Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-31
CORBETT TO FITz.
.GENTLEMAN JIM'sv CHALLENGE
ron ANOTHER MEETING.
REFRESHMENTS CHAMpIOESMEMORY
what Was Said by the Australian
Just after the battle Mt Carson
Terms of the Contest Vow Pro-
posed. 80.

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CINCINNATI. o., December So.-James
]. Corbett to-day gave TO the Times-star
for publication his challenge to fight Ro-
bert ]. Fftzsimmons, as follows:
"To Robert ]. Fitzsimmons, Champion
of the World:
"Your published declaration Mr- f1tz-
simmons. that you intend re-entering the
ring pleases me more than L can at
present express TO you, for l know that
the public esteems me to be the only can
didate for. the honors you thus place
within reach.
.I am sorry, however, TO note that In
wording this declaration you give me the
impression that since we last met YOU
have become unwisely forgetful.
"For instance. you say that before
can claim a return match with you J
must prove myself to be worthy OF II.
You certainly intended this as joke
for no one in the world knows my ability
better than yourself. You cannot so soon
have forgotten your remark 10 me at
Carson. Just after the battle. JIM you
said. in your simple, earnest way, L u
never fight again. You have gwen me
bloody good licking.
.Yo,, the winner, uttered these WORDS,
with face and body so battered as 10
leave no doubt Of your sincerity WINE l.
the loser, listened, with never prulse
or a scratch from head to foot whlch
could contradict you.
MUST MEET HIM AGAIN.
"Is this consistent with your now re-
quest to prove TO be worthy opponent
You will find the confidence OF the pupic
in my ability TO defeat you sun I'M
shaken. You will find that the pupilc wiz
insist upon your recognizing my c'aihi
that you must meet me again
"But surely you have been misrepre-
scented. / refuse to credit you with the
lame memory. broken judgment, poor
taste. and entire untruthfulness which
the printed remarks alleged to have been
made by YOU. would imply. / prefer 10
think that those who have entered The
ring with me were men, honest, brave.
and incapable OF the vulgar, lying, ana
cowardly language in which the news
paper versions of your remarks were
couched. However well / know that the
great journals try to be, and usually are
accurate to the letter in reporting the Ut
terances of important men upon impor-
tant subjects, / prefer to believe that
i'm this case a grave error J as been mace
somehow, somewhere, ano FOR a purpose
not worthy of one who wishes 10 be con-
sidered above contempt. What the pub
lie expects from me Is to MAINTAIN the
manly dignity Of the ring and not be a
hra vvIer nor a shifty evader of the hon
est principles which govern honest men
when adjusting their respective merits.
This is all have to say
WHAT JIM WILL Do.
,.eBut this is what 1 propose to do:
"The day we sign articles l VIII give
YOU $1,000, in recognition of your
| courtesy.
.DThe moment you enter the ring,
ready to offer me battle, l viii give you
n second thousand dollars, in token OF
my pleasure.
'JTpon the completion of the tenth
round, If you are still indicated, l viii
| give YOU a third thousand dollars, as
souvenir of my surprise.
upon defeating you, no matter in what
| round. / will give you 5000 more as
| a reminder that am not an ungenerous
| foe
ION the other hand should you again
| defeat me- / promise, If still able to move,
| to place my nat upon NY hN"Nf anu t''Ni'
removing 1t in your honor, proclaim you
| In frank and unmstakable terms to be
NV superior. and state that / then and
| there quit forever all possible claim TO
| the championship OF the world.
Let further remarks on this subject
| he made by 900 clean, honestly-earned
| American dollars, given me by the public
| that believes in me. / have this day FOR
warded these to William j. Davis, OF
| Chicago in testimony that | mean every
| word | have herein spoken.
| JAMES j. CORBETT,
| champion of America.
! Cincinnati, o., December 20, 1891"
FITS CONDITIONS.
| NEW YORK, December 3O.Ton
| O'Rourke has wired to the Associated
| Press from Fort Wayne, Ind. as follows
Julian and Fitzsimmons have named
! Joe Wolcott. at the middleweigbt limit
| to meet Mccoy and Peter Maher to meet
| Corbett. If Mccoy and Corbett wiz
| from Wolcott and Maher, Fitzsimmon:
| will meet both of them afterwards. These
are the only conditions Fitz will make
with Mccoy and Corbett."
FITZ. WILL IGNORE IT.
| CHICAGO, December Cove shall pa!
| no attention TO it," said Martin JuliaI
to-day, when asked what he and Fitzsim
mons would do in regard TO Corbett:
formal challenge for the championship.