The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1899 EFFECTED IN THE ELEVENTH ROUND. ZSIMMONS THE CALL GIVES THE FIRST ‘CORBETT SORRY DID NOT SHOW NEWS OF THE BIG FIGHT HE WAS NOT IN JEFFRIES’ PLACE - i les TRUE FORM‘Return of the Champfii&'\;iipé to California Pleases BY KID McCOY. COPYRIGHTED, 1899 the Multitude Before the Bulletin Boards. BY JAMES J. CORBETT, EX-CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. HE victory of Jeffries, which| compact mass of humanity commenced vision went down with the champion, 2W YORK, June 9.—Well, it was a | @ ¢ 2+ & ¢ 0 460 60 +eie@ 1899, by Kid McCoy. @+ 6+60400+00000Q means the return of the world’s | to ravel out at the ends and was soon | on whom it had won so often. (Y TeT AT championship to Californi < | seattered to the four points of the| Joe Rose, the bookmaker, was one of | great fight and the best man won, and | o g NONEY ISLAND, Y., June| * ¢+ ot ok “'”'. ‘[n‘. \:\;tl,::'ffi,”‘]\m, compass. the persons who picked Jefries. In the | it was the man I alw expected | ¢ 9.—I have posted $1000 with | ¢ t S by an e ; The universal expression of opinion | fifth round he “hunched” the price to | would win, Jeftries has been greatly Gec it (8 Y an imme TNCOUTSe | \ys that Jeffries ability had from the | 75 to 100, where it had previously been | g vei 4nd he has certainly ¢ ; S S o L on Market street. Before 6| first been underestimated. His strength | 60 to 100, Charles L. Fair was a sup- | Underrated, and he uas certain y @ the winner of to-| wts of people com-|and youth and enormous vitality were | porter of Jerfries, sending commis- | Prised a great many sports 1 s Tom Sharkey, or to / - in front of The Call's | too much for Fitzsimmons to overcome. | sion of several hundred do on the | great fight of to-night. I am, of co i i From that time until five min- | The champion’s absence from the ring| Californian. Ed Homan like effr ted at the result. ) pounds for | o ip. H. cuddenly took on impor- | so much he laid $350 to 3500 on him.| The championship now belongs to an | for two ye to be impossible | Bugene Van Court was among those American—and a Californina at that | tance, and it was sal past 8, when the news of Jeffri Deie0e2e000e000eb 9 > Denver Post offers victory was flashed over the wire, the | ¢, him to regain his old condition. who could see no one in it but Jeffries. o g mony ; 16§ 5,000 for: Pitesimmons | & + | crowd grew until it formed one com-| The bulletin: service of The Call| Eddie Gramey, Johnny Humphrey, %4 I miehtyjsladioftt e 5 i SARTANSNS & | pact mass of humanity. proved far superior to that of the other | “ ' Kelly, Tim McGrath and e only thing that I have to regre [ been agreed that if | o . Its sympathies were with Jeffries, as | papers. While they were satisfied with Neal were among the men who | about this contest is that it was not I | ¢ & Was evidenced by the spontaneous | the ordinary bulletin service, which did | could see nothing to it but Fitz who met Fitzsimmons. I never had the | ¢ ¢ 3 | cheers whenever the bulletin shown on | BOt come over a direct wire, The Call's |- Harry Corbett handled $47,000 in the | fever to fight as I had to-night. I} s & \ favored the man from Los | Service was pRifeoEaptg [ Gl enminnt betting and $8343 in the mu-| ypow that I am a better man than| g ¢ ringside at Coney Island to the office on | tuels. The winning mutuels paid $9 80| ;.\ £ Roat i ingl T ldonit $ 3 In the tenth round the crowd | Masnce B e T " Hdition to helng | on each dollar invested, Mr. Corbett | Sither of those in that ring I Gont) ¢ i 6 victory for Jeffries. The| more In detail and more accurate, it | sent congratulations to the winner on | WART L0 S8Y this A ° ASTOREIY B ® 3¢ i came that he had knocked | was a round in advance throughout.