The times., 1897-05-23
IN A NEW LIGHT
A Contradictory Report as to the
VeraScope's Story.
SAID TO FAVOR FITZSIMM0NS
The Exhibition Last Night Said
to Support the Champion's Claim
That There Was No Foul-Specta-
tors Apparently in Doubt as to
the Real Facts in the Case.

New York, May eff Jim Corbett, as
he has claimed all along, had the advan-
tagc In his fight at Carson City with Bob
Fitzsimmons, until the Australian dropped
round, the yerascope pictures, as seen by
a great crowd at the Academy OF Music
tonight, do not show such a condition of
affairs AS Corbett and his friends have
constantly declared, the pictures tell the
truth, and when the big audience filed out
into the street tonight, after seeing the
reproduction, the general opinion was
that Fitzslmmons proved the better pugiIist
and won fairly.
Barring a slight Pickering, and change
OF light now and then, the pictures are re-
markabiy good The incidents before, dur
ing, and after the big fight are portrayed
true 10 life, and give the spectators an
accurate idea of what took place in the ring.
The first pictures thrown upon the can
vas show the entrance OF Corbett and FitZ-
simmons, together with their trainers, to
the ring Corbett's corner is at the right
hand side of the ring, and every move OF
his seconds can he plainly seen For five
minutes the principals, clothed in long bath
robes, can be seen walking up and down
on opposite sides OF the ring.
Fitzsimmons stride is deliberate and he
carries his arms folded behind his back
Corbett, on the other hand, keeps talk
ing, apparently to somebod yover the ropes
lie also appears TO be anxious for the fight
to begin. Before the first bell sounds, Jim
and Bob walk TO the front of the verascope
and bow. Both are smiling good-naturedly.
Fitzsimmons' refusal TO shake hands is
plain enough Then the battle begins.
To the surprise of the crowd, FitZ-
simmons begins forcing matters, and Cor
bett, for the first three rounds, was seen
to be on the defensive That is, he
skipped around the ring, avoiding Bob's
heavy blows and putting in counters on
the Cornishman's face. If anything, Fitz-
simmons had the better OF all of these
rounds, according TO the pictures.
The next two were Corbett's but Fitz-
simmons showed no sign OF distress except
for bleedinglip. Everybody was anxious
to see the sixth round, for Corbett has made
many claims that he was deprived OF the
verdict by reason of a slow count. The
pictures show Corbett forcing matters and
FitZsimmops apparently blocking swings
and clinching. In a sort of clnch, near
the further side of the ring, FitssimInons
is suddenly seen to slip on his knees, his
arms around Corbett's legs.
AS Siler begins to count off the seconds
he pushes Corbett away. Fitzsimmons is
far from being groggy, and when he does
stand up he begins to fight back strongly
During the next three rounds Corbett
appears to be growing tired. He dropped
his guard repeatedly and is almost con-
stantly on the defensive. Fitzsimnions, on
the other hand, seems to be gaining strength,
and continues to force matters with per-
sistency.
The neXtt rounds showed Fitzsimmons
boring in and Jim firing.
In the thirteenth, the blood from FftZ-
simmons lip can be easily seen, as it is
spreading all over his face. but Bob's
blows are twice as heavy as the Californ-
ian's. 1t is easy to see that the Corpish-
man Is slowly wearing his opponent out.
"Good-by, Jin,' yelled Fitzsimmons
enthusiast, away up in the gallery, and
the crowd burst out laughing. as the
fourteenth began.
watch now for that foul blow" was
the remark heard on all sides because of al
legged pictures which have been published
recently.
''There he goes" was the cry, as Fitz-
simmons finally put his terrific left into
the pit OF inns stomach AS Corbett began
to sink Bob made another motion to hit
him with his left, but whether he landed
it or not nobody could tell, for the
pictures did not show it.
where's the foul?' shouted the crowd
Fake" howled many persons, but they
were quickly silenced by the picture Of
Corbeb5 on his hands and knees, his face
horrible with agony. AS he crawled al
most helplessly toward the ropes and away
from the place where his conqueror stood
Fitzsimmons never moved toward him
The referee can be seen Counting the ex-
champion out, andthen Fitzsimmons dances
jig
The commotion in the ring, with Cor
bett in frenzy, and his attempt to strike
Bob as heis in his corner are shown