The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
the final round was put on, somebody

yelled:
Speech" In an instant the crowd
burst into loud cheering and Bob final
| ly got up and bowed. When he could
make himself heard the champion said
in clear voice:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Ever since
the fight at Carson I 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 pict-
ures and they'll show how / made a
monkey of Fitzslmmons' Well, I've
| waited for them, and you yourselves
can see who is the monkey. I've forced
the fight from the start and I've fought
him fairly, squarely and honorably.
II haven't seen this last round, which
will be put on in a few minutes; but I'll
bet $4,000 that the World and Journal
faxed those pictures which show me
hitting a foul. Corbett simply qult, and
that's all there is to it. You have seen
the pictures, and you can Judge better
than anybody whether I speak the truth
or not. You will also be able to say
after the last round whether won fair
iy or not and whether it Is my duty to
fight this fellow again. In the fight he
had the advantage of height and weight
and 1 was handicapped with broken
thumb. yet I licked him, and licked him
good"
These remarks were received with tu-
r1ultuous applause, and then the veri-
scope man turned on the current.
Now, wen see about this alleged
foul blow" said Fitz. Look at those
wallops I am putting onto his head.
Why, he's groggy now. Here's where
+ nail him on the solar plexus and he
loses"
AS Corbett began to sink Fitz leaped
once more to his feet and exclaimed:
See, I've moved away from him and
his knees are still off the floor. 1 defy
anybody to say nit him when he vas
down. He's sinking slowly and I'm
ten feet away. There's one knee just
touching the floor nowi I fouled him.
Ell? It's lie, and anybody with half
an eye can see that I'm away from
him before he is down. Look at him
crawling away from me on his hands
and knees. If he's strong enough to do
that why doesn't he get up inside OF ten
seconds and take his medicine? Be
cause he knows that another punch will
knock the senses out Of him, and that
would be horrid. If he isn't beaten fair
ly in that picture Feat 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
Fftz started to go. "Wait and see Cor
bett try 20 create a free fight by slug
ging You when you were unwares."
That's So" replied the Cornishman.
II almost forgot that. Sure enough.
from his gang OF seconds, and, OH,
gracious! mes just trying to hit me.
Gentleman Jim! Oh, yes; that's very
nice"
What do you think Of the pictures?"
asked the reporter.
Elegant" was the enthusiastic re-
spouse. ''They suit me- They show no
foul. and I'm going to sue the World
ard Journal for damages"
What do you think of yourself as a
fighter after seeing yourself in action?"
the reporter ventured.
well, / think for middle-we;ght I
am pretty good"
"Fitzsimmons made his first appear
ance on the stage in this city last night
since the fight at Carson at the Colum-
bus theatre, Harlem. Every part of
the building was filed, and the cham
pion received an enthusiastic greeting.