The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
ibid THE FIGHTERS
FOOL THE PUBLIC
|Charges of Fraud Made TO
the Mayor.
HE is MUCH STIRRED UP
A Note Stated That Jeffries Would
Win in Eighth.
THIS WAS RECEIVED BEFORE The FIGHT
IeHries and Fiizsimmons EAre tmaged I'VE
The Charges, Which Indeed Are Not
i, Generally Believed. )ettf'es
Nose is Broken.
HE is MUCH STIRRED UP
A Note Stated That Jefrles Wouio
Win in Eighth.
THIS WAS RECEIVED BEFORE The FIGHT
nv the Associated Press.)

L. ~
San Francisco, Cal. July 26.-lhe re-
suit of the championship battle fought
here last night between James Jelifles
and Robert Fitsimmons IS proline Vi
n.idesnread discussion. The story clrcu-
lated 70 the effect that the fight was a
prearranged affair has enrageo the ciaih-
picn, and frenzied ~zsimm to the
point of bursting into tears ana lalh'lhs
away. If any proof of a take eau oe
offered, says Fitzsimmons, he VIII ~
felt his winnings and his last doiiai =
the world. Jeffries is equally Senennehl
in his denials and both are conducting
a full Investigation.
Mavor SchmitZ is awaiting the aiieS-
al evidence in the case, intimatlng that
he will end prize fighting here II ne
l finds out that the fight was a take.
Fitzsimmons is badly hurt. the ter
| rife body blows that he received iasl
| night nave unquestionably af1ected MS
heart. Great welts stand out Oh ~
hack and sides and while being rubbed
down today he tainted. When coming
out Of the faint he imagined he was IN
tho ring once more and his attendants
had a busy time of it controlling nm.
81 voc heat fairly and am badly hurt,
1 was =
said Fitzsimmons to an Associated Press
representative today. The story that
engaged in a fake is a lie
Fitzsimmons right thumb is dlslocat-
Cd and two knuckles Of his left hand are
badly out Of place. He is now under the
care Of a physician.
Those who claim that the outcome OF
the hght was pre-arranged base their
ALLEGATIONS principally on the fact that
Fitzsimmons, after Waglng a masterIui
and telling battle, dropped MS guard
leaving an opening which Je1rles tooh
; advantage of. FitZsimmons insists, now
ever. that this was not done intentlonal-
~ He was fighting all the time and the
yery punishment he had borne up under
told on him at last. Delaney, Egah
George Siler, Alex Gregrains, Sam Ihai
G and others are loud in their denunclatlon
: of the story that the battle was a rake
They say that the prophesying of tn
result and the final round in a seaie'
note to the mayor was a coincidence, ant
S that hundreds of anonymous letter
suggesting parallel outcomes are extant
Fitzsimmons said today:
1T is a shame to call it a fake.
fought the greatest fight Of my life, an
10 have been branded as a cur. There
= Nd0s I'LL ~
not have won anyway. Both hands Wer
: gone. I've fought three hundred an
tWenty-eight battles and have been de
!" feated twice. both times by Jeffrles
That shows he is the better man, dOesn
= it? I've had twenty-five years OF mar
fighting and my hands have gone bac
: on me. If they had been all rlgnt, Je1
= fries would not have lasted six rounds
but " got no excuse. AS God IS IN
judge, / did my best"
y Mayor Sefmitz made the folloWin
statement in regard to the tight:
4 saw the exhibition and up to TT
i time the blow that settled the hight W.
\ struck it seemed to be a fair and credl
: able performance, but at the time u
" blow was delivered by Jeffrles, Fltzsln
mons appeared to be off his guard.
d sPerhaps so much stress would n
es be placed on this fact were it not for Il
&c, information given to me on the night b
fore the exhibition that the conte
would end and in favor of Jeffries in Il
eighth round.
lis 4 am 10th to believe hat promote
of this exhibition were in a conspira'
ia defraud the public, and believe tn
thew knew nothing at all of a pre-arran
,.n ed affair."
Fitz cried as he said this and look
~ regretfully at his crippled hands.
'an NV hands went back on me- F
~ repeated. I'm the last two rounds
Ms put my gloves into his face, but the
was no force to the blows. l was lick
~ fair and square. The story that | l.
- down is a damned, malicious lie. Ba
TO ring my hands, | was never in bett
'e9 condition in my life. Where is there
IL man of my weight and age ask
90 proudly, who could do what | did Il
70 night2'
1o A moment later he said:
anu And they say | was taking. | c
on the American public to judge
Yer cried again as he said this.
Why he said with childish frar
IN ness, L prayed to win this fight. 1t v
aV- he first time | ever PRAYED to win.
az lay in that room there he pointed
au- the adjoining apartment-"and pray
rail cod give me strength to win this b
ade tic, and | will be thankful, Amen
YOU think / was taking after that
wanted to fake could do it better tt
any one in the world, because I'm
afraid OF a punch. | would have q
NJ and taken one that would hs
~ stretched me out. | have been offe
- hundreds of thousands of dollars
1t throw fights, but | always fought on
inc square. | did my best. | could do
-, more. Now, I'm going to retire.
ooh done for good"
Thel wien zen q oeeh' - id'e was
Gus. sleht. HS ess "ee phieu ~ I
-, coIored and his cheek cut and brui
,oft and his nose broken. dc | look lik
no fake2' he facetiously remarked as
looked at himself in a glass. IF |
rider going Z pe d pdlty " q lane l "o
inry not have stopped all those blows "
nor this face of mine. Anybody who S
That h9ht WAS crooked is q liar