The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-14
THAT FOUL PLAY
WILL Be SHOWN
Vitascope Pictures in New York viii
Tell Story of Corbett 's.Defeat.
BRADYs CLAIM CONFIRMED
The Fight Will Bessas rlainly Visible as
IL Mas by Those Kho,Attended
the Carson Mil,

New York, May 1S.-Those who viii
see the yitascope pictures OF the recent
Carson mill az the exhibition to be
given here Saturday night win see the
foul that Manager Brady has always
insisted occurred. Ftzsimmons has
stated that the stomach punch was ac.
conpilshe1 with a right-hand felnt and
a left shift" With all due respect to
Fitzsimmons, 1t may be stated that he
IS mistaken. The pictures are as clean
cut as 90 many canoes, and they speak
louder than words. When the knvck-
out came corbett was sliding forward
in a knock-kneed sort Of shuttle. He
had grown strong since the sixth round
and was ON the aggressive. Suddenly
corbett lunges out with his left. Then
there is trouble. Fitzsirnrnons ducks
to the right. In the pictures you can
see Corbett's left arm like a bolt Of iron
over Fitzsimmons left shoulder. Here
is where the solar plexes punch comes
in. The left lead has left Csrbetrs
stomach comparatively unguarded.
Fnzsimmons steps quickly forward,
sliding Corbett's arm over mis- shoul-
der TO the elbow Then he hooks his
left tist into the pit OF corbett's stom-
ach. Corbett is seen topping slowly
forward w5th open mouth His right
hand reaches for the floor. His right
knee follows. He seems to be helpless.
As Corbett sinks to the floor with Fritz
simmons looming over MIN, one may
see in the picture the long left arm Of
the AUS allan swing back. then come
forward in a swift uppercut for the left
point OF Corbett's jaw. As the blow
starts it seems that Fitzsimmons real
izes what he is doing. He appears to
try with all his might to hold the blow
back But it lands, however. Corbett's
right glove is ON the floor when It
catches ii. Fitzsimmons' back is turned
to the spectators. but the pictures show
plainly the sweep of the glove. The
referee stands beyond both men at
dastanc of about six feet. There Is an
agreement between the fighters that
when one Of them is knocked down the
other shall retire to a distance of ten
feet. Corbett is down. Fitzsimmons
does not retire until ne has given the
Californian wallop in the jaw while
the latter's glove is touching the floor.
1t knocks the Californian's head aside
for about two feet He steps away
to the required distance and the fight
comes to an end.
Dan Lynch, the manager of Sharkey,
says:
why, it's a foul as plain as day.
Now, 1 guess that the people VIII be-
neve me when l say that Fitzsimmons
fouled Sharkey. The blow on Corbett's
jaw is as plain as the nose on your race.
He was hit after he had fallen to the
floor from the stomach punch"
L have said all I care to say about
that foul" said Manager Brady. II
would like to ask, however, how any
body can tell just the effect of this
blow had ON the result of the fight.
We are not going to make a fuss about
it. The pictures speak for themselves
All we want Is another try at lritz-
simmons"
THE Corbett men are a lot of sore
heads" said Martin Julian. ANY
foul that FItzsimmons made would not
have killed a fly. If it was serious some
body would have seen 1t at the ring
side. have not seen the pictures and
know nothing about it,"