The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-18

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1 81. .its sas renorted some time ago t,iat
ron desired to hit with one arm iree,
,,r n nfber than the regular Marquis OF
nnseensbery rules, and have sald tnaC !
IA nnt Now, Fitzsimmons mas saiu
T tha+ he does not hit with one arm Tree,
Int everybody knows that ne waits o1 Jdo.
that very thing. Everybody ;. eonc thns
that Fitzsimmons is harder hitter ' hot
|. and everybody comedies tn 1han b hn and
,ul q" scientific. 1t stands to. reason nat
. ~. rnling is to F'itzsimmons' advantage.
NJ Yt,simm0ns may make snow OF op-
iont;na to il. as he wants to make some
Jp eEIinTi Understand that am not OBJ
; ;ndtt;ng nc vet. | am going to talk II
Jv,u" With nv trainers. | am glad that
Wr Sier has made it clear that the pivot
How and all that sort of thing is barred.
That is as it should be. we don't
want anything of that sort. oller saiu,
when giving out his construction OIL 'he
rules: ,o;.;o, .o,ol,. an
tho gronnd that it is declared in the
WorGuis of Oueensbury rules, when not
ordered otherwise that the rules OF the
London prize ring shall govern. Now,
the MARQUIS of Queensbery rules are 81
lent on hitting on break-aways and with
ono arm free, but both are allowed by
the rules of the London prize ring, and,
therefore. it seems to me that 1t is PLAIN
w the intention of the Queensbury rules
that both hitting with one arm free and
hitting on break-aways should be allowed.
I suppose the feeling will go against me
on that but it really looks to me that 1t
is too clear to admit of any question.
Both Corbett and FitzsimmOns have de-
clared that they preferred to leave It to
me. and that is my understanding
Corbett took the road in the morning.
Then he took the course he has gone
through for the last ten days. In his
boxing bouts yesterday Corbett made it
unpleasant for both Woods and Jefferies.
The former was knocked fiat with left
swing on the jaw and the latter he
knocked out with hot swing on the
kidneys. Both were at work today and
neither the worse for their batterlng.
Martin Julian, on the receipt of Siler's
letter. said that in his opinion Corbett
had had talk with Siler and induced
him to issue the letter.
Fitzsimmons said it was not his in
tention to agree to anything until he en-
tered the ring He had always fought
under Marquis of Queensbery rules,
and wanted to continue to do so.
Julian then took the stand that when
a man is knocked down and his seconds
throw water on the fallen man with the
intention of reviving him it should be
ground for fouling the fight, and he as
serted that he was going to insist that
this be agreed to. Then Fitzsmmons
declared that he would fight under the
Marquis of Queensbery rules, and that
if they did not suit Corbett he would
fight under the rules of the London prize
ring.
''He has fought all his battles under
the Marquis of Queensbery rules said
Fitzsimmons, "and they should be good
enough for him now
Both Fitzsimmons and Julian declared
that they did not want any hitting with
one hand free and on break-aways. Both
claimed that breaks should be clean.
Fitzsimmons above all things insisted
that no agreement should be made before
the men entered the ring. This was his
strong point, and he stuck to it with
all the stubbornness he is capable Of and
that is saying a good deal.
Fitzsimmons did very little training.
In the morning he ran to town and back
and in the afternoon took Il short run
and punched the bag for Il time.