Evening star., 1902-02-15
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Big Pugilists Say a Fight is
Sure.
FITZ ACCEPTS TERMS
AMERICAN LEAGUE WILL HAVE
ITS OWN RULES NEXT SEASON.
Interesting News and Gossip From
Chess, Golf and Base Ball
Worlds.

An effort to win back the title Of heavy
weight champion from the man to whom
he lost 1t three years ago will be made by
Robert Fitzsimmons within two months. ac-
cording to an announcement made by Fitz-
simmons himself in New York late yester-
day
He said he had agreed to accept the terms
imposed by James J. Jeffries for another
match. Jeffries proposition was that the
winner receive 60 per cent and the loser 40
per cent of the fighters share of the gate
receipts Fitzsimmons had wanted the gate
money to be split equally between the prin-
cipals.
The only stipulation that Fitzsimmons
makes is that the winning pugilist takes all
money accruing from the sale Of pictures
taken of the battle. Jeffries has agreed to
this
Il made every effort possible to induce
Jeffries to split the money! said FitZsm-
mons. Il will fight him his own way, and
defeat him as surely as my name is Bob
FitZSimmonS."
Fitzsimmons admitted that Jeffries had
youth and weight in his favor. but added:
Il have still got my old-time knockout
punch. That failed me only once. but
don't believe it will go back on me when l
meet Jeffries again
Fitzsimmons said he was not in favor of
signing with any club at present, but be-
lieves in giving clubs a chance to bid. His
friends say he has been training quietly
and is in fairly good condition.
Cornell Plays Georgetown April 8.
Manager Kinney of the Cornell base ball
team announced the schedule for 1902 yes
terday afternoon at 1thica, N. Y. 1t is
much like that of last year. There are
twenty-nine games, including Harvard,
Holy Cross, Brown and Williams on an
eastern trip. The Williams game is an in
novation, as is the game with Clemson Col
lege on the southern trip. The southern
trip will be week earlier than last year,
and there will be no outdoor practice for it.
The schedule follows:
March 2S, Davidson College at Charlotte
n. G.; March %, vacant; March 81. Mercer
College at Macon Ga: April /, University
of Georgia at Athens, Ga; April 2, Georgia
School of Technology at Atlanta, Ca; April
B. Clemson College at Clemson, s. c.; April
4. Furman University at Greenville, g. c.;
April 5. University Of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. N. c.; April Z. University Of
Virginia at Charlottesville. Va; April 8
Georgetown University at Washington;
April 8, United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis: April u. University Of Roches-
ter at Ithica; April 10, Colgate University
at Ithica; April 26, Columbia University at
Ithica; April 80, Princeton University at
Princeton; May l, Fordham College at
Fordham; May 2, Lehigh University at
South Bethlehem, Pa; May g. University Of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; May TO-
Princeton University at Ithaca; May II.
University of Michigan at Ithaca; May "a
University of Pennsylvania at Ithaca; May
%. Harvard University at Cambridge; May
%, Holy Cross College at Worcester, Mass. /;
May 80, Brown University at Providence;
May 81. Williams College at Williamstown;
June u, Oberlin College at Oberlin; June
13, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor;
June IA, University o, Michigan at Detroit;
June IT, alumni varsity game at Ithaca.