The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-08
Robert Fitzsimmons Tells Men
How to Train.
TO Devote His Time to Making
Others Strong.
SPORTING EDITOR.
First Article Published I'm New
York Journal.
Don't Drink, Don't Smoke, Don't
Chew, He Writes.

New York, Sept. s.-A very busy man
IS Robert Fitzsimmons, the elongated
lknocker from the Antipodes. OF all the
men who have fought in the ring in this
country in recent years Fitzsimmons is
probably the most industrious. He is
mot quite so polished as Corbett, but he
makes good use Of the talents with which
nature has endowed him.
Out of the 100000 or so he has made
IN his fiStlc struggles Eitz has pur-
chased a fine home at Bensonhurst. In
addition to this investment he is about
to establish in Chicago a school for
physical culture. 1t win be an improve
ment on the similar institution conduct
ed by William Muldoon near this city.
Fitzsimmons will probably invest $25,-
600 in this venture. He may decide TO
live in Chicago permanently, but this IS
doubtful In fact, it is improbable that
Eitz viii leave New York, save for brief
periods, for today he attached himself
to the staff of the New York Journal,
and is expected to contribute generously
to the sporting columns of that news
paper.
FTTz FINDS a NEW JOB.
Fitzsimmons' first article, published
IS unusually interesting, and will be in
6tructive to young men who wish to be-
come athletes or normally healthy.
me great secret OF proper training
Fitzs sagelys is to use plenty of COM
mon sense Common sense in eating,
common sense in exercising, common
sense in sleeping, all form a combina-
ton that winds up in success.
One thing 1 want to impress upon
the young athlete is not to overdo the
thing at the start. This mistake has
been the undoing of many a youngster
who would have developed into a big.
storing athlete if he had not started with
wrong ideas of how to train.
Different persons need different work
"A frail, delicate boy can not stand as
vigorous work at first as a big, lusty
chap; and yet the little chap has just
as much chance as the big one, If he
only goes about things in the proper
manner.
Good health is the first essential of
an athlete. If one is not healthy, then
he must go about to build himself up
in this direction before starting on any
course of physical exercise This can
be done only by laying down certain
rules are very simple They are:
RULES OF HEALTH.
Don't drink
Don't smoke.
Don't chew.
Get all the sleep you can
Get all the pure, fresh air you can
Eat plain, wholesome food and lois
food.
stick to these rules and gradually
but surely you will find yourself get
ting stronger and stronger. Finally the
day viii come when you will never
know a sick moment. Then is the time
10 commence your exercising.
At this stage another duty presents
itself You must find out your weakest
physical points. These must be built
up so as to correspond with the rest of
your body. If your back is weak it
must be strengthened; if your arms,
your legs or your chest are weak you
must pay particular attention to these
parts until you feel that they are as
strong as the rest of your BODY.
ATHLETES NOT TOUGHS
After this has been accomplished. you
are fairly upon the road to the making
of a perfect physical man. Now comes
the daily routine Of regular training, and
don't forget that this routine must never
be oyerdone. 1t is just as harmful to
overtFatn-in fact, more harmful-than
1t is not to train at ALL You can find
out just how much exercise your system
can stand Then regulate your work ac-
cordingly.
Gradually, not all at once, must you
work your system up to the point where
1t is capable of standing the strain
which you want to place upon it,
Some boys and young men have an
idea that an athlete must be tough
This is all wrong, and it has been proven
time and again that the athlete. be he
runner, wrestler, boxer, or anything else
can best fit himself for manly sports if
he leads a clean. wholesome, good life.
And this can best be found amid
home SurrOundings.''