Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-10-05

Tue newspaper man copy of letter
mailed to Bob t'itzsimmons this
evening":
James Makes = Big Talk.
PORTLAND. Me-. Sept. 2s.-Robert
Fitzsimmons-Dear Sir: have read
IN the morning papers your very anus
Ing challenge to me. You saw the
Olympic Club offers purse. Well,
maybe they do, but I have never
heard from them as yet. You put
$io.oOO in the Olympic Clubs hands.
why don't YOU put 1t up in some
newspaper office or some place where
nah can see 1t, or is the Oily IN pic
Club backing you? However, that's
neither here nor there. ] suppose Won
are afraid If you put the money up in
any other place besides the Olympic
CLUB someone else might cover it, 1t
Is not necessary for me to give u reply
to your challenge, because you are we'll
aware that l will not accept 1t, I'M less
you prove yourself "a champion heavy
weight and not q midd lie weight. /
must acknowledge that as middle.
weight you have no equal, but all YOU
ever did In the heavyweight class was
to defeat Peter Maher and Joe Choyn.
ski, two second-class heavyweiphts.
and since the both of these men have
been defeated by Joe Goddard
of Australia, second-class man.
No one knows this better than you. /
suppose you think the public will say
you are very brave man to challe q e
me and fight me. Why should not
you do so. 1t Is just like buying q lot.
terry ticket 10 win $1,000 for 81. All
you have to lose Is 81, and it Is the
same case in fighting me. If 1 de-
leated you, of course, you would say.
He ought TO beat me, l am only a
middleweight,' just as when L beat
Sullivan, IL was said he was All old
man, and Mitchell, he was q light
fellow. he was too SMALL Now, Mr..
fiizsimmons, if you really want to
fight for the championship of the
world, you certeinly, II you are on the
level, want to prove yourself champ
ion heavyweight and not middle
weight. All you have to do In the
world to fight me for the cham plon-
ship Is to prove to the " oriu that you
are capable of defeating any heavy.
weight outside of me.
Robert, You're q Liar.
You say | promised to give YOU q
match If you defeated Choynski or
Creedon. When you say that, YOU
know you lie. I never even noticed
you and do not intend to unless you
prove that you are a CHI ampion heavy
weight. You want to jump over the
heads OF oil these other people and take
the dying chance with me, yet will
fool you.
NIsrsf III y
"Steve O'Donneil. my present spar.
ring partner, an indicated man, has
$40, 900 that he can defeat you. He
Will box v on from one round to a fin
ish. for fun or for money. Now, how
can you expect me TO recognize you
when this man stands ready with the
money behind him to prove to the
world that he is your superior. If you
will meet Sieve O'Donneil aud defeat
him l will accept an offer of SIS. 900
from the Olympic Club and i
will give you all the fight you
want. If you want to fight
me this is the only way you can ever
get me to make n match with you, for
there Is no power on earth that Will
make me notice you until you have
defeated Steve ODonnell, and any
further talk from you / will consider
, IMPLY bluff.
II put myself in record in black and
white that If you defeat O'Donuen |
Will tight you for the championship of
The world and all the money you like.
This Is positively my ultimatum.
Yours truly, JAMES J. CoRBETT,
champion of the World"