The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
AN ESSAY ON coRBETT.
ROBERT FrTzsIMMoNs SCORES THE
EXCLAMATION IN PICTUR-
EsQUE FASHION.

Tells what He Means to DOWN.
First visit England and Have n
Rare Good Time There-Will Then
Return to America Prepared to
Meet All Honorable Challenges.
New York, March 28.-How / won the
battle Is now an old story, and won't
bother to repeat II. Everyone knows that
by defeating Peter Maher. to whom
James Jaw Corbett cutely turned over the
championship to avoid battle with him,
that / won that proud title, and mean
to retain 1t as long as 1 have physical
capacity to do so.
II is more to the present purpose that
inform my legion of friends through
out the country what my future plans
are.
Well, first mean 10 take brief rest.
The public will, l think, agree with me
that 1 am entitled to II after training first
four months for that arch falxir and the
atrical poseur. James lingo Corbett, and
two months more for that really honest
fighter, Peter Maher.
To Corbetts hysterical shrieks for an
immediate fight shall not pay the slight
est attention. He is the least OF my trou-
bles. He is no better or no worse than
how to treat mosquitoes / shall take a
trip to England. and enjoy myself all I
know how. My entire family and my
manager will go with me. After a bit of
sightseeing and recuperation, / shall
probably give some exhibitions in Eng
land. / have received plenty Of invl-
tations to do So / may fight some good
man over there; but that, of course is
problematical, as the chances are no man
over there could get my strong backing,
now that Peter Jackson has retired from
When have properly rested myself and
had thoroughly good time, / shall re-
turn. to the United States, which is now
my home, and where ! ann citizen. /
Will, after such reasonable rest as / have
mentioned, be ready TO meet any honor
able challenge for the worlds champion
snip. do not regard James Jester Cor
bett as an honorable challenger In fact.
! know he is a fakir, an arrant pugilistic
humbug, VINO never means 10 fight any
body unless that body be soft mark a
sick man, an old man, or a cripple. He
wants to make an alleged match with me
now solely for advertising purposes.
His show on the road has met with a cold
frost, / understand, and this actor (heav-
en- save the markD is a rank failure
Matched with the worlds champion his
terlally aid him financially. In the end
he would never fight me. AS the date of
the contest drew near he would begin to
make Impossible conditions just as he did
in our late match.
1 will give him no boom, nor permit
him to advertise himself at my expense
He treated me too shabbiy for that He
tried to hold me off as he did Peter jack
son.
When ! satirically answered one of his
latest advertising blasts by telling him
TO go and get a reputation, some people
were inclined to criticise me. They for
get that this Is precisely the way In
which he treated me. ! am no saint to
get one cheek smitten and then turn the
other for a Jolt. I return tit for tat Be
fore agreeing 10 fight me, he told me to
go and whip Jim Hall, Dan Creedon, and
then Joe Choyneki, and then he would
do battle. When / bested them ALL he put
up another stonewall In the person of
Steve ODonnell, whom Peter Maher, my
latest opponent, whipped in punch. Oh
yes; this oratorical pugilist was always
great on buffers.
now simply give him dose of his
own medicine when tell him to go and
whip Choynski, Maher, Jackson or Slavin,
before he talks 10 me.
He talks about his record. Why this
counterfeit never met a full-grown man
or well conditioned man Of the cham