| his having gained the championship, | o0 (0 SN AT BF BHERE 5 B O Yo fin- | ¢ : A Fitzeimmons down, and this sent the | The difference in time between this city | and especially on the fact that it was | {° “mpe™ 1ol Champion had his | @-¢o-e6—s &— & o . ¥ AD was first ring, | @ 9+ 8464660 e6e0+® ., qinto a perfoct frenzy, which was | and New York resulted practically in | again held by a Californian e e e e ey . e 1 Ck Y the fight being finished before darkness | The mutuel Imi.u‘d slmw:s that Fitz- r-(i‘he\ter dbhynDreR often thi \h»‘ JHMES g CORBETT. 1ampion Bob 1 “ » accentuated when the round ended. e S - ID”" McCOY. it it avad a sporting crowd was evi- | set in. The Call's stercopticon service | simmons h: ralfthrotEh= 00" De U ER ANt IOEe O et o, tHo| 5 3 e ; vor admirably, the canvas being| out than Saty; This| 0lAY, AUBLES ST, 3 tograph by Bushnell dent when at the opening of the fateful | Worked adr s C 3 ring full of the 3reatest confidence, found the bulletin showed Fitzsimmons | Visible to the greater portion of the | indicates the small bettors expected | o8 14 to me that the contest would et Teady to continue. The | people on Market street. The bulletins | the champion to win again. The table | {0 26 PG 1F "hquled twenty-five Jauded the old champion. | Stood out boldly and could be read |shows the trend of the betting: e nan EaTa v the o0k ily. FITZSIMMONS. JEFFRIE T a = Cihiin ha 5 seemed unable to | this city was placed at odds of ten to 550 proved himself to be a good prophet, > were scenes of | seven, Fitzsimmons being the favorite the battle lasting only eleven rounds. enthus 3[1‘»,, :hx;-;‘r ;‘1 »‘:t ;"(11” n_m;;f-m 1:!:' ‘?ddiv TK‘UHM They were good hard rounds, too, and and shook the hands | backward and forward as the press s them. The great, of money was wagered. The “‘wis getting the better of it right along, and |4 NoEoH: BEOECHCONCHECECRCECECECECOECH that was my friend Jim. | tic h He took a number of punches that to | In 185 he beat Pete - in 1 minute m my account of to-| the onlookers appeared hard, but they | : e the crowd got the JOY I I E NEW never feased him. He came back to his corner at the end of each round | | v. I hardly thought 1 wearing a confident smile and said he | my advice. He ’ felt certain that he was going to be the | sh without losing | winner. 0 S In the first round Jeffries conducted | m rounds, then himself marvelously cool and showed m with that ter- every indication of a determination to @ | Win. In the second round he went at & | his man with greater confidence, and > =3 Photograph by Bushnell. e O SRR SRORS SRS SRORS SRORS = ) ist of the rl in Minne: fight again until tk when he knocked out F followed this by knc ) crowd The end c tenth sec- who was | the m his | 1 You the Jc Z the wilde: until th d, walked is brother nk Kel- lan. In Jack t ki, Fra S, R > he foug 1,175 appeared the ring h been a one. H : fight ked e left of his It's all over and I'm glad Fitzsim- mone was licked. us all rejoice NEW YORK, June 9.—As Jeffries entered the clubhouse with his managers and trainers the following telegram from his old home, Los An- geles was handed to him: just before the bell rang he landed a e, and down went in Yankeeland is the L 3 : ; ] _ & beauty on Fitz's nos B in the world, and he Jim: he hopes and good wishes of papa, mamma, family and 2 host of 8| the then champion. Fi came up | o, 4 Py i S e friends go with you into the ring wir. PAPA ol ot SO wTee G A At AEhE | tont e s 0 ' " Il give them LOS ANGELES, June 9.