The herald., 1897-12-29
Win Wiggle to Defend the
Championship
MRS. FITzsIMMoNs RELENTs
BOB RELEASED FROM PROMISE
TO RETIRE
Mccoy Anxious for Match-Daly and
Everhardt Fight Draw.
Sharkey-Jeffries
A..oc,sted Press Special Wire


CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-Martin Julian to-
.6av. on behalf Of Robert Fitzsimmons,
made the following signed statement:
"Fitzsimmons will defend his right to
the title of champion of the world. Mrs.
Fitzsimmons has released him from MS
promise of retirement"
Referring to the conditions on when
Fitzsimmons will fight Corbett and NC
Gov. Julian's statement says:
'"rhe conditions are as follows: Let
Corbett beat man like Maher OF
Choynski and establish his right as
member of his class. Let Mccoy beat his
wav up to commanding position and
come along with his challenge afterward.
Rut first Mccoy must fight fit opponent
at the middle weight limit, and not at
catch weights"
The statement concludes as follows:
"I am not going to allow Mr.. Fitzsim-
mons to accept offers from inferior men.
When the proper time comes F1tzsim-
mons will meet them one after another,
in the same ring if needs be.
(Sirned) MARTIN JULIAN,
manager of Bob Fitzsimmons,
Worlds Champion Middle and Heavy
Weight"
Is MCOY'S PLANS
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Kid Mccoy an
nounced tonight that he had arranged to
meet AL Smith tomorrow, and that ne
will then post $1,000 as guarantee that
he will meet any man named by Fltzslm-
mons. 1t is to meet Martin Julian's con-
dition, announced in Chicago today, that
Mccoy has arranged tomorrow's confer
ence. He is anxious, he says, to find out
whom Fitzsimmons wants him to light.
WILL FIGHT FITZ
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 2S.-James
J. Corbett is playing an engagement here.
When shown Julian's statement tonight
on behalf of Fitzsimmons, as reported by
the Associated Press from Chicago, he
said: Il have very little to say. If l
should beat Maher or Choynski would
only be advancing Fitzsimmons' reputa-
tion and leaving myself just where am
now, second to Bob Fitzsimmons. will
do nothing of the kind. Fitzsimmons is
the only man will fight. 1 shall follow
his trail till compel him to fight me.
That is all have to say"
A GREEDY MAYOR
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-Jack Daily
and Jack Everhardt met before the Tu-
iane-avenue Athletic club tonight for
percentage of the receipts. The match
was originally for twenty rounds, but the
mayor would not issue permit for over
ten rounds, and charged $500 for that.
Everhardt said he had trained for twen-
ty rounds and refused to go on until he
secured an agreement that if both men
were on their feet at the end of the ten
rounds the fight would be declared a
draw.
Evrhardt tried to make it rough and
rushing fight from the start, but Daily
was clever enough to keep away from
punishment. Dalys left was weak, so
there was not much harm done until the
seventh round, when DAILY learned to use
his right and kept it going on the body.
In the tenth round Daly's right did
rushing business on Everhardt's body,
and there was danger of knockout, but
Everhardt clinched and wrestled and
saved himself until time was called, and
Referee Duffy called it a draw.
SHARKEY- -JEFFRIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S.-Tom
Sharkey, the heavy weight pugilist, who
has been training at Vallejo for a fight
with Jim Jeffries of Los Angeles, finding
that the contest has been postponed, ow-
ing to the failure to obtain permit, has
demanded $3.50 additional money for
training expenses. He has notified the
National club that if the money is not
paid within day or two he will call the
match off and go east, where he expects
to meet Peter Maher
Jeffries is training in Oakland. He is
IN the pink of condition. The National
club is tolerably certain of procuring a
permit on January 10th. If successful.
the contest between Jeffries and Sharkey
Will take place on January 9th.