The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-15

Wit and receipt in his pocketbook. ST am
not blufdng, and want the general public
TO know 1t. There can be no possible ex-
cuse for Brady failing to make good in
this case. Jeffries has repeatedly said
that he intends to defend his title as a
champion should, and not confine his ex-
ertions to writing press notices for the
papers. WE'LL here is his chance, and
hope he'll avail himself of it. Everybody
knows that FitZsimmons did not fight up
to his form when he met Jeffries and was
defeated
After the Jeffries-Sharkey battle was
over hundreds Of the spectators stopped
me when I was leaving the club house
to assure me that in their opinion Fitz
could beat either the sailor or his oppo-
nent- And they were all men that know
q thing or two about the fighting game
IT l fail in making Mr.. Brady live up to
his agreement it won't. be for want of
trying. Jeffries is the man we want,
and no attention will be paid to any of
the other heaVyweights who are looking
for notoriety. Bob has nothing to gain
by whipping the whole bunch"
How about Corbett?" broke in a by
stander, didn't he say that if Jeffries
wouldn't come to terms with him he
would take on FitzSimmons?
This question appeared to act on Julian
in much the same fashion as the pro-
verbal red rag arouses the ire of an ex-
cited bull.
NO CHANCE FOR CORBETT.
"Corbett would take Fitz onY' he re-
peated in accents of whitening scorn.
why, where does Corbett come in?
That fellow has been beaten by both
Fitz and Sharkey. And anyway, he has
no more intention Of fighting than 1
have. 1 am willing to bet any amount
that Cerbett will never again be seen In
bona fde contest.
In the first place he is physically in
capable of getting in shape for a battle,
and is fully aware of the fact In the
second place everybody knows that he
is blufflng, and would as soon try to stop
the rush Of a runaway locomotive as to
stand up before Jeffries or any other
good heavyweight in a genuine-contest
II he ever does enter a ring billed to
fight for a decision you can bet it win be
a prearranged affair, bearing all the ear
marks CT a palpable fake. But I don't
believe he will even venture that far
All his fight talk is nothing but so much
advertising for his saloon business in
New York, for the purpose of keeping
his name before the public It would
be nothing short of ridiculous to pay any
attention to Corbetts wild chatter, and
l will simply pass him up as I would
any other dead one in the business
We'll, say again ventured the man
who wanted to know" eff Jeffrfes doesn't
keep the agreement he made to fight
Fitz again, can't you claim the cham
pionship for Bob by default?'
Certainly I could replied Julian, "but
Bob doesn't want a title gained that way.
OF course the old rules of the ring stipu-
late that when a champion agrees to
fight man and his challenger puts up a
forfeit he must keep his word or lose the
title. But the public doesn't like that sort
of thing, and nine out of ten men would
refuse to recognize the legitimacy of a.
championship won by default. People
like to have a man fight his way to the
top. Bob has always earned his victories
by good, honest lighting, and that is
what he means to do in the Jeffries case
if the big fellows manager proves him
self a man of his word"
F'itzsimmous is at present in Milwau-
kee, where he is playing to crowded
houses every night. He is in the best Of
health and ready to go into active train
ing for battle at a moments notice