Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
WILL NOT FIGHT CORBETT
Battle of Talk Between the Heavyweights
is Now on in Earnest.
FITz RENoUNcEs CLAIM TO THE BELT
Says "Pompndour Jim" Must rirst
Acquire n Reputation Before lie
Will Consent to Meet Him
1U in the Ring.

Ell PASO. Feb. 22-The train bearing tn
pugiltsts and their admirers, returning from
the battle grounds, arrived here at o'clock
Fitzsimmons and Martin Julian took car
riage and drove to the State National bank
but found II closed, 1t being Washington.
birthday. The bank officers were found, ant
they turned over to Fitzsimmons 100000 Of
which $1,000 was in currency and 81 900 in
gold The money was counted by Fitzsim-
mons and Julian. Assistant Cashier Russell
asked IL the money was all there, and re-
| ceivng an affirmative reply, took it back and
handed it to M. f. McClean with the re-
mark: MY part in this is to turn this
money over to Mr.. Mclean"
Mclean handed the money to Julian. Then
Dan Stuart, who was present, asked
| Gentlemen, have l conducted this AFFAIR TO
please your"
julian and Fitzsimmons both responded
| that they were entirely satisfied. and shook
| nands all around Fitzsmmons then went to
MS Hon, and to the brute explained Just how
ne knocked out Maher. Julian handed the
| Ing:
TO the Public We desire to thank the
KIND people Of Juarez, Mex for their kind
ana courteous treatment of us during the
tlne consumed in training for the fight Just
ehued we shall always bear pleasant re-
Ineinprances OF that place and its charming
people, from the governor down to the
numDiest man. We shall try to square our
serves honorably with the Mexican govern
ment II 1t thinks we committed any
"'ohs' BOB FITzSIMMONS
MARTIN JULIAN"
The Maher party is here, but will probably
go to Las Cruces today,
An associated press representative had a
tax with Fit2smmons with reference to the
Corbett challenge on the way from the battle
had to say about 1t:
snail completely ignore that fellow Cor
pett' 1t was $1,000 American money to
cent Mexican coin that Pomp Jim would get
In MS oar Just as he has. / shall use about
the same argument once employed by Charlie
Mitchell-tel him to go get reputation.
Let him go and whip Peter Maher and Joe
Choynski before he opens his head to me-
Both men want to fight him. and l think
either one of them can lick him This
much l shall insist upon He must first win
from Maher and Choynski before he gets into
ring with me.
Il now formally, through the Associated
press, renounce all claims to the belt.
Square garden for the fight February 30
with half dozen contracts | made. condi-
tionally on winning from Maher and then,
with Julian, Stensler. Roeber and my family
| sail for England"
II whipped with ease the man Corbett
presented the championship belt to in order
to escape a mateh with him To show Cor
bett how little weight his championship |
present carried, snow formally, through the |
Associated press. renounce all claims to the |
belt, and refuse to accept it."
Mahers hackers are going to challenge |
w. for, another battle for S., 900 |
! side. 1t is. understood Julian will offer |
Maher inducements for a four-round glove
contest between Maher and Fitzsimmons at
Madison square garden. New York City,
February 29rsls -
Mahera and his party leave tonight ever
the Texas Pacific for Pittsburg and Fitz-
simmons leaves over the same road for
New York aE-'f"- ID 2'
The question of turning over to Dan Stuart
the $4,000 guaranteed him by the citizens of
El Paso in case he brought off the Maher-
F'itzsimmons fight caused stormy discussion
1T the meeting Of the executive committee
having the funds in hand this afternoon.
number demanded their money back. The
however, considered Stuart had
earned the money and that 1t was not his
aut the crowds did not come, so paper
signed by ten responsible citizens holding
he executive committee harmless for any
suits that may be brought was drawn up an1
he money was handed over to Dan Stuart
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Corbett. when shown
he Associated press dispatch announcing
'itzsimmons refusal to fight him, simply
aid "He is coward. I will leave it to |
he public to judge as to whether l am cor
ect or not. l predicted he would not make
match with me If he won the fight with
iaher but If he goes to England he will find |
le in England after him. He said after
is fight with Maher was over he would fight
ny man in the world. He is now getting |
ut of the country as fast possible, bag
nd baggage"