The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-16
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

, n,ss putt new grounds. The rroundkeene,
i ~. mistake and marked Off tbe nl,rh'
ing oox at fifty-five Instead =, civ ,a''i,,
w ~a. we most farcicai game YOU ever "a ~
liver was pitching for us and Scott SRA,
~. en ,or. the Colonies. Neither team couia
.oush the ball. II was a game almos, DE-
~, ~" VI batting, We didn't know what wn,
ny ny matter Tor awhile. Finally we got a.
s ,na. me pitching distance was five feei
~ ne next day Il was changed and
.he game was u great deal better EJf,v
| i've feet is too short. Tho han ,s NJ, ~,
o. batter before he has chance to ra, vs. ~
- II Is 10 really be his ultimat,m and
ne promise not to say anything f,irthe,
aoout IT, the public may not hold Corbet,
TO account for his latest stage NAV a,
Fitz. II the Californian really wants ~
',.' why don't he do as his uonqueror
did? When Fitz was told to A.,ht NM,
ana he would be given a show 81 ,,orhe,t
we present CHAMPION fought Maher; and
even then Corhett apparently AID MI no
could 10 Keep from carrying out his urom-
Use until forced TO make the match nv
srpwing pubic sentiment. Truth 10 tell.
II psgins to look like Corbett has pretty
soou iine ON himself and is somewhat wary
vi soihg up against Fitz again-or Peter
nanei, either. for that matter. IT'S A pret-
W even bet that II Fltzsimmons were Ia
SEND Sorbett articles tomorrow the ex
Nouid want 70 impose some Kind of inn
possible conditions or wouldn't agree to
me conditions stipulated in The articles
wen II they were a copy OF those fought
under at Carson City.
In his latest blum he casts an innuendo
AT siler who refereed at Carson. From
the wording of 1t 1t would appear that
Macon Mccormick wrote It: it hears that
verdant genius ear marks. Mccormick
has made such an unfair fight for Corbett-.
unfair in every way--that his own repu-
tatlon has suffered and it would rot be
surprising to learn that he is Corbstt's
private secretary as well as press agent
One or other thing is sure: Corbett mover
wrote his own notes or else they have been
revised after he indited them. In one OF
ms recent letters he tries to make large
and signlhcant mountain out of fake
boxing match between Fitzsimmons and
George Siler The whole affair was pal
pabiy Take. was never Intended for any
thing else, and Macon the biased is the
oniy person who has mentioned the matter
who took any other than ludicrous view
OF it--and he has only Injured himself with
out helping the ex any.
This is what Mccormick has 10 say: al
say this apropos Of the three round spar
ring bout between him and George Siler.
which took place in Chicago las; week 1t
was with surprise that sporting men here
abouts heard that Siler was to spar with
Mr.. Siler refereed Fitzsim-
mons fight with Maher in Mexico. and his
contest with Corbett for the championship
at Carson City, to his unqualified satisfac-
ton on both occasions and It was only
to surmise that il he aver fought
again he would desire him to again act as
That is Il pretty good line on both Nc
Cormick and Corbett. for Macon knew that
The so-called bout was a burlesuue. and
states that he knew it in letter from
which the above is an extract.
Since Kid Mccoy challenged Bob Fitz-
simmons to fight for the middleweight |
there has been great deal |
Of discussion about the lauky antipodeans |
ability TO negotiate the avoirdupois pre-
,cribed by the middleweight limit, says
Harry Weldon.
1t has been claimed by some not very
to train to fight at less than
/ heavyweight. On the other hand, there
ire any number of well posted people who
insist that Fitzsmmons can train 10 15S
pounds without half trying,
Fit2simnons Is the greatest freak The
ing has ever known. The evening before
he Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight In Carson
jity Corbett told me that he weighed Is3
,ounds The next day when Corbett and
7tz stood beside each other in the ring,
anything, Fitz looked TO be the larger Of
he two would have made a. wager at
hat time. based solely on the appearance
# the two men, that there was not ten
POUNDS difference in their weight. yet from
source ! can not doubt | have heard III
he past few days that there was nearly
hirty pounds difference in the two con-
estants.
I have Corbett's own wcrd for 1T that he
weighed 1S3 pounds. and | have the word
4 a man very close to fitz-no less II per-
onagc than Ernest Roeber. the wrestler,
Who was his second and traincr-that Fliz
My weighed 1856 pounds.
This bit of information comes to ne in
way. Mike Conley, the Ithaca
liant. who Is resident of this city, was
ut ten weeks with Fitzsimmons as his
PAIRING partner. During his stay with the
'itzsimmons show Mike became very init
late with Roeber, and through him came
1to possession OF what might be termed
stable secrets" Mr.. Conley, who left the
'itzsimmons show at Chicago and return
here not long since, talked entertaining-
! about the middlcweight limit II don't
bink that am violating any confidence
hen tell you what Roeber told me- sad
onIey in the Enquirer office the other
yening. zone night we got TO talking
bout the weight al Corbett and Fltz, ana
leu Roeber told me all about II When we
,arted in TO train for Corbett.' said Roe
or we concluded TO build him np and
nd him In the ring as heavy rs possible.
gell We went along for time on mat
rinrjrll but 1t didn't work. Fitz WAS
eayy' bur he wasn't himself The extra
nunds instead Of doing him good did him
arm He was as slow as Shetland pony.
10 was as heavy on his feet as he wen
,u,d be. After we had gone through this
n week or so we all slw that II would
Of do. so we changed our course CT train,
70 and we worked down TO his natural