The morning times., 1897-03-07

be a plot to break up the fight if he is
getting the best Of it 1t would certainly
be easier to do this in Nevada than in New
York State.
Again, ,FitzSimmonsi is now complaining of
a broken hand, the injury being said to
dste from his fight with Tom Sharkey,
the ex-sailor. a few months ago, but
Skeptical persons affirm that the broken
hands merely Y aneXcuse concocted for some
Interior purpose, and that his hands were
uRinjured when he left the ringside in SaE
Francisco. Such suspicious keep many
nen from betting But of course some bets
have been made. and so far Corbett hasbeen
hot favOrite at odds of 10 TO Z, with few
akerS. Two to one is demanded against
Eitzsinmons, and even at that price there
would not be any very heavy wagering
Just yet. Fred Taral, the jockey, has the
biggest roll that has reached the surface
SO far. He will invest s. 900 on FftZ, but
asks to /, or better. Other Metro
politsn plungers that are said to have
money with which to back their fancy are
Billy Edwards. Jake Wunderlich, Buck
Eenrick, Parry Aaron, and Johnny Man
ming. Each and every one is going TO
support Corbett If much Fitzsimmons
money is to be forthcoming it Will come
from the West or Pacific slope. though
sicne the sharkey fight CaIifornians are
chary OF betting good money on boxers
There is 4 vast physical discrepancy
between the men. CoTbett is thirty-one
years Old, stands six feet ore inch in his
S; Stockings, and Will fight at about 185
pounds. Fitzsimmons is an inch and
quarter 81 orter, four years the elder. and
has TO give away fully fifteen pounds
weight. lie is handicapped all around,
though he iscleyer, quick and EaId hitter.
With one terrible upper cut he killed
Con RiOrdan, his spaIring partner, and
poor Jack Dempsey, the ''Nonpareil,"
would not be under tie sod in al prob
ability had he rot faced Fitzsimmons
In the ring, the Founding he received in
1891 from the Cornishman eventually
resulting in his death. He was never the
same man after Il ose fatal thirteen
rounds.
Yet these victories, so men whose lives
have been spent at tbc r,nRside say, give
TO true line on what will happen on March
Il, siOIld the men enter tie ing fit and
well, and there he TO polsce Interference.
Quick as Fitz is, Corbett is thought 10 be
quicker. He is mole scientific than the
foreigner; possibly OF higher courage.
That ne is a powerful hitter lis fight with
Charlie Mitchell testified. There will be
little"clever'' Il o1ey bet onthe Cci nishnan
If ever a man impressed liis interviewers
With his readiness to fight In any place
and at any time that man is James ].
Corbctt in these latter days. In 1895 he
made q frlIitless journey to Texas to meet
Fitzsimmons, and it is no secret that the
fight could have been brought off near
Hot Springs, Ark, had not the lanky
foreigner Insisted on being arrested. Ever
Since that Corhett has dreamed of revenge
Judged by theirring records, Corbctt would
seem the better man. He has met and de-
feated among others, Joe Choynski, Jake
EiIrain, John L. Sullivan, and Charlie
Mitchell, and fought a draw with Peter
jackson. Fitzsimmons, outside a lot of
third and fourth-class fighters, has only
defeated Jack Dempsey, Peter Maher and
Jim Hall.
Joe Choynski, who has fought both Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons, thinks the former
must win His experience tells him that
Corbett hits as hard as Fitz and is much
more difficult to land upon. solighuy does
he esteem the Cornishman's chances that
he caunos understand why the latter signed
the articles.
Tom o'Rourlze knows each of the men
ultimately, and his opinion is worth con-
sidering; moreover, he is one of the few
who have no objection 10 being quoted
who mean what they say and say what
they mean. This is his Uttcrance, delib-
eratly weighed, the result Of conviction:
.CorBett should he an easy winner
don't think FitzSimmons win be able to
land on him, or keep him off The Cor
Jiisilman has no chance TO win.'' When the
fAaSI Of fha blessed st. Patrick shall have