The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-03
THE TALKING PUGlLISTS
Corbett and FitZsimmOnS Indulge
In a Few kilograms.
PONY Moore Says Mitchell Never
Refused to Meet McCoy-TLe
En2lishmaI.'s Challenge.

Dan stuart arrived in Chicago last MT
presumably la the interest of another light
lotweeu Corbett ana Frzsimmons. He
was silent on the subject Of his errand
ia Chicago, but when he learned that me
FitZSiuunons combinat ion had lett Town
ne seemed disappointed.
From cincinnati James j. Corbett' on
New Years bay. sent 10 Bob thzsiih-
,,ous th. following telegram:
what are YOU caHceling oates for ana
SHINING out or Chicago Are you alfalu
10 meet Tue? Coi'bEi
Ttw a>the last day OF FitzsiuInons' TWO
weeks show in Chicago, and At ap carry
hour Sunday morning the champion ana
c,mpauy left for Minneapolis, where they
show THIS week. But in order 10 80 10
Minneapolis FitzSiniuOns had TO cancel an
enlargement with q theater IN TIE WINDY
City, where he was billed 10 appear TINS
week. This explains the reference IN
Corbett's telegram to 'caucelmg dates
Fuzsiuultous was red-hot when BE read
Corhett's message. He and Julian sat
down and replied in THIS strain:
Il didn't run away from You at Car
son when | made you quit Ike cur
did L. II is cmch that ! would never
dream of running away from you, now
that / know You are - easy. am your
master and can best You at any time ana
under any circumstances, either on the
street or i'm the ring. The very best thing
that voa can d. is u fight Ma her andtry TO
convince the world that you're not
false alarm. such : they have sized you
lrp to be, and stop trying To make capital
bvuSinc the name ofthn man who made you
1craw1 AT his feet, ana who positively out
classes you morally, mentally and physi-
cally.'
ID f. not stated what Corbett said or
did when he received this abusive mes
sage. but Fitzsilnmons got acknowledgement
saturday night reading as follows:
stay there and don't run away. III
be in Chicago, January l.. ana make
Won eat your words, like ] did several
times before. Please don't run away,
and don't forget what YOU said, You gave
me a bloody good licking. Jim. and II
never forget it.
"JAMESJ. CORBETT,
Real Champion Of the world
Here is a letter from Pony Moore the
fatber-in-law OF Charles Mite hell. who de
.fres TO correct the impression that the
Coy. with the letter is a challenge from
Mitchell TO Mccoy:
LAS Kid Mccoy has beaten CreedOn- and
as he saws Charlie Mitchell would not
fight him " lille lie was in England, you
will ohlige by inserting the following hal
lenge in your valuable paper. just TO
show The sporting public who flunked ont
of q match Yours sincerely,
PONY MOORE,
''On behalfOf Cha rlie Mite hell"
The following is Mrehells challenge:
ITO Kid Mccoy: Charlie Mitchell hereby
challenges Kid Mccoy TO fight me FOR
any sum from $500 upward. and the hest
purse offered. The Olympic Club, OF Biz
nlingham. in England, win give purse OF
FL 900 for the match, TO take place on
the 2lst OF February. This purse is good
enough for me, and should also suit
Mccoy. Hoping Mccoy VIII accept this
challenge and come TO England at once,
j remain, yours truly,
CHARLIE MITCHELL,
''P. 81 Will allow Mccoy 600 ex-
penSes"