The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-03
MAHER WANTS MORE.
he Now Longs for a Chance al
Cha Mpionship Honors.
A Batch Of Opinions on Fitz, an ANA
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to do my hest I, Yia chat proud title, 10
matter whom fnyo TO faco ~ gain a.
will gladly l-li,u l,n Carpett I,ab litz-
simmons of ~; Shar,.sy iF tic honor,
nLi out.5a.of tie ,,.rs A. aecr tia "a ns
much muncy MS ',y Ok them cdro Il ru5
pp on my chancss. -.-
do not mean to 10 yainclorlons or
bo stful, hat my lr'mCalntc friends EDd
sono uf t,.o .Os:'-25 ,r,ties an t..9 PRESS
say THAT Love made sneh rapid nlynn'cs
OF lato IN nf;ie s,icnca Grd ring ccac-1i-
ship that stcnd an equal c..ancc with any
man on earth. Confidence of that kind il
contagious. aud natura ly nm anxious 20
discover ,yHelacp :! 'scrgo the coed oi ip-
ion If my l.ic lds and of tiio iross.
Inn c@titicd - contest with any OF
these men for tree ioasons First, because
/ have fought Gs tnGay Lat.lcs as Gry Of
them aud defeated irst ~ good men as
they over did; seconaf bociuso | bayo'cycr
been willing To l2it and third ard best
reason Of al, bccanse | have backing for
any amount for contest with any Of
them, which ~ tho surcst Troof OF mans
sincerity of purpose and Of eocldoncc IA
himself. VIII not 90 through to Ioag
list of mon ! have had the goo;l fortune to
conquer, bu. fonr puSi'ista whom have
/,
Godfrey, Steve ODonncll, Frank T. Slayin
and Joo Ch9ynski-can surely ccmrare
with any qcG tct Corbctt, Fits or Sharfcy
have whipped. Bc Il Understood that
always except John L. Sullivan from cil
calculations or comparisons OF this SOFT,
because, as everybody knows, the Crcnd
old lion of pugilism was not himself when
he met Corbett ana was net for hat mat
ter, for four or iye ycars lefore that tire.
But TO get back TO ny original PROPOSE
toni want TO box ccy or nll Ct those
men. i will tako on Fits, X TO whips
Sharkey In tboir contest before the Ma
tional Athletic clGS OF San Francisco Dec.
Q, or will meet the bold sailor should he
defeat lanky Bob within week, or a
month, or thrae months after that battla.
want no part of any years contract 10
fight. Idon't think the public docs either.
1t has had enough OF theatrical advortis-
ing schemes. may lie &C tho ringsdo 20
challenge tho winner and get on a match
before Corbett, and thrs put myself Ia q
possible position tn fight him II he means
to fight again. llo says himsolf that he
Will enter into only ono r,ioro contest, and
thnt, he hopes, will lie with Fitz. / don't
like to doubt anybody, but 1 am bic
afraid that Jim won't box Fitz or anybody
else unless he can get into tho finest pos-
sible condition, and some lynx eyed critics
say no can't do that. OF course 1 sincere.
ly hope he can and that 1 Will be tho
lucky chap to meet him. But I 90 not
want to go up against him or any Other
man who is net at his flttest and hest 1
want TO gain 10 hollow victory. want
10 win an bonest, manly struggle, such as
had with Joe Choynski In New York.
OF tho trio-Corbett, Fitzsimmons and
Sharkey-I believe the sailor lad to be the
most sincere in his pugilistic professions.
really think be Is willing to fight any
body, and IL hc wins from Fitzsimm3ns,
hope to catch on to n match quickly with
him. This battle Is q sort of puzzle u u
lot OF us in tho enst Fitz thinks he has
a walkover and Corbett In q recent inter-
view indorses the Cornishman's opinion
of tho outcome. Ont on the Paciflo~slope,
however Major Mclaughlin and a nun-
ber Of well informed sportsmen think just
the reverse and believe that in Sharkey
they have world beater.
OF course IL will take very hard blow
toput Sharkey to seep, owing to tho strong
bony conformation OF his face wherein the
nerve center spoke of is we'll protected.
The cleyerest left h1nd man who depends
on "jnbbing" largely for success would
make little hcedway with Sharkey. The
sailor Is too strong and hard To mind tap
ping of that kind, and would In time rush
tho jabber down. 1t is only Knockout
blows that can stop him. / am utterly
without prejudice in the matter and give
no biased opinion when say that l,c-
lieve that Fitz can bit Sharkey hard
enough to put him out II he but gets the
opening.
70, <lak tnr IL
battle IL be wins. I hope Fitz will IL he
wins, but must confess / feel q bit leary
OF him. lie has lodged ell advances of
my friends looking To another contest and
If he Ia successful with Sharkey he may
hug bis victory and have another talking
match with Corbett 1 don't wish to de-
tract from Fitzs performances, but he
knows that nine out of ten experienced
pugilistic critics believe that he won by
fluke from me upon the occasion of our
two meetings when he was almost out
himself upon each OCCASION, md he owes
IL to himself to prove to the public beyond
all cavil that he can whip me.
Joe Cobu-n, champion Of America,
whipped Mike McCool twice and was
preparing for third battle when tho aa-
tho,ities interfered. So with Tom Cribb
Jcin Mnco, Dan Donnelly and all tho old
English and Irish champions. They met
an opponont twice, thrice or dozen tiiros
if he had the money to make match.
They went en- the principle that it was
better to battle "a man you had whipped
and thought yor could whip again and
thus pick up easy money than go against
an unknown qIartity. As far as 1 am
concerned, Fitz can find all the side bots
no wants, and II he can again defeat mo
no can win lot Of money, gold or silver,
Just MS he likes.
Boxing contests arc now permitted by
law before regularly organized clubs in
New York state. Fitz and l, orNShnracy
and /, or Corbctt and /, need not run all
over Mexico or Texas % boz. Wu can 10
so In civilized manner right here In tho
oast The legislature last winter Passed
law to that effect. aud right hero I'm New
York city is an upright public official.
courageous, manly me-, who has sot thc
0eal Of his approval upon decent, lcgiti-
n,ato contests, where inequality OF men and