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Show , IrOKSOE-STAY-TO -?LBASE. THE. PEOPLE Fitzsimracns Gives Hew Version to Champion Jcf-fries's Jcf-fries's Fiasco at Butte. "We don't want to give that big dub, Munroe, any more free advertising, Bald Robert Fitzslmmona at the Kuntsford hotel this morning; "but either Jeffries Jef-fries or myself will put up $1000 to stop him In four rounds. "Why, I believe 'Mexican Pete' can lick Munroe easy enough," continued Lanky Bob. "Jeffries could have put him to Bleep in the first round If he had wanted to, but he let the miner hang on Just to please the people. Tou see, our ehow that nlht had been pretty short. One preliminary ended with a knockout knock-out In the second round, then I put my man out In the first round, so Jeffries decided to let Munroe stay the four rounds and give up the $250, so the crowd would not be disappointed. I told him not to do It. but he did. "I know Ryan has not taken hold of Munroe. If he has he will drop him like a hot potato. He was licked not long ago In a preliminary In San Francisco. "Sure, we ain't afraid of Tommy Ryan's methods." "Aw," sneered Fitz, "if 'Mexican- Pete should get funny on the street, Jeffries Jef-fries would bump his head on the sidewalk. If Jeffries goes on with him he'll finish him in two seconds. He might kill the drunk. You see. a hard blow de- livered on one of them fellows might kill him, and that's one thing we've got to watch." I Fitzslmmons is still nursing his "bum" hand. He says the doctor placed lyi under GC7 degrees of heat yesterday. The date set for resuming the tour is tJ week from Wednesday. Mrs. Fitzslmmons will arrive here toulght or tomorrow and will travel after this with her husband. |