The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-15

middie-weight championship. which ! won
hy defeating the Australian crack. Dan
Creedon.~a few weeks ago IN Long Island
City. That does not satisfy me. / want
10 get to the top Of the pug.iistic ladder.
tried 10 get there a one bound by striving
10 induce Robert Fitzsimmons 20 make a
match with me al the m.ddie-waight Limit
Cat which he has always foush;l, but he n
a very abusive public reply to my proposal
refused 10 take me on. have boxed
many, many times with Flfzsimmons-.n
fact. he calls me his pupil at t.meS-and
know jus; what he can Go. | 10 not think
him !uvncihle.
have fought my way carefully and
scientifically 10 the middle-wsIsat cham
plcaship. I propose 20 GO the same for tie
heavy weight mpionShlp. I held Dan
Cr,edon of fer ioHg time. Tor s4ch n
good space # time that some people
thought that I was afraid Of him. o.
course / never was, ] knew that as SON
Rs 1 whipped MIN 10 middle weight would
~ . he a nlatcn with NE. + Nauid he III the
SAME position As Fl.zsiIumuns after he lie
fsaIed Jack Dempsey Jl'u IAN, Dan Cree
don and She resi- az the mia44e-we.Shs brig
atic. 81 Kept Gn meeting easy men and
picking up easy money, although scca-
siuua(fN took on heaYy-wt.cuts lie JDn
Day ard Steve o Donaen Coraetts for
nier sparTjas partners. When ,he proper
tlIns cane aad &c p:oper-s .zed lafSe H.th
Il I took on Creedon. ard, IS ev Try body
knows. defeated a.n "a te gaoa!4y.
NaE ! am 81 exactly The same position
Eltxs3nsnaas MAS aftcc <aaquerins al mid
d,e-wel Ehts- ] mast take On heavy
weights. That ! am w.iisaE 20 do. 5u;
propose - pick them aad Dot have any
ciub perform tbat kindly office for M.
First and foremost / am Wiling 80 cross
arms with ealj4.f Joe ChoEGSkt. the hvio
ef q hundred hattIsS-the Esu lv. clever fa}-
lew al lie bjg Tvn seem a. dodge. ~14l
meet joe AZ any slime, AZ amy weight, Ter
AIRY fair purse Aaa IS much % Al side bet
d. ,he sasr-haiFed Californian May @3Sn 10
contend for. II defeat him a. l am con-
fdsut IF doing. / would take on Tom
SHaVkey. ,he heTcUifau sailor. ! t1lnk
Would knew hos 10 stop hss rerce PUSHES
juSr a. J dhi these uf cFe dos. After taAt
] would pick some man IA the champion
ship c}as~ Who would be alrout she same
heiuhl as ] ana only 3 iozca or twenty
pounds heaFteT~s9rA nlH3. say. 8S Peer
NAner These beue-2osas - 80 and 20
..ourds--s;xty 10 seventy pounds more
fhan I ;ln she scale att won't Meet ann
Z nave gained ID weight. / asu aew tssgt -
years 81 SSe and INSIDE Of year and
q half. or two years a. Taos;, ought -
be heavy enough ior any one ! said in
the beginning at this artistic that ! pro-
posed ~ oxat fny Nay eayefUliy % She
something 3lAe TAO years 10 10 x la. unless
Bob F-ltxs3lu1n0us agrees % nle%g nae AZ
once. I wlu joysally battle With him AZ
anv -.fne aS ne aRhGS ~ abcGt Thy velSst
zua j. Only haif an iBca taller than ]. but
IS asIaerAbiy shorter in the reach. As
Ia the other points-t,eys-1sss general
Shtl,. h.t.lnx poRer and the Iike-f am " a.
ing - take all chances With him.
HOW did become a puEj}iSt? That = a
Question asked ne every cay by ueH.y-
made friends, Il : q qgS@,e - them. "a /
sien laok bj: laks a fighter. but as :hsy
say a clerk sn 3 store o. a <sntesl ldla. n
Broadway. Wen. gll tell yes2 Mine hAs
tepu a life % adventure. ard Il u1ay 30
some yaung fellows growing w some good
20 tel ;hesn short Il ] vas born on r
farm IN Rush county Ind. shosft tscty--ivs
mites from Indians o'tS- Ny father Ras
the most tnletsc as well as ire uoss IT,
ca~;rteWs farmer II fhAt section. I can
distinctly remember tS2t 81 the summer
tirsp wEeu ts~ S1u sl3'sE0,ne6 he yol8s--
cyesefe1 nss - % ecrn aG9 tSe herds cair-
raped JnerfslA ab12t TIE farm S0Use ( was
A.~.y sasg.a. o4s SAsa tie a-~~A, t4sAA