The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13


America. r. titzsimmons.
CHAMPION JACK MAULIFFE'S TIP
Like all good Americans, ] want to see
my cOuntryman win every time. 1 don {
think in the present championship con-
the good thing" that many of the best
pugilistic critics seem to think he has, by
any means. Fitz is the most dangerous
man COrbett has gone up against by long
odds. He is exceptionally strong for a
man of his weight, cunning. shifty, speedy,
clever and one of the stiffest punchers
that ever stepped into a ring. COrbett's
superior hight will avail him but little, as
F'itz has the longer reach. Fitz, too, al
though he will be from fifteen TO eighteen
pounds lighter than Corbett when they
enter the ring, is big enough and heavy
enough for any man living He has got
his strength and size just where he wants
both gifts, across the shoulders, chest and
back. His back muscles are abnormally
developed, and from these he derives his
great hitting power. He is not as prettily
constructed as Corbett, but nature has
made him a perfect lighting machine.
l look for a sharp scientific, interes-
ting struggle, with F'itZ the aggresSor,
too, as he can get around the ring speed
lily, and it will take all of Corbett's shift
mess to evade him. If driven to close
quarters, expect to see Corbett bring
into requiStion the wrestling tactics, for
which he Is so famed to save himself
from punishment. Corbett may jab Fitz
out, as the man who leads leaves all the
openings, of course. Fitz may land a
knockout at any time, as he did with
Hall and Choynski, and he will be dam
gerous at all stages of the game.
As l have implied, I expect to see Cor
bett employ elusive tactics until he thinks
he has his opponent pretty well done. If,
however, he attempts to mix it up with
Fitz, as l have just heard he intended
doing, 1 think his defeat assuerd. He
can't afford to mix" with Fitz, and take
blow for blow. Fitz hits almost twice as
hard,and any student of arithmetic can
figure out the result Concisely stated,
the situation is this: Corbett may jab
Fitz out at long range; if he mikes it
up" the New Zealander will win.
In conclusion let me state that / have
challenged the world for a battle for
$1,000, a side, and hope that kid" La
vigne, Young Critic" or some other am
bilious aspirant for hstic fame may an
swer it. Jack McAuliffe.
Neither man has a cinch 1 think, bar
accident, that Corbett will win. 1 know
Fitzs tremendous hitting powers, but 1
am Of the belief that the CalfOrnian's
extraordinary stiffness will keep him out
of harms way. His speed and clever
ness too, are phenomenal, and his guard
perfect. I don't think Fitz can get IN on
him, while, if he forces the fighting, as
he says he viii, he is sure to come in for
some severe jaDs. Like Corbett, 1 don I
think Bob's head is built for lot Of hard
punching. 1t seems pretty delicate. /
think in all his battles his cleverness has
heretofore saved him. But he is now
going up against a man such as he never
met before for cleverness and stiffness.
/ don't believe that Jim viii 20 at Bob
as he is quoted, and "hix' 1t with him.
/ simply think that he Will DO what he
once promised, make a nice, clean, ar
tistic Job of it in about 20 rounds" Bob
may have the same wonderful luck as
he had with Joe Choynski Peter Maher,
and Jim Hall, and win by chance. 1t
Will be remembered that Peter Maher,
the Irish champion, nearly had Fitz out
in the earlier part Of their battle at New
Orleans a few years ago, and was only
saved by the gong sounding just in the
nick of time. Peter. TOO. was new to the
game then, and did not know how to
take advantage OF his opportunity, so
Bob outpointed him and outjabbed him in