The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27
HISTORY May REPEAT
FITZSINMONs ANNOUNCES THAT HE
WILL ASK A RETURN MATCH
FROM JEFFRIES
MUST WIN FROM sHARKEY


Should the Sailor Defeat the Cham
p1on Then the COrnishman VIII
Set Sail for That BOxer-Unexpect-
ed Defeat of Tom Sayers by Nat
Langham Parallel to the Van
quishment of Fitzsimmons.
Bob F1tzsimmons will essay one more
battle His manager and adviser, Martin
Julian, has so officially announced. 1t is
the intention of the Cornishman TO chaI-
lenge the winner of the Jeffries-Sharkev
contest, which is scheduled to occur in
october. Should Jeffries win the cham
plon Is said to have already agreed to
again meet Fitz. If victory is achieved
by the sailor there will be little difficulty
in arranging match between the former
champion and the new one, for cham
pionship without defeat Of Fitzsimmons
would be hollow title for Sharkey. The
chances, therefore. are that Fitzsimmons
will again don the mittons for a cham
picnship battle. No matter what the re-
suit may be that is to be Fits last fight.
He realizes that the time has come for
him to retire to private life, and he will
embark In business in Chicago, which city
he intends to make his permanent abode.
SAVERS CRUSHING DEFEAT.
When Tom Savers, the famous cham
pion Of England, was at the height of his
fame he met with defeat that was Who'll
ly unlocked for by either himself or his
friends. He was matched to meet Nat
Nangham, a cadaverous boxer, who was
known as 1.-The consumptive." so attenu-
ated was his anatomy. To Sayers it was
like money from home and more to come.
He went into the fight as confident of
winning as though he had the battle in
hand. He came out badly defeated
champion. Sayers' seconds urged him to
fight cautiously, and he tried to do So
That was not the style of milling at
which the Britisher was best, and after
many rounds, during which Sayers vainly
sought to give Langham his congo, the
champion began to strike out wildly,
and finally acknowledged that he could
not see his adversary. Langham had
blinded him. Had Savers mixed it,
with his clever opponent it might have
ended differently. The defeat was sad
blow to the champion. He tried every
artifce to secure return match with
Langham, but the "consumptive" said no.
He knew that he had won q battle that
had made him famous, and he realized
that he was not the best man. Savers
tried no more Experiments" Mccoy
had better profit by his example.
THREE FOR THE KID.
Three times has Mccoy tasted of the
bitterness of defeat by a knockout. First
at the hands of Billy Steffers, a man who
had done little to make him regarded as
formidable. He stopped Mccoy in
round, and in return match was de-
feated by Mccoy In ten rounds. That
cleaned the score for the Hoosier, and
that is what he hopes for In seeking
return match with Mccormick, the man
who SO suddenly put him to sleep in Chi
cago Should Mccormick yield Mccoy
may defeat him, and be in a bit better
shape for carrying out mis- programme
battle with Fitzsimmons- The Hoosier
boxers knockout by Sharkey estOps him
from looking in that direction until he
has done something to entitle him to
consideration He is out of it so far as
the heavyweight championship is con-
cerned-at least for the present. With
Fitz it is different Like Savers, Fitz
has made a record that is equaled by
none of the men actively before the pub
lie at present. Boxers are looking for
money, and there is no man who would
be a better drawing card than would
Fitzsimmons, with any one OF the great
men as all opponent. That is why 1t is
likely that Fitz will be given hearing
by the winner of the Jeffries-Fitzsfm-
mons match He is a card, and that is
what brings money to the gate.
FITZ HAS A CHANCE.
Big as is Jeffries, Fitzsimmons has a
chance to defeat him. The Cornishman
did not fight as of yOre in his battle at
Coney Island. Why is something that
will probably never be known. He was
slow and his blows lacked the steam
for which they were noted. 1t is possible,
prehaps probable, that Fitz was out of
shape when he met Jeffries. He certainly
did bad work. If the men meet again it
will be the last chance the Cornishman
will have to regain his lost laurels. That
he will enter the ring in prime shape and
that he will fight the best he knows how
goes without saying. The battle will be
worth seeing, and will draw more people
than will any of the events now on the
scheduIe-and it matters not who wins,
JJeffries or Sharkey. Fitz would prob
ably prefer Jeffries, for he has already
shown that he Is as good as the sailor,
and he has been defeated by Jeffries in
fair battle. Either man will likely listen
to him in his offer for a meeting. That
will be Fitz's final win or lose, and there
are many who would be pleased to see
the plucky middleweight, who so long car
ried both titles, regain the lost one and
retire on his unsurpassed record.
MCCOY AND RYAN.
The Westchester Athletic club has Of
fered a purse of $4,000 for Mccoy and
Ryan, at the middleweight limit Mccoy
has already accepted and Ryan has sig
nified his willingness to do so, provided
he is successful in his meeting with Moi
fatt at Dubuque. There is little chance
Of it being otherwise unless Ryan is bad
and Moffatt good. The latter is clearly