The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24
DELILAH OF JEFFRIES
BIG BOXER HAS FALLEN INTO THE
MESHES OF PARIS MUSIC
FALL SINGER
MILE. FoUGERE HER NAME


Was Much in His Company While
Abroad, and Has Followed Him to
the United States - Woman Has
Caused the Downfall of Many n
Strong Man Since the Locks CT
Samson Were sheared.
History has indeed repeated the ex-
perience of the strong man OF Biblical
fame with fascinating yet treacherous
member Of the weaker sex. Few OIL the
great ring champions have had the force
of will to resist the attractions of pretty
woman worshipping at the shrine OF their
fistic fame And few have escaped the
fate that befel Samson While John l..
Sullivan was training for his meeting
with James J. Corbett he had woman
following him who gave his handlers more
trouble than did the big fellow. NO"
comes trial for Billy Delaney, for 1t Is
said that jim Jeffries, his pug1listlc pro-
tege. is fascinated with pretty Paris
music hall singer-Mlle. Fougere-aho
that the black-eyed grisette Is SO com
pletely enthralled by the proWess OF the
American gladiator that she has canceied
her endorsements in Paris and followed
hin, To the United States. Such stories
ara usually well-founded, and the proba-
bility is that there Is trouble aheao Ior
Jeffries and his hackers. Pretty women
and prize fghting will not assimilate.
CASE OF KEENAN,.
1ohn G. Heenan was as perfect spec1-
noer Of manhood as ever cast SHADOW.
He was handsome and brave. The sturdy
febter who went to England and COM
nelIed the followers of Champion Sayefs
to resort TO desperate tactics to save their
favorite from defeat was as gentle as
gazelle in the presence of the fair sex,
AMI was known as gallant. lie, TOO,
had his Delilah Not that she was as
treacherous as the original, but her per
sistency in pursuing Heenan is matter
of record Adah Isaacs Menken was the
actress who became enamored OF the pu-
eilist. and she did not lose sight or MIN
from. the day she first saw him. Ii Is sdlo
thar their friendship was mutual, anu /.
is not recorded that anyone was injured
nv the attachment between them.
JEFFRIES CASE DIFFERS.
Tn the love affair of Jeffr1es the condl-
tons differ. 1t was announced 1mmeolate-
" after the defeat of Fitzsimmons by the
Californian that he had a sweetheart ana
would now wed her. The trip to france
may cause Jeffries to alter that determln-
alton It is claimed that the hghter is
as much enamored of the fair Partisan
beauty as she is of the American athlete.
Jeffries is back in America. His arrival
at Boston was duly announced Friday.
The whereabouts Of Fougere is not
known, but it Is said that she will reach
New York ahead of the fighter. When
French girl falls in love she does not
soon tire of the object of her affecuon,
and 1t is regarded as extremely probacie
that the names of Jeffries and Fougere
will be coupled frequently when the daily
etist of reports Of the training of the
big one for his meeting with Sharkey
begins.
FIGHTERS WIVES FARE BADLY.
If is a matter of record that the wives
of fighters who gain fame and fortune
in the ring fare badly. A few cases can
be cited. 1t is not necessary to go back
to the old-time heroes of the ring, VINO
were notorious for their infidelity to the
women who were good enough in the days
of adversely, but too plain and ordinary
once fame had been gained and money
was plentiful To begin then with the
premier of latter-day fighters-John l..
Sullivan l have met his wife. She was
gentle creature-and was devoted to John,
though bitterly opposing his calling. She
never saw a fight. She shuddered at the
mention of 1t. To this patient little wom-
an there was no glory for her husband
in being the champion bruiser of the
world She would have had him retire
long before he was defeated, and favor
tte cherished hope was that he would
meet some man who could keep out of his
terrible reach four rounds, for she
said, John has told me that if he should
fail to beat a man in four rounds he
would not be able to beat him at all.
And that would mean that ne could quit
fighting" she would add The story of
Sullivans marital troubles need not be
repeated.
FITzsIMMONs GREW WEARY.
After Robert Fitzsmmons had become
famous as "a fighter and grown rich at
his calling he tired of the plain woman
he had welded in the old country, and
he divorced her. In his case it cannot be
said that he made grave mistake. for
the wife did not fare badly, and there
was evidently little love between the two
The second marriage Of the Cornishman
was not a failure. He welded lovely |
girl-Rose Julian, and there is today no
happier family In the world than that of
Fitzsimmons. Bob is devoted to his wife |
and their children, and is altogether
model husband-but the fact remains that
the first wife lost favor in his eyes when
fortune smiled upon him.
AND CORBETT ALSO
Tt was not long after James J. Corbett
had wrested the championship from John /,
L. Sullivan that rumors became rife of !
disagreement in the Corbett household.