Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-09

FltZSimmOnS Is Singularly unlike the
ideal oid-tIme prize fighter. IL would
| be easy 10 mistake him for either a
sprinter or long distance runner. In
stead of being shOrs and sturdy in his
physical mdke-up, he is long, lank and
lathy. He stands just 6 feet in his
stockings, and stripped TO the skin
| he measures over 43 inches around the
| chest, 81 around the shoulders and "a
around the waist, 3715 around the hips,
his thigh measures % inches,
\ his calf IA inches, the biceps
/ II, forearm Il, neck II. He has a
smallish and somewhat round head not
unlike that Of cat, though there IS
plenty of brain space above eye and ear.
His smoothly rounded skull is rather
/ lightly covered with not 'luxuriant
growth OF yellow sandy hair. He has
! light blue eyes, which though small,
have kindly expression. His nose and
mouth are rather small and so are
/ his ears but there is nothing in
his small round face to indicate
/ deliCacy OF lndeciSiOn. He has broad,
firmly set jaw, and wears a general look
OF GOODNESS and determination. His neck
is short and muscular, and the enorm-
Gus breadth and heighth of his Shoul-
derS make it look somewhat smaller than
/ it really is. II is when the eve passes
below the neck that the beholder be-
| gins TO realize where FitzsimmOns's
enormous hitting powers are to be
| found. Stripped of every ounce OF
muscle, FitZSimmons's shoulders and
chest could not be mistaken as belong
ing TO anything but powerful man.
I From the waist 10 the neck there are
/ few men having a more formidable oony
structure. The chest, both deep and
wide, shows great lung power.
His legs are long, but shapely and
muscular, though he is unQuestionably
somewhat knOck-kneed. His feet are
of moderate size. His arms are long,
/ fiat and sinewy and his hands are rather
/ large, but lean and bony. He has the
light ruddy complexion usually dis
tinguiShing feature Of red headed men
and is considerably freckled.
FftzsimmOnS is shifty with hands, feet
and head, aud appears in his boxing to
/ have mastered the art of producing the
maximum of effect from the minimum
OF effort. His long, lean aud muScul|
arms and legs look 10 be made OF whale
/ bone and catgut, but by no stretch Of
/ Imagination could they be called pretty.
/ His broad shoulders are ribbed and
gnarled masses Of muscle that curl and
I roll up and down beneath his clear white
and delicate skin at every motion OF
/ his long arms, in way that BODIES ill
/ for his antagonist. All over his broad
and V-shaped chest, rugged knots Of
muscle stand out in well defined lights
and shadows. His long sinewy legs,
though not by any means large or hand
some, seem full of power and activity,
and abundantiy able to carry the rest
OF anatomy with perfect ease. In fact
il seemed as though he could spring
/ from one side of the ring to the other AZ
a single bound like a kangaroo.
Ii has often been said that Fitzsim-
mons and Hall were pugiliSts OF precise
~ similar class. Both are tall and
somewhat greyhoundish in make up,
and both are credited with extraordin-
airy skill and speed, but as they sat in
opposite corners of the ring one could
not but be impressed with the marked
contrast they presented. Fitzsimmons'
pink and white skin contrasted strongly
/ with Halls, which was ''as brown as a
/ berry," Though Hall is unquettionably
/ the heavier man OF the two, he does
not look as large as the red
/ headed blacksmith. phe principal
reason for this Is that Hall is built
upon more conventional and symmet-
rical lines. be is compactly built,
/ while FitzSimmOnS is in many respects
/ loosely put together. titZSimmOns'S
/ shoulders are broad and high at the
| points, while Halls are relatively mar
row and low at the points, the outline
/ forming only q moderately hollow curve
from the point OF the shoulder to the
/ butt Of the ear. His attitude in the
ring and his style of boxing are both
more graceful and come nearer being
conventional than do those of Fitzsim-
mons. Altogether, Hall presents the
! appearance Of something very nearly
approaching the ideal athlete OF the
light, lithy sort, and to one who knew
nothing of the pugilistic career Of either
man he would be selected. .unhesitatihg-
| ly as the most dangerous Of the two.
/ The arena which has been erected by
/ the Crescent Athletic Club for their
| glove contests is without doubt far and
away the greatest of its kind in the
world and excepting the vast uncovered
arenas Of the ancient Roman history
/ tells OF, there is nothing that will sur
pass IL. 1t is huge octagon, nearly, or
| quite 800 feet in diameter, with the
ring In the centre aud tiers Of seats ris-
/ ing around it in amphitheatre fashion
/ to a height of over "a feet, while out
! from the walls above the highest row
/ OF seats projects broad gallery having
\ It's seats gradually graded upward TO
the walls In the same manner. No fig
ures could convey TO the reader an ade-
quate idea of the immensity of the vast
enclosure, but suffice il to say that it
/ will seat $, 500 spectators very comfort
/ ably with all the aiSles and entrances
| kept clear and open. II is brilliantly
lighted by electricity and provided with
yle means of entrance and exit.
Round The usual haudshaking
marked the opening. Both men stepped
| nimbly TO the centre and feinted for an
opening. FitZ attempted left upper
cut into the stomach, but Hall backed
away. Hs tried again for the head,
and, failing, clinched. Hall led for the
stomach, but received a tap on the
shoulder. Fitz scored a heavy left on
Halls mouth and right on the heart
without return. The audience yelled.
Hall made a wild left swing and Fitz
smilingly lodged away. Fitz landed a
heavy left on the stomach and lodged a
rammer from the same hand. Hall
landed heavy right on the ear aud
Fitz clinched, Hall hitting Fitz with his
right on the head.
Round 2-Fitz tried FOR the stomach
with his left. but missed and backed