El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

and he amt laughing now. Oh, but
| he's awful tired"
AS the light went out and the an
nouncer told the crowd that there
would be an interval of three minutes
before the final round was put on,
somebody yelled:
"Speech!' Inan instant the crowd
ly got up and bowed. When he could
make himself heard the champion said
in a clear voice:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: Ever since
the fight at Carson 1 have heard all
sorts of talk from Corbett about foul
blows and how he was robbed out of
the fight. He has said, Wait for the
pictures and they'll show how 1 made
monkey Of Fitzsimmons.' Well, I've
waited for them, and you, yourselves,
can see who is the monkey. I've
forced the fight from the start and we
fought him fairly, squarely, and honor
ably.
Il haven't seen this last round
which will b put on in a few minutes.
But I'll bet SO, 900 that the World
and Journal faxed those pictures which
show me hitting foul. Corbett sim
ply quit and that's all there is to it.
You have seen the pictures, and you
can Judge better than any body whether
I speak the truth or not. You will also
be able to say after the last round
whether 1 won fairly or not and whetb
err it is my duty to fight this fellow
again. In the fight he had the advant-
age of height and weight and l was
han dicapped with broken thumb,
yet 1 licked him, and licked him
good"
These remarks were received
with tumultuous applause, and then
the voriscope man turned on the cur
rent.
"Now, we'll see about this alleged
foul blow" said Fitz. Look at those
wallops 1 am putting onto his head
Why, he's groggy now. Here's where
l ma him on the solar plexus and he
loses.''
AS Corbett began to sink F7itz
leaped once more to his feet and ex-
claimed:
"See, I've moved away from him
and his knees are still on the fl Ior. |
defy anybody to say L hit him when he
was down. He's sinking slowly and
| m 10 feet away. There's one knee
just touching the flor now. [ fouled
him, eh? It's d lie, and anybo " with
half an eye can see thai N away from
him before he is down. Look at him
away from me on his hands
and knees. If he's strong enough to
do that, why d. esn't he get up inside of
ten seconds and take his medicine.
Because ne knows that another punch
will knock the senses out of him and
that would be hOrr.d. If he isn't
beaten fairly in that picture I'll eat
my hat. He ought to have better
sense than to tell the public to see this
reproduction of his DOWNFALL
Hold on, Bob" remarked Julian,
as Fitz started to go. ''Walt and see
Corbett try to create free fight by
smuggling you when you were I'M
awares."
That's So" replied the Cornishman.
II almost forgot that. Sure enough,
there he runs across, fighting away
from his gang of seconds, and, Oh,
grac; ous. he's just trying to hit me.
Gentleman Jim. Oh, yes, that's very
nice.'
"What do you think OF the pictures?"
asked he reporter.
"Elegant,'' was the enthusiastic re-
spouse. "They suit me. They show no
foul. and I'm going to sue the World
and Journal for damages"
"What do you think of yourself as a
fig liter after seeing yourself in action?"
the reporter ventured.
"Well, l think for q middleweight l
am pretty good"
Fitzsimmons made his first appear
ance on the stage in this city last
night since the fight at Carson at the |
Columbus theatre. Harlem. Every
part of the building was filled and the |
champion received an enthusiastic
greeting.
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