The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-12
CHAMPION C0RBETT, HERE
He Plays Ball with Scranton Against
Buffalo Today.
HON HE PULLED rIrZ NOSE
Says Some Of the Details OF tho phila
dclphia Story Arc Falsc--Fccls
Well and Says iIe knows
How to Play Hall.

| JdTItS y. SOTDctt, cos'
ballist, arrived in Scranton at mid
night: he was accompanied by hi:
younger brother Joe. who. with him
will he numbered with the Scranton
| in today's game against Buffalo.
Corbett looks we'll: his color !!
bronzed and splendid. He stands firm
and erect and when The Tribune re-
porter met him at the station hi
grasped his hand In manner which
to the ordinary mortal, would cause
| considerable pain.
81 am In the best of health. and here
to play BALL" he said. II always liked
| Scranton. and IL can help them wiz
the game tomorrow you can depenc
that l will do 1t In the same manner
as when John l.. Sullivan and myself
had "meetiu.'"
what have YOU to say regarding
the press reports of your row ith Fitz'
simmons at Green's hotel, Saturday
night. In Philadelphia"
WELL" said the champion, II want
| first Of all to tell You that the matter
was grossly exaggerated. Fitzsim-
mons had been drinking. l never drink
and he exasperatei me beyond meas
ure. Walk up to the st. Charles hoteI
and l win tell you about the matter. :.
Arrived at the hotel the big man said
"Fitzsimmons is a regular rowdy when
he Is In his cups: he loses all Ideas OF
decency. and he insulted me at the
desk of Green's hotel. He had been
Dragging of how he would pull my nose
when he saw me. and had he not been
so abusive / would never have said q
word to him."
II Pulled His Nosc." said COrbet. q
ave were at the hotel desk. not In the
bar room, as the telegraphic article
falsely states. when the unfortunate ar
fair occurred. l went to the clerk to
get the key of my room and saw Fitz-
simmons registering. Hello Jim" said
he. naturally said, How are you, old
man? l hear you've been talking; you
can't keep quiet. can you? You come
here TO Philadelphia and have been
shooting Off your mouth Instead OF
his taking my remarks as joke, the
liquor he had imbibed caused him tC
take umbrage at what l said and he
became 50 abusive that l pulled his
nose, saying. You were going to pull
my nose. but consider you cur
I'VE naturally grappled and those
about seized us. My brother Joe
grabbed Fitzsimmons and slung him
around the office. l was surprised a,
the boys handling of Fitzsimmons.
wish to strenuously deny that l expec-
torated in his face. and that report Is
false.
Il feel that people know me to be a
gentleman and above bar room brawls
The article you speak of is false in mos.
every particular.
Il go from here to Buffalo, where ]
give boxing exhibition. Good night
he said, with another firm grasp. Come
out and see Joe and play ball tomor.
row."
Philadelphia Version of the Scrap.
Philadelphia, Aug. 1l.-All the sports
that the general abolition of prize fight
ing and horse racing have left in Phila-
delphia collected at Green's hotel toda
and eagerly sought for details Of the
little scrap" last night between Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons
left Philadelphia early this morning for
New York, but the big Californian
spent the day here and left for Scran-
ton, Pa, this evening. When Corbett
was seen today and asked for his ver-
sion of last nights row, his account of
the affair would make it seem that he
intended merely to be playful and that
Fitzsimmons resented this playfulness
when 1t took the form Of being called a
cur and having his nose pulled. Cor
bett said:
THE whole trouble started about two
weeks ago In New York, when refused
to ride bicycle race with Fitzsim-
mons for the benefit OF the Ice Fund.-
began the champion. when / am GO
ing to fight with a man I want to be ag-
gressive; want to be on the outs with
him. I had publicly stated that I in
tended to pull Fitzsimmon's nose the
next time I met him.
The first ! knew that he was in the
hotel was when l turned around and
l says to him: You big monkey, what
do you want at that register? You
know you cont write Then / said to
him: You have been talking about me
again, haven't your He said NO, ]
haven't; but what II have? Then !
said to him: You said that / sneaked
out OF riding bicycle race with you
in New York, and now you are going
around saying I am going to try to
sneak out Of a fight
Fitz Began to Get Mad.
"All this time was only sort OF In
fun, and Just stringing him. But Fitz
began to get mad Then | reached out
and pulled his nose for a kind Of q
Joke. Then he made motion as II he
was going to lead for me. ] didn't
think he would but it's always best to
be on the safe side. so / closed In on
him, and we olinched. Then my friends
grabbed me, and my brother Joe
grabbed Fitzsimmons. Fitz got daffy
when he found Joe could hold him, and
the kid punched FitZ in the mouth.
II couldn't get at him, so I leaned
over and spat in his face, and said to
him: You are cur the world over,
and uotIIdp'f have that ccar.1 lnnL