Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-26
CRY OF FAKE RAISED
Over Result of Last Nights
Prize Fight.
DENIED BY OFFICIALS
MAYOR SCHMITZ MAY PUT STOP
TO FIGHTS.
Jeffries Gets $14, ,346 and Fitzsimmons
$500 as Their Respective Shares
of Gate Money.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 26.-Now that
the Jeffries- -Fitzsimmons contest for the
worlds championship is over the cry of
fake has been raised, though without
justification, in the opinion of Referee
Graney, George Siler and the great ma
Jor1ty of other sporting men who witnessed
the contest communication sent to
Mayor Schmitz before the fight, to be
opened after it was ended, stated that the
writer had been Informed that Jeffries was
10 win in the eighth round which he did.
The mayor has stated that if the charge
that the contest was pre-arranged affair
cannot be dfsproyed he will be compelled
to prohibit such exhibitions hereafter
Referee Ganey says: Il think the contest
was legitimate. From a referees stand
point the fight was as near perfect as a
fight could be. There were no fouls-not
even sembance of a foul. 1 had to
caution them once, but this was not for
anything that either did to the other, but
Tor their humping into me. 1t was the
greatest fight ever saw, and 1 doubt if
there will ever be another like it,
Delaney Says No Fake.
1T is absolutely ridiculous to talk of the
fight being a fake" said William Delaney
There never was a fight in which there
was less reason to doubt that it was being
fought on the square,
Jeffries said: ''Of course the fight was on
the square. 1t Is ridiculous to talk of any
thing else. Fitz fought a hard fight, the
gamest I ever saw. He worked hard all
the time and when 1 got in the deciding
blow him he was taken off his guard
After 1 had my eye cut Delaney told me
to start in and finish him for fear that |
would be blinded and would be unable to
keep on fighting"
Fitzsimmons is equally emphatic In his
assertion that it was a hard-fought, legiti-
mate battle
George Siler said of the fight that Bob
Fitzsimmons. although beaten, proved con-
clusively that he is, or rather was the
greatest fighter that ever stepped into an
American prize ring.
The Chronicle this morning says: There
was no taint or suspicion coming from any
quarter that the contest was not strictly
fair. and the best man won. Surely no
other encounter of the kind ever waged
com bined all the good qualities of that
fought last evening"
Opinion of the Call
The Call says: For seven rounds Rob-
ert FitZsimmons made a pitiable spectacle
Of the young Hercules from the south and
then fell under just such a blow as that
with which he won the worlds champion
ship from Corbett at Carson on that mem-
orable 18th of March, 1891"
The Examiner insists that the fight was
q rake pure ana simple.
James Jeffries will receive go per cent
ard Robert FitZsmmons 40 per cent c.
S2f9lo which is 10 per cent of the gross
receipts of the fight, s31,S8O having been
received through the sale Of seats JET
fries Will receive S14,3i6 and F'itzsim1nons
will add $500 to his bank account
The share of the San Francisco Athletic
Club is 1870. Out of this ii must paw the
expenses OF the fight, including $500 for the
referee.
Jefries' manager, Delaney, referring to
the champions future plans said: We will
consider the challenge of Corbett and de-
termine whether or not 1t is easonable |
don't know what his proposition is If he
means business we will meet him and will
take care of him. JefIries is young and
strong and has no intention of quitting the
ring"
Jeffries' Nose Broken.
Upon an examination of Jeffries by a
surgeon after his fight with Fitzsimmons
last night it was found that Jeffries' nose
was broken. The champion was not aware
of the injury until the excitement of the
battle had worn off. A doctor was then
called and he pronounced the small bones
of the nose broken. Jeffries believes the
injury was received in the second or third
round from a left jab the bridge of the
nose. The champion declared that he felt
no pain from the injury and would soon be
in good shape again He spent the night at
the baths
When FitZsimmons had been counted out
and he had congratulated Jeffries he walked
to the side of the ring, and. fiinging one of
the gloves he had drawn from his hand to
the right and the other to the left among
the spectators he declared in loud voice
that he had fought his last fight