The herald., 1897-03-09
THE PRINCES AMONG PUGS
Continue Their Preparations for
the Battle
FITz TIRES OF WRESTLING
Because He Finds II Bad for His
Forearms
The Weather Is Moderately Vile and Kssps
the Animals From Taking Exer-
else Out Of Doors
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CARSON, New, March s.-From now
Until he steps into the ring. Bob Fitz-
simmons will do no more wrestling and
very little. If any boxing. He declared
himself to this effect at the conclusion
OF his mornings work. Fitzsimmons
trains on methods as unconventional as
those upon 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 at any other time
when in training but he has now cut
this to a minimum. Wrestling he de-
clares, II done violently. is apt to strain
the forearms and. as Fitzsimmons him.
self puts 1t, II would not be able to lick
a teaspoon, let alone a big fellow like
Corbett, if my forearms should happen
to be in bad shape" Early this morn
ing Fitzsimmons declared that he would
do a 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
and Fitzsimmons gave up his idea of
trotting through the slush ana concluded
to do his mornings work within doors.
He first tried his handbali court for the
better portion of two hours. playing al
ternately with Steiner and Hickey and
making the games fast and furious. Fitz-
simmons is a long distance in the rear
of Corbett as player of handball, but
he managed to get as much exercise out
OF it as the latter derives from his more
pretentious game. When Corbett plays
handball he goes at ii in the same deadly
earnest manner in which he enters into
everything else. 1t 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 If he
at any time is falling behind in his score.
Fitzsimmons. on the other hand. regards
handball as a mild sort of diversion and
he does more fooling around the court
than actual playing. 1t is common
freak of his to make a rush for the ball
and stopping midway, indulge in wild
wrestle with anybody who happens at
the moment to be within reach of his
long arms
After the conclusion of his work in
the handball court, Fitzsmmons donned
the gloves and went at it with Hickey
as an antoganist. Then he took on Roe
her for three rounds and Stelzner for
as many more. The work was very
fast and at its 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
rub down and sat down to wait for his
dinner. The appetite of the big Austral- =
ian is something to wonder at. and al
though he is very careful in what he
eats, he gets away with an enormous
amount of provender in a day, when 1t
Is considered that he has presumably
but one stomach.
After dinner Fitzsmmons went into the
yard, where he proceeded to play with
the big dog which he admires so much
and which everybody else. without ex-
ception. would delight in seeing turned
into sausage meat. Steiner was in
big swing back of the house moving
gently back and forth when Fitzsimmons
and the dog came into the yard and
Fitzsimmons, with a yell of delight,
called the dogs attention to the fact
that Stelzner was using the swing. The
dog seems to consider it his mission on
earth to keep people out of that swing,
and he made a rush for Stelzner and be-
fore the latter could get his legs into the
air the dog had him. His teeth came
together with a vicious snap. catching
Stelzner by the ankle. There was mix
up of dog, wildly flying feet and profane
language and when Stelzner managed
to free himself from the big brute he was
sadly in need of a new pair of trousers.
Fitzsimmons seemed to regard the epi-
code as a huge joke, and he capered
around the yard shouting with laugh
ter He then took his turn at aggravat-
ing the dog. until the latter was fairly
savage. Then he would grab the dog
by the throat and hurl him to the ground
with a force sufficient to break every
bone in the CANNES carcass. After al
lowing his dinner time to settle Fitzsim-
mons declared that in the afternoon he
would do some road work and in a
short time he, Roeber and Steiner set
forth for q run over the roads in the
direction of Carson.
FitZsimmons was looking for his wife
and Martin Julian, the latter having
gone to Reno last night to meet Mrs.
Fitzsmmons. The train from Reno is
due at 3:45. and ten minutes before
that time Fitzsimmons was on the plat
form. He was very anxious and ner-
vous and when the station agent an
nounced that the train was twenty min
utes late F'itZsimmons set out for run
through the streets. He came back FIVE
minutes before the time for the arrival
of the train and began pacing nervously
simmons has been somewhat longer in
coming than was expected and her hus-
band was fearful that she would not
arrive today. AS the train rolled up DIT
the station Fitzsimmons spied Martin
Julian standing on the platform and
called out: There is Martin. She has
come this time" and he was right, for
in another moment Mrs. Fitzsimmons
was in front of him. Fitzsimmons kissed
her and then made grab for his baby
boy, whom nurse was carrying. After
bestowing a few fatherly attentions on
the infant he put Mrs. Fitzsimmons, the
nurse and baby in carriage and started
them for Cooks ranch and then headed
for the same place himself on foot, going
across the country instead of taking TO
the roads, the mud on the latter being
SO deep that it was impossible for him
to make any speed.
After his return to Cooks. .Fitzsimmons
put in an hour punching the bag, which
wound up his days work He COM
planned considerably of his arms hurt
Ing him today and said that they were
sore. as the result of his wrestling.
"I am going to do no more of that
work." he declared II do not need
it anyhow, and there is no necessity of
my keeping at 1t when / may get my
arms out of condition. No, sir, / am
through with the wrestling and I am
going to do precious little boxing after
this 1t Is just so much waste time, if
keep at those things. All want is to
keep my muscles pliable and keep my
wind and If possible make 1t better. If
can do these things I rather think
will be standing up when the fight is