The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-20

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| say Corbett should not have jeopardzed
his reputation and their money by laIly-
gagging with the Freak when a good stiff
punch would have put him out.
Al. Herford, of Baltimore, manager Of
| the Eureka Athletic Club, said that the
| result OF the fight was just as he had ex-
| pected. He was firm believer in Fitz' 5
ability, and was delighted at the outcome
of the battle.
Sullivan, in his report TO the New York
! Journal, says that Corbett is not capable
of delivering knockout blow. Yet John
l.. happened up against something of the
| kind in the twenty-fir round about 8
| O'Clock OF the evening of September z,
1892 at New Orleans.
Two disconsol ate Corbettmen We're stand
! ing in front of The Times building last
| night discussing the catastrophe at Car
son. One said to the other, Il see that
a New York doctor states that Fitz hit
! Corbett on the solar pleXus. Yes,
| added the other, land the Australian must
/ have used an AK"
Fred Irwin, the goodlooking master
| of ceremonies of the vivacious Irwin
Brothers company playing at kernan's
! this week, won 5000 on Fitzsimmons. He
| was one of the few theatrical folk whose
| Judgment was good, and he VIII have
money to incinerate on the New York
| '.Rialto" this summer.
Reporter John ''Jeems' Ingalls, couldn' I
overlook the chance to work in a new
addition to sporting pafianee- He said
there were minuets, side talks, embraces,
horse play, grins and genuflexions between
the principals during their stay in che
ring" .'Genuflexions'' is the newcomer,
and no doubt, like the ''iridescent dream,''
il has come TO stay.
George Mantz, the Baltimore referee.
was another Fitzsimmons man who felt
particularly jolly at the result of the go.
Il thought from the start that FitZsimm ons
would win," he said. In fact l did not
see how he could lose. The fight lasted
just trifle longer than l expected, but
that had nothing to do with IT. 1t was
Fits fight from the start"
Lou Houseman, The Times rport-
ing correspondent in Chicago, was time
keeper for FitZsimmons at the ringslde.
Lou" was firm believer in Fits ability
to win. and was so overjoyed at the out
come that, according to the press report,
he jumped over the ropes and danced a
wild JIG on the boards OF the ring Lou"
will now give his attention strictly to
ba seball.
The next big contest TO be decided in
New York will be the twenty-fiye-round
bout between George Dixon, the coIored
wonder, and Frank Ernc of Buffalo, for
the feather-weight championship OF the
world This contest has already stirred
up considerable interest among the sport
ing men all over the country, ard it is
expected that the Broadway Athletic Club,
where the contest is TO be decided next
Wednesday night, Will not be large enough
to accommodate the crowd that will be
on hand. Their previous twenty-round
contest, which was won by Erne, was
one of the most interesting feather weight
battles ever fought in this country. Both
boys are training hard and continuously
for the contest and will enter the ring in
condition TO fight for long time.
Jake Kilrain picked Fitz To win and
was naturally very joyous over the vindi
cation of his judgment: Il am sorry for
Corbett,' he said, because | know how
it feels to he whipped, but ut the same time
i hail the appearance in tile pugilistic
arena of star OF far greater magnitude
than any OF those whose luster has heen
dimmed by time Fitz is the greatest
fighter that ever lived, har none, and
there is no man in the world today who
can approach him. 1t was Fits fight
from the time the gong sounded. In one
round Corbett had much the best of it,
furnishing his opponent terribly. In the
"A hntt
popularity OF Fits. He can stand five
times the punishment any other man can,
and will then come up in the next round
in just as good shape as ever. don't think
that Corbett had show at any stage OF
the game"
If Bob Fitzsimmons, the champion of the
world, expects to be idoliZed Ivy the sport
ing fraternity in this country he should
stick TO the fighting business and not
retire from the ring as soon as he becomes
the champion. There are several heavy
weights left who are after thechampionship.
Among these are Tom Sharkey, John l..
Sullivan, Joe Goddard and Peter Maher.
All have their money posted to fight Fitz
simmons, and if Lanky Bob retires from
the game 1t will look very bad for him in
the eyes of the sporting men, and every
one of them will not be back ward in
saying that Lanky Bob was u very lucky
fighter TO win from Corbett Fitzsim-
mons, as the recognized champion. shond
be ready to meet any of the pugilists
and show the public, like poor john l..
did, that he stands ready to defend the
title against all corners. That's how John
L. Sullivan became so popular all over
the world, and there is no reason why FitZ
simmons should not follow in Sullivan's
footsteps New York Evening World.
Many of the fair sex exercised keen
interest over the FitZsimmons-Corbett inn
broglio. 1t was not a matter for wonder
at all, since the beginning woman has ever
had admiration for the strong and valiant
in the sterner creation Prior to the big
battle at Carson, a gentleman very popular
In his office under the War Department
warmly espoused the cause of the Cornish
man, and three ladies associated with him
in the same division favored Gentleman
JIM with all the fervor natural to feninin-
ity. The gentleman was taken i'll on Tues
day, but The Times man happened to see
him on the night following the fight, and
draw from him the expression: Il said
from the start which was
printed with similar statements Thursday
The ladies, knowing of the
gentleman's ndispostion, called at his
residence yesterday, and along with their
sent up card to his room,
with their names written thereon, and ON |
the reverse side, in a spirit of surrender
and jollity, was penned: II said FitZsimmons
from the start-The Times" 1t is not
necessary to add that the gentleman appre-