The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-12
HE WANTS D F|GHT
Brave Jimmie Jefries Makes
a Fair Proposition.
WOULD BE CHAMPIONS
Are Invited to Meet Him in
the Ring This Month.


bruised and discolored, his right eye al
most closed and his nose fattened out
Gus Rubin walked about his training
quarters at Bay Ridge today, wondering
how it all happened. The big Ohio fight
er appeared TO be quite weak In spite
of his appearance Rubin said he felt al
! right, and in the same breath expressed
a desire for another bout with Fitzsim-
mons. Ruhlin's collapse after the fight
gave rise to many sensational rumors
One of these was that Ruhlin had died
! as the result of the injuries sustained in
| the battle Although it is true that Rub
lin was very i'll for several hours, his life
was never despaired Of
| Barring a slight bruise over the left
| eye, Fitzsimmons licked none the worse
| for the blows Of Rubin.
James J. Jefries, champion heavy
weight of the world, today issued an
| open letter in which he says he is anx-
! ious to give Fitzsimmons and Tom Shar-
key each another chance for the cham
pionship belt before September 1, and
states that ne proposes to do it.
With Rubin, who was the logical can
didate for championship battle. out Of
the way, four men are left who might
want battle with Jeffries-Fitzsimmon
Sharkey, Corbett and Mccoy All of
these are matched, their money is posted.
and not one of them would allow the
other to break his engagement and fight
the champion.
Jeffries in his letter says that when he
fought Fitzsimmons the latter's manag-
er forced him to give Go per cent of the
purse, win or lose, and in order to OBJ
tain the chance he agreed to this. Since
then. he says. he holds that he is enti-
tied to a similar division if he agrees to
meet Fitzsimmons again.
In the letter he says:
eff Fitzsimmons will meet me before
September I, I viii agree that the winner
take all or that the purse be divided rs
per cent to the winner and % be. cent
to the loser If he calims that it would
not be justice to Sharkey to declare the
present match off between him and the
sailor, I will then make a somewhat
novel proposition. will fight both Fitz-
simmons and Sharkey before September |
!. FFtzsimmons first. on or about August |
%, and Sharkey August 81 This PROPOSE |
ton is made with the view Of giving |
Fitzsimmons the chance he claims he |
ID.
not to do Sharl1ey any wrong by. shut /
ting him out of his chance to battle for
the title. If by Tuesday have received !
no favorable answer from Fitzsimmons |
I shall discontinue training and refues
any one until or about June l. 1901 If /
should beat me on August
p [ will waive my match with Sharkey
to him. and in this way is can be very
shown who is the champion"
When told of the statement made by
Jeffries that he would like to arrange q
fight with Fitzsimmons and Sharkey,
said tonight: "Jeffries is the
one man in the world I would like to
meet and beat. I fought him when he
was but fourth class man. Luck was
his way at the time, and he whipped me.
should like very much to accommodate
Jefrries with a fight, and feel confident
L will be quite possible to do so before
September l. have posted $500 to meet
Tom Sharkey on the night Of August o.
Next Tuesday it will be decide before
which club we meet.
'I feel confident of beating Sharkey,
and If I come out of the fight as clean
as I did in my fight with Rubin, shall
be pleased to meet JeTries in this city
before September 1. allowing him TO die
ate terms, he to take 65 per cent. win
)r lose If ne is afraid to meet me on the
Jasis of the winner to take ALL I f1now
[ can beat him. He IS a good man, but
he victory over me at Conev Island was
he result of luck. I shall again be cham
1ion Of the world"