—Los Angeles, the home of “Jim” Jeffries, & | ing hard, but I could plainly see that = —— A € immons champion pugilist of the world, by virtue of his victory over Fitzsimmons gg | he was a bit anxious. The unexpected t ! I miss my to-night, is wild with enthusiasm over the result of the big fisht. The & had occurred to him. The third Tound NOTABLE SPORTS WHO Sy srincipal streets are alive with people who had watched the bulle sarde & found Jim fighting strong and landing it ot Yt Naed DI e sy B Gl 15 & | right and left. Fitz tried chopping tac- SAW THE CONTEST and scanned the newspaper ex with interest, and when the news 2|4ds with Jim, but the game didn’t WOODLAND. J vernor Gage for the came that Jeffries won in the eleventh round they broke out into wild cheers and marched the streets In squads, yelling themselves hoarse for the new champion of the world. The betting was light here, at odds of about 10 to 7 in favor of Fitz- simmons. work. The boy was too cute for him. highly interesting mill up to v last, but the tenth and elev. enth rounds were peaches. How J went at his quarry and what stunning blows he did get in on Fitz! Why, the old man wasn't in it a little bit! He | NEW YORK of all classes sa occupying 1ent men Among arena Zdwin Harry H 1 ¢ o 0% s SEiiel ©%2® | \ould land occasionally, but gracious | Y Haggerty of h e e DT EOEO O DD EIEOeHeI eI eI ed e eseg me! it waslike a man with a tack | e ice + | hammer trying to knock down a stone e ;! | wall. Jeff used fine judgment, espe- | wilam Shi ¢ | cially in these two rounds, and landed | Philadelphia. ¢ | good rights and lefts most t5aty2 [ HONESERTON & | The result is that he is the new cham- | James Patt + | pion, and, as I said at the beginning, | Se¢ Billy ¢ |1 am mighty glad the championship is | | once again in the possession of an | ¢ | American. | ‘ ert N son g : COMPARISON OF THE Laughlin | =@ toner 3 Jeputy Commissi | % Q| former ~ Alderman Jam b FIGHTERS” RECORDS | iy 0 i i enan rell, Mose H. Grc ¢ | On public form, as indicated by the rec- | Aenbaum, George Stong B O . d 5 @ | ords of the rival fighters, Fitzsimmons | Ninden, llivan of Boston, Tim should have won handily. In a fairly busy | Sullivan, Charles Lamb, William Bissell a0 smleses p & | ring_experfence he has but two defeats | John Cotter, Henry Helietmea, S iladd naatns Shator e M. Price, George ki a e 4 | marked against him. In one of th [ A Exlcer Geor e s | that scored by “Jim” Hall in Sydney, | Fleischmann, James T. Dunn * ® | Australia, in 18%0—the ex-champion con- , Ben Stevens, George Dixc i E m, Bill sdward et s JOHN L. SULLIVAN KNEW : JEFFRIES WOULD WIN to have lost by agreement. This | ever been the blot on his pugilistic | utcheon, which he would have given | much to efface. It has always made | ® | heavy bettors pause and think before | . Teddy McGove Sam Ha ;. John F® Dunn of | on Davies of Chicago, Arthur ( rney Gilmore, John MeV 7 W/I . ) =i~ ¢ | wagering their money. The other defeat | Neilly of New Haven, Dick Golc B ; CANTON, Ohio, June 3 == || & | is fresh in the memory of Californians, | Tony Hart Jr., Max Roge ) 5 ! 2 I hio, June §.—John L. Sul- i 4| as it was his memorable meeting with IR s ! SR te @15, | Sharkey at Mechanics’ Pavillon, when e I S aa It t licted = || | Wyatt Earp was referee. | e Dt Sri Ry 1 | 3 ds Deputy Chief Mackellar, r (! int, is th = %—;‘ 4| To offset these defeats the Cornishman ing Inspector yrld. I never was =i & | has a long string of decisive victories. His imey. Two hun- & = tle was in _December, 1889, when 1 were de- slt. T did not see | | % ¢ | he defeated Dick Ellis of New Zealand. 100 of the local I have seen both & 10 of the following year he ar- | force were on duty g . ¥ imow ihat i 3¢ = rived in this city on the Zealandia. A |detail from Ma 3 < : Iyl ¢ | week later he Frank | island on tI of | @ | Allen, then_instructor California | headquarte t LE | Athletic Club. On M he won his first | crowd and m ¢ his | @ ¢ | fight in America, def “Billy’* Me- | made. Th an Americs ve| ¢ & | Carthy. 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