The times., 1897-03-19
ANOTHER MATCH PROBABLE
Corbett's Friends and Public Sent
menf May Force the New Cham
pion to Give His Rival 4. second
Battle" "Orfginal Fitzsimmons"
Men Are Plentiful.

| L nc DdCkeTS OI tie i Oliipauour were SlCl
at heart over the catastrophe at Carson
but they balrned their wounds with tn,
thought that confidence in their man wa
lot misplaced and that he gave the ''humar
fighting machine" the battle Of his life
The best nlan did not win, according
to the technique OF pugilisIn, yet ther
is 10 successful nor convincing argumen
against a Victor, whether a candidate FOL
President or the winner OF prize fight
Nothing succeeds like success.
According to the blind Homer in hi,
Odyssey:
And Laodam whirls high with dreadful
| sway,
The gloves OF battle victorious in the
| rray.
Homer also descanted as follows on the
| combat between Irus and Ulysses:
Now front to front each frownin g champion
stands
And poises nigh in air his adverse hands;
! The chief yet doubts or TO the Shades be
| low
To fell the giant atone vengeful blow
| Tie King resolves, for mercy sways the
| brave.
| That instant Irus his arm extends,
| Full on his shoulder the rude weight des-
| cendS,
| The sage Ulysses, fearful to disclose
| Tie hero latent i'll the man OF woes,
| Checked hair his might, yet, Using to the
stroke,
His Jaw1one dasll'd, the crashing Jaw
| bone broke,
Down aiopt lie, stupid from the stunnin g
His feet extended, quiyenng, beat the
ground,
His mouth and n0StTils squirt q purple
His tie, all SHATTERED rushed inmfxed with
blood
That Corbetts molars We're dislocated at
Carson Wednesday and that Fits face
ran carmine like stuck pig bears out
the assertion that history repeats itself
Corbett's friends are still wondering over
the rude weight, according To Homer,
that descended upon their man To whip
an adversary tbroughthirteen rounds and
then fail a victim. is cause for marveling.
1t is not consistent, though Il fact
A count of the blows delivered in the
fight shows that Corbett hit Fitzsimrnons
22l times, while thei latter only landed
II punches, difference OF so hits in
favor Of the Californian. Corbett was GER
tainly the clevcrer of the two Even the
most prejudiced partisan of Fitzsirnrnons
cannot claim, in reason. thatFItz purpcseIy
allowed himself to be pounded IL is not
human nature to take punishment of "a
drastic nature with Willingness. Fin,
the freak that he is, is no exception.
Corbett's incautiousness and Fitzsim-
mons perfect condition turned the tide Of
battle. Had the American waited OUT
his man instead Of mixing il up with him
he would have surely won. Or had Fitz-
simmons not been fighting machine" +"
strong in every sinew and as compact as
armor he could not have stood the beat
ing he received.
Let the average strong man calculate
the effect that as many as ten blows
would have on him and then estimate the
endurance necessary to stand 221 raps
delivered by Il trained pugilst of the
heavyweight class. FitZsimmons must
have been invuluerable as chilled steel
The only deduction TO be made, unless
Fitzsimmons is considered invincible, is
that Corbett's blows lacked force, or, as
It is said, steam" Corbett's fast pace
since he whipped Sullivan probably cashud
its debt Wednesday, when he lost the
championship and lay wTithing and suf-
fering against the ropes at Carson. No
doubt he trained hard and conscientiously,
but IL is said that all consuming care
cannot restore the strength rha time would
spare"
The fight, as was to be logically ex-
pected, was the all-absorbing topic in the
city yesterday and last night where so
many as two men were gathered together,
The Fitzsimmons contingent were, of course,
in 4 very happy frame of mind, and dealt
out hospitality in manner to bring
inv N 10 r. int II
wet goods emporiums."
The Corbett crowd was cast down. After |
paying their bets they tried to even up
the score by ''cussing'' their luck and Fitz- |
simmons. Talk about luck" said an ad-
mirer of the ex-champion, why that freak |
is too lucky to die. To think of Corbett |
beating him into jelly and then lose on |
two licks. It's awfull' Then the bar
keeper set out a whole lot of glassware.
With few exceptions, Fitzsimmons' fol- |
lowers were nagnanimous to the fallen
gladiator, and, on the whole, were quick to |
deprecate and dispute any assertions re-
flecting on Corbett' courage. InOne crowd
an overjoyful Fitzsimnons man declared |
hat jim was "fakir'' and "third-rater.'
Another FitZ partisan, who won good |
many dollars on the Antipodean, quickly
called him down, and for a few minutes
It looked as if an embryo mill, minus Dan
Stuart and the kinetoscope, would be pulled
off then and there. The affair was settled,
however, without the spiling of anything
more crimson in color than the Kentucky
product
The gosspis general that another meeting
will take place between tile men. Fitzsinl-
monsis always willing to fight when there
S money in sight, and his declaration that
lc has retired from the ring will be quickly
'ecalled when he gets sight of a 100000 |
purse Fighting is his business, and he will
not quit the game SO long as age will per-
nit him to train. He is thirty-five years
I'D, and ought TO be good for five years
more. Corbett has no less friends now than
before his defeat, and they, with the neutral
sentiment of the country, will force Fftz
nto another battle, the same as Sullivan
vas forced to defend the championship
gainst Kilrain.
As The Times has stated, Corbett was
ot popular champion; he only ratified
round in Sullivan's shoes. But it should
,e stated in behalf of the fallen man that
o succeed to Sullivan's title was one
hing and to fall heir To his reputa tion and
opularity quite another. There wds only
me Champion John L., and it is not
robable that his like will live again. |
Certainly Corbett failed to take up where
sullivan left off when he was defeated
t New Orleans, and estimating Fitzsim-
mons disposition, mode of life and asso-
iatlon it does not seem that he will be-
ONE pugilstic idol and be set upon the
celestial built for John L. Really, Fitz-
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