The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-21
MAHATMA OF PRIZE FIGHTING.


Fitzsimmons has had a dream. At
least this Is the information he has
impaired to his friends. Mr.. Fitzsim-
mons is a pucilist. lie has large, iron
like bones. His head is as hard as the
last example in logarithms. His feet
are big hunks of knotted muscle. The
possession of brain he has never been
accused of.
But he has dreams. Like the gentle
pink-and-white girl in love he Hes down
on a snow-white couch and, throwing
his shapely arm over his head. drops
into deeper, deeper sleep. The world
with its talk of weights and trials of
murder and divorce and seconds and
referees is shut out and the puSilist is
alone with the fairy creatures OF an
hallucinated mind.
As the tissues of the mind fuctuate
and culver under this mild, sweet ex-
element, the great puglllst suddenly
has placed before him. with fairy
hands, a stage and vast assemblage.
In smother second he is stripped before
the multitude. He rushes out to meet
his antagonist The struggle Is ter
rife in the first round. The dreamer
grabs his antagonist by the eyelashes
and whirls him above his head and
dashes him against the ceiling and
turns for the plaudits of the multitude.
But his opponent is upon him again,
minus one arm it is true, but stlll ag-
gressive. Mr.. FitZsimmons PUSHES
upon him and grabs him by the foot,
and then with quick, dexterous move
ment, shoves his right foot up around
his neck, ties it there with bow-knot
and gives the knotted mass a kick off
the stage. Again Mr.. FitZsimmons
turns to the multitude, when his OPP
ponent stands again before him minus
a leg. two arms and an ear. Nothing
daunted the dreamer pushes again into
the fray and grasping his antagonist
by the neck, with a show OF terrible
strength, throws him through the roof
and upward on into the sky and into
invisibility.
Later Mr.. FitZsimomns awakes and
discovers the cruel incident to the pro-
ceedings that it is dream.
The only doubtful part of the story,
as told by Mr.. Fitzsimmons, is that he
declares the dream is repeated over
and over again, and that at each dream
fight he is always the conqueror. If
- &c, no flo there
should be no hesitation in declaring it
to be a telepathic inspiration.
Some old Mahatma has hold Of Fitz-
simmons and intends that he shall win.
This is the only fin de steele explana-
ton Of these strange occurrences dur
ing Fitzsimmons slumbers.
AS soon as the Mahatma has settled
the matter of victory, his royal In
visibility will turn himself on the
legal authorities of Texas. The coun-
try will then witness wonderful
change. By the subtle influences ex-
ercised by the Mahatma, the attorney
general Of the Lone Star state will
moderate his Obstinacy for the laws
of the state, now so set against the
fight, will find his resolution dissipat-
ing in spite of him, and he will decide
to see a couple of rounds himself. And
even the ministers, who are now at
lacking the fight, may be Won over by
this Mahatma, and agree, if they are
given seats where the multitude will
not recognize them, TO attend and see
the thing out.
In fact there is reason to believe
that every prize-fght is managed by
a law-crushing, authority overriding
Mahatma.
On what grounds can the fact be
explained that so many southern gov
errors and officials declare that prize
fights shall not take place, and that
SO many priZe-fghts do take place?