The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-12-04

came out here to San Francisco ex-
| pectlng to gel square deal" he con-
tinued. but find l made a mistake,
as l was made the victim OF one OF
the meanest jobs ever put through ON
earth. The referee was selected TO
give decision against me and he
carried out his part OF the programme.
/ SO Tar as | am concerned, l can say
that ] never fought fairer In my life.
while Sharkey fouled me deliberately
at least 20 times. l appealed To the
referee, but he took no notice OF my
protests and told me to go on and
| fight.
Once in a clinch carp tried To sepa-
rate US by pressing his hand against
my face. His finger nails penetrated
my eye and cut the flesh on the in
side of the lid. ShaTkey is n hard nut.
| He don't know much about fightlng,
however, but relies on brute strength.
foul tactics and crooked referee to
win. IL | don't get the fight and
/ purse I'll never enter the rlng again,
as il begins to look to me as II the
people do not want me for a cham
plon; they seem to prefer hOodlums
and toughs 10 gentlemen.
"Sharkey knows, IL he VIII only tell
the truth, that | did not hit him foul.
he was leaning over when | struck
the blow OF which he complains. 1t
was a left-handed upper cut and took
effect in the pit of the stomach, He
slaughtered bit after receiving the
| punch. and | finished him with "A left
on the jaw. Payment OF the check of
$4,000 has been stopped and Sharkey
Will have TO make a legal battle for
| II, as | do not intend to be robbed II
1 can help IT,"
FitzsimmOns gave a bag punching
exhibition tonight at the Bush Street
| theater. He also showed how he had
knocked Sharkey out. making a little
| speech as he illustrated the blow.
Referee carp, whose decision in the
Sharkey- y-Fitzsimmons fight caused an
indignant demonstration from the
crowd at the ringside last night, stated
| this morning that when he decided the
| contest in favor of Sharkey he did so
because he believed Fitzsimmons de-
| liberately fouled and under the rules
| the sailor was entitled 10 the decision.
| He would have been willing tn allow
half fouls. that Is. fouls that might be
| considered partly accidental. TO pass
| by with only reprlmand, but in such
case as this he could only do his
| duty. He said:
There is one thing / regret. should
| have given Sharkey the fight earlier In
| the contest. In the fourth round. I
| think II was. Fitzsimmons landed a
| left handed blow and returned with his
elbow cutting Sharkey's eye brow open.
The sailor should have had the fight
| then. The foul blow of the eighth was
seen plainly by me. FitZ smashed with
his right on Sharkeys shoulder and
then with an uppercut with the left.
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| Sharkey was leaning over and the blow
knocked him down. 1t was clearly a
| foul. and before the sailor moved
mentioned that the fight was over. The
| first blow had been weak and l believe
| that the second was intended for an
| uppercut, but IL struck foul. No man
luptl now has ever questioned my
| hSnor. have been NJ many places ana
| In peculiar situations. but no one ever
| said until tonight that ! was guilty
| OF a dishonorable act and | VIII repeat
that l decided In all fairness and with
| a Judgment that was as my eyesight
saw the foul blow"
Fitzsimmons said after the fight:
"Earp knows. and SO does Sharkey.
that | did not hit the sailor where
they say i did. ] used my left-handed
straight in his stomach. where l had
right 10 bit him. and no other place.
His lying down and groaning was all
a part Of the game. There was no
need for me to foul him because had
him whipped anyway and could have
finished him before the end of the
round. IL don't make any difference
90 me though. AS ] telegra phed Dan
Stuart last night am willing to
meet both Sharkey and Corbett in the
same ring any night. Stuart wants to
pull the fight off. ! will say one thing
for Corbett. and that is | don't blame
him for saying that he was robbed
out Of the Jackson fight In this town.
No pugilist can get square deal from
TIE thieves who handle iinhti1g in thus
city and II Is safe to bet that the last
big fight that San Francisco will ever
see was pulled off last night"
Sharkey had this TO say OF the af-
:air: II am certain that FitZsimmons
fouled me deliberately to save himself
from defeat. II was getting too plain
To him that ] Was gaining in strength
while he was going down hill. so 20
speak, and rather than be knocked
out he thought he would lose on a foul
Had he not delivered that nasty blow
which crippled me. | would certainly
have finished him in that round. the
eighth, ] believe II was. ] am sorry
the question OF supremacy was not
titled on it's merits. rather than In
this way I can beat Fitzsmmons and
I would far rather have knocked him
cut than win the purse on a foul
cont think ne will be anxious TO meet
re again. however, but II he does
veil, / am open TO all engagements.
I'm In the boxing business as a pro-
Fsssion
'I intend 10 win the worlds cham
ionshlp. II the acision In this contest
has not already given me the right to
hat title. I am not going 20 pose a.
talking fighter either. IL anybody
wants to meet me they VIII always
Ind me willing"
Martin Julian. Fitzsmmons mana
,er, has made "A statement TO the asso-
ciated press. In which he says; About
$3.50 o'clock last night ] was told by
three prominent men that Wyatt carp.
.he man selected To referee the fight.
was crooked and. with him In the ring.
FitZsimmons would stand no show.
These men were Riley Grammar. Nose
Gunst, San Franciscos police commits
sloner and known over the world as a
square sporting man. and Tom James.
formerly Turs"r OF an Australian
2 Gamer. and the man who brought
f'itZsimmons to America. These men
said they were certain that Fitzsim-
mons would not get a square deal. They
said the change in the betting show ed
something was wrong. As soon as 1t
became known carp was to be referee,
Sharkey money appeared in unlimited
quantities. carp follows the races for
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