The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-29
FITz AGREES TO FIGHT.
JULIAN SAYS THE CHAMPION VIII
MEET CoRBETT AND M'OOY.


MEET C0RBETT AND Moor
ne Specifies Certain Csnditiens which Hsust
ne Complied Oyith--Ihe YounG middle
weight IL Invited TO Defeat ChoynsEi first
-Csrbett ana Mccoy Give Their views.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-It is authoritatively an
nouncod by Martin Julian. manager for Fftz-
simmons. that the champion will, In all proba-
bility, again enter the fstic arena. 1t will be,
however. only to fight Corbett and kid"
Mccoy, and on terms that Fitz and his manager
dictate.
"In announcing tho return OF Ftzsimmons to
the arena" said Julian. ~ wish you would par
~ticularly state that our only desire Is to crafty
the American public, which refuses TO believe
he was sincere In his wish TO retire. We believe
he has reached the highest pinnacle Of fame as a
boxer, and his promise to his wife was sincere.
! have reasoned with her for weeks to get her to
relieve him Of this promise, and pointed out the
fact that while he worked hard for years he can
not now afford to allow q lot Of stifs to claim
his honors.
I'VE recognize the further fact that the cry
a champion who won't fight camo to us with
tho title, and that we are bound to defend this
title SO long as we are able TO enter the ring.
Positively, however. this will be our last contest
whether we win or lose.
"The conditions we make will be regarded as
reasonable by any fair-minded sportsman. We
asked that Corbctt shall indicate his sincerity
for his fight by meeting at least one of the best
mon whom F~itzsimmons has d~efeated-Mahcr.
Sharkey or Choynski will do. We place Corbett
in tho same class as the others Fitz has beaten
and entitled to no moro consideration.
AS for Mccoy, we are willing to admit that
he IL . clever young fellow and likely at some
time TO be O prominent factor in the middle
weight class. He has shown nothing remark
able in his ring career. Defeats Of Ryan and
Creedon are the sole basis Of his challenge, and
Ftzsimmons defeated Creedon In two rounds.
II Mccoy will defeat Choynski we will consider
his challenge.
1.-THE only other condition is that the fights
shall be for $40, 200 side and the largest purse
and to a finish. F~itzsimmons can get to 1856
pounds within five weeks. which weight l
doubt IL Mccoy can make. Tho ~latter's contest
with Creedon was at catch weights. 30 that Nc
Coy has no claim on the m~iddleweight cham
pionship.
Ono thing Is certain-we will not be forced
or bulldozed into accepting a fight. / tell you
in all sincerity that there is no desire to evade a
contest by the conditions imposed. We do not
even resort to the childish talk. 'Fightthis man
and I'll eight you.' We do not believe that Cor
bett is sincere, remembering that 1t took five
years to draw him into the ring with Fitzsim-
mons. He can easily get on with Maher or
"As regards Mccoy, we treat his challenge
from a purely business and fistic standpoint.
with him, and tho betting would favor Fitz to
such an extent that tho purse and side stake
S Ss Woui se e sl no a%i szsdit for f.. w yletory win In s q yeay
or SO. when Mccoy has done something. he
would be more popular. as having a chance to
linked with that OF Fitzsimmons in order to
boost their regulations or finances
bett was seen at the Burnett House tonight re-
garding Julian's latest ultlmatnm. "FiLzsim.
m p1blic : Julian 1ue as U snd ali m1q iSo ml'e direetl yi Interested ps ted
in his success. said Corbett: Principally. is
he harassed by the public with the declaration
Of this country and ENGLAND Consider that
an accident, 1 know that / can whip
FIT FIX, and ms ! he X knows it: toe, therefore ao tf9i1 he won't MT
doubt, feels some OF the effects Of the drub6ins
gave to him at Carson. 1 pounded him about
the body. over the kidneys. and in other places
in a way to leave lasting reminders. l punched
him hard. harder than l did, Sullivan. BY
taking. up any one else l would be running the
II 1 should whip nifty other champions Fitz
time. not corbett. For me to 6ght Maher and
the rest would be like a big wholesaler retiring
Viii vi i R Rshi no s one but F SGn' i hS have K fe ash MY H head /
and my money, too. and l can now do whatever l
want to. l shall see FitZ in Chicago, and do my
best to arrange a fight, but II / dom get a match
permanently from the ring.
Corbett tonight at the theatre where he is
performing, received this telegram from w. A.
Brady in New York:
Lot me conduct details. 1 am on to something.
In answer to q question Corbett said with a
knowing smile: "Yes. Dan Stuart is also in
New York, now. He and Billy may have some
thing up their sleeve regarding a match with
Fitz that / know nothing of. ! will agree to give
81, 900 to Fitz the minute he enters the ring
with me, and another $1,000 II he stays before
me ten rounds
1t was with a good deal of pleasure and sur
prise that the sporting public in this city re-
ceived the announcement yesterday that Bob
accept "Rid"" McCoy's def as 4 starter. The
majority were OF the opinion that Fitz did the
proper Thing by calling tho KIDS" CHALLENGE
80 quickly, and hoped that something more than
mere talk will come Of the procedure. Mccoy
was seen by a Syn reporter IN his dressing Ts room
champion was in glowing spirits, and seemed to
be highly elated because Fftzsimmons had con-
"As soon MS l learned what he said" said Nc
Coy, g! communicated with my brother Homer
and a da had him md dr@ cS, up &c cheek csri, for 81 20 900 yo to bind ass
there arc no strings on It; nor can my sincerity
In the matter be doubted. deposited the
Fitz thought ! was bluhing. l amt built that
W way 9o, i ena a So ton one year can accuse anysni ms Of s efaw ! KGaefa''
"Fitzsimmons says that he will pick out n
man for me to fight. Let him. / am open to
meet all corners, for | am confident l know how
to hold my own; Fftz also says after ! beat the
man he selects he will take me on. want to
fight him first, but | won't raise any objection II
he wants me to tackle some one else. / wonder
who 1t could BIO whom he wishes me to take on T.
asked the Kid.
perhaps It is Choynski." suggested the re-
porter. "Would you fight him ."
why, yes" aid Mccoy, with emphasis. 81
| am after them all in my c~lass-that is. at 15S
pounds. II Choynski can get down to this
weight, why he'd be Just as welcome as a ray of
sunshine. / do not choose my opponents. Any