The record-union., 1897-03-19
FitzSimmonS Takes Things Easy After His
Encounter With COrbett.
Shows But Little Signs of the Pound
ing He Received.
Says He Was Confident at Every
Stage of the Fight That He Would
be the Winner - The DethrOned
Champion Remains in His Rooms,
Reading the Accounts of His
Downfall.

Reading the Accounts of His
Downfall.
| CARSON, March 1S.-The new cham
pion pugilist of the world was taking
| things very easy to-day. He in the
morning walked over to the peniten-
tiary and took a bath, and for the bal
ance of the day loafed around the house
| and did nothing. He looked in excel
lent shape, and the terrific pounding
that he received in the ring yesterday
from Corbett did not show to any such
extent as might have been expected.
His lower lip was cut quite badly, and
F'itZsimmons had covered it literally
with court plaster, but this was the
only thing about him that gave any
indication of the ordeal he had gone
through on the preceding day. One
thumb was tied up, and Bob explained
he had hurt this on Corbetts head in
the first round, and that it gave him
much trouble during the fight. He was
cheerful to the last degree over the re-
suit of the contest but did not have a
great deal to say regarding it.
There was no time during the fight, 5"
he said, when 1 was not confident of
winning. Why, in the fifth and sixth
rounds, when they say that Corbett
had me going, l had no doubt whatever
in my mind that l was going to be the
winner of that fight I knew 1 had him
all the time. After the seventh round
kept getting stronger and fresher all
the time, and he was getting weaker.
could tell that by his blows and by his
strength in the clinches. I knew that
l could end the fight with a punch or
two when / had good chance to land
hem, and 1 knew that l was going to
Outlast him when it came to the ques-
ton of endurance. What had I to fear
anyhow? 1t was a sure thing for me
all of the time, and l knew it. knocked
| him out just as l knocked out Sharkey
the only difference being that this
time I got the credit for what I did.
There were Tote of people in the coun-
try who said / could not stay with Cor
| bett, and that if the fight went over ten
rounds it meant he would be a sure
winner. l knew that 1 could outlast
him. and 1 would have shown the
world that I could tire him out if 1 had
not a chance to knock him out.
I'm the early part of the fight I
played for his jaw, and I must say that
he kept it out of the way in mighty
! good style. / reached it several times,
however, and l knew that I would
sooner or later get there with it. He
was so clever however in guarding his
| jaw that it meant too much waste of eff
fort on my part to keep on trying to
hit there, and beside [ could reach him
often enough. I then began playing for
his body, and in short time / landed
him."
Regarding his future movements,
F'itzsimmOns said: II have not decided
! just what / will do, but one thing is
/ certain, and that is that 1 will not fight
any more for at least two years. 1t has
been three years since Corbett fought
anybody for the championship and 1
am not going into any finish contests
for two years, any how. After that
time l may decide to fight again, and 1
may not. 1t all depends on how / feel.
l am getting along in years now, and
two years more on my present age will
bring me not far from 40 years of age.
That's a rather mature age for any
man to engage in finish contests in the
ring. However, l will not say now
what I will do. I may fight again, and
l may not. 1 shall pay no attention to
the challenges made byGoddard, Mitch
ell and Sharkey. They are all bluff
challenges, and not worth my consid-
Grafton
Fitzsimmons will leave Carson City
for San Francisco on Friday night, and
will give an exhibition in that city He
| o,ieri l1Hy 70
Friday night, but the date has been
| changed to Saturday.
THE EX-CHAMPION
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1S.-James
J. Corbett remained in his rooms at the
ST. Nicholas Hotel to-day, and spent
most of the day lying down. He rose
early and had a hearty breakfast
served in his rooms, after which he
read the papers, devouring every word
printed about the fight. Then he lay
down and did not rise until a dentist
| called by appointment to repair the
tooth shattered by Fitzsimmons at
Carson yesterday. Jim shows little
outward marks of his encounter, but
he is weak from the effects of the ter
rible heart blow, and says he has in
termittent shooting pains in his left
side. His physician. however, says he
| will suffer no permanent injury, al
though the shock to both nervous and
physical systems has been severe.
Corbett was first amused and then
annoyed at the report brought over the
wires that he was dead He was the
liveliest corpse ever en- route to a
graveyard, he said, and reiterated his
ability and willingness to fight F'itzsim-
mons or any one else this afternoon,
| tomorrow or any day next week
II don't want to say anything more
about the fight" he said to an Asso-
ciated Press representative. Hold on
though. Just say this, will you, that
/ was beaten fairly and honestly. and
that i have no kick coming, no com
/ plants TO make. And don't represent
me as sick or dying, or even i'll. for I
am not-only chagrined at my care
lessness in the fight
After a good lunch Corbett Law down
and slept soundly for two hours. He
was to have given a boxing exhibition
this afternoon in the Mechanics Payil-
ion. and the city had been billed with
announcements to this effect on the
anticipation of Corbett victory and a
triumphant return to his home Fitz-
simmons will appear in the hall in