The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
TEN ROUNDS WILL SUFFICE.
THAT Is ALL HE WANTS, HE SAYS,
TO DEFEAT THE "CHAM-
PION."
HOW THE ARIN WILL DO TT.
VIII Use the Tactics of Sullivan,
and Lavigne-NOt Afraid OF n
Terrible Left.

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The contest will take place at the
National Athletic club Of a Fran
disco on Dec. 9. The purse we strive
for will be 500 0 and the battle will
be limited to ten rounds. The mount
and conditions suit me. 1 am not a
wolf and do not expect 81, 000, 900 for a
single fight. Naturally / would have
preferred a finish contest, but l figure
hat what Is fair for one is fair for
the other. In ten three minute rounds.
thirty minutes of real fighting, Fftz
ought to whip me or / should whip
him. I promise the public 1t will be a
red hot passage at arms from the call
Of time to the end of our physical trial.
I am no tipster, but for the benefit OF
those who are inundating my manager,
J. D. Lynch, and myself with letters
of inquiry, 1 will venture to say that
my friend. Maj. Mclaughlin, n OF
the money kings of the Pacific slope,
and Mr.. Lynch will take all the side
bets that Fftzsimmons and his friends
care to offer. This is all l have written
or will write on the subject. l do not
believe in pugilistic manifestoes. They
hurt the game.
Why have I thrown over Corbett?
some friends ask. Simply because he
never meant to fight. He really threw
me over when he made the match with
Fltz, some time ago in New York, and
then demanded all sorts Of impossible
conditions from various athletic clubs,
which desired the contest. l am salts
fed that he knows in his heart, from
our contest Of last June In San Fran
cisco, when l had him helpless and
haofan In his CORNER that Am his
master. Mind you, l am not charging
Corbett with cowardice, as some hot
headed people have Far be 1t
from me to say any man lacks heart.
I don't believe 1t right, especially in the
case of q boxer. What chastity Is to
a woman, courage is to a fighter. Hurt
the good name Of a pugilist and he Is
forever undone.
Fighting with Corbett is a matter OF
Observation-Disclosures pure and simple
From the start he has been after mon
ey, and money only. He has culled
his antagonists as a shrewd gardner
does his flowers, always keeping the
be- at home for display and only
sending inferior ones to the market
as long as the public would stand 1t.
Thus sly James first defeated a lot OF
second, third and fourth-raters, with
the exception Of gallant Joe Choynski
and did not take on Jackson, Sullivan
and Mitchell until they had been long
In pickle. Jackson was lame; Sulli
van and Mitchell were physical wrecks
COrbettS victory over Sullivan opened
the way to fortune, and he has always
been afraid Of losing the reputation
Thus gained That is why he lodged
at varIUnA times game Joe Choynski
and clever Peter Jackson for return
battles, and Peter Maher, Bob Fitz
simmons, Joe Goddard, Frank Slavin
I-y64~ La ~ ,a0IN 4~I rya,1r h11~ohI,
servant 1t is business with him, and
speaking from a business standpoint
no business man in the country will
blame him for acting as he does, al
though sportsmen do not talk kindly
to his system.
Can I defeat Fitz? Without any de-
hire to appear boastful, 1 may honestly
say l believe l AN. What are my
grounds for so believing? Well. I will
tell you. Jim Corbett and Jim Hall
had a private trial in Chicago a few
years ago, just before Corbett fought
Sullivan, and the Californian fairly
Bnothered the Australian. Some tim
after Hall and Fitzsimmons fought fol
$40, 900 in New Orleans. Hall had away
the best Of it, I am told, till he got
FitZsimmons' terrific half arm jab or
the jaw, which put him into dream
land. Some people call it a lucky
blow. I don't think it was chance
however, as he got 1t in twice on Peter
Maher, once on Jim Hall and once or
Joe Choynski when the battle was 60
Ing against him All l will say on thai
point is that I don't think he can gel
1t in on a fifth victim, as | have studied
that blow a bit and think 1 can STOP
1t or at least step away from 1t.
Now my readers can readily follow
me in my argument. I believe 1 car
whip Fftz because Corbett, whom ]
really defeated, smothered Hall, whC
In turn is a bit cleverer thar Fitz and
Just as hard a hitter and some say was
Just as good a man in days gone by
Anyhow, each has a victory to his
credit. Hall whipped Fitz in Australia
and Fitz turned the tables on him here
I have only n plan of action, and
I have always been lucky enough tc
win out with 1t, or when interfere6
with by policemen, referees and others
at least got a draw. My STYLE" as
professors term it, is one that has beer
fighters that every lived-John Morris.
sey John L. Sullivan and Kid La
Vigne-that is to &C right at your mar
and keep him at it until you either
whip him or he whips you. Never
give him a breathing spell, never give
him a moment to think or a chance tt
display that "~generalship'' about which
Jill oPO4l 0AlAC4 1oNOs
I see that some shrewd judges Of the
game predict hat If 1 use the same
tactics with Fftz that / used with Cor.
bett, the lanky chap will whip me in.
side Of ten rounds by just jabbing me
with his long and powerful left as hi
did Peter Maher. Well, he did not jail
Peter out in the IL rounds they fought
Peter was out of condition, broker
hearted and his throat and nose clog
ged with blood. And surely I am a mort
rugged man and can stand more pun
ishment than Peter Maher, however
] make out with him on the point O.
cleverness.
No, Fitz can't knock me out in ter
rounds or, | believe, any number o.
rounds. I have had many fights will
American, Norwegian and British tars
and I never met a man who could hur-
me with his hands. I also had clever
boxing contests in California afterI lief
h navy in just as many months
among them being the mills with plucky
Joe Choynski and clever Jim Corbett
None Of these hurt me a particle, bu
! injured every n Of my adversaries
All but Joe and Jim I whipped out
right, and expert judges say 1 would
have finished them In g. round or TIVE
more. With these l was awarded
draws.
I want no draw with Fitz, however
] know a bit more than I did six months
ago, and I will try my best from tn,
start to whip him. 1 honestly believ,
] will outwear him and Outright him
Mind o 1 have non but the kindlies
feeling for the critics who disagree will
me. If all sportsmen thought alike
there would be no matches and M
sport. 1 believe that I will conque,
Fitz just as sturdy John Morrissey il
days gone by whipped Yankee Sullivan
and John c. Heenan, the two cleveres
men of their time; as John L. Sullivan
did Jimmy Elliot, Steve Taylor, Char
ley Mitchell, a lot of clever fellows
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