Evening star., 1897-04-12
COMING OF FITZSIMMONS
He Will Be Met With a Band and Escorted
to His Hotel. '-.s
Julian, His Manager, Declares Tint
COrbett Doesn't Really Want to
Fight Bob Again.

Martin Julian, known to the world as the
brother-in-laW and manager of Bob FitZ-
simmons, 1.-The champion of champions" of
the prize ring, arrived in this city this
morning five minutes before roon and
registered at the Arlington At $50 o'clock
the train is due which will bring the pugi-
fstic champion to the city, together with
tie rest of the company which is now tour
ing the country fulfilling contracts and
showing 10 admiring crowds just how the
Knockout was delivered. The party con-
sists of Mrs. Fitzsimmons, Ernest Roeber,
he heavyweight champion GraecoRoman
wrestler of America Daniel Hickey, the
sparring partner of Lanky Bob, who acts
the role of the defeated boxer, and J. H.
Shoemaker advance agent.
Fitzsimmons will be met al the Baltimore
and Ohio railway station by Manager
Whitesell, who has arranged for the per-
furmance at Center Market Hall tonight.
Headed by brass band of eighteen pieces,
the party will be escorted to the Arlington
by way of Pennsylvania avenue. Bob and
Mrs. Fitzsimmons and Bob, jr., fifteen
months old. will occupy the first carriage,
drawn by four horses.
Preparations for the exhibition this even
ing in the large hall over Center market
are fully completed. OF course the princi-
pal attraction will be the man whose name
country st. Patrick's day. and whose every
movement in the arena at Carson was
graphically reproduced in every American
city and town, and even in those in the
other hemisphere. Manager Whitesell has
decided to sell general admission tickets at
80 celts each.
Another COrbett Match.
A rumor has been current that Corbett
would endeavor to complete arrangements
vsyif 1, 1ciY For fip1U
when he would endeavor to retrieve his
fortunes. The rumor has gained the more
credence because of the fact that the ex-
champion is travelling eastward directly
on the trail of his rival, and has actually
met him two or three times in the course
of their transcontinental journeying. Mar
tin Julian w6s asked his opinion Of this
report this morning, and replied that he
believed there was nothing in it. He did
not think Corbett was at all anxious to
stand up again before Fitzsimmons Julian
said the Pompadour acknowledged after
he had ever met. All talk of chance
blow said Julian, was foolishness. He de-
clared that from the very start Corbett
was on the defensive, and that he after
ward acknowledged to his successful op-
ponent that he had been deceived as to
the latter's abilities. Julian stated that
Fitz would not meet Corbett again, any
way until the latter had done some fight
pion's belt and title.
A telegram received by The Star this
afternoon from Corbett at Philadelphia
says: please state that l never contem-
plated a visit to Washington just now and
will not be there"
Ovations to Fitzsimmons.
According to Manager Julian, immense
crowds have everywhere thronged to catch
a glimpse of Fitzsimmons, and in every
city where exhibitions have been given the
In Chicago, he said, the people were SO
eager to see him that the police were kept
busy handling the surging crowds that
lined the streets when the parade passed
Eager admirers thronged into the railroad
t,ain wherever 1t stopped, and the cham
pion received repeated ovations in his
jcrney eastward.
Manager Julian was asked about the re-
port that the kinetoscopic pictures Of the
fight had turned out failures, and that
Fitzsimmons was the only person who had
made any money out of the enterprise. He
characterized the statement as utterly false
He said he had just received advices direct
ly contradicting it, and he was assured
that the pictures would be perfectly sue
ccssful. He added that Fitxsimmons had
not sold out his interest for $4,000, but
still retained his right to share in the
profits. Julian said he had been offered
$4,000 to sell out, but had declined. Sew
enty-five thousand dollars, Julian said
would not tempt him to part with his
In regard to Fitxsimmons Manager JUL
ian said that he would fulhll contracts for
public exhibitions already made. but that
further than that there was nothing def
mite.
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