The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-04
FITZ HAS A NEW BLOW.
IT IL Little Complicated, but Ought
10 Get There.

A special to the Republic from New |
York SAYS: A valued friend, who visited /
Robert Fitzsimmons at Bath Beach today /
sends the following to the Republic cor
respondent from the training quarters OF
Lanky Bob;
"Fitzsimmons has created a new blow
It came to him yesterday morning as ne
was out in the back yard splitting some
kindllug wood with joker from a we'll
known comic weekly
at is a much superior blow to the solar
plexus and requires great deal oil
science which can only be secured by
three years course at polytechnic IN
/ stitute. 1t is the intention OF the great
nugilistic professor TO have the olow pa
4 tented at once. This Will prevent All
others OF course, from using II, ana II any
nuqilist in the ring should attempt 10 nit
Ertzsimmons with the blow il is evident,
as the reader must see, that heavy SUIT
for damages may be brought. This would
make prize fighting a very expensive lux
urv for the other man. Roughly described,
the blow Is as follows ,
.First yet your opponent in condluon;
then make pass with the right nano' anu
hiring nm the left as though you were going
"A a
II he attempts to counter, slde-step 10
The rear and, revolving quickly, as on a
nIvot bring the left list, with spiral
motion. toward the opponents nose IL
ne nose gets In the way 1t Is the other
mans fault. While he is feeling TO see
whether il still remains on his race 'ar
him lightly with the right, and as ne rocks
over make return JAP WIN tns III ~, ~,
then. with straight arm punch MT MIN
o 80 - haea NJ the cerebellum, and he Wal
e ,.of course, this description may not b'
8 rarfectlv accurate, as Fltzsimmons and his
/ FRIENDS are doing all in their power to keel
e tne blow secret. There is rumor u
S Inc effect that it has been surrounded D!
g Iouifed air and put into me llLslm.hoh
r ice b3y TO remain until the night OF IN
g biz fight. ,,,.,ns ,.,uea :,
! ,Anadalnhia and back to improve hi
7 I'D He ran part of the way, easil
i ITeening ahead OF the limited. express Of
+. Ibs pennsylvania railroad He was no
= IN the least tired when he got pack, an
II Jumped the rope 6I,lZs12 times, witn -"
10 sttrping for anything, except TO XIII te'
! >-s,y Jersey mosquitoes, that had pickle
r ~ he Aghting pony in their talons. an
-. ~ sailing off 10 the Hackensack swamp
49, he struggling animal Fltzsimmon
"a M trouble in bringing them TO cart
with a few Coney lslano sanu"lcnes Tue
~ we're saved from the late hTe,
This morning for breakfast he ate
r ,.ct -, oatmeal, and then insisted upo
he cutting on his golf suit and toosln
We awhile with his sparFi ns,.nI partner y,
40 "a. He finished the repast with
80 NV of case knives, in order to keep
he edge -. sob, ne vii, q
! ~
~ get some valuable points.
I'll James J. corbett has never liked poe,l
as since Fitzslmmons blow Wnlch 'aIle1
N soIer nleXus was described as q poem
q nuneh." Therefore. when James kea
Sna accosted the former champion in 10
~ r. his cafe this afternoon ana started
is read TO him some original verses corpe
ay eed
Keating is well known about the Tende
rs loIn. He overhauled Coroeu' VINO
sss walking with great Dane in the neig