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Wtfe CitjjmLfjjjjiM ]4id not fcnpw what was *oing «b *ft»r I received that pimh J^w in the setonlrouqd withpjny $£bt£rji i Jeffries. To tell .you rfe canBld^Tain L-^ms dazed j and only rought: by itr^Ti £. airier that : I only became myself abo it tour weeks ago* Friend* W^cq I Jp^t,. pBekt ft* Blight me because ? ylt;H I tuft ^answer their telegrams sent tc me after, the fight 1 don't -remember jaceiving them and I have since convinced them that I am telling the truth. T i time 1 have mentioned tl I undisputed tact”* . Fitz met Young Griffo ago. xHe said that this changed man and in goalalao brought with him i,__________which was presented to him by1 laeorgob is the first \ and It is an^hile in dhic-latter ia a health. Bob fine bull JogDawson, the. boxing iastr Chicago A» A. It Is said Sam Fitzpatrick or Miltontactoxj of tjxo that etuier Rofaler winlook out lor Fits’a Intereath herie after.It is not likely that Bob Fitzsimmons and Iils brother-in-law, Martin «ulln, will patch up their quarrel which occurred In Chicago on Friday night Fit2, accompanied liy his wife and family, reached New York Monday evlt; ning and at once went to their reBl-dei ce, 30? East Twenty-sixth street. La ,er on he called upon Milton Reblee at the Hotel Bartholdi, where he wa.a interviewed by a reporter. The auburr(~ haired Cornishmat^, in speaking of hi split with Julian daid:I don't care to say anything about Julian and what he did to me. He 1b my wife’s brother and you know it 1 would not be proper for me to air my ►family troubles in print. Ail I can say t ie tbqt we have quit for good. I stood i enough from Julian for some time and am glad that the opportunity came fqr mejto cut loose. 111 admit a pulled \ gun on him, but it was not loaded. What good am I to Julian now* any-: way? I jam held aa a defeated man : with only one good hand and a 'baa-been ’ That’s all there it to it!”I Touchiug upon his future ring engagements “Lanky Bob’* said*'I have nt retired by any means. I ! uever felt better than I do now and I mean to fight some one. Before Jeffries met Sharkey he promised me that m the event of .beating the ex-Ballor he would take me on two months later. Kas he fulfilled that promise? No! He goes ahead nod makes a match with Corbett I don’t care to censure him. He has a perfect right to make as much money as he can out of his victory over Sharkey. I feel confident that Corbett will outpoint him when they come together. Corbett is no slouch and it will take a better man than Jeffries to knock him out.“If I do not succeed in arranging a flght I am going to do the best thing I can to earn a living for my wife and family. It will require a few more weeks before my left hand is better. The papers had it that I broke It through being slammed by a door. This is not so. The accident occurred while sparring with ‘Yank1 Kenny. We usually go It hot and heavy. On that particular night the house jwas crowded and to make a good showing I put a lot of | steam In my blows Kenny in trying to duck butted me with hie bead and split my eye3. Thla riled me, and when he came forward again I swung. He ducked, and Instead of catching him In the face the hack ot my hand landed on his head'and the bone snapped. I am quite sure that it will not effect my ring career, for it is getting betters J 1,1Will you meet Sharkey now that | Jeff riel and Corbett are matched? the reporter p:ked.Fitzsimmons was evidently prepared for this question, for he answered readily: Will he flght me? He had a chance once before, but made a match With Charley Mitchell whfch fell ihrough. Now It’s up to him. When he agrees I will ha re something further to say.I would be q^lte happy if Jeffries would consent to flght me before he tackles Corbett My money is up and If he covers It he will show his good will and sincerity. He says that I must give him per'cent of the receipts If he fights me afcata- Well I will p? him one. better and s*re« to let the vlctor-tuk* *U tte *poil* . Very fewf ‘V-t f 1 , lt;*_ t ~- m. •’
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Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
Bangor, Maine, US
Thu, Dec 07, 1899
Page 7
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IL, USA 31 Mar 2018
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