Show A Card To the Public Saturday nights performance was a fizzle I know and so am 1 Now what was a man to do without a dollar to do anything on Slattery meant business until Friday night Mr Frank Hayes sent for me and said if he Slattery would not make a draw of this fight he would stop Lange from appearing and he would have to walk out of this city and cty he Hayes would see to it that he would get no fight This is the man Hayes who caused us to come here claiming Slades reputation would insure us all some money and when he Slat tery told Hayes that he would show the public a square fight for their money he made answer What need you care for the public you can leave right away for Denver and we could be there before the McDonald and Clow fight would come off This same man Hayes has no con science He caused me to come out West the first time when I had to beat and beg my way through He even left me without a nickel in Park City lef this city he made a fight with Fitzgerald the pugilist and Clow pngist He sent for me to second Clow as he exiw < ff > f trnnhlp with Fitzgerald the saloon keeper I now own up that I helped Hayes to steal Fitzs thunder and I believe some one fixed the Tribune to throw the blame on Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald because they did not get the money which was refunded to buyers of tickets tckets The only square sporting man in the city who has helped us all and Hayes him self proposed him as referee on Saturday night so as he could get him in more troii I ble as he Hayes has been promised a sporting house in Salt Lake from the Salt Lake Brewery man Norris or some such a name and I think i Fitzgerald was out of his way he could do better beter and all the fuss that I and Brown made was understood between us and it was I who caused Gus to act so The public ought not to blame me and Slattery so much I was this Lange who threw I I he match dictated to by Hayes and the money we got was 100 between us I Kelly Lange Hayes Ryan and per haps the referee and timekeeper and two other Walker Opera House men I have never made a fizzle in all my life al but I swear this le coming one will be one I Respectfully ED SMITH SMIH Who will fight any man I offered to I fight McDonald but he refused September 14 188 |