The San Francisco call., 1897-03-12
BOB GETS
; PAY FOR
THE FAKE
FitZsimmons Refuses TO Be-
Bunkoed b. Hearst's
Crowd.
JIM CoNFESsES THAT he
TOLD LIES.
That Meeting On the Highway
So Exclusive That It
Ddn't Occur.
sQUABBLING OVER THE RULES
FOR THE FIGHT.
S;ler, Stewart ard the Pugilists'
Managers TO Meet and Settle
the Controversy.
sQUABBLING OVER THE RULES
FOR THE FIGHT.
S;ler, Stewart ard the Pugilists
Managers TO Meet and Settle
the Controversy.

CARSON, New, March 11.-Bob Fitz-
simmons came in from Cooks ranch again
this morning and was in higher dudgeon
than he Iugged in with him yesterday.
Bob was NOT roaring about Referee Siler
ard the rules to-day. Indeed, he had
quite forgotten both in his excitement over
new arrangement of his passions.
Il consider that 1 have been bunkoed,
and l will have what is coming 10 me or
somebody viii be made to feel uncomfort-
able" said Fitz as he swung into Carson
street from the penitentiary road with the
pace OF greyhound.
That's just what's the matter" re-
echoed Martin Julian, who was trudging
along in the wake of the Cornishman.
Fitz was halted and asked for an explana-
ton of his tautrum. Ee told an interest
ing little story, the theme of which was
how he was "done up" 1t appears that
the.lankv boxer had been inveigled into
standing in" with the So called exclusive
Examiner-Jo journal combination to furnish
them with a little story about a meeting
on the highway near the penitentiary
with Corbett. The story was to go on TO
relate how, when the big boxers, who are
20 battle for the worlds championship
Lext Wednesday, met, Fitz walked up
and prQffered his hand, the Californian
scorned it and said be would not shake
with the Cornishman until after the 18th
OF March. More conversation of banter
ing nature was TO be incorporated in the
story and all of ii was to be exclusive.
well. as Bob is under salary 10 supply
the com bina ton with daily jottings as to
what ne eats, the time he retires and what
he thinks about when he feels like think
IN in fact with almost anything exec pt
The real news OF the day-he readily as
scnted to the scheme. But he did not
know when he agreed TO this that Corbett
had already received the neat little sum of
$500 for the part he was to play
in the comedy. Bob found out about
it early this morning and in conse-
quence he forgot all about training
and everything else but the fact that he
had been played for sucker" as Julian
explaine ed it. Fitz's objective point upon
arriving in Carson was the Examiner
Journal headquarters, and upon arriving
there he and his brother-in-law, Julian,
opened up their safety-valves and let so
all of their reserve steam. When thev
reappeared upon the sidewalk their coun-
tenances plainly indicated that "some-
thing had been doing" If I may be per-
mitted to steal phrase from slangdom.
"WeH, did you get $50O?" asked a news
paper correspondent, addressing Julian.
You bet your life we did, replied the
good-natured little manager with an e1-
pansive grin. "If we hadn't something
would have dropped. 1 guess we will
stand for that story now"
Fitz was chuckling, too, and remarked
sub rosa that any old story would GO with
him for $500. Corbett's consolation, also
is the money be received. He seems to be
somewhat sheepish over permitting him
self to be drawn into such a cheap affair
and saws that this will be his last partci
patton in prearranged farce for the bsne-
fl of the two newspapers that can't get
news in any other way.
Jim denies that he agreed in advance to
go out and hunt up Fitz.immons so as to
have a Quarrel with him, but he does ad-
nit that he went to the prison yesterday
morning at the suggestion of the Exam
iner-Journal people. He also Iaughingly
confesses that he knew that Fizsimmons
was in the habit of traversing the prison
road each morning at about the very time
he would reach there. And he ha. an
dother comical admission to make, and
.his is to the effect that he was paid to
swear by any story that was printed in
reference to the alleged meeting on the
highway.
Jim is left in a rather funny position all
round on account of this yarn, but the lad
with the pompadour is clever and an
adept at drollery, so 1 guess he Will wrig-
gle out Of it ali right. 1t appears that he
told all of the correspondents last night
that he did not meet Fitz on the prison
road, but instead missed him by about
five minutes. But with S500in his trousers
pockets to-day Jimmy essayed to square
himself and Issued the following an
nouncem meut:
Newspaper reporters me yesterday and
asked me If had met Mr. Fitzsimmons near
tie Nevada State Prison while taking my road
exercise told them hat had not met Fitz.
I now want to brand this statement as an un-
truth Ny reason tor deceiving the reporters
was 10 carry out a pledge Of secrecy l had
given Others regret very much that l was
compelled to mIsrepresent, but never break
faith with any body. JAMES ]. CoRBETT.
Few people can be found in Carson who
believe that Corbett and Fltz met at all.
It was a good chance for fake story.
however, and $1,000 will go long way
toward putting the finishing touches on
most any fake, even including the pro-
curing OF signed statements and all. A
strange feature about the affair IS that
none OF the guards who patrol the walls
Of the prison and who have clear and
unobstructed view of the country for miles
surroundinc the gloomy structure could
see the meeting be ween Corbett and FitZ-
mmons, despite the fact that they are
armed with strong field glasses and that
the collision is supposed TO have taken
place under their very noses. They could