The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-19
gTz IS FIRST CLASS.
~.,ox FEELS LIVELY THE DAY
AFTER THE FIGHT.
,.t.vtes Are n Cut Lip and
Thumb--wfII Pay No At
.... 10 Buffers Like Sullivan
xsa.rkry-Corbe Heart still
r.sss Him. but He lie Eager q"
yiehf Again.

nsc.x March fE.-The rev champion
Isls.-.-.yts was taking things very easy
A. ne morning he walked over %
sa&s-s.ser.arv ard for the balance Of the
= - s-oana the house snc did moth
81 ss-.e,ssrru0ns looked 70 be IN excellent
- - ne terrGac sounding that ne re-
So - vinz from C0foetf did not snow
.e,en extent a. might have been sx-
gis Iowar llp Kas cut quite badly
go had covered Il 8Deraliy with
$500 out this was the oniy thing
- -. s1nn t,af gave any indication OF the
- - hsa g0ns through on the pre-
- Az one fhgmb waS tied up and
=. sxa.alred be had burt q on Coroett's
- - the frat round and fnat u gave
= 800 froaoie during the fight. Hs
= eseerfai 10 The last degree over tie
vs. .'.ss :, sbe contest. but did not have a
-, deal 70 say regardiag II.
M aps are very tain said Fifz.
--s.w crack OPEN without being hurt. I
So i5st some blood yesterday. bat IL
- wezkun me ~ al. and things
s~.es much worse with me than they
sezay we're.
80 VAS not confident OF winning.
- IN TIE Gfrh and sixth rounds. when
$40 xav that Corbett had me going. ] had
= sasot whatever IN my mind that ] vas
= L
~ I'm al the time. After the seventh
$3.50 I kept getting stronger and fresh
= ri ire time and he was getting weaker.
aerla tell that hy his blows and by his
s..eegrh Ii the elinches. / knew that
800 end the fight with punch or two
80 aad good chance 10 land them.
- knew that / WAS going TO ourlast
- saep II came 70 the question Of en-
asgares.
rsrs thing for me ali % the time. and
.aew IL / knocked him out just rs
tsarssf out sharkey. the only difference
assr tnat this time ] got the credit for
There were lots Of people in the country
xha said ! could not stay with Corbstt,
~ that II the fight went over ten
-sapss # meant he would be sure win
a. I knew that I could outIast him
- 7 ~ould have shown the world fhat
ronla tire him out II ] had not a chance
: knock him out.
n re early part o. the fight played
y, his jaw. and I must say that be kept
4 eat OF the way In mighty good style.
! reached II several times. however and
I knew fhaf ! would sooner or later get
iheye with IT, He was so clever howev-
e. II guarding bis jaw that II meant too
rarh waste effort on my part To keep on
iryfnx 70 hit him there, and besides.
enHld reach him often enough. I then
ifxan playing for his body. and .n
sAavg time landed him."
Regarding ais future movements, F1tz
sad.
4 have not decided Just what I will
"a bat one thing il certain. and that Is
-. will not fight any more for ut least
tw0 years. II has been three years since
cprhstf fought anybody for the cham
ssonshr. ard I am not going into any
tnssh contests for two years anyhow.
Ansr that time I may decide 10 fight
ssasn. and I may not. All depends on how
! fssl ! am getting along In years now.
ssa tao years more on my present age
VT bring ne not far from ~. That's n
rsgasr mature age for any man TO engage
= salsh contests in the ring.
However. I viii not say now what I
AZ Do ! may fight again and may not
skzil pay no attention 20 the challenges
nsae ~ Goddard Mitchell and Sharkey
Tier are hluff challenges and not worth
~ eons.deration."
FIR viii leave Carson for San Francisco
. Friday night. and win give an exhi-
vita In that city. He was originally
snesss to exhibit there Friday night, bat
- ssie has been changed 10 Saturday.