The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
E|Tz VIEWS The
FIGHT ON CANVAS
Declares That the Vera
SCOpic Pictures Are
Elegant.
Makes Excited Comments on
the Blows as They Are
Repeated.
SCOTS at the Talk About Foul
and Threatens to Bring Suit
for Damages.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 24.-Accom.
panied by Martin Julian and few friends,
Fitzsim ons to-day viewed the verascope
pictures of the Carson fight for the first
time. He made excited comments on the
blows as they were repeated on the can
vas. In the sixth round, when Fitzsim-
mons was pictured as dropping on his
knees. his arms slipping down and around
Corbett's knees, Fltz leaped excitedly to
his feet in the stage box, yelling:
"He threw me. He Just got his arm un-
der mine and twisted me over. It wasn't
a knockdown, as one can easily see. Siler' s
counting goes for nothing, as he is trying
to follow Muldoon, the official timer.
Can't you see Muldoon counting off the
seconds7 And there's Jimmy Colviile,
Corbetr's official timer. Why doesn't he
make a howl about my being down more
than ten seconds? Why don't hundreds
of sports who are holding watches around
the ring2 Because am only down nine
seconds; no more"
When the Cornishman on canvas re-
sumed fighting, a man in the gallery
cried: KNOCK him out, Jim; give it to
him."
Fitz jumped out of his chair, and look
ing up toward the place from which the
remark had come, was about to say some
thing in reply.
"Don't get excited. Bob" said Julian.
keep your eyes on the fight"
The next moment Julian became ex-
cited and, forgetting where he was, yelled
to Referee Si;er to get out OF the way
As the light went out and the announcer
told the crowd that there would be an in
terval of three minutes before the tlnal
round was put on, somebody yelled
speech"
Instantly the crowd burst into loud
cheering. When he could make himse f
heard the champion said in clear voice
Ladies and gentlemen: Ever since the
fight at Carson I have heard all sorts OF
talk from Corbett about foul blows and
how he was robbed of the fight. He has
said. Wait for the pictures and they IL
show how I made q monkey of Fitzsim-
mons Well, I've waited for them, and
YOU yourselves can see who is the mon
kev. forced the fight from the start and
1 fought him fairly. 1 have not seen the
last round, which will be put on in few
minutes, but I'll bet $4,000 that the
which show me hitting foul.
"Corbett simply quit. You will be able
to say after the last round whether 1 won
fairly and whether it is my duty to fight
this fellow again. In the fight he had the
advantage of height and weight, ana
was handicapped with a broken thumb;
yet licked him, and licked him good.n
These remarks were received with tu-
multuous applause. and tn n the vera.
scope man turned on the current.
"Now We'll see about this alleged foul
blow" said FitZsim mons. Look at those
wallops l am putting on to his head
Why, he's gr. ggy now. Here's whefe
nail him on his solar plcxus and he loses"
As Corbett began to sink Fi;z leaped
once more to his feet and exclaimed
"See I've moved away from hin and
his knees are still off the floor. defy
any body to say that hit him when down.
He's sinking slowly and Pm ten feet a way.
There's one knee just touchins the floor
now / fouled him, Ell? LISA lie, and
anyboay with half an eve can see that
I'm sway from him before Ae is down.
Look at him craving awaylfrom me on
his hands AMI knees II he's strong
enough to do that why doesn't he get NJ
inside OF ten seconds and take his medi-
cine? Because he knows that another
punch will knock the s;nsss out OF him.
II he isn't beaten fairly IN that picture III
eat my hat. He ougat TO have better
sense than to tell the public TO see this
reproduction of his DOWNFALL"
After the exhibition, when asked his
opinion of the pictufes Fitzslmmoas said:
Elegant They show no foul, ano I'm
going to sue the World and Journal for
oamages.n