Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-10-06
WILL FIGHT ANYONE
Corbett Guarantees 10 Whip Any
Asprant for the Championship.
BRING ON YOUR BRUlSERS
Gentlemen Jack Gives Out His Ultima
tum in the Contr ruNeTsy With
Bot, FitzsimnloEs.

| Boston. Mass, Oct. 2.-The follow
| ing ultimatum was given out tonight
| by William A. Brady. manager for
| Corbett:
"To Whom It May Concern: The
| Olympic Club Of New Orleans clai ns
| the right to declare Robert FitZsiln-
| mons champion of the world if do not
meet him. They have no right to do
this, but rather than give the queer lot
Of sports who are praying for my de-
icat the satisfaction Of seeing me de
c!ared ex-champion by default, | want
10 put myself on record as follows:
viii Fool Tha. Crowd.
II have fooled this crowd twice be-
fore, and [ am going to take pleasure
in doing it agaiu. | do not prop 'se
that foreigner shall take my title
from NE ty default. a title which |
hon estly won by fighting men in my
class. Since / started on my caree. az
a boxer, | have never refused 10 meet g
heavy ght and l have always tried
to follow a straight course.
"The eagreness OF Mr.. Fitzsimmons
to fight me becomes apparent TO all
who study tile facts The olympic
Club needs an attraction for Mardi
Graz week next February and they
figure if they can arrange a contest be-
tween F'izsimmcns and myself it
would draw q great deal Of money.
They are using FHzsilnmons as "a cats
paw TO draw me into contest ia
which | have no right to engage.
What right had Fitzsimmons to sign a
contract with the Olympic Club for q
contest with me before the details OF
tile fight were arranged? What right
had F'itZ simmons Or the Olymp pic Club
to name next February as the date OF
the fight? How did ne know but what
some other club might offer mere
money!
Wants Tie Say Himself.
II have immense Interests at stake,
and [ have plans with which | will
allow no ons to interfere. l hope to
have considerable to say about the
purse, the place aud the club where this
contest between Fi'Zsimmons and my
self snail take place. | Would rather
fight in New Orleans than in any other
place, but | question the right OF lie
Olympic Club to take the prejud!cial
stand Ihey have taken in favor OF Fitz-
simmons. The newspapers are aiding
these people iii placing me in /; false
position. | am anxious to retire from
pugilism but the gang Of queer sports
who are hoping may be Leaten will
never have the satisfaction Of saying
showed the white. feather.
viii Fight Them All.
NOW let these men who are seek
ing notoEjety at my expense get TO-.
getler all tile fighters in Tie world who
have SlO,O to wager that | cannot
defeat them. no weight or color srred.
| will deposit 5l0.O0 with David
Blanchard of Boston as an evidence OF
good faith, and ] viii devote any oue
week after july | next to fighting ole
Of them each night during that week.
mean this and this will De The last
tine will ever train for pugilisSic
contest. Now, you wouia-be cham pions,
Robert titz zsimm mons, Peter Jackson,
Ed Smith or Peter Maller, here is your
chance will take FliZsilnnons
Mond3y, and after him ,irst come first
served | will fight for the cuo of1er-
, Iug the largcst purse. Ii New Orleans
wants a iightln carnival and desires
TO settle who is the champion OF the
world, lMis is Iler opportunity.
sJAMES j. CORBETT.'