The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
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glory want out of it. The Other feIl,,,--
are welcome to their share. I bavs .
pretty good object lesson in John L. SnlIi-
,n no PROBABLY has made more money
~ MS TINE than l, but what has ne got IN
sHo" Ior III suppose the friends C1ea,,er,
save the markD upon whom he sousn5-
ereu MS fortune will stand by him yvbaD he
Nishes 10 embark in any kind Of enter-
prise and the champion launched -,
lcally, as II he knew the world tborougbly
say II ~ NUS
My future? Wen. I suppose I shall
stay on the stage for few wears and tr,,
TO become a good actor. If I DOM 80
ceed IN that line l will stick to the tbe,tri-
cdI business anyhow. and try my luck in
d managerial direction. / will always he
Ol Tue LOOKOUT for opportunities in a bus
mess way real estate and the like"
NOW, NOW ior the other side of the picture
Inc authenticated Australian is evorv
%hit as confident of victory as the bic
'liIl,, man. have talked for hours i'm
my once with FitzsimmOns over his com
ing night with Corbett Long before no
was matched with Jim he had the idea So
liAeu IN MS brain that he could thrash the
ShdHl plon that he had already the battle
Iousht and won in his own mind
can whip that fellow sure" he was
"O,iI 10 observe every time he visited me
anu slahced critically at big crayon of
NorDett which hung over the mantelriec.
He's no better than l in any W ~,
JUST as clever as he. 1 can hit harder an,
perhaps little trickier, and never loso
my mead. He lost his head with Mitchell
at Jacksonville. and he ought to have ioet
the night on foul AS l said before if ho
him. - '''iu II IOl
How am 1 going to fight him? Wen
4 anH1
just now l Will fight a man until I GOT
INTO the ring with him. You have to fit7bt
dHerent men in different WAYS. or one
thihs you can rest assured: IL Corbatt
uoesn come to me, l will 20 to him If
ne tries the running trick. he'll find me
pretty good Splinter. The fight viii be a
snort one; II won't last the twenty rounds
ne talks or Either he will whip me quick.
ly, or I'll do the trick for him
WIN fight for his head or body? Wen
mat depends" repeated Bob, with hard
ury laugh. If he goes for nv alleged
weak point, the head, he will find me plav-
ing right merrily for his sensitive stomach
lie don't like punch in that delicate re-
gion- Jackson gave him lively tap there
when they met at San francisco. and Cor
Dett never ventured near the big black af
ter that. a.
I won't conflne myself to CorBett,s
u
and body; in fact, for any part left mn.
covered for the third part of a second. I
VIII either be on top Of him all the time
or ne Will be over me. At close fighting
where men stand up and deliver blow for
blow, | am satisfied that l can whfp Cor
Dett quickly. 1 can stand far more of his
punches than he can of mine He is a neat
JaDDer and artistic Taper, but he cannot
deliver those good, stiff punches that nut
an I
will whip Corbett just as sure as peaches
will come in season."
tltzsimmons was almost convulsed with
merriment when l told him that Corbett
asserted that he (Fitz) would not be able
to hit him.
We'll, If my arms are not paralyzed."
he said, confidently, IN hit him all right.
nave never been up against a man 1
couldn't hit, and have met the cleverest
IN the world. Corbett makes a big mis-
take when he says nobody can hit him.
jackson hit him fair enough, so did Mitch
ell; and even that poor, broken-down old
lion, upon whom Corbett built his reputa-
ton, John l.. Sullivan, hit him. When
Corbett boxed with clever Jim Hall, he
couldn't do much with him, yet put Hall
out in three rounds. 1t took Corbett twen-
ty-seven rounds to whip game Joe
Choynski. yet / was able to do the trick
U
respective punching powers.
Il hope" continued Bob, seriously. ITO
become champion of the world, and when
do wont stand off honorable challenges
and fight every two or three years as Cor
bett has done. After a good rest | will
meet any recognized champion of any
country who has the capital to back him.
l am told Peter Maher, the Irish cham
pion, means to challenge the winner of the
fight AS far q c I 7
see why l should be asked 10 meet Peter
again after 1 defeated him so signally at
New Orleans, when 1 was a middle weight
However, if the inducements are sutf-
cient. / will wave all objections and give
Peter another chance. In a word l will
meet all corners of the championship class
and not pose is an actor nor try to fill any
other silly part for which l am unified"
Both men will go at once into a pre-
paratory course of training for the fray
Corbett will do all his work at Asbury
Park, n. j., and only move to the battle
ground a few days before the fight. Fitz-
simmons will engage in light or prelimina-
ry training at Bath Beach, l.. l., under
the guidance of his friend and legal ad-
wiser, Emanuel Friend In a couple OF
months he will leave for Galveston, Tex
as. where the arduous work of training
will be done. Fitz says he would like to
go to Dallas, the battle ground, direct so
as to get acclimated but it is too hot dur
ing July and August and Fitz will be
obliged to remain until the last moment al
Galveston, where he can drink in the in
vigorating breezes that sweep down from
the gulf.
1t is dollars to doughnuts that both men
will be in the pink of condition when they
enter the ring for fight which is bound to
mark an epoch in the history of American
sport. Arthur T. Lumley.