Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-28

 the blows I landed on the body without going down and out before he did. struck him often with all my force, but he took the gruel and kept com at me by shooting left and right at my nose and eye. The blood bothered me for a time, but I eventually got used to it and went right in and took his punishment, knowing my ability to withstand his assaults and fully con- scious that in time he would have to wilt under my punches"
 Billy Delaney, who trained the champion, had this to say: Tt is ab- soIutely ridiculous to talk of the fight being fake. There never was fight in which there was less reason to doubt that it was being fought on the square There have been fights which were a little off color, but this was certainly not of that class. It is easy to start the cry of fake after the fight is over, but people who know good fight would never say that this was not entirely on the square"
 Jeff was a terrible spectacle Satur- day. No champion of recent years was ever so badly done up. His face was swelled to twice it's usual size. Three stitches had to be taken over his left eye. He had bad cut on the left cheek and his lip was swollen. He was sore in spirit because he recognized he had been outclassed in science and only his great strength had pulled him through.
 Edward Harrington, secretary of the San Francisco A. c. to-day made the following statement of receipts and ex- penses of the fight:
 Total receipts from sale of tickets, $31 1,SSO; TO per cent to contestants, $22,316; 60 per cent of 70 per cent, to Jeffries, $13,3S9; 40 per cent to Fitz- simmons, $8,926; revenue of club from l this source, $9,564.
 Mayor Schmitz Saturday made the | following statement in regard to the fight
 II saw the exhibition, and up to the time the blow that settled the ght was struck it seemed to be a fair and creditable performance, but at the time the blow was delivered by Jeff fries, tFitz appeared to be. entirely off | his guard.
 Perhaps so much stress would not be placed on this fact were it not for the information given to me the night 1 before the exhibition that the contest
 
 the eighth round.
 'sI am 1oath to believe that the pro- moters of this exhibition were in con- | spiracy to defraud the public, and be- lieve that they knew nothing at all about any prearranged affair" New York sporting men do not place
 much confidence in the stories reflect ing upon the honesty of purpose of l Fitzsimmorls and Jeffries in their fight l in San Francisco on Friday. Every sporting man of prominence when inter- 1 viewed in regard to the matter yester- l day discredited the reports of flake fight and expressed themselves as thoroughly satisfied that the big fel- lows had fought fairly and squarely. l Honest John" Kelly laughed at the talk of the fight being 'fake.'
 1.-The reports are too absurd" he said, ito be given a second thought. l FitzsimmOns is a very proud fellow,
 and he would have given everything he possessed to win the fight. If the fight had not been fought strictly on its
 merits Jeffries would have allowed l Fitzsmmons to win and won a fortune in bets. as the champion could
 have got $40 for every S4s he wa gered.' J Lanky Bob certainly fought a
 great battle, but he can never beat
 Jeffries. There isn't man living who
 can beat the champion. He is wonder fully strong and can take twice as
 much punishment as an ordinary
 man,
 l Other opinions expressed were:
 John Considine -'sThere is no doubt
 in my mind that Jeffries and Fitzsim.
 mons fought an honest battle. There
 was no incentive for either to do other
 wise in view of the result Had Jef
 fries been. defeated there might be
 some reason for cry of fake on ac
 count of the odds, but as the champion
 got the winners share of the purse il
 is hard to understand how any fail minded man can accept the cry of un fairness now being raised" Il George Considine believe tha1 Jeffries beat Fitzsinmons on his mer it's. If the fight had been a fake tht betting woulds have indicated it. lief fries capacity for punishment is mar vicious. Old Fitz made great show
 ing, but he couldn't quite do tht
 trick.''
 Young Corbett said -"There is noth ing to show that Fitzsimmons ant Jeffries did not fight honestly. lief IFleS was naturally faVOrlte in tht : betting; and he won Had the cham pions lost his defeat would have givel 5 color to the stories of fake But h. won, and he only accomplished tn, ! trick after getting terrific thu1npinp [ am, satisfied that there was nothin, l wrong with the fight, .,'s3
 7 FitzsimmonS is determined to settl 7 the question whether Friday night l fight was a fake. He has retained tn t services of Reuben H Lloyd, one Q [ San Francisco's foremost lawyers, an,
 was eager to bring suit for libel flo l $100,000 against newspapers whicl s charged him with faking the fight an, l going out under prearranged schem , in the eighth round
 } Lloyd told him, however, he neye < could get any satisfaction in this wa ,. and advised him to appeal to Mayo !? Schmitz, who is the only man in au . thority accepting the fake theory, t 7 settle the matter by taking testimon Y in a regular judicial way and then de ' ciding the question himself Fit : was drafting letter to the mayo t yesterday and Jeffries will send one a Q the same time, making. the same ar a peal.
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