The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-25
JIM FEARS A SPY
CORBETT BELIEVES THAT FITZSIM-
MONS Is STEALING TRICKS.
Every Time He Invents New One. Fitz
at Once Come and Tells His Friends all
About it in Lhe Most Innocent Child
Like Way Pc ssible-Figures Showing
How the Men Stack Up as to Height,
Weight and Chest observation-disclosures
Advantage in Re ach May Not BE Much
of an Advantage.

New York, July 24.-The World has
The following: Followers of pugilistic
affairs have already commenced TO
come down to real hard figuring, and
within the next three months they VIII
all be able to show you in black and
white which of the great pair, Corbett
and F7itzsimmone, viii win, just why he
should win. and the absolute impossi-
bility of siip-up. 1t takes time to mas
ter a problem of this sort, more time
than il requires for believer in turf
dope" to pick hundred winners, but
men who wrestle seriously with such
knotty propositions usually have plenty
OF time on their hands
A few months ago when the big
lymatch was talked of very many per-
sons possessing a casual knowledge OF
professional fighting affairs smiled at
Fits presumption in challenging the
conqueror of kilrain, Sullivan ana
Mitchell But FitZ was Thoroughly IN
earnest and will be thoroughly IN earn
est until the finish.
The New Zealan der is not an intel
lectual giant, bur he knows how to
fight, and, while, like all men in MS pro-
fession, he is Ioa I judge of other tight
ers EitZ thinks fhe can take the chan-
pion's measure, and nothing but a
smart wailoping from COrbett could
convince him TO the contrary. Coroett
is confident FitZ viii be convinced.
:. F III has put on great deal OF nesh
Of late. and ne proposes 70 enter tire
ring carrying a greater amount OF
ayo, rdupois than ever before. Still. 1t
is cE, lined that if Co9bett wins Fitz Will
still be the n1iddle-weis,ht champion OF
the " orId Bob admits he has thought
of this but. looking at the matter from
all sie, :. the New Zeaiander says the
titIe ISL ( as good a thin z to possess as
Aladdin 5 lamp. FitZ has lost more
money since he came into the show
business than he could have earned IN
fifty wear in Australia, but he going
to stick q il no matter what happens
Ii has a strange fascination for him.
SO have til three big street autographs
Of himself
When it comes to measurements Bob
has clear, lead over the champion. VINO
doesn't go much on this sort of thing
DIR. John W ilson Gibbs has not used
the tape ofs F'itZ for nearly month.
hut an outb, eak may be looked for at
any moment. for DIR. Gibbs is training
the auburn-tmlired fighter on electricity
and may want to ascertain whether 1t,
makes Bob grow
The accompanying table shows Cor,
belts exact measurements and deter
mines the question of reach, which has
been in dispute long time. Corbett
was never measured with outstretched
arms before. A man Should stretch
with both arms spread out distance
equal to his height, according TO an old
rule "Pompadour jim" fills the bill eX-
actly in this particular, for he is 73
inches across and feet 1 inch tall. The
rule doesn't work in the case of Fitz-
simmons, though, for he stretches out
s feet 81 inches and lacks 6 feet in
height by full quarter of an inch. His
advantage in reach over Corbett may
not be of great benefit to him, but it
certainly cannot act as a handicap. Cor