Issued. Judge Diehl did not pass on the matter mat-ter of issuing a warrant on the complaint com-plaint sworn out by James Donaldson against the Rev. D. A. Brown, charging charg-ing the latter with perjury, this morning morn-ing as expected. - |