The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-27

twice. both times By Jenrles. That shows
he Is the better man, does IL not I've had
twenty-five years Of hard fighting. and my
hands have gone hack on me- II they had
been all right JcffTies would not have
lasted six rounds. but We got no excuse
As God is my judge ] did my best"
Fitzsimmous cried as he said this and
looked regrCtfuily at his crippled hands.
II know some woman had Written 20
NaughtOn that j was 10 lay down III the
eighth" he said. i was told or 10 yester-
day afternoon NaughtOn was 10 Judge By
the fight whether there was any truth IN
the story. and now he comes cut and says
II was 4 fake When / got IN distress IN
the eighth last night j thought OF the let
ter and tried 70 stall of the end, out
could not do it. / remembered That as
went. or tried to say, I'm gone, but 1
guess il was not any more than a gasp
He knocked al the wind out Of ray body.
j did not say that was peach, and II
smiled, as they say ola. Il must nave
been smile Of pain. ! tried 10 last, but
could not. I got what / gave many a good
man IL was the same blow that gave
Corbett only IL was a little 20 TIE one side
But IL did the business. Some time curing
the fight Jeffries got IN one that caught me
under The heart. / did not feel II much then,
me good, and I thought I was going TO die.
] can't raise my left hard now.
LICKED FAIR AND SQUARE.
My hands went back on me-" Fitzsim-
mons repeatead. in the last two rounds
1 put my gloves into his face, but there
was no force to the blows. was licked
fair and square. The story that 1 laid
down is malicious lie. Barring my
hands. I was never in better condition I'm
nv HE Where Is there a man OF my
weight and age?' he asked proudly.
'swho could do what did last night2"
a moment later he said: And they say
that l was taking, l call on the American
public TO Judge" He cried again as he said
this why" he said. with childish frank
ness, 81 prayed TO win this fight. It was
the first time ever prayed TO win. 1 lay
I'm that room there,'-he pointed to the
adjoining apartment-"and prayed, God
give me strength TO win this battle, and 4
VIII De thankIuI amen DO you think l
was taking after that. If i wanted 20 fake
! could do il better than any one in the
world. because / am not afraid of a punch.
] would have gone up and taken one that
would have stretched me out. have been
offered hundreds OF thousands Of dollars TO
throw fights. I always fought on the
square. 1 done my best. could do no
more. Now I'm going TO retire, I'm done
for good.
To another reporter Fitzsimmons said to-
day: Had 1 been a faker 1 could have
made fortune. IL 1 had been accused OF
taking my last fight there might be some
ground, but here l was to make last
stand. TO retire from the ring forever. 1
was offered in my fight with COroett $4,000
10 throw il. I was offered 100000 10 go out
70 Sharkey. But / have always been
square. / fought last night the best fight
punched a man before. 1 split his ear /
broke his nose, 1 cut his face up-and to
say that 1 was taking" And Fitzsimmons,
unable to restrain himself, burst into tears.
F1tzsimmons did not leave his bed until
a late hour this morning. He complains Of
his left arm hurting and a severe pain
under his chest, the result OF Jeffriess
terrific body blows Fitzsimmons declares
he Is ready 10 turn over the losers end OF
the purse-about ss,Oo0-to the mayor to be
given TO charity If there can be produced
oVinpnp0 "A
Jeffries said: "Of course the fight was
on the square. 1t is ridiculous TO talk of
anything else. FitZsimmOns fought hard
fght-the gamest l ever saw. He worked
hard all the time, and when I got in the
deciding blow on him he was taken off his
guard. After l had my eye cut Delaney
told me TO start in and finish him for fear
that / would be blinded and would be un-
able 10 keep on fighting"
Jeffries's eyes We're pulled out and dis
cQlOred and his cheeks cut and bruised.
do look like a faker2' he facetiously re-
marked as he looked at himself in a glass
II was sOing TO be party to fake
would not have stopped all those blows
with this face Of mine. Anybody that says
that the fight was crooked is a liar and they
can break me If they can bring a bit Of
evidence. If there had been a fake L
would have been the man to floor for L was
on the long end OF the betting"
Trainer William Delaney this afternoon
issued the following statement in behalf of
Jenries- THE fight is over Jeffries Won
but not without a struggle. / am free to
admit that FitzsimmOns gave us a surprise
] never did like FitzsimmOns but his actions
last night won me over l admire him as
n fighter and sympathize with him that he
should have been subjected TO the mean
accusation of taking Taking his age and
weight into consideration. ne made a mar
VelOus showing. If he is a faker we are
willing 10 admit ourselves TO be In his class
for il Is the kind OF taking that wins glory
and championships. If that fight was a
fake we were party 10 IL.
GREATEST FIGHT EVER SEEN.
81 have been before the public for a
quarter of a century and have never been