The herald., 1897-12-31
ALL SORTS OF OFFERS MADE
TO INDUCE THE CHAMPION TO
MAKE A MATCH
Fitz Is Stubborn and Insists That
Corbett Must First Meet and
Best Maher
Associated Press snecial Wira


mons, as follows:
Robert ]. Fitzsimmons, Champion OF
the World: Your published declaration
Mr. Fitzsimmons, that you intend re-
entering the ring pleases me more thar
1 can at present express to you, for
know that the public esteems me to be
the only candidate for the honors yor
| thus place within reach. l am sorry
however, to note that in wording this
declaration you give me the impression
that since we last met you have become
unwisely forgetful; for instance, you
say that before 1 can claim a return
match with you must prove myself tc
be worthy of it. You certainly intended
this as a joke, for no one in thd world
knows my ability better than yourself
You cannot so soon have forgotten your
remark to me at Carson just after the
battle: 'Jim,' you said, in your simple
earnest way, I'll never fight again
You've given me bloody good licking.
You, the winner, uttered these words
with face and body so battered as to
leave no doubt of your sincerity, while
I, the loser, listened with never bruise
| OF SCTalCu lEOIIl ilSdQ " lOOt NAiNA WAN
contradict you.
| rs this consistent with your now re-
questing me to go prove myself to be
worthy? You will find the confidence OF
the public in my ability to entertain you
still. You will find that the public will
insist upon your recognizing my claim
| that you must meet me again. But
surely you have been misrepresented.
refuse to credit you with the lame mem
ory, the broken Judgment, the poor taste
and entire untruthfulness which the
printed remarks alleged to have been
made by you would imply. prefer tc
think that those who have entered the
ring with me were men, brave and inca
pable of vulgar lying and cowardly Ian
guage in which the newspaper version
| of your remarks was couched. However
we'll l know that the great journals try
| to be and usually are accurate to the
letter in reporting utterances made by
/ important men upon important subjects
l prefer to believe that in this case a
grave error has been made somehow
somewhere, and for a purpose not
worthy of one who wishes to be con-
sidered above contempt.
what the public expects from me is
to maintain the manly dignity of the
ring and not be a brawler, nor shifty
evader of the honest principles which
govern honest men when adjusting theil
respective merits.
This is all have to say. But this Is
what l propose to do. The day we sign
articles 1 will give you $1,000 in recogni-
ton of your courtesy. The moment you
enter the ring ready to offer me battle
1 will give you a second $1,000 in token OF
my pleasure. Upon the completion OF
the tenth round, if you are still unde-
| feated l will give you a third thousand
dollars as souvenir of my surprise
Upon defeating you, no matter in what
round, will give you $4,000 more as a re-
minder that I am not an ungenerous
foe
"On the other hand, should you agair
defeat me, 1 promise, if still able tc
move. to place my hat upon my head
and then removing it in your honor. tc
proclaim you in frank and unmistakable
terms my superior and state that l ther
and there quit forever all possible claim
to the championship of the world.
Let further remarks on this subject
be made by $1,000 in clean. honest Amer
ican money, given me by the public thai
believes in me. l have this day for
warded these to Will J. Davis of Chi.
| cago, in testimony that 1 mean every
word I have herein spoken.
(Signed.) JAMES j. CORBETT,
champion of America.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 80, 1Sy1.''
MCCOY AT WORK
CHICAGO, Dec 3O.-Joe Choynski, the
| mn 1oy 1frI,
is the man that Martin Julian, manager
of Champion Bob Fitzsimmons has
picked out for Mccoy to meet first il the
latter boxer wants match with "I'tz.'
That conclusion was arrived at by Julian
after he received query from Mccoy
asking whom he would suggest to match
against him before he could have a
chance at Fitzsimmons. After a long
talk with Parson Davies, Choynski's s
manager, Julian telegraphed to Mccoy
that if he would fight Choyinski sue
|cessfully he would consider him entitled
to go with FitZsimmons at the middle
weight limit. The kid immediately
answered that he would deposit $1,000 for
felt money with AL. Smith of New York
for a contest with Choynski, with a side
bet of $4,000.
Davies telegraphed Smith that he
would forward a like amount to cover
McCoy's forfeit. There the matter rests
with Julians positive statement that the
champion will meet Mccoy if he defeats
lChoynski. When the question was
raised whether Mccoy would not have
ample ground in refusing a match with
Choynski because the latter would be
unable to make the middle-weight limit
Julian said: II don't see why he should
refuse to meet Choynski at catch
weights. He fought CreedOn upon that
same agreement and it is generally
known that Choynsk is not very many
pounds over the middle weight limit
Besides this Mccoy promised Parson
| Davies after his win over Creedon that
Choynski would be his next opponent"
Tom O'Rourke is willing to match Joe
Walcott against Kid Mccoy provided
| the latter insists upon the middle weight
limit and Choynski is not matched
against the man who aspires to battle
with Fitzsimnons. He has posted $1,000.
FITS ULTIMATUM
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Tom O'Rourke
has wired to the Associated Press from
Fort Wayne, Ind, as follows:
Julian and FitZsimmons have named