Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-16

| loo pounds. ne CHAMPION Will Ncl6l
between $50 and 185 pounds, and FitZ-
simmons thought - pounds was a Jrite
too much 10 give way in a champion
ship fight. He hasibeen most careful In
conceaiing his weight. but his trainers
have given out the idea that he will
not fight at the middleweight limit
There's nothing the matter with my
condition" said F'itzsimmons this
morning. "and all my friends may rest
| assured that will give a better account
of myself after / am in the ring than
! Corbett will I know that they are
| playing him for favorite in the betting,
and has been said that lam not as con-
fident of winning this fight as 1 might
be. If were not confident OF winning
IT, would not have ever entered into
the arrangement to fight COrbett He is
a bigger man than ! am, and they say
that he is better at long range fighting
than I am. Now I have not the least
doubt in the world Of my ability to
keen out of his way, and I say now as
I have said before. that when / go after
him he will not be able to beat me in
a half day. and he will not beat me if I
do 90 after him.
Hickey. Stenzler and Martin Julian
were of the same opinion regarding
the chances Of their man. There was
| but one opinion among them all, and
/ that was that CCTbett would be punched
into just about nothing, and that he
would be punched into it in very short
| order. FitzsimmOns yesterday swung
his cOlOrs to the breeze, by putting them
( out on the ClOthes-line. He will wear
around his waist a belt of red, white
/ and blue silk. having in the centre an
/ eagle which looks very much like the
eagle on a silver dollar. Fitzsimmons
has worn the belt in several of his
/ fights. and he is of the opinion that he
will never be beaten as long as he wears
/ fl. FitzsimmOus first wore the colOrs
of the United States in his fight with
! Hall at New Orleans when he defeated
/ Hall. He. on the dag of that fight. had
made application to become an Ameri-
| can citizen. and ever since that day he
says ne has fought with the national
/ c0lors around his waist.
Carson. Ney.. March IA represen-
/ tative of the Empire Athletic Club. Of
| Syracuse. \. Y. has matched George
| Green young COrberD. and Tommy
RYAN. the weterweight champion, for
q twertv-round contest on April 18th.
/ Sbould Green lose his fight with Smith.
he will still go against Ryan, and the
Climb will arrange meeting between
Smith and the winner of this battle.
Oakland. Gala. March 15.-Denny
Noedham the we'll known Welterweight,
has received a letter from the Empire
Athletic Club. of Syracuse. n. T.. offer
ing him match with Tommy Ryan. OF
Chicago. for s.. 500 purse. The condi-
tion stated was that Needham should
be in shape by the last Of April.
A reply has beeen sent to the effect
that under no condition could a 30 he
arranged ON that date. but that any time
i'm Nav would be satisfactory. Need
ham saws he cannot possibly get into
trim for the fight until May. even If he
started to train now. Needbam is auX-
ious to meet Ryan. he defeated him
once in st. Paul, aIter 'o Iou"os' anu
I 1',e. i H.. N, 0,loans an account of III
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