The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-09

4soO0 and l500 The financial result of the 6Rht
. nos yet known. but the general opinion 10
t3as The club lost several thousand dollars by
The entertainment
shortly after Fitssimmons' arrival In this city
snis morning be got into carriage with Judge
Lazarus ana his trainer and drove to the crimi.
nal court building. His entrance caused . COM
motion and court business was suspended.
fitsstmmons 10 well known and Q crowd fol-
loved him up the stairs anxious to know what
business brought him to the court They did
mos have long TO wait before they learned
nis mtssion- Fitxsimmons wanted TO Be made
IN American citiseu 90 he might Justly wear the
sta, and stripes. Judge Lazarus represented
MIN. Ffsssimmons modestly expressed desire
70 b nsturalised He wss duly accorded the
privilege, and Australia will no longer
cisim the mfddleweight champion for her own.
some one asked Fitzsimmons where he in.
tended 70 vote. to which he jocuiariy replied:
"At Bay 81 Louis." He also spoke confidently
OF his battle. saying:
p! fooled you before and 1 will do il again.
10 O'Clock this evening they may b aorry they
are not on to the 10 to shot
lkobert litssimmons. middleweight cham.
parents in Cornwall. England, in 1867. When
Out boy he moved 70 Tfmsru, New Zealand,
With his parenta He stands feet IL inches in
when out OF training. He has broad Shoulders.
HIS chest 10 wide. but not deep His great long
arms snow magnificent muscular development
81 ofom the T.iss down he !: one Of the nsrrowess
naIiy snail. and his legs are % long and spare
that they look like pipe sienna They belle
IN !neir :pH:srencs: however, for he 10
tance. His cheat and arm development
= iassc!y due to his trade. that of .
blacksmith: He made his nrst appearance in
n Inn In
test and 1t once made himself famous BY
knocking out four men In one night and win
ming the amateur championship Of New Z.s-
the following year by knocking out Eve men in
one night at tournament gotten up BY Jem
Mace Herbert Shade. the Maori, who was do
was also bested By Fitssimmons at Mace's tour
nament His debut = . professional was made
o. Arthur Coopers expense. whom he knocked
victim was Jack Murphy. who lasted four
rounds. Then Jim Crawford fell vic.
tim 70 Fitssimmons' terrific hitting pow
we're fought under London priss ring rules.
New Zealand then grew too small for Fits
simmons ana be went to Sydney. and met all
met snd put out Brinsmead, . heavyweirht. in
two rounda, and JACK Greentres. . middle
weight, IN three rounds. He then returned to
New Zealand and whipped Dick Landel in four
down before the all-conquering Fitsimmons.
6iavtn consoled himself with the fact that he
had lasted seven rounds while four was the
most that any OF his predecessors had stayed
before the lanky, rod-haired blacksmittn He
has since put out Cagan In three rounds.
Conway and Ellis were also put 70 sleep in Q
similar number Of rounds each. Jim
Hall was put out in I've rounds on the FIRST
occasion OF their meeting, and went out in
Tour rounds when they met tho second time.
The third battle between Hall aud Fitssimmons
was the alleged fake fight Starlight, the col.
orcd middlsweight champion Of the Antipodes,
was whipped in nine rounds BY Fitxsimmona
Then Prof. West was vanquished BY Fitzsim-
mons, and he came to this country. Fitxsim.
mons drst battle in this country was with Billy
Mccarthy, OF Australia, IN the California
Athletic Club rooma The cousummate ease
with which he defeated Mccarthy stamped him
at once In the eyes OF the Caiiiorniaus - one
OF the best men Of his class. His next dght
was with Arthur pham ct New Orleans. Up
ham was no match Tor the New Zealander. aud
was knocked out In the fifth round. Then came
his memorable fight with Jack Dempsey, the
Nonpereil. the cleverest and gamest man that
ever SHE'D his castor into the ring, and Demp-
eey, without having been in the fight at all, was
knocked out at the end of the thirteenth round
A year ago Bob knocked out Peter Maher, the
heavyweight, 1t New Orleans. After that he
offered Corbett purse to stand up before him.
but CoYbott ignored him.