The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-11

health is In his prime. believe that Bob
f:tzSimmons or to-day could beat the Bob
f.ltzsmmons OF ten years ago with compare
alone are invaluable. / have tested myself
and know my wind is as good and my
durance az great to-day as they were at
any time during my long term In the ring.
A physician who examined me to-day told
me he could not find a trace of weakness
anything L ever knew about fghting This
being so, is IL any wonder / am sure OF
victory over yeffries? Ny. experience with
hundreds Of fighters. the best OF England
Australia and America. has convinced me
that am the greatest fighter In the world
champion in fact as well as In name. / have
fsafed them easily. have fought cleverer
men than Jeffries and their cleverness has
not helped them against me. Jeffries will
Corbeft lost at Carson or Maher lost in
Mexico i truly believe that with many men
who profess TO believe will lose the wish
Is father TO the thought. Corbett for In
stance. ought 10 know by his own experience
that am Jeffries's master. They talk about
American. 1t strikes me that a man who has
ME property in America, is married In
America and whose children are born and
Will be raised In America is as good an
American as there Is, and that man is
Robert Fitzsimmons. champion of the
James J. corbett said: 1T proved lust as
I predicted When Jeffries was my spar
ring partner at Carson. at the time pre-
pared for my fight with F1tzsimmonS, I
then Immature Fitzs;mmons would not
fight me. But in Jeffries got the man VINO,
i knew. could defeat him. Jeffries was new
before the battle told him to go in and
fight as soon as the gong rang. told him
round to go at him. He did II. In the third
round he had Fftzsimmons going. 1t was
splendid battle and Jeffries did the fight
ing. This proves what 1 have always said
that good boxer with good left hand
could defeat Fftzsimmons- Jeffrfes possesses
ali the qualities Of great boxer. He is
ny her 70 ON earth does e not ack
ring science or generalship. The fight
Champion Jeffries said: The fight was
never for a moment IN doubt as far as j was
concerned. / knew what / could do when
entered the ring. and / grew more con-
gong first sounded. FitZsimmons never hurt
me bu. once, and that was a hard punch
have near the force they may have seemed
to- In my estimation, / had the best or
every round. Fitzsimmons was a good.
Of his weight In the country, II not in the
world I wish him all success for the fu-
fure- i believe am the best man in the
which have Won"
After the Knockout blow had been dealt.
Chief Of Police Devery jumped TO the outer
edge OF the ring and waited for the referee
20 count the fatal tenth second. de stepped
into the ring then and MS men surrounded
II. He was asked in the ring by a reporter
whether, in acceptance with his declaration
OF few days ago, he would arrest the
principals. wait a few minutes and we
will see he replied. And then as he saw
that Fftzsinmons had recovered sufficiently
to sit up and answer the greeting and hand
shake Jeffries offered him, he added: mo,
there will be no arrests. Fitzsimmons is all
right now and the law has not been vlo-
lated. He Is as well as when he entered the
ring. according to the report OF DR.. Cream
er. who examined him: so an arrest is not
necessary. / wish ii TO be said, and said
distinctly, that neither Mr.. Mclaughlin nor
any other man made me change my opinion
the fight / would have stopped the fight
in minute IL had seen anything that was
a vfo1ation of the law"