The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-04
Aeo.eer Sf.Ot0 81 Cons. 'or cf .-0
md $1,000 More If Fiz IS Defeated
--ka At,-rou0d Guy from BE-
P0m0ad0Ur ia

aett to-day gave the Times Star for pub
| ication his challenge to fight Robert J.
Fitzsimmons, rs follows:
robert j. Fitzsimmoas, champion o.
the world:
Your published declaration. Nr. Fitz
simmons, that YOU intend re-enterlnE the
| ring, p.ea>eS me more than ! can nj
present express 10 You, for know tAai
the public eSteeInS me - he tie oa.v
candidate for the honOrs you thus place
within reach.
4 am sorry, however, - note that in
wording this declaration. you give me
the impression that since we last met
YOU have become unNi>elH forgctful.
For instance, YOU say that before |
can claim a return match with you, /
must prove myself 10 be worthy OF it.
| You certainly intended this as a joke,
for no one in the world knows my
ability better han yourself. You can
not So soon have forgotten Your remark
to me at Carson, just after the battle.
"Jim," YOU said, in your simple, earnest
way, IN never fight again. You've
given me a bloody good licking"
You, the winner. uttered these words
with face and body so battered as to
leave no doubt Of you sincerity, while
J., the loser, listened with never q
hruise or scratch from head to foot
which could CONTRADICT YOU.
rs this consistent with your now re-
questing me to prove to be a worthy
opponent? You viii find the confidence
of the public in my ability to entertain
YOU still mistaken. You Will find that
the public viii insist upon your recog
nizing my claim that you must meet
me again. But surely you lave been
misrepresented. / refuse to credit you
with the lame memory, broken Judgment,
| poor taste ana entire untruthfulneSs
which the printed remarks alleged to
have been made by YOU would imply.
I prefer tG think that those who have
entered the ring with me were men,
honest, brave and Incapable OF the
Vulgar, lying and cowardly language IN
which the newspaper version Of your re-
marks was couched. However. wcl /
know that the great journals try to be
| and usually are, ccurate to the letter
in reporting ~utte:ances made by import
+aut men upon important subjects.
prefer to believe that in this case a grave
lerror has been made somehow, some
Fwhere. and for a purpose not worthy Of
one who wishes to be considered above
contempt.
"What the public expects from me is
TO maintain the manly dignity Of the
hing. and not be a brawler, nor a shifty
IEvader of the honest principles which
Eovern honest men when adjusting their
respective merits.
This is all l have to say.
But this is what l propose to do:
"The day we sign articles, | viii give
you $1,000 in recognition Of your
courtesy.
The moment You enter the ring,
ready 20 offer me battle. | viii give
you a second thousand dollars in token
Of my pleasure.
Upon the completion Of the tenth
round. if you are still undefeated, l VIII
give you a third thousand dollars as q
souvenir of my surprise.
Upon defeating you, no matter IN
what round, l will give you two thousand
dollars more as d reminder that l am
not an u~ngener0us foe.
ION the other hand, should you again
defeat me, / promise. if still able 10
move, to place my hat upon my mead
and then. removing it in your honor, to
proclaim you IN frank and unmistakabie
terms to be my superior. and state that
| then and there quit forever all pos
sible claim to the championship OF the
world.
LET further remarks on this subject
he made by 1000 clean, honest earned
American dollars, given me by the pubhc
that believes in me. I have this day
forwarded these to VIII J.. Davis, Of
Chicaro in testimony that | mean every
word have herein spoken.
CSicned) GAMES j. COEBFTT.
champion or America"
Cincinnati. Ohio. zee. Both"
FITZSIMMONS'S CONDITIONS.
New York. Dee. 3O.-Tom O'Rourke
has wired to the Associated Press froI
Fort Wayne. Ind, as follows;
"Julian and Fitzsimmons have name,
.Ioe Wolcott at the middle weight limi
to meet Mccoy. and Peter Maher /
) meet Corbett. If Mccoy AMI Corhe'
win from WoYcott and Naher. Fit7
/ simmons will meet both Of them after
ward. These are the only condition
: Fitzsimmons will make with Mccoy an
: Corbett."