Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-03
THE PUGILlSTS.
Sob Fitzsimmons May Take On
 Jim Corbett.

He May Be Old, But Has Still Punch
 Left-Au Details for Young Corbett
 and Eddie Han1on Bout are Arranged
 Jack Nt1tnroe and Al Limerick are Training for Their Match.
 Bob Fitzsimmons has just got back As far as Chicago, and if he is to be taken seriously, that is as far east as ne ever wants to come, Almost before he had taken time to
 wash off the stains of travel the. "Old z In" was in consultation witK repre- sentative of a brewery taht is said to 4 have made town famous.
 This looks as though Ruby Robert was bent on becoming the proprietor of a place over which he can see the I family name emblazoned in electric lights.
 But there were ether things in Bob's
 mind besides cafes, and he unburdened s himself at some length.
 If there is one sore spot. in addition I to his hands, about Fitz, it is Corbett. \ Whenever that name is mentioned in the presence of the lanky fighter he be
 comes Ioquacious.
 Since the Gardner -Fitzsimmons I light. Corbett has more or less to say
 about the result and the way in which < it was brought about. Much of this has not been complimentary to the
 winner
 How about Corbett?"
 Not much of a question. but before < the last word had been fully uttered t1r rro. ~&oT .I,1 r1; < would say that he beat the flag.
 My hands are not as good as they
 used to be, and I have come to the age when nature will overcome will power
 But am good enough to return to the ring at any time Corbett wants to fight. and will knock all the conceit out Of him, even if am an old man.
 1t took me three years to get .a chance at Corbett once, and beat him good aud plenty. won't keep him waiting so long. will do business with him whenever he s ready" .NTliy is he sotanxious now F 4I It looks to me as if he was bank ing on the fact that my hands gave out In my fight with Gardner We'll, \ go they did, but they do not ache near 1y so badly as do for just one punch at Corbett.
 sT guarantee not to hurt my hands on him. If he had been the receiver for ofae-half of the little gave Gard l ner the fight would not have gone over five rounds.
 After calling me an old man and sa has been, it looks to me as though l he was after. cheap reputation for what credit would there be for Corbett to beat me? However, when he is ready, he will | find the old man is like Barkis, willin .Tbat fellow Gardner gave me d hard fight Probably q few years ago l might have made short work Of him. l but the ifs don't count in the lighting game. They say it was a slow fight. Well T guess so but the decision. proved Gardner the slower. For the first few rounds I was almost ashamed | to put him away Perhaps couldn't | had l. tried.
 However, that feeling did not ges the best of me. and knowing that de- spite my poor physical condition, | which I announced several days be- fore the fight. that my friends all over | the country still chung to me and bet their money, I realized I would have to go in and win.
 With this thought I went after | Gardner. Had I not hurt my hands In the first knockdown I would have knocked him out sure. Several times during the fight felt myself all in, and | had it not been for the hard wallops | early in the contest. which slowed the | Lowell fighter. perhaps there would have been different story.
 @What gave me most satisfaction, | however. was the wise ones who pre- slicted that old Bob could not 20 the twenty rounds and lost their money | betting that way.
 Sam Hargis, manager of Terry Me- Govern denied last night the report | from Chicago that McGovern was to E box Young Mowatt of Chicago in that | city. Harris says that Terry's next I fight will be in Philadelphia within the next three weeks, and that he willd. either meet Billy Willis or Sammy Smith.
 NFGOvERNs TO FIGHI.
 Chicago, Dec 3.-rerry McGovern has agreed to meet Tommy Mowatt the ightfngi conductor in six-round bout within the next three weeks. Paddy Carroll, manager of Mowatt, II .- I