The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-15

CONEY ISLAND, Sept. 9.-There are
two women in the country today who
are more deeply excited over the out
come of the great Corbett-Fitzsimmons
fight than even the champions them
selves. Women usually take little in
tereet in the doings of the prize-ring,
except to denounce it as brutal and
demoralizing But these two women
have a particular reason for their I'M
usual interest. The fact that one of
them is Mrs. James J. Corbett and
the other is Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons
is sufficient explanation of their e6-
citenent.
On the night of Oct. 81 next either
Corbett or Fitzsimmons will retire from
the twenty-four foot ring a beaten
man. His nose may be broken, few
4,5bs smashed. his eyes closed and his
anatomy otherwise disfigured. He will
also he poorer by a considerable sum
and all these misfortunes will make
him a most miserable creature indeed.
But his grief disappointment and suf-
fering will he nothing to the acute
agony which his wife will endure.
Dainty air-castles, ruined by right
hand smash on the jaw!
Domestic felicity, ruffled by an upper
cut!
Dreams of happiness destroyed by a
lsft-hand jab.
} Reputation, obliterated by cross
counter!
Fame quenched by a thump!
Fortune vanquished by wind!
All this is the lot of the pugilist and
The pugilist's wife.
Both Corbett and Fitzsimmons have
armies Of friends and admirers who
assert most emphatically that they
cannot lose They have substantial
reasons for what they say, too. The
Corbettites point to his ring record of
their man-to the defeat of Sullivan;
to the defeat of Mitchell. They dwell
upon his marvellous Quickness, his 1.-the
muscles, his unquestioned science, his
hard-hitting powers, his ring general
ship, his proved fighting ability.
} The Fttzsimmons army have their
reasons, too. They say he is fighting
machine, built and made to order; that
his muscles have the speed and force of
lightning; that he is as calm and as
cool as an iceberg; that he knows all
the tricks of Corbett and few more
to boot: that he has whipped men cas-
lily that Corbett had hard work to dis
pose Of; that he is the Napoleon OF
pugili3m.
" But the wives-they are even more
confident that their husbands viii win
and their certainly rests upon the rock
of sublime faith. They have their rea-
sons, too, and here they are:
Mrs. Fitzsimmons.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, like the present
Mrs Corbett. is the second wife of her
husband. The former Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons, like the former Mrs. Corbett
passed out Of pugilistic circles via the
divorce court. Thus in matrimony as
in pugilism the two champions are
very evenly matched.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons was quite well
known in theatrical circles as Rose Jul
Ian. Her brother, Martin Julian, as
sists Fitzsimmons in his training and
aids in the management of MS business
affairs. As Rose Julian. Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons earned considerable success in
the vaudeville world. but as much as
she fancied stage life she mas now
wholly transferred her affections tC
the roped arena.
Being constantly in the society Of
fighters, trainers and followers of the
manly art, she has picked up a won
herful knowledge of ring lore She
knows ali about the champions of pas
generations and can tell you in an in.
slant just where her husband is vastly
better than they.
What She Thinks.
What is of more practical service she
knows exactly what a fighter in course
of training, should have to eat, and
she sees that FitZ has it. He places
the important matter of diet in heI
care and she meets the responsibility