The evening times., 1897-03-13
FITz SAYS HE CANNOT LOSE
He Wants to Fight Square and
With No Advantage.
C0RBEIT is ALSO CONFIDENT
The PompadOur Says He VIII Make
the Cornfshman Repent of the
Many Hard Things He Has Said
About Him When He Gels Him
in the Ring.

Carson, New, March I3.-John = Sulli-
van is now ON his way here For over a
week hundreds Of people have aassed them
selves at the little railroad station each
morning and each afternoon in anticipation
that the old gray-haired warrior would
eliglit. IL has been reported often, on the
best authority, that John was 1t Reno, at
Nmnemucca and at Humboldt, aud Ohat he
would be here at a certain hulr. but these
stories have been the worst kiu1 Of fakes.
When, however, the Boston boy reaches the
town he will find great W clcnme There
will be a band OF music. and Gov Sadler,
who is great adnlrer OF URe odd champion,
will make speechin the presence ofevery-
body.
In speaking of the result Of yesterdays
conference over the rules governing the
fight, FitzSimmons said:
y have always fought under the rules
as meaning the men shall not hit with one
arm and with all the breakaways clean,
and this is rather new thing for me. Cor
bett has won all Of his fights under the rules
as 1 want them, and l do not see why he
should make a 'holler' for something differ
enJ this time. However, have always
] am willing to give in on this want the
fight 10 be on the square and know viii
win it. I will be the winner of that fight
on the 18th OF March just as sure as am
alive today. Corbett cannot lick me anG
he will never see the day he can, no matter
whether he fights under Marquis of fQueens-
berry rules on any other rules.
Corbctt was not willing TO concede that
OF FitZSinmons TO fight according TO Ref
cree Siler's Interpretation Of the rules
Corbctt said:
LIT is in every way TO the advantage OF
Fitzslmm ons TO hit with one arm free.
IT is conceded on all sides that he is
harder hitter than I am and that he is
beetter on the jab than ] am. Now, on
the other hand, / am better than Fitz-
simmons in lonG-range fighting and
am more scientific. ! consider it mach
more TO bis advantage than TO mine that
Siler has ruled as he has i was willing
Yesterday, and / always have been will
inc. TO agree TO anything the referee says
j Go not consider Fitzsimmons is giving
up anything at all when be agrees TO
fight as Siler says he should. The fight
Is now a certainty, and when I get that
Fellow IN The nng L am going 10 make
him repent eli the hard things he has
been saying about me for all these years, p"
In yesterdays mail COrbett found
paper package containing q slice Of Dry
bread and toothpick. There was also
a letter, which Jim at first overlooked.
II wonder what kind OF a josh this is,
said Jim. Il suppose il is from some Funny
fellow, who wants TO impress upon me that
] will he eating dry bread after the fight"
The letter caught Jims eve, and he
picked il up and read it. He began to
sme Il see it all now" said Jim.
'.This is from West street, New YORK, and
it is signed -Four Lust Y owlersOf Gotham
Ut says. we are sorry we have 10 sham
rocks TO send you, but you have our good
wishes As unique token II good n OK,
we forward you RainesIaw sandwich 3"