The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-09
FITZ AND HIS BIG DOG
HOW THE LANKY PUGILIST ABUSES
HIMSELF WITH A SAVAGE BRUTE.
Joke That Was Not Rclished by STEM
xer-Arrival of Mrs. Fitx and Baby
-COrbett's Daily bouts.

methods as unconventional as those on
which he fights and he has never made any
pretense of boxing while in preparation for
his battles. He has, since he has been at
Cooks ranch, done more boxing than any
other time when in training, but he has now
cut this to the minimum. wrestling, he
declares, if done violently, is apt to strain
the foreams, and. as Fitzsmmons puts ii,
II would not be able to lick a teaspoon, let
alone big fellow like COrbett If my fore
arms should happen to be in bad shape
Early this morning Fitzsmmons declared
that he would do little road work, as the
mud was frozen and the going was not SO
bad but as soon as the sun got fairly over
the mountain tops it created mud in the
roads al the rate of an inch a minute, and
Fitzsimmons gave up his idea of trotting
through the slush, and concluded to do
his morning work indoors. He first tried
his handball court for the better portion OF
two hours, playing alternately with Stenzer
and Hickey, and making the games fast
and furious. Fitzsimmons is a long dis
lance in the rear of Corbett as a player
of handball, but he managed to get as
much exercise out of it the latter de-
rives from his more pretentiouS game.
When Corbett plays handball he goes at
it in the same deadly earnest manner he
enters into anything else. and it goes
against his grain to lose a game He wants
to be at the top all the time. and he will
make the most desperate efforts to beat il
at any time he is falling behind in his
score. Fitzsimmons, on the other hand, re-
CARDS handball a mild sort of diversion,
and he does more fooling around the court
than actual playing. 1t is common freak
of his to make rush for the ball, and,
stopping midway, indulge in wild wrestle
with anybody who happens at the mo-
ment to be within reach of his long arms.
After the conclusion of his work on the
handbal court Fitzsimmons donned his
gloves and went at it with Hickey an
antagonist, and then he took on Roeber
for three rounds and Steiner for as many
more. Inc Work was very fast, and at the
conclusion FitzsimmonS announced that he
was prepared to do a little wrestling with
Ernest Roeber. They tugged back and
forth across the gymnasium for the larger
part of an hour and then FitZsimmons took
his rubbing down and sat down to wait for
dinner. The appetite of the big Australian
Is something to wonder at. and although
he is very careful what he eats. he gets
away with an enormous amount of prov
ender in a day.
FITZ AND HIS BIG DOG.
| After dinner Fitz went into the yard,
| where he proceeded to play with the big
| dog which he admres much. and which
| everybody else, without exception, would
| delight in seeing turned into sausage meat.
| Stenzer was in big swing, swinging back
| and forth, when Fitz and the dog came into
| the yard. and Fitzsimnlons, with a yell of
| delight. called the dogs attention to the
| fact that Stenzer was using the swing
| The dog seems to consider his mission on
| earth to keep people out of that swing and
/ Steiner before
the latter could get his legs into the air
| the big dog had him. His teeth came to-
| gether with a vicious snap. catching him
| wildly flying feet and profane language,
| and when Steiner managed to free himself
| from the big brute he was sadly in need of
| a new pair of trousers. FftZ seemed to re-
| gard the episode as huge Joke. and he
Gapered AROUND tbe the ,oo yard h shaking With
| waiting the dog until the latter was fairly
savage. then he would grasp the dog by
| with a force almost sufficient to break
| every bone in the CANNES carcass
Later. in the day Fitzsimmons declared
| he would do some roadwork. and in short
| time Roeber, Steiner and FitZsimmons set
| out for a run over the road in the direction
of d Car sUti Fit was 81 looking for his wife
| TO Reno last night TO meet Mrs. FitZsim-
| mons. The train from Reno is due at
| 3:45, and ten minutes before the time of the
| arrival Fitzsimmons was on the platform
| He was very anxious and nervous. and
| when the station agent ANNOUNCED that the
| train was twenty minutes late Fitzsimmons
| set off for run through the streets. re-
| turning five minutes before the arrival of
the train. Mrs Fftzsimmons had been
| somewhat longer coming that was expect
| ed. and her husband was fearful that she
| was not to arrive to-day. AT times he
would say, She will not come" and at
| others he offered to bet StenZer s. that
| she would be on the train. AS the train
| rolled up to the station FitZSimmons spied
Martin Julian standing on the platform.
| nra1x f1n6 ont &c Mort fin oh. hoe
come this timer And he was right for
| in another minute Mrs. FitZsimmons was
in front of him Fitz kissed her, and made
| few fatherly attentions on the infant he
| put Mrs. FitZsimmons and the nurse in the
| carriage and started them for Cook $
ranch. Then he started on foot. going
| across the country instead of taking the
| road. on account of the mud. On reach
| with the bag whereupon his days work
| was done. He complained considerably of
| his arms hurting him to-day, and said they
| were sore as a result of his wrestling. Il
| am going TO do no more of that work." he
| declared. Il do not need it, anyhow, and
| there is no need keeping at 1t when / may
| get my arms out of condition. No, sir; L
| am through with wrestling. and i am 60
| ing TO do precious little boxing after this.
| IT is a waste of time. All want is to keep
my. muscles pliable and keep my wind good.
| and, il possible. make il better. If / can
do these things rather think l will be
| standing up when the fight is over"
AT CORBETT'S QUARTERS.
| The visitor who approached Corbett's
| training quarters this morning would have
been justified in thinking from the noise
! that came to his ears, as he entered the
| yard at the springs.a herd of elephants were
| doing a combination double-shuffie in the
| barn-like structure that had been erected
| for hand ball courts. Ii only the Cor
| bett brothers. Jim and Joe, however, en-
gagged in friendly game of handban. Jim
| was having hard luck at the game, and was
| taking the most desperate chances at the
1 ball in order 10 pile up his score. Ii was
| by no means warm in the place and the
| visitor who stood watching the game for
| more than ten minutes was only too glad
| to hunt stove. Corbett was wet with per-
| SEPARATION. however. and played with the ut
most violence. He seemed TO be at all
| times breathing easy. He kept at the hand
ball court for over an hour. and then White
| called him 10 time saying IL was on the
| programme for him to box. As usual JEFF
1 fries was the first AMI Jim went at him like
| whiriwind hitting him all over the body
/ and driving him all over the place. McVey
| with his wrestling and pulling and Juggling.