The times., 1897-04-27
PICTURES WILL TELL THE TALE.
ssAIncon" Adds a Bit of Interesting
Aftermath to the Fight.


rs it has been announced from New
York that the kinetoscope reproductions
of the Fitzsmmons-Corbett mill VIII soon
be ready for exhibition, the following from
'.Macon'so correspondence To the Cincin-
Haiti Enquirer last Sunday, VIII no doubt
prove interesting. Macon says:
My readers will remember that n few
weeks before the big fight at carson City
] told them that the newspaper scribes
who were to report the affair were up
against the hardest ga ne of their lives, IN
asInuch as their reports We're TO be supple
mented by photographs or the affair, wlit II
would accurately reproduce every ino'e-
ment and blow of eacn man. In viewof that
statement letter, of which / am in re-
ceipt, is reproduced.
Tie letter was written from Philadci-
pbia under recent date, and is subJoined
verbatim:
..Iohn B. McCorinick ck- Dear Sir: No doubt
Won are well aware Of the fact thasI have
not the pleasure of your acquaintance, but
being a constant reader OF your sporting
ietters-wien l am homo-I almost feel as
If do know you.
Therefore, take the liberty OF writing
you something which feel sure Will III
tcrest you, and ut the same time show you
how near your prediction came to being
fact regarding The outcome or the big
fight. Now, as to myself, my name is
William Macy, electrician of the Kineto-
scope Company. ! have the honor t?1 OF
taking the pictures of the big fight at
Carson City l think / can tell the truth
of that great event, for pictures, like fig
ures, don't lie, as did some of your fellow
scribes who reported the aforesaid event
..The pictures will soon be mounted, and
If the company which employs me can come
to an agreement with Mr.. Keith they will
shortly be on exhibition in New York city.
Now, i want you TO go see them. Mr.
Mccormick, and you will see how near right
you are when you said Corbett would make
a chopping block OF FitZsimmons. He Ger
taiply Gid, and IL ever man got beat
ing Mr.. Fitz did last st. Patrick & Day. l
often wonder how he did / I when / look
at the picture proofs The look of surprise
on Fits face when Corhett is down In
the last round tells you better than can
what his thoughts were. ! don't think he
knew he struck him, or else he must have
thought that he had fouled him.
Just notice how bhndly he strikes at
Trying to land anywhere, he seems to be
doing The difference in Corbett's style
you can plainly see If you look at any
one picture you can Judge well what he is
doing / tell you, Mr.. Mccormick. when
those reporters say the best man won the
fight they lie l think Ii is the fifth round
or the sixth, forget which. but the pho
tocrapher called my attention to it, Cor
bett hit him seven times while he was on
the ropes, and when he jumped away Fitz
swung and missed him by at least two
feet He never hit Corbett once in the
twenty-one seconds they were thus mixed
up.
God help him if he ever meets Jim
againl
Excuse this hasty writing. Respectfully
yours, WILLIAM MACY:
Upon the above Mr.. Mccormick, who uses
the nom de plume of Macon" and whose
sparkling ebullitions are always eagerly
read, comments as follows:
"Of course, until the exhibition Of these
pictures takes place, there is no way of
absolutely determining whether or not
the blow which gave Fitzsimrnons the
championship was fluke or one dc!lber-
ately sentouits errand. But ere long photo
graph science will settle the question /,
among thousands ofothers, am waiting that
settlement very anXiously. Some OF the
descriptive scribes are likely to have their
regulations for veracity somewhat clouded
by these exhibitions, opine.''