Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25

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Corbett is getting into condition rap
idly, and is now telling in how many
rounds he will win. IF Mccoy wins,
which l do not believe possible, he will
rave to do it in the first few rounds.
After that I will lea him at will. He
has got a strong punch, and I intend to
keep away from it. If / am able to do
this for the first few rounds he will be
tired out and the fight will be over.
Will I did all l could for Rubin, he
was not a willing nor an apt pupil, so I
grew discouraged but when l am train
ing for myself l allow ing to keep
me from doing the best I can. I expect
to be in the best condition of my life In
the next week. and will be able to GO
IS rounds at a fast pace when we enter
the ring
Robert FitZsimmonS, a Cornishman by
birth, ar Australian by years of resi-
dence, is said to be all the way from
81 to AZ years of age. He is tall, huge of
chest and shoulder, skinny of leg, bald
where the hair is not red, domestic in
tastes and no brawler, although fond of
"a quiet nip" For nearly 20 years he
has been in the ring, beginning in Aus
tralia, lighting in that country during
the old days when sullivan was in his
prime. Fitz and John L., in fact, We're
contemporaries, but while John gained
great glory in America and England,
poor Bob, a struggling blacksmith,
worked at the forge anu IouSlt WHeH-
ever a f~ive-pound note was in sight.
Not till 1889 did Bob rise from his OBJ
security. when he was suddenly conceded
to be "a good man. a bloomin' good one,
doncherknow." A year later he was up
set by jim Hall. To this day Robert.
anxious to make people think he had
ever been invincible. maintains that he
laid down before Hall for SIS, people who
saw the mill say hat Hall, hard pressed.
fought like a wild man. got his right
across and put Bob out as fair as could
be-and Hall, in those days, was good
enough for any one.
In May. 1890, Fitz arrived in California.
He whipped a few dubS in fancy style,
and was then. sent against poor Jack
Dempsey, whom he battered to a finish
at New Orleans. This win made Fitz
counted dangerous, and for nine years
ne whipped all who dared to face him.
He trimmed Peter Maher twice, knocked
out Jim Hall and Dan Creedon. lost on
an alleged foul to Sharkey, and at last
got into a ring with James j. Corbett,
the fastest heavyweight who ever lived.
Bob dug James in the tomach with his
left in the 14th round. and was champion
of the earth. He did not fight again for
two years. When he did he got it
good James Jeffries administered the
punching, and did it g~loriously.
Joseph B. Choynski has written a let
ter to a warm personal friend, in which
he refers to the p"ostponement OF MS
match with Peter Maher. He will meet
"the Horton law will be counted out
along with Maher.' And there are thou
sands of the sporting fraternity who
believe that Choynski is about right.
ice leave La Grange, H.. his home,
August 20, for New York. He says the
weather is cool which has been an aid
to him. and that he is in fine condition.
He has been training to a limited extent
only since going to his home. Joe is in
love with his native town, and says that
it is the finest place this side OF heaVen.
Bob Fitzsimmons is not only a land
holder at B~ensanhurst, down by the sea,
but he is disguised. The thing that
makes Lanky Bob sore. according to his
own telling, is the action of Champion
James J. Jeffries in finally coming out
and declaring all chances of a match
with himself off fer1fmonths to come.
Fitz, having read the declaration from
the Jeffries camp, says he viii fight
Sharkey according to the card, and, at
ter administering a ~trouncing to Sir
Thomas. simply proclaim himself the
champion of champions again. Here is
what he has to say on this new kink in
aft irs pugilistic:
Il see in this mornings ape that
Jeffr.es has crawled out of the possibil-
ity of meeting me in the ring again. On
TUESDAY Mr.. Brady, waiting until Mr..
Shorfzy and myself were matched for
August "A, challenged the winner to meet
Jeffries AUGUST 81. I promptly accepted
the opportunity, providing was fortu-
nate er~ueh to defeat Mr.. Sharlsey.
"The matter was settled then and
thsre. Now. this great champion of the
word can't devote 10 days to training
for the prospect of establishing beyond
question his right to the title and earn
ing about S.. 900. The truth of the mat
+e,. 10 that JnTfripc iS afraid to meet me
again. 7 have accepted every offer he
eve. made for a return match, and each
TIM hn HIS made some silly excuse to
set GU nf the match. I hereby give
JeTrte@ notice that, having accepted his
ch~a.len~e in the event of winning from
M, Sfa"key, I shall claim the champi-
onsh'c of the world, and I believe the
pubic will sustain my claims and rec
ogn:za me as the real champion"
: When William A. Brady. the champi-
on's manager was shown FitZsimmon's
stat ment he made an announcement
that NAV yet result in a match between
"Lan5y Bob and Jeffries. This is what
Brady said:
"F:tzsinmons wants to make the pub
lie believe he is really anxious to fight
Jeffrtes. does he? Well. just let him posi-
a fo~feit Of s.. coo and issue a challenge
to meet Jeffr:es to show that he is sin
cer2. I will then coye~ mis- money. and
arrange he final detallS for a match al
onoa. It is c~u-torlary for an aSpirant
to psf a forfeit and issue a challenge as
an act of ~nn7 fifth. OF course. Fitz-
simmons will have 20 defeat Sharkey OF
we viii not consider any match with
him. JeffIies knocked him out once, and
there is no reason why he should ieh1
him again. Jeff"ies. however, to show
tina he. is the real champion. will fight
FttzSimmons if he wins from the sailor
but here is ona condition that I will in,
sist u"on. and that is the winner takt
thu entire Nurse. He will not split thu
purse as Fitzsimhmons suggested to nj
the other day. Now, if Fitzsimmon:
thinks he has such a good chance of de.