The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22

'hsngman's" day. nor viii they havea sec
ono who has eter been behind loser
lhey would even prefer ineNperienced men
20 sucn handler. OF course. this is unjust
Du5 you can combat superstition. Clever
ana experienced generals like Billy Mad
ueh ana Nike Donovan have been looked
upon as 'Jonahs' because they have been
pth!hd couple OF losers. They were not
cledlJed with the hundred or more VictO-
res they mad, as seconds. helped their
principals 10 gain.
But TO return to the greatest of fighters
now IN the ring who has the stoutest of
Supersuuons, "lanky Bob FitzsimmOns.
BOP great hold on the occult realm ley
IN creams. Bob has had dream about
every great fight ne has ever engaged in.
| SOD dreams do not go by contraries
ether, as is generally the rule in such
cases lie dreams to win. The big Austria
nan actually goes through a sort of me-
taphyslcal prOWess before every contest
| ne enters into. He is of a highly nervous
/ organization and sleeping or waking he
thinks Of the battle he has on hand. This
ultimately tells on the mind and a piano.
ramlc foreview of the fight is spread be-
| lore tltz In his slumbers. He has forced
himself TO dream. AS the wish is father
/ 70 the thought, of course Fitz dreams
/ that he pulverizes his adversary. He has
nau such dreams prior to his fights with
Starlight and Slade, in Australia, and
/ just before his contests with Arthur Ne
| pham, Billy Mccarthy. Jack Dempsey,
Dan Creedon, Joe Choynski and Jim Hall.
/ in this country. In each instance he not
| only dreamed that he whipped his adver-
sary. but the exact number of rounds he
| ala the trick in. The dreams came true in
| every detail, even to the number of rounds.
| That ich WI Lanky Bob is fortified in his
/ belief Ia me will whip Corbett: lie dream
/ ed that he thrashed "Pompadour Jim"
| soundly in four rounds. just as he had
/ dreamed months and years ago that he
! would trounce Jim Hall in four rounds,
/ Dan Creedon in two and Joe Choynsk in
| six.
Strange to say the pugilistic fraternity
/ and especially the Australian contingent,
hsa f~Vf HIrnn
! oughiy, are impressed with the correct
| ness of his mental diagnosis.
That dream settles Corbett,' said
Australian Paddy Carmen 10 me the
other day. "Fitz never yet got a wrong
/ tip from a dream in his life F'itz will
whip Jim to a certainty and in the four
/ rounds, too, that he marked off"
/ Paddy is no particular friend Of Fftz.
! Indeed, he likes Corbett better, as he
/ is one of the few fighters with whom
! the Californian has exchanged social cour-
| tesies. Paddy speaks from conviction,
/ not from partisanship. Mick Dunn,
/ Young Critic, and all the other Austria
/ lians talk the same way American
/ fighters, too, take great stock in F'itz
/ and his dream, do many clever, brainy
| sportsmen. The fighters, big and little,
/ almost to man, favor Fttz. Peter Ma
! her, Joe Goddard, George Dixon, Joe
| Walcott, Solly Smith, Danny Mcbride,
! Charley Kelly, Billy Plimmer, Billy
| Smith and Casper Leon are a few of
those who think Fitz's dream will come
true to a moral certainty.
Fitz has an amulet, too, upon which
the Australians place great reliance and
which they firmly believe will shield him
| from all harm. 1t is the tip of kanga-
ROOFS ear, and Fitz has worn 1t beneath
| his belt in every fight he has ever en-
gagged. He firmly believes in its tails
manic power and between that and his
dream Fltz thoroughly believes that he
is inVincible.
The number of distinguished sports
men and gamblers who share the Aus
tralian's, belief. basing their conviction
as much, If not more, than upon his
splendid qualities as a fighter is sur
prising Among these are Pat Sheedy,
| Jers Dunn. Dink Davis, Gull Holland, of
! Albany and Pat Scullen,. of Troy.
Phil Dwyer, Nike Dwyer, Matte Cor
bett and a few daring souls who have no
superstitious beliefs are of the convic-
ton that Corbett will win, but they are
in the minority.
am not superstitious myself, but on
the contrary view things from a prac-
tical standpoint In this particular in
stance, however, it would not surprise
me- one whit to see Fitzs dream realized.
Arthur T. Lumley.