The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
GOSSIP Of THE Town.
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Carl Smith, the erstwhile Salt Lake
newspaper man. who went to Carson to
report the big fight for the Chicago Rec
ord. has some very clear impressions of
the battle. He is returning to the Windy
City by easy stages and talks entertain
ingly of the champion and ex-champion,
who will be here tomorrow:
The difference between the men is. -
he says, that while Corbett is d most
magnificent and unparalleled boxer, Fitz-
simmons is born and bred fighter. Cor
belts success seems TO have lain in the
fact that he never before allowed his adj
versary to reach him. His science was
his defense. On the other hand FitzSim-
mons plan is to be able to receive and
recover from punishment rather than to
evade 1T. Even the administration of such
blows as were struck by these two men
exhausts strength after time, and Cor
bett, being wearied by his own efforts,
coupled with the few forcible layings on
of FitZSimmonS' own hands, was a very
tired man after the tenth round of the
fight. But all that is history. [ merely
mention il to fortify the statement that
today. tomorrow or next week, Fitzsim-
mons can repeat the dose. 1t is not at
all likely, L think, that he will be called
upon to do it, however. l talked with
Francisco-Brady is Corbetts manager,
you know-and while he then declared
that he would follow Fitz wherever he
went, with challenge, his subsequent
to do no such thing.
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From what 1 have heard. it wouldn' t
surprise me very much to find Fitz and
Corbett together under Brady's manage
ment inside a year. Certainly F1tZ can
not make anything like championship
money out of exhibitions as Corbett and
Sullivan have done. He cannot put up
the excuse OF acting, and the kaleidoscope
will take all the wind out of his cham
pionship sails If he tries to go on the road
with a hired boxing partner More than
that, the Management of Martin Julian is
bound to rob him OF every chance OF pop
ularity, for Julian knows so precious lit
tie about handling big thing that he
cannot realize even pocket money out of
any kind of an attraction.
why on Sunday. under Julians star
management, Fitzsimmons cheapened his
championship 70 the extent of appearing
in a boxing bout at 1O-cent 'shoot-the-
chutes' show in San Francisco, and as an
Indicate of his drawing powers he
played to about LOO people on one of the
finest spring days you ever saw. He was
there in about the same category with the
educated dog and the peanut vendor, and
it made things seem mighty cheap.
But if Brady gets those two men in
one theatrical venture, he can and will
coin money. 1 understand they have set
tied up their private grievances, and that
they are already on footing of friend
Ship and ii wouldn't be much of a change
for Bob to quit his bungling brother-in-
law and take to contract with Brady,
whose ability to make money is proverbial
among pugilistic people
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1.-The most striking feature of the match
at Carson, it seems. to me, was the pres
ence of Mrs. Fitzsimmons at the ringside.
| had the good luck to have a seat right
in front of her and next Bobs corner.
We talked together for quite while, but
when the men came in to fight, she had
no time for me or anyone else but Bob
and Corbstt. She looked up. and catch
ing Corbett's eye. assured him in an audi
BILE voice that he was going TO be licked.
and he smiled back at her in most mock
ing manner, as though he enjoyed the
prospect of beating her husband I'M
conscious within her sight. All through
the fight those two were in communica-
ton, She using her tongue and he that
insulting smile. She also directed the
seconds, and even called to the referee to
enforce the rules of the ring when she
thought Bob was going TO get the worst
of it.
There was one thing about the fight
which made me think better of Fitzsim-
mons as a man than / had before When
he was getting the worst punishment, and
when he was most piteouS spectacle. he
would look over at his wife. sitting frantic
at the ringSide. and wink a desolate,
ehastly wink at her as though to reas-
sure her and tell her it was all right Now,
when a ff1stn who is being beaten almost