The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
LANKY BOB BESTS A + 4
THE SCRAP BEGINS UP A TREE AT
RYE Beach

The Tear sent TO Grass Twenty-nve rect Below
with n uiEht-I Innder-The Hear Finished
In the Third Round with y BLOW on tho
solar rIeSns-Story Told by n Press Agent.
RYE, n. V, July 17.-Mr. Bob Fitzsimmons's
admirers in this neighborhood recently gave
him Il big black bear; at least tho press agent
says 1t Is big and black. At all events, IL
is n bear. Everybody who knows anything
about Mr.. Ftzsimmons knows also that
he has a big dog, Yarrum, n Great Dane. Tho
possibilities OF romance in tho combination OF a
big bear. n big dog, and a big ~pugilist, with sum.
mer scenery thrown in. would appeal even TO a
press agent without q glimmor Of imagination.
The hotel keeper who is the authority" for
this story says he is willing to back 1t up with
afidavits.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons has a cottage at Rye Beach.
The bear was chained In n konnelliko cage
near the cottage. Yarrum went to tho
cago this morning and took a look at
tho bear, which Is q female, called jennie.
She resented his observation with q growl.
Yarrum went nearer and Jennie made n dash at
him. She parted her chain and started for the
woods. Yarrum put after her. but she was a
little too swift for him. The bear climbed a tail
tree, and Yarrum, not being arboreal in
his habits, had to stop at the foot and
vent his disappointment in barking. A
hundred oxcursionists saw tho adven.
turc, SO the hotel keeper says. F%itzsimmons
climbed the trco and chased the boar away out
was twenty-five feet from the ground. But that
is not an essential detail. Fitzsimmons and the
bear soon found themselves looking each other
in tho eyes, and the bear did not like the scrutiny.
The bear tried a left swing on FitZ, but IL went
wild. Fitz landed lightly with his left on tho
bears ear. and PARTED n right jab Of the bear.
Finally. with a powerful right hand blow, Fitl
knocked the bear clear of the limb ito tho
The excursionists had gathered under tho tree
t. see the sporring between the bear and Mr..
to gather. as it gave the bear a chance to fall
among them. and the women and men
the spot" The little tumble Of twenty-five feet
did not apparently hurt the bear. The instant
she struck the ground Yarrum bounced on her.
swiftly as the bear; He had to climb. That is
one OF the tame. features of the story. He
might have torn his clothing into strips, and,
sTs Srran Sfnn,o MA MaS EEifat t.Igm shs better soSsns Of
the ground; Jennie tore herself away
mons, who is accustomed 10 rushes. She
was standing ON her hind legs. Before Fits could
hit her she had seized him around the neck with
details OF this, the second round. are missing. In
the struggle Fftz made to free himself he
and the bear stumbled and landed in a
FitL broke away. and as she rushed
at him again he gave her a terrific elbow
f over Tt the s- solar . ,PFleTTSH rus kn nc ting, her sens.lsss
spectators rushed somewhere and got a rope,
and before the bear recovered consciousness
they had tied II around her neck; They dragged
her chain and cage could be repaired. Mrs.
Fitzsimmons saw the fight from the cottage.
my cm went 1T, 70 pr her With ~ his "ciSthing in tat,ers
with the remark that he looked much more er-
hausted than he did after he had fought Corbett