The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-04

fWho will shortly meet Sharkey In tho ring.
what is fair for one is fair for the other
In ten three minute rounds, 80 minutes of
real fighting, Fitz ought TO whip me or
should whip him. promise the public it
will be IA redhot passage at arms from the
call Of time TO the end Of our physical
trial. am no tipster, but for the benefit
Of those who are inundating my manager,
j. ID. Lynch, and myself with letters of in
quiry will venture to say that my friend,
Major Mclaughlin, one of the money kings
of the Pacific slope, and Mr. Lynch will
take all the side bets that Fitzsimmons
and his friends care to offer. This Is all
have written or will write on the subject.
do not believe in pugilistio manifestoes.
They hurt the game
Why have thrown over Corbetts some
friends ask. Simply because he never
meant to fight He really threw me over
when he made the match with Fitz some
time ago In New York and then demanded
all sorts Of impossible conditions from va
rious athletic clubs which desired the con-
test / am satisfied that he knows In his
heart, from our contest of last June in San
Francisco, when I had him helpless and
beaten in his corner, that / am his master
Mind you, am not charging Corbett with
cowardice, as some hot headed people have
done. Far bo 1t from me TO say any man
lacks heart. don't believe IL Is right, es-
pecially In the case OF boxer. What chas-
tity Is TO a woman courage Is TO fighter.
Hurt the good name of a pugilist, and he IL
forever undone
Fighting with Corbett Is matter of
Observation-Disclosures pure and simple.
From the start he has been after money,
and money only. He has culled his an
tagonists as n shrewd gardener does his
flowers, always keeping the best at homo
for display and only sending inferior ones
to the market as long as tho public would
stand for IL. Plus sly James first defeated
a lot OF second, third and fourth raters,
with the exception of gallant Joe Choyn-
ski, and did not take on Jackson, Sullivan
and Mitchell until they had been long in
pickle. Jackson was lame; Sullivan and
Mitchell were physical wrecks. Corbett's
victory over Sullivan opened the way To
fortune, and he has always been afraid of
losing tho reputation thus gained That is
why he lodged at various times game Joe
Choynski and clever Peter Jackson for re-
turn battles, and Peter Moher. Bob Fitz-
simmons, Joe Goddard, Frank Slavin
(when he was good) and your humble serv-
ant IL Is business with him, and speaking
from business standpoint no business
man in the country will blame him for
acting as no does, although sportsmen do
not take kindly to his system
Can defeat FitzY Without any desire |
20 appear boastful may honestly say |
believe can. What are my grounds for so |
believing Well, will tell you. Jim Cor |
bett and Jim Hall had private trial in |
Chicago few years ago, just before Cor |
bett fought Sullivan and the Californian |
fairly smothercd the Australian. Some |
time later Hall and Fitzsimmons fought |
for s40,O 900 in New Orleans. Hall had |
away the best Of it, am told, till he got |
Fttzsimmons' terrific half arm jab oh the |
jaw, which put him into dreamland. Some |
people call IL lucky" blow / don't |
think IL was chance, however as he got IL
in twice on Petor Maher, once on Jim Hall |
and once on Joe Choynski when the battle
was going against him. All will say on
that point Is that don't think he can get
II In ON fifth victim, as have studied
that blow bit and think can stop il or
at least step away from it.
Now my readers can readily follow me
In my argument l believe / can whip
Fitz because Corbett, whom | really do
foatcd smothercd Hall, who in turn is n
BIT clevercr than Fitz and just as hard
hitter and some say was just as good
man In days gone by. Anyhow each has
a victory Co his credit. Hall whipped Fitz |
In Australia and Fitz turned the tables on
him here.
] have only one plan Of action, and I
have always been lucky enough to win out
with ~, or when interforcd with by police
men, roferees and others at least got a
draw My style" as professors term IL,
If one that has been employed 10y three OF
The greatest fighters that ever livcd-John
Morrisscy, John L. sullivan and Kid La
vigne-that Is 10 90 right M your man and
keep him az IL until you either whip him
Dr. he whips you. Never give him n breath.
ing spell, neycr give him moment 20