The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15

CARSON, Marcn Little SShSei-
ton of the day was the declaration
made this afternoon by William Null
doom, the famous wrestler, regarding
FitzSimmons. Muldoon is an acknoWl-
edged authority among sporting men
on all matters pertaining to training
and physical culture, and his opinion
carries great weight with them. He
visited Cooks ranch this morning and
had a long talk with FitZsimmCns He
looked him over carefully, il, order to
obtain as close an estimate as possible
of Fftzsimmons' physical condition,
and his opinion, expressed after leav-
ing Bob's training quarters, was not as
favorable as it might have been.
Il did not like the look Of his eve"
said Muldoon to a party of friends. I
took a walk with him, and we had a
long conversation. We discussed the
fight and the prospects of both men,
and Fitzsimmons to me did not seem to
be at all oYer-confident regarding the
result"
MuldOon then went on to say that
during his conversation with Fitz-
simmons he told him he had seen Cor
bett at his work, and while stripped il
his dressing-room, and that, in his
opinion, the champion was in first
class condition.
L know it," said Fitzsimmons. ~
know he is all right. I understand that
he never was in better condition than
now
F'itz has given up all hard work in
his training, and from now until the
day of the fight he will take only light
/,
run to the penitentiary and back home,
covering distance of about four miles
He took his rundown, and this ended
his work for the day. Tomorrow he
Will take a short run on the roads and
do a little work at punching the bag,
and Tuesday will do practically moth
ing.
Among the callers at Cooks ranch
to-day was Billy Madden, who tried to
make arrangements with Fitzsimmons
to meet his man, Joe Goddard, in the
ring in case he defeats Corbett. Fitz
was rather nOn-committal on the SUBJ
ject, and declared that in any event he
would not consider the signing Of arti-
cles to meet Goddard or any other man
until after the fight, and he would not
say that even then he would be willing
to take on Goddard or anybody else
There win be plenty of time after
the fight with Corbett,' said L'itz, Ito
consider the question of a fight with
Goddard or any other fighter. l know
if / win there will be all sorts of
challenges hurled at me, but l am not
going to be in too great Injury about
accepting any of them. This fight
means a good deal in money, beside
that which is involved in the purse and
side bets, and for my part, if l win,
wish to get some of the money that Will
be mine for the looking after it, [ Will
not to say that I viii not fight Goddard
but / viii not agree at this time to
enter the ring with him or anybody else
in case l win next Wednesday, There
viii, in any event, be no use in my
talking about making any matches I'M
til / am through with this one"
DO you really think that you are
going TO beat Corbett?' Madden asked
-You must remember that he is a very
clever man.
Fitz looked at Madden with consider
ale disgust showing in his face, and
remarked:
will 1 beat him? OF course I will
beat him. I tell you one thing right
now, and that is that unless force the
fighting on Corbett he viii not BE able
TO lick me anywhere inside of six hours.
/ am going to beat him just as sure as
there is a fight on March 18th. / never
have had any doubt on that score. and
you viii see that have not overrated
myself and not moderated Corbett"
At the conclusion of his interview
with Fitzsimmons Madden said that
he considered the red-haired fighter to
be in the best possible condition.
Il have seen him in the ring many
times" said Madden. and ! have been
referee in several of his fights. / never
saw him looking as well as he does
now. and if he is defeated / do not
think he can claim anything on the
score of the lack of condition"
After failing 10 make a match be-
tween FItzsimmons and Goddard,
Madden proposed that Steiner so
against O'DoHneiL. Fitzsimmons de-
clared this match could not he consid-
cred. because Stelzner is to fight JEFF
fries in san Francisco next month.
Madden then made a third proposal, it
being that Hickey fight O'Donnen.
He is much too large a man for me-
said Hickey, and I do not think that
We would make very good match.'