St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-03
CHAMPIONS IRE AROUSED.
He Offers to Take a Week Off
Next Summer to Settle
the PugS.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.
Last and Only Chance for All
the Would-Be Cham
pions.

Boston. Oct. 2.-The following ulti-
matum was given out tonight by Will
lam A. Brady, manager for Champion
James j. Corbett:
To Whom 1t May Conce IN: The
Olympic Club of New Orleans claims
the right to declare Robert FitZsim.
mons champion of the world il 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-
feat the satisfaction of seeing NE de-
clared eX-champion by default.I want to
Put Myself on Record
as follows: l have fooled this crowd
twice before, and l am going to take
pleasure in doing it again. l do not pro-
pose tnat foreigner shall take my title
from me by default, title which hon.
estly won by fighting men in my class.
Since started On my career as boxer
l have never refused TO meet heavy
weight, and have always tried to fol-
low straight course. The eagerness
of Mr.. FitZsimmons to fight me be-
comes apparent to all who study the
facts.
The Olympic club needs an attraction
for Nardi Gras week next February,
and it figures that If it can arrange'the
contest between MIR. Fitzsimmons and
myself it would draw great deal of
money. They are using MI, Fitzsim-
mons as catspaw to force me into a
contest in which l have no right to en-
gage. What right had FitZsimmons to
sign contract with the Olympic club
for contest with me for sum of
money before the details of the fight
were arranged? How did he know but
some other club might offer some more
money? What right had Fitzsimmons
or the Olympic club to name next Feb
ruary as the date of the fight? l have
immense interests at stake, and | have
plans with which ! will allow no one to
interfere.
i hope to have considerable to say
about the purse, the place and
the club where the contest be-
tween Mr.. Fitzsimmons and my
self shall take place. l would rather
fight in New Orleans than i'll any other
of the Olympic club to take the pref
udiced stand which they have taken in
favor of Fitzsimmons. The newspa-
pers are aiding these people in placing
me in false position. and they did the
same thing when Peter jackson. cham
pion of Australia, drew down his moaey
and sneaked out of the country like a
cur. i am anxious to retire from
pugilism. put the gang of queer
sports who are hoping that l
may be beaten shall never have
the satisfaction of saying that
| showed the white feather" They
say that FitZsimmons' money talks. and
that am not the right kind of a cham
rion because refuse to break legiti-
mate contracts and fight every "Tom,
hiok and Harrv;, ot tho lron Oc tho hat
Now let these men who are seeking
notoriety at my expense get together
all the fighters in the world who have
S10,0 900 to wager that l cannot defeat
them, no weight or color barred. 1 will
deposit $4,000 with David Blanchard, of
Boston, as an evidence of good faith,
and l will devote any one week after
July next to fighting one OF them each
night during that week. l mean this,
and this will be the
Last Time L Will Ever Train
for pugilistic contest. Now, you
would-be champions, Robert Fitzsim-
mons, Peter jackson, Ed Smith or Peter
Maher, here is your chance. l will
take Fitzsmmons Monday, and after
him first come. first served. l will fight
for the club Offering The largest purse.
bar no one, this goes for ali.
The SOreheadS Will say that this is a
bluff, but my money talks, and let some
of them cover it if they dare. Now. if
New Orleans wants a fighting carnival
and desires to settle who is the heavy
weight champion of the world, this is
it's opportunity. L hope to convince
the public during the week arranged by
the club that am what l claim to be
the champion heavyweight of the world.
JAMES J. CoRBETT.
This communication was received by
Mr.. Brady this afternoon. The cham
pion's manager declares that it should
convince the public that Corbett is not
frightened at the challenges that he has
received OF late. and that only business
engagements prevent him from accept
ing the def thrown down by FitZsim-
mons. MIR. Brady states that he only
wants fair show for his man, and he
will be perfectly satisfied with the re-
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