Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-19 | Page 7 | Er Comments on Fitz and Jeffries

ER COMMENTS ON ONI FITZ AND JEFFRIES I Jim Jin Jeffries and Bob Fitz- Fitz aft r weeks of un unnecessary ess ry l ile 1 have met and without any Ing- Ing T around the bush agreed to toI ton Ci I ISan n San Francisco on or about says George Siler Slier In the ag 5 Tribune natch has been on the point of ever since the Sharkey- Sharkey ej fiasco in PhiladelphIa and arid It Itt t Ply ily a question of the division of money that prevented them from froming froming ing ai articles tides before this Fitz with unsuspected In him t iJ he was the man the public ted ed to see SEP fight the champion and fore fre held out ut for the best InduceS InduceS' induce- induce S' S possible lat at first demanded an equal split ij if l moneys that would accrue from This of ot course was ob ob- 3 to by Jeff who considered a diri di- di n ri q of the money on the basis of 75 ent nt to the winner and 25 pe per pel cent h tie he loser would b be proper This wet aver was not an Inducement t for forrand rand fend nd finally after a lot of hag- hag and fand and tiresome newspaper contro- contro Jeffries agreed to a division on basis asis of 60 and 60 and 40 per cent b- b however stood firm on the equal proposition and finding the riplon Ion would not accede to his deOs de- de Os ds as accepted the big fellows fellow's offer Ito to the pleasure of parties Inter- Inter tUn Cn tri the sport yesterday walked up h nei l captains captain's office met and shook I ith the cHampion and agreed I ck him 1 If possible I