The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-15
POINTS FOR BETTORS
Reports From Carson Are at Least
Favorable to COrb,tt
BIG MULDOONS OPINION
He Seems to Think. or at Least
Says. that FI,z Isn't Looking
100 WelI-How the Fighters
Are Getting Along.


uon OF the day was the declaration
made This afternoon by William Mu,-
doom the famous wrestler, regarding
Fltzsimmous Nuldoon is acknoWl.
edged author,tV amnny suortiny mo,
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%" "'"'''S ~ '"''''s "",'e
anu phSs''hl 'ulute' anu his "p'hluh
carries great weight WIN them' ''e
visited Cooks ranch this morning, ami
had long talk with Fitzslmmons lie
looked him oyer caref,lIly in order In
obtain as ,.,ose n, ,.stiuat, as po.s,tle
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~, -,i',''''"s p"s S''"' '""u''''"' ""u
m s "pi'''oh' eNl"esseu "i''r "'N'ns
fltzsImm"ns training quarters, was
not as favorable as II might have been,
Il did not like the looks of his eyes"
said Muldoon to "A party of friends. I
took walk with him and we h91 a
long conversation. We discus sd the
fight and the prospects of both men.
and fitZsimmons. To me. did u 4 seem
10 be at all overCOnfident regarding m,
result" Muldoon then went on To say
that during his conversation with FItz-
simmons he told the fighter that he hal
seen Corbett at work and while strlpped
In his dressing room. and that. in his
opinion. the champion was In first class
condition, Il know H." said Fitzsiul-
mons. Il know he is all right. | un-
derstand that he never WAS In better
condition than now"
Fitzsimmons has given up all hard
work In his training, aud from now un-
Ill the day of the fight he win take
only light exercise. This morning NJ
took a short run to the penltentiary
and back home. covering the distanci
OF about four miles, He took his rub
a.
day. Tomorrow he win take a short
run on the roads and do a little work
at punching the bag and Tuesday do
practically nothing.
Among the callers at Cooks ranch
to-day was Billy Madden, who tried To
make arrangements with FitZsimmuns
To meet his man, Joe Goddard. I'm the
ring. in case he succeeds i'm defeating
Corbett. Fitzsimmons WAS rather nom
committal ON the subject and declared
that In any event he would not consider
the signing Of articles To meet God
dard or any other man until after the
fight and could not say that even then
he would be willing to take ON Goddard
or anybody else.
There Will he plenty of time after
the fight with Corbett," said Fitzsim-
mons, to consider the question OF
lighting Goddard or any other fighter,
know that N | win this thing there
will he all sorts of challenges hurled al
me- hut | am not going to lie i'm too
great a hurry about accepting MANY of
them. This fight means a good deal in
money beside that which is involved In
the purse and side bets. and for INV
part. IL win II. | wish to get some Of
the money that viii be mine for tho
looking after IL. will not say that |
will not fight Goddard. hut will agrrr
at this time To enter the ring with him
or anybody else in case | win the fight
next Wednesday. Ther, will I'm any
event. be no use in my talking abo,it
making any more matches untiI I am
through with this ouo .
AT the conclusion Of his untervlav
with Fitzsimmons. Madden said ,hat no
considered the red haired fighter to a.
in the best possible condition II have
seen him in the ring many lines =" saiJ
Madden. .and I have hnan ro,or,,,, a.,
several of his fights nn,,., 500, hin,
looking as wei as hc dnas nrv. a,a ts
he is defeated I 40 no, tbink iha, ha
can claim anvtbIug an tbc s,.,,r. 80 ~.
lack Of rondI,ion W.
Aft.r fsiling IN nalo ,,,,., -.
tween Fitzsimmops and c,d,,ard naI
den propnsed th.t IacL s,.I,'ar ~, .a" w.,
against O'DonnneII Fi,zsim,nons ~
clared that tbig ,,a,,.h NJ ~,
considered barnuse s,aiz,e, ~ 80 an,
JeTries I'm San Franc,srn n.x, s,n Isl
Madden tbon made a ,h,ra ,,r,,,'lt,i,.' n'm'
il beinr thai Uirlscv a,h, 'n,pn'i,'
Gle is much too IarS. r,,n ,oo D',,e', .,,s :;
said Hickey u.,d A. u.s., ~, nv
could make n vor,. ,o,,d ,,,.,t' We
While ,ba,, -, ,'t,'t ,,
wbo is Tho s,aLah,ldas ~ ~ ',il,n'
drove nm "ynu,rn Innlin,, vi, s' r.,,n
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tn soc ~nu h" s,,oh "in, an,a hu ! am glad
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is in tho ho., ~ sha a"r A,,'" .na, ne
tbat tells Won othsr'eip aiu sy any p'uy
ynurs This sho,id ~, ~ "rnu , w
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d,,' IL. ',,'s ,.Is a. uu yssttr-
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non, ana "osc no con,a., usns1r"uH man IN a