The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-11
Manager Julian viii Try to
Pacify FitzsimmOns.
Leaves Chicago For New York
to Treat For Peace.
HE HAS FAITH IN BOB
And Declares Their Quarrel
Will Be Settled.
Fuss Ascribed to Failure to Get
Jeffries to Sign.

Chicago, Dec. n.-Martin Julian. until
q short time ago manager OF the LoT Iit
simmons, left Chicago Saturday night for
met the pudgy manager as he was get
ting into a cab about 5;l5 to eaten a
train for the east Julian hastily said his
trip had no fistic significance
No. / am not going to shoot Bob on
sight, and have no grudge against him
laughing manner: Il am going east sim
Are you going to make up with Fitz?''
asked a newspaper man who came up
The cabman pulled up the rig and Julian
leaning out of the window, called to his
of course 1 am going to make up with
Bob There is really nothing to make up
that 1 was sighting him and that prob
ably I had another man in sight to take
his place 1 want to say that / sttll Ihlnk
Robert FitzsimmOns can whip any man in
the world at the middle-weight limit or
at catch weights and Tor that reason
am soon going to make an effort to get
on matches for him with the best OF them
doubt of that Bob is too easy-goipg to
pay any attention to the business end OF
the nghtng game VIII aoI 4Il tii "a l
need him in certain sense There Is no
All Ihal nonsense IhaI was printed etoOut
our splitting last week was the outcome
Of the most trihing circumstances ana can
be rectified as soon as / see him.
Bob is peevish as a child at times, ana
1 know him too vel 70 THINK tnere IS
any Inlng serious IN WhaI ne mas S4le- No
there Is no danger of any more gun plays
IhaI was the InereSL nonsense oOD
wouldn't shoot a cat
Yes. I have seen those stories about
Sam FITZPATRICK and others going to man
age Bob" Julian said in a weary sort OF
voice. "But l want to say that 1 am still
his manager and nobody can count me out
on that score; We are business partners,
are interested together in several differ
ent schemes and are making money.
I dare say Bob regrets as much as I
last week and I know that when I see
him in New York there will be nothing
to it. I believe the little trouble viii not
be mentioned at all and that everything
will go along as it did before we split.
The whole trouble arose over the early
closing of the show. Had it not been that
fries and Sharkey for the winner Of the
fight at COney Island to meet the former
come up As 1t was, JeHrles repudia ted
the agreement and now has taken on Cor
we had made arrangements some time
ago to close the show FftzsimmOns was
with so that Bob could do at least six
weeks training for his meeting with the
winner. When the agreement had with
Jeffries was thrown over by the latter,
Bob took the matter so much to heart
that he could not contain himself
Now, that is the whole story of the
trouble He blamed me in a measure for
not caring for his business in the proper
way. Bless you. what could I do when the
other fellow wouldn't fight2
It is understood that F'itzsimmOns has a
part interest in all of the Julian enter
prises, Just as COrbett had part of the
champion of the world These interests
include a portion of the Lyric theater
here, the Coney Island Sporting club. be
fore which all of the large championship
hghts are being held; couple of road
companies, the fight pictures that are now
being shown in different parts of the coun-
try and several minor schemes.
is much more to F'ftzsimmons' interests
that 10 JulIan s Tor the latter could get
along very well without the former cham