The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22
BOB FITzSIMMONS' DREAM.
In His Vision He Thrashed Gentleman Jim
in Four Rounds.
Impresses
AusraIans-NitcheI Thought eeredb
a WOman
Copyrighted.

w York. Sept. E.-Bob FitzsimmOns'
.s5ent prediction that he will defeat
1e-nas J. Corbett for the worlds cham
-3onship, at Dallas. Tex, next month be
... he has had a dream 10 that effect, is
s.,epted with all the seriousness by the
- fraternity. Fighters. ike gamblers,
are superstitious. Indeed, never knew
f-b-er who had not a superstition Of
some kind. no matter how clever he may
have been.
Jobn L. sullivan would only step into
tbe ring with a green pair of tights, In
tho belt Of which was concealed tails
man which his mother had given him.
paddy RYAN, on the other hand, was so
fearful of punishment he would receive
a. the hands of Sullivan that he obtained
a similar token and placed it next his
heart. He hoped that that would prevent
his being knocked out.
Brave Jack Dempsey, the one-time ia
NOUS '.Nonpereil," and Jack McAuliffe
1igbr weight champion of the world, had
q common weakness. Dempsey could not
he persuaded TO tackle the easiest kind
of mark unless he had those celebrated
black tights with which he had fought
and won over fifty battles. With them
on Jack felt that he was invincible. Poor
fellow! They did not save him from the
s!eIee-hammer blows of 'Lanky Bob"
Jack McAuliffe had a pair of dark
blue tights which he wore in all his bat
ties. one night they were pretty we'll
burnt up in a slight fire in Jacks house,
and the young champion was inconsola-
bic A bright idea seized MN. He col
lected scraps of what was leIt and had
them engrafted in a new pair of trunks.
He wore them in his famous nights with
Jem Carney Of England and Young
CRITIC of Australia.
Charley Mitchell, the English cham
pion, had a mortal terror of meeting a
cross-eyed woman on a day or night on
which he was to box a limited number Of
rounds or battle TO a finish. He looked
upon such woman as sure precursor
OF evil. l remember well the night he
was TO meet John l.. sullivan for the
second time in Madison Square Garden.
Walking up Fourth avenue, Mitchell met
a crOss-eyed, red-haired woman, and he
almost tainted. He ran back around the
corner like a mad man. She's nailed
me with her bad eye he walled mourn
fully, land I'm hoodooed, sure"
That night Sullivan was sick and could
not go on. Charley laid the disaster at
the door of the crosS-eyed woman.
Jake Kilrain. Sullivan's old rival, and
Peter Maher, the Irish champion, look on
priests or sisters OF charity as mascots
Each would always like to meet either one
u
They regarded such a meeting as highly
suspicious, to say the least, however an
cry the priest or sister might have been,
if appraised of this feeling.
Big Joe AIcAuliffe of California, would
be delighted if he ran across horseshoe
when training for a battle. He regard
ed IL as most prOpitious sign and he
would invariably throw the shoe over the
left shoulder. Both he and poor Jack
Ashton, who has passed away, would be
in mortal terror of NEE ting-a funeral pro-
cession on a. day set for battle. They ex-
pected 70 be whipped TO a certainly if
such a casualty happened to them Nc
Auliffe met funeral cortege the night he
fought Paddy Slavin of Australia, at the
National Athletic Club of London, and ne
was whipped in a round and a half
Jack Ashton, too. ran foul of a. funeral
the day ne fought George Godfrey, the
last battle of his life and he was badly
thrashed.
The majority of fighters fear Friday and
"Jonahs. Principal among these are
Tommy Ryan. Mysterious" Billy Smith,
Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Cooler. >"
Young Critic and Cal Mccarthy, once
George Dixons peer. None of these boys
will sign any articles of agreement on