The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
HTZ IS CONFIDENT
THE AUSTRALIAN TELLS WHAT
HE EXPECTS TO DO WITH
C0RHETT.
SHORT, SHARP AND DECISIVE
WILL he THE RATTLE, HE SAYS.
liz CORBETT STANDS UP TO
WORK.
TALKS OF THE sHARKEY AFFAIR
DiSGracefuI Episode Which VIII
Not He Repeated in the Coming
Fight.

ceased 10 talk about the way | was
robbed in my late contest in San Fra
cisco. let me state that the story start
ed by my enemies in California the
men who did me wrong-that / threw
down my friends by allowing Shar<ey
to stay six rounds and betting ,overtly
$4,000 To that end is unqualifiedly false.
There was plenty of betting on the
sailors staying that number of rounds,
but that cut no figure with me. /
simply fought to win. and in the care
full manner l narrated, because as
already stated. l was on the look out
for foul blows from Sharkey. 1 was
satisfied that l could whip him in from
two TO four rounds but | was ,aking
no chances Now. as for Sharkey. He
is no tighter-no ring rzbter mean
bur q strong, young wrestler UnQues-
tionably he is a great rough and tum-
BILE fighter and the foulest | ever net
In rins-anywher but California
I will bet him any amount of money
I can whip him in four rounds. In that
club-the National Sporting club they
call it-neither myself jim Corbatt.
Peter Maher nor any fighter on earth
can get a decision over him. None
IL
is run 10y lot Of sure thing gamblers.
And the best part Of the joke land a
CHASTITY one it isl is that it is Sharkey's
money that runs it. Danny Lynch,
SharkeY's manager and the other men
who conduct its affairs have no money,
but SharEeY has. 1t is money he won
and saved in the dozen odd fights he
had before he met me.
Let ms say another thing as strongly
as / can put it, Some people assert
that Jim COrhett. my next adversary
Tor the worlds championship, had 4
hand in the San Francisco deal where
in l was SO deeply Wronged. l do n01
believe word of it. Whatever differ
enceS there may be between us wouiG
never cause Jim to stOop to SO base 2
trick. I think he has too much man
hood fol that. He would rather get
even with me himself in manly fashion
and WallOp me in ring if he could
DlSgfdceful episodes like this Sharkey
affan can be prevented and the honor
OF pugilfsm maintained if the right kind
OF man can be induced to act as ref
cree. Such man l think Al Smith. of
+ New ork, to be, and such a man |
believe George Siler, of Chicago. to be.
BAD men from Bitter Creek should
never be permitted to step over a rope
IheN DO not inspire confidence in either
the pubic or the principals IN a pugi
Hsuc contest. 1t is not a cheering
slsht Tor one about to face a rival in
The ring to see a huge mountain how
1tzel peeping out of a holster from the
MP OF the referee. 1t has no business
thefe, and it naturally causes sOma
)3nlsSiFlngs in the mind of the pueilist
II nothlng worse should happen. if
Hlishl go OIL IN break away when the
referee mas separated the men,
CONCERNING
James j. Corbett for the worlds cham
pIenship and the $4,000 purse offered
by Dan Stuart | am confident 7 can
VIM Why? [ have whipped better
men IMAM ne ever faced and in short
GiueT. Among these are Dan Creedon.
i'm nan ana Peter Maher. Game Joe
Choynski | also defeated, although the
reIefee' by the terms of the contest.
was compelled to call it a draw. as
Joe was not quite out at the end of the
Stipulated six rounds. About the
Sharkey affair L won't say another
Mofu. The public knows all about it.
CGrbett whipped John L. Sullivan and
Charley Mitchell but that is not much
TO ms credit, as both of these great
men had seen their day and were little
better than inValids when he met
them Joe ChOynski is the one gooG
nearly, clever man that he did whip
and 1t took him twenty-seyen rounds
TO do it. Tom Sharkey nearly had
nm out in four-round bout in San
francisco in June last year. and Deo,
pie know what 1 did with Sharkey.
Next, l know that l am every whit
as clever as COrbett although not as
snowy a boxer, and | can hit far hard
er than he. | can hurt him. hut he
can't hurt me. He can sting me and
pam me, perhaps, with left-hand iafs
as bore IN on him, but not seriously
haFm me Any time l land fairly on
MN with left or right. straight lead.
NOOK, swing or counter, I will rattle
him, and once he is ratified and tries 10
mix it he is done for.
How will [ fight him? Well. that 7
can answer Offhand. | have never
fought two men in exactly the same
way. study them after l get in the
ring. feel them out for a moment or
tWo' ana then decide quick as lightning
upon a plan of action. Dan Creedon,
Tor instance, ! moved down in coupIe
on rounds; Jim Hall l spared evenly
with Tor three rounds. until | caueht
line opening with a left hand feint
= ana put MIN cut, as he tried to counter
and ducked, with a right-hand hook on
the point Of the jaw. Peter Maher /
defeated in our first contest with left
hand 1abs in twelve rounds: in th.
second. with a right-hand hook in one
round Corbett [ shall probably go at
from the start and see If he can fight
dS LdSl as ne says he CAM Mark the
prediction He is by far the heavier
man, and / think he will be the party
who will do the-sprinting. If he stands
and fights, the battle will be short,
sharp and decisive. If he spirits. it
Will be scientific. and even fast at that
for ! shall get to him some time. and
either l will whip him or he me in
short order.
If I conquer Corbett I will take on
any man in the world | have not al
ready defeated, as In case of Peter
Maher and every other beaten man
but Sharkey. / will take him on at any
time for satisfaction. | will not battle
Mahel again, as l have already prove5
my superiority twice. He laughs al
the idea Of Steve O'DonneIl whom he
has twice Vanquished asking for an
other contest. 1t would be just as
u sensible for me to meet Peter again
i like him as a man, but business IS
business in pugilism as we'll as other
affairs in life. Besides should [ Whir
Corbett l am entitled to rest, as
have fought more men and trained for
more contests that did and did not
take place than any of the big fellows
in the ring. Notwithstanding that.
will. if any gladiator from abroad
makes a bid for the championship. give
up my rest and fight, for [ am now ar
American citizen, 70 matter what some
people say to the contrary, and l will
try to keep the championship in the
land OF freemen.
Bob FitZsimmons.
CoRDETF IN GOOD CONDITION.