Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-07-30 | Page 7 | "Fitz" May Bring Suit for $100,000 Damages

FIll FITZ MA MAY Y BRING SUIT FOR DAMAGES Claims I. I He Has Been Sadly Li Libeled by the Hear Hearst t Newspaper Stories of Fake Fight 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO July Robert 30 Fitzsimmons broken In heart and f 4 as he believes In reputation by allegations of or V. Yo w. w headIng head- head f fIng Ing InS n a staff of oC writers belongs belonging to tile the Hearst strIng string of or newspapers to the f 4 effect that he faked Caked the battle with J on Friday night Ja last t. t hns has announced announced an- an f that he Intends to HUO euc them on the ground of oC libel and ask for Cor f punitive damages damase In the sum of I have reached this decision he said to a group STOUp of or friends and newspaper news news- f ff f paper men In the lobby of oC the California hotel alter after listening to many f 4 or of m my friends who have come to m me In tn this hour when the thc de dearest ue t thing that I have that have that an any man has my hat my reputation j lc Ie being torn awa away from Crom fromme f ff f me mc b by a n lot of oC unscrupulous people and they have hwe a advised me to take f ff f this step tep I havo have one friend 1 here help In particular whose advice I would trust f more readily than any one else's aSid he has given the tho word vord and I am f 4 ff f determined to make a n stand 4 44 f 4 To think that after alter twenty five years of or fighting fighting clean clean fair lair lighting fighting In In which I def defy an any man to point to one crooked act on my part that f fI 4 I be accuser accused of oC faking My Iy whole soul was wrapped up In this bat battle tic and nil all I wanted to do was to win The mane money was nothing to tor toik f ik r rf me me-It me It was simply to get back what hat I had lost through what I believed f ff f 4 was double dealing on another mans man's part I still till hell believe eve It and then to retire It Is cruel I Ia say Where here IB IA their evidence I knew about the 4 letter and amI he eighth round business the day before the thc tIght and I carf car- car 4 f ned It In my mind when I entered the ring No 0 nan man could have hare fought f better than n I did In all m my life I never fought better but after alter the second sec sec- f ff f ond round when my hands bt began an to cave cava In I knew that tho the only chance 4 I had was to keep Jabbing Jeff was nas too strong and big for or me to reach f ff f effectively In this WI way and when the end came In the eighth that letter f 4 ever In my mind stirred every bit of ot gameness In my carcass I thought If c I can only get on my feet teet If IC I can anI only stall this through gh to the tho next f round then that letter win wilt be he E given Een en the lie But nut nature refused It was f 4 no use I could coul 1 not pat et up My 1 breath was gone but my hea head 1 was f ff 4 f clear 4