The evening world., 1894-09-29
FITz TALKS FIGHT.
The Middle Weight Champion
Claims 100000 Backing,
Corbett Has Got to Meet Him
Now, He Says.
Received by Sympathizcrs and u
Brass Band in Jersey City.

Bob Fit&s;nrmons the champion mid
die we ght, who defeated pan" Cree
don before the olympic Club in New or
leans on Wednesday night in two
rounds arrived at Jersey city at liz
o'clock this afternoon, on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. He was accompanied
on the train by Warren Lewis, John
Colyer, Mike Doyle, Billy Plimmer,
Martin Bowling, Benny Murphy and
several others.
At the Pennsylvania Depot In Jersey
City a crowd of several hundred was
gathered long before the arrival of the
train, to welcome Fltzsimmons. They
had brought with them brass band
in order that there might be no mis-
take about the cordially Of his welcome.
About. ten minutes before the arrival
OF the train on which Fitzsimmons and
his party were a train arrived at the
depot.
That's the train" said some one in
the crowd on the platform. The band
at once struck up See the Conquering
Hero Comes"
But he did not come.
Fitzsimmons and his party arrived
played Hail to the chief" and under
escort of the band and crowd of sports
! from Newark, the whole party went
the street Ss to TO one Of
the parlors, where he received his news
paper friends. A crowd that blocked the
street gathered in front OF the door, and
detail of policemen was necessary to
keep the street clear for the trolley cars.
"Fitz" said: on Monday ! will de.
York to fight Jim Corbett to finish.
have a contract with the Olympic Club
in New orleans to meet him to a nnish
does not consent to fight me, the Olym-
pic Club will declare me the champion
| of the world.
Creedon, but the New Orleans regula-
lions limit the fights to twenty-five
rounds. l knew / could knock out
Creedon in less than twenty-five rounds.
several New Orleans gentlemen have
offered to back me for sz0'oO against
At this point a man from Newark
broke, in: Bob. l am authorized to
yNsWsrk h sns & win back nE SSa Sa s
900 TO beat Corbett ,s ,
newspaper men.
at this time" replied the, speaker.
"If my. Newark friends mean, bust
ness, and l believe they do, that Is
broke in Fitzsimmons. ION top of that,
$4,000 M5j FOX Is ~''.'"s 10 'I'A INT -,
/ fight Steve O'Donnell before lighting
him, | shall take no notice OF IT.: Let
ODonnell fight such men as Joe Choyn;
ski and Peter Maher. and then l Will
II don't say / can whip Corbett, but
l want to have try. and III whip him
or he will me in very short order. In
! nfo oh tn q m q
got to fight.
Several months before Corbett beat
Sullivan, l tried to get match WIZ
to fight him, Just compare my record
with Corbetts and see whose Is the
best. Whom did he ,, %hhipi except nn PPto, KiI
down prize-fighters?
II stand ready to meet any man II
don't to eSGs Eht P hm oecSase
leve the prejudice is against IT in ,thi'
country. / believe Jackson will bes
Corbett any time they ever meet:
had 'bestei me in three rounds ii
. Australia, there is not a word OF trutl
in it, / boxed once with o'Donnell ii
little friendly setto in n prvsiteb, d fo
There was none of the reporters VIII,
a seemed to question the fact that /
e would be fun for Fitz to box with them
III i ever get Corbett in ring witt
E me and he loses his head as he di,
, with Mitchell, I'll pretty soon find
/, for him.
las to the story telegraphed from 81
Louis to The Evening World'' to-da
that | had fouled in the fight in Ney
Orleans, there is not a word OF truth /
1t. His hacker, Col. John Hopkins. mad
this talk for effect. i heard the sam
story short time before the fight, and
g said to Creedon, We will clinch an
punch each other or fight fair which d
t fair and I did so. He knows there
/, no truth in a claim of foul Why did h
= not make II at the ring-sidc."
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