The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-09-29
CORBETT'S REPLY TO FITz
Th9 Latter Must First Prove That
He Is in tho Big Mans
Class.
jim win Fight Fllz II tho AUS
tralian VIII First Whip Stovo
O'DonnelL
The champion heavyweight Says This Il
Ills uitlmatum to tho champion
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PoGlLAsD Me-, Sept. 2s.--James j. Cor
belt. ,he pugilst, was seen. by An ARo-
ciato p'ssa representative 10, night In hla
dressing room, sud 10 answer 20 qisy on
thu 0nbi5ot, Corbott handed tho Newspaper
mai a copy Of n lettes mailed 10 Bob fitz-
simmons this evening;
pofufhsB Ne, Sopt ~ ls9i.-liobeH
Filz,immons. DSar hir have read In
The morning unpsfs your very hmuainR
challenge 10 ms. Yoo say tho Olympic
club ,fora purse. Welt may be they DO,
but have ntysr heard from them as 'oL
You put $1,000 In the Oympio'a hands.
Why donIyou put IL up In some newspaper
oflOe, OF some place where man can see II,
OF 10 the olympic cub bAckngJonf How-
syor, that is neither hers nor there. I sup
pose you AIs afisid II you pot the money
up in hny other place besides the Olympic
club some one else might cover II.
1t Ia not necessary for me TO give . reply
to your chaiienga, because you are we'll
aware that will not accept IT, unless you
prove yourself a champion heavy. weight"
and not middle. weight" must Ae-
Knowledge that asa middle weighr' you
hAyS no equal, but oil you ever did in the
"heAvJ-wsight" class was TO defeAt Peter
Maher and Joe ChoynskI, two sbcond-clasa
heavy weights, since both Of these mon Love
bean defeated by Jos Goddatd, OF Australia,
a second olsss man. No one knows ihia
better than you. suppose you think the
public will cay you are very brave man 10
chHllenRe me snd fight me. Why should
not you DO so2 ID il Just like buying a
lottery tiokst 10 win five thousand dollars
for one. All you have TO lose 10 one dollar
and IL 10 the same case In lighting me. IL
defeated you OF course you would say:
he ought 70 beat me, ] am only middle
weight" iust rs when 1 beat Sullivan 10 was
said he was an old man, and Mitchell he
was light fellow. "rou was too small"
Now, M. Fitzsimmons, u you really
want TO hght for the cham pionship OF the
world, you certainly. II you are on the
Level, want to prove yourself a champion
heavyweight, and no, a middle-wsiRht.
All that you have 70 do 30 fight ms
for the championship is 70 prove 70 the
world that you are capable OF defeating
any heavy weigh, outside OF me.
You say l promised 10 give you match
IL you defeated ChoYnski or Crsedon.
When you say that you know you lie
never even noticed you, and don't intend
| 20, unless you prove you are champion
hoavJ weight You want 10 jump over the
heads of oil these other people and take
the dying chance With me. yet / will fool
you. Steve ODonnell my present spar
ring partner. an undefeatsd man, has So
600 that he can defeat you. He
will box you from one round 10 finish
for fun or for money. Now, how can you
expect me TO recognize you when this man
stAnds resdy with money behind him TO
prove to the world that he 10 your superior2
II you will meet steve O'Donnell and de-
feat him will accept an offer of $4,000
from the Olympic club, ana will give you
all tho fight you want. II you wan, TO
fight me this is the only way you can ever
gel me to make a match wish ycu. for
there is no POWER on earth that will
make me notice you until you have de-
fsAted steve O'Donnell, and any further
talk from you | will consider simply blud.
put myself on record in black and white,
that II you defeat ODonnell. | will hght
you for the cham pionship Of the world and
all the money you like. This is positively
my ultmsIum. Yours truly,
JAMES J. CoRBEIT.
Champion of the world.
NV YoAK. Sept. 2s.-sievs O'Doausll
has challenged Bob Fitzsimmons to
tinish, uudOf Marquis OF Qussnsbury rules.
for 5000 a side and the largest pu'so
offered by any reputable club. As evidence
of good faith O'Donnell has deposited
81, 900 with David Blanchard, of Boston.
O'Donnell ofers to meet Fitzaimmons OF
his representative in Now York any day
next week to arrange tho preliminsrisS of
the match.