The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-07

mons Is said TO be as shifty as they make
them. He certainly appears anxious TO
face the music, but there are not wanting
suspicious circumstances connected with
the arrangements for the proposed Tight.
and the croakers are making the most OF
them. They argue that there must be
some unexplained reason for F'itz's insist
ence on fighting Corbett in remote Nevada
for purse Of sl5.e0. when he could have
met him In the East with purse Of S25. go
hung up. Tom oRourke, manager of the
Broadway Athletic Club, OF New York
city. made the offer. and he swears TO this
day that he could have brought of the
fight without police interference. Corbett
signed the agreement. but al the eleventh
hour Fitzsimmons declined to follow the
Californians example. Many men saw in
this an evidence OF bad faith on the part
of the Cornishman. Corbett Is not popular
in the West. and some think IL just pos
sihle there may be plot 10 break up the
fght II he is getting the best of IT. IL
would certainly be easier 10 do this in Ne
vada than In New York state.
Again. Fitzslmmons Is now complain
ing OF a broken hand, the injury be-
ing said to date from his fight with Tom
Sharkey. the ex-saiior. few months ago.
but skeptical persons affirm that the
broken hand IL merely an excuse con-
cocted for some Interior purpose. and that
hts hands were uniniured when he left
the r,ngside In San Francisco. Such sus-
plcions keep many men from betting. But
OF course some bets have been made. ana
so far Corbett has been a hot favorite at
odds OF 10 10 7, with few takers Two 10
Is demanded against Fitzsimmons. and
even at that price there would not be
any heavy wagering just yet. Fred Taral,
the Jockey. has the biggest roll that has
reached the surface 80 FAR. He will in
vest s. 40 on Fitg. bat asks to or bet
ter Other metropolitan plungers that are
said TO have money with which 20 back
their fancy are Billy Edwards. Jake
wunderlich. Buck wenrick. Barry Aaron
and Johnny Manning. Each and every
one f. going TO support Corbett. r. much
Fftxsimmons money Is 20 be forthcoming
IL will come from the West or the Pacific
slope though since the Sharkey fght
Californisns are chary OF betting good
meney on boxers.
The Men Compared.
There is a vast physical discrepancy BE-
tween the men. Corbett rs q years old.
stands feet ] inch In his stockings and
VIII fight 81 about iss pounds. Fi,zsiul-
mons is an inch and 81 quarter shorter.
four years the elder. and has 10 give away
fully IS pounds weight. He is handicap
ped all around, though ne 81 clever. quick.
ana hard hitter. With che terrible
uppercut he Killed Con Riordsn. his spar
ring partner. and poor Jack Dempsey the
nonpartel would not be under the sod IN
an probability had he not faced FitzsiFn-
mons IN ths ring the pounding he r.
celved In 1871 from the Cornjshman even
tusllv resulting in his death. He was
never the same man after those fatal
thirteen rounds.
Yet these victories. 80 men whose lives
have been spent a. the rlngside saw. give
no true tine on What Siil happen or March
y. should the men enter the ring ~ ard
well. and there ~ no police interference.
Quick a. FftE Is. Corbett is thought 20
Ne quicker. lie - more scientific than
the foreigner. possibly o. higher courage.
That he il powerful hitter his Hxht with
Charlie Mitchell testified. There wiu ~
Ttt1a Clever money bet or TIE Cornish
mar
II ever a raM1 impressed his interview
erS with his readiness &c Gght in any
rlace ard a. any time. that man -
James J. Corhett in these latter DAYS
IN 1895 re made truitless tourney .
Texas 10 meat Fitzstmnous and IL Is 70
secret thaf the aEat could have ben
drought or near Hot Springs. Arkansas.
Rad roe the lAnky foreigner insisted en-
hnsng arrested Ever since thai Corhaft
has dreamed &C revenge. Judging av
their r1-x records Coro~tt woe'a seen ne
better man. lie has met aad debates.
-
rasa. john Z. Sullivan and charlie
/ Mitchell. Ard fougat draw wf.h Peer
Jackson E'iszssmmons outside a Tot a.
third ard fourth class fighters. has Only
esseates JACK Dempsey. Peter Maaer ana
Jim Hall
what the sports ThInk-
Joe Ch9yrSaf. MO has fought both Cor
let. ard F2txslraraons. tht-ks the farmer
must wiu. It's experience tells him that
Ce-n@st 80. as hard IS pa and - -.ss.s
r,egs stN.cBlf 70 land Epoa So Slightly
dos ne esteem tie Germ Esarnza.s cAsn~es
/ thAs he cannot understand any TIE latter
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