The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-23
The Champion Pugilist Has
Sent For His Wife.
She and His Sister VIII Come
To Cheer Him Up.
FITZ is A CITIZEN.
He Has Taken Out NaturaIiZa-
ton Papers
And Proposes to Uphold the
American Flag.

Carson, New. Feb 23.-From hints
dropped by Fitzsimmons and his train
ers it is easy to see that they have thor
oughly made up their minds about Cor
bett Overlooking confidence in Bob's
ability to beat him under even condt-
lions deluges everything and every
body out at Cooks, but they also be-
lieve that on the 18th of March the con-
ditions will not be even. They all con-
slider that if Corbett keeps up his pres
ent gait from now until the fight he will
be as stale a third-rater. A dozen
ideas of that kind fill the Australians
head all the time. Julian feeds him on
them morning, noon and night. The
little manager stated that the assump-
ton of superiority is natural and can
not be helped Corbett says the bro
thers-in-laW are whiStling to one an
other to keep their courage up.
Fitzsimmons does not need very much
rounding off even f3r the hard battle
he now has in prospect. His limbs
are one mass of muscle, just loose
enough for liveliness, and his arms are
In perfect shape. The hands that were
so badly disfgured last fall by collision
with Sharkey's skull now show no
signs of weakness, though one knuckle
is still painful. Hickey will probably
begin active training with his princi-
pal on Wednesday and Roeber will add
his talents to the daily routine of work
so soon as the other two get we'll
warmed up. COrbett and FitZsim-
mons have hobbies in the line of train
ing. The Californian swears by his
hand ball court and the Australian by
his daily ten-mile country run in the
air as the finest thing in the world to
get a man in condition. Each of them
will enjoy his preference to the full be-
fore the day of the battle Two little
localities in the neighborhood of Carson
are watching these gladiators with
wide open eyes. The town of Empire,
three miles from here, is full OF Irish
and of them is a Cor
bett standard bearer. Many of them
make weary trips through the snow
day after day and feel well rewarded
for their trouble if they can only get
a glimpse of their favorite. In Vir-
ginia the Cornish miners who delve in
all that is left of the old Comstock are
full of noisy enthusiasm for Fftzsim-
mons.
Corbett said yesterday: ''You notice
that 1 am not saying much about Mr..
Fitzsimmons. He and his man Julian
are doing most of the talking, but 1
want to tell you that every unl1ind
word that man has said, every mean
and cowardly thing he has uttered, L
will make him repent, mark my words.
And I won't want any gang of toughs
at the ringside to help me make him
swallow his words, either He can go
on talking, and suppose he will, from
now till the 18th; but remember what
I say. If he whips me I will take my
medicine like a man. he went on, "but
Robert Fitzsimmons never saw the day
in his life, and never will, when he will
be able to get the best of me-"
Then depressing, he talked about the
weather: Il have not felt so cold for a
long while as L do now. If a fellow
does not keep moving all the time the
perspiration will freeze on his body.
The air here is fine and healthy, and
the people treat me well, but the lone
illness of it is making me very tired.
I am so lonesome out here that have
got blue and hOmeSick. feel the need
of somebody to cheer me up, and have
sent down to the city today for my
wife and sister. They will be up at
the end of the week I will attend to
my work just as faithfully while they
are here, and my friends need not be
afraid that I will get slow or careless
in my training. My wife will stay
here until after the fight.
FitZsimmonS prides himself on his
citizenship, even though it was but re-
Gently obtained through the application
for the necessary papers. He SCOTS at
CorbettS appeals for sympathy to the
American public because of his nat1V-
ity and declares that the Californian
has now more right to claim that he
is to defend the American flag in the
ring than himself.
Il am an American citizen" said
F'itzsimmons yesterday. 81 furthermore
am the American champion and the
champion pugilist of the world. I'll
confess that Corbett held the cham
pionship after he defeated poor old
John L. Sullivan, but then you must re
member that in order to avoid a meet
ing with me he surrendered the title
and rendered it to Peter Maher, who
was then matched to fight me.
"Corbett hoped that Maher would
best me- so that he could turn around
and say that I had succumbed to a
second-rater and would have to get a
reputation before 1 could get a battle
with the alleged champion. But you
will also probably remember that 1
whipped Maher practically with one
punch.
THAT transferred the title of cham
pion of the world to me, didn't it? Now,
where does Mr.. Corbett come in for his
claims for the championship? He signs
all of his show bills James ]. Corbett,
champion of the world when in reality
/ am the only simon-pure champion"
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