The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-29
FIGHTERS AND FAKIRS
kangaroo Bob Has olven the Heavy
praught Brulssr q Very BAD
pain-Crseden Has
klok Coming Too.

PonTIAxp. Ma. Sept. sA-Jamss J.
Cosbstt. the puellist, was sssn BY On -
sociatsd prsss representative tonight In
his drseslng room ani In answer to .
query on the subject. handed the news.
paper man copy Of o letter mailed to
Bob Fltssimmo,is this evening:
PORTLAND. Maine, seps. q.
Robert Fitssimm0ns,
DRAR SIR have read IN the morning
pspsrs your very aznusiug challenge 10 ms.
You say the Olympic club oiRers o purse.
Well, maybe they 90. but I have never heard
from them - yet. You pue siO.op In the
Oiymplc's hsnds-why don't you put u up In
some newspaper once or some place where
man can sec Il, or is the Olympic club backing
you?
However that's neither here nor there. I
suppose you are afraid u you put the money In
any 0theY place besides the Olympic club some
one else viii cover Il.
Il is not necessary for me to reply 10 your
ohallsngs because you are well aware thas will
not accept. unless you prove yourself = cham
pion ''hcayyweiyht," and not Q middle
weight" ] must acknowledge that - =
middIeweight you have no equal but oil
yoa svse I'D 10 the heavyweght class was 10 do
fsas Rytee Maher and Joe Choyuski. two second
clsss hsavywsights. sinos both Of these men
have besA defeated By Joe Goddard Of Austria
lla, Q second class man.
No ono knows this better than you. Isup-
pose you think the public VIII say you are
vesy brave man 10 chalenge ne and nght ne.
Why shouldn't you do cor Il 10 just like buyias
lottery tickcs 10 win sh0oo for ei. All you have
% lose b q, aoA k b the same case In
Ashtiug ne. II defeated you Of course you
w0u.d say aIis ought 10 beat me. am only o
mlddlswsight," just - when beat sullivan k
was said ''he Was an old man." and Mitchell
''hs was Q light fellow. 'yoa arc too small"
Now, Mr. Fltzsimmons. u you really want 10
fight for the championship Of the world. you
certainly. n you are on tho lsvsl want 70 prove
yoursslf 0 champion heavyweight and not .
middlswslghs An you have 10 do IN the world
to fight NO for the championship h 10 prove 70
the world that you are cspable OF defeating any
heavywslghs outside Of me.
You sag ! promised 70 give you Q match u
you aeeeofet Cheynski OF Creedon. when you
say thas you know you ~. never svss noticed
you and dout intend 70 unless you prove y0u
are ehanploa hsavy weight. Yoa want %
Jump over the heads Of these other psople, and
tako the dying chance with me. yet ! VIII
fool you.
stsvs o'Deaassi, ny present spasyias part
sss. n usisissssd nan, has sio,coo sHss he can
AG16ok ~. He ~ii box you from one round to
nnish. for fua OF for monsy. Now. how can
you expect mo to recognize you whom this
man stands ready with money behind him
70 prove to tho world that he 10 your
superior. II you viii meet Stsvs O'Douneli and
defeat him win accept sn Offer Of t25.ooo from
the olympic club, and ] will give you all the
nsht you waAk II you wan: to light me this 10
th, eply way yeu ever can get me to mako .
match with you. for there is no power
on earth that win mako me nO!ice you
until you have defeated steve O'Donnell and any
further talk from you I viii consider simply
blu6. I put myself on record In black and
white that n yeu dsfsas O'Doansl I will nsht
you for the championship Of the world and oil
u moesy you like This d positively my ulti-
masum. Youfs truly, JAMES J. CoRBErr.
Chsmpien Of the world.