The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-05
rITz SEES HIMSELF.
oooNlsHMAN's FIRST VIEW OF
'HI CARSON FIGHT PICTURES.

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' himself. with Verbal bouquets
9" That No Foul Blow Is shown
=, ,be large crowd that watched the
VI Wv ,i.tnres of the Carson battle In
Ser'OOr vi thcater recently none enjoyed
ne" ore than Robert Fitzsimmons'
them -, q, MINER box and kept his eyes
WIZ ,] on the Photographic representation
G i"I, ylctory over Corbett IL was bob's
o. 10 ,am of the pictures lie applauded
tr'' '' 'sowy figure of himself that moved
lAe S"'.' canvas. urged himself to he cool
AOO Ynsd himself TO avoid Impending upper
warn and az the close, when his dynamic
cue .ad crashed against Corpett SOAR
lev ""N ,egion the Cornishman rewarded
PET with the exclamation, wen oohe
Bob or,,, new pair of red
liz and occupying "A front seat at
loP . OOg could not have exhibited more
tue O, az pleasure than did Fitz as round
en,rd of the famous contest was de-
a,cted on the canvas.
pN''" coon rs the spectators became aware
40 w. nresence of Corbetts conqueror
Oh VI. ras Great excitement, and the repre-
'"n,otion took on the character OF real
'na hattie There were cheers for titz
ln S an occasional shout for Corbett, but
a a"' sympathy of the crowd was clearly
with the Vlctor' .,oa r,;+, rrsh
ond Corbett dancing away from the
COrnishman attaoh'
III, az he looked admiringly at his ag'
sessiye picture. 80
when the sixth round was shown, Fitz
..,ono intensely interested, and when he
rSnt n his knee in the corner he yelled:
nDid YOU see him push me DOWN.
That's what he did at Carson, and Siler
bocon TO count just as soon as my knee
touched the floor "
AZ the figure of Fitz arose and began to
scbt again, the flesh and blood Fitzsim'
mons fairly shrieSed;
0That shows whether | was groggy or
rot See me fight, will you? See how
strong am. What2 Had me whipped in
,be sixth round? Not in thousand
wears Never was stronger in my life than
when | got up in the sixth round, and l
never would have gone down if he had
not pushed me down. y
After the sixth round, when Fitzsim-
mons grow steadily stronger and Corbett
seemed toweakcn, the champion remarked
in sarcastic tone:
"Why, what's the matter with this
strong man Corbett? He's losing his speed
and his steam He doesn't seem to be as
lively as in the first few rounds. Why
should he get tired so quickly? He boxed
Ct rounds with Peter jackson when Jack
son had a lame foot, but he cant box six
rounds with me without getting tired.
How do you explain that, and especially
as he says he never was in better shape in
his life than when he faced meY 1t must
be that box faster and hit harder than
the other men Corbett has faced That s
the only reasonable explanation.
In the thirteenth round the pictures
showed Fitz apparently whispering in
Corbetts ear.
81 told him would whip him pretty
quick You see, could feel he was get.
ting weak as wet dish rag, and l knew he
was easy meat for me.
At the close of the thirteenth round
there was an interval of some minutes be-
fore the final round was shown. The
crowd yelled speech" at Fitzsimmons,
and finally he arose and said
Ladies and here has been
agreat deal Of talk about these pictures,
and Corbett is attempting to prove that
did not win my fight fairly. This is the
first time have seen these pictures, and
have yet TO see the fourteenth round. Be-
fore seeing the last round / am willing to
wager $4,000 with anybody that the pho
tograph will not show that | fouled Cor.
bett have never questioned the authen.
tclty of the photographs, and l will abide
by what they show When the people
have seen these pictures, | will be willing
TO leave it to them if l am bound to give
Corbett another chance.
The Cornishman was loudly applauded
as he sat down, and then the climax of
The contest was shown. ~As the knockout
blow was reached, Fitz said:
That's where hit him in the stomach
with left shift, and hooked the left un.
der his chin just as his knees began to
uehd. Don't you see that | never touch
MN after his knee reaches the floori
There, see me step backp Why, I'm six
ieet away from him But why doesn't he
get up He's strong enough to work along
'ne lloor like caterpillar, but he doesn I
gee up He's quit, sure enough. And the
VOrnlshman looked in contempt at the
crawling figure of Corbett.
when Corbett had regained his breath
ana Is shown on the canvas rushing like
amad bull at Fitz, the latter arose and
said.
Ladies and Gentlemen-Please take no
,ce what perfect gentleman Mr. Cor
uS't Is That's how he got his title OF
uehtleman jim. This caused laugh
uu. there were plenty of Kisses for Cor
uets action. After it wars all over Fitz
summons remarked: why, those pic
lures arc the greatest things for me that
e1cr happened They prove that was the
eaegressor from start to finish. Corbett'
ailenus say he made monkey of me.
ucly ANYBODY To look at those photographs
anu believe such statement. Corbett
nau % pounds advantage in weight, and
~ nc ana little but run away and clinch
lac would hug me and lay his weight on
Az e mad he fought fairly. would have
"uisned him very quickly.
les indeed, those pictures suit me-
anu Oorbott's fake stories won't stand
,buon oil show when the people can sec
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