Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-07
Fitz and Ruhlin Training Hard for
Friday Nights Fight.
RUNNING And HARNESS RACES
Crack English Tennis Players in
Fine Form for Big Match.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

No glove contest arranged in New York
| for a long while has created much in
terest as the Fitzsimmons-Ruhlin bout
scheduled for Madison Square Garden next
Friday night. That the vast amphitheater
will be taxed to its utmost capacity IS as
sured, even though the price for a seat
high up in the gallery will cost twice as
much as choice seat at the opera. There
are now accommodations for $4,000 in the
| garden. with space that can be utilized for
many more.
| Within easy access of the great fstfc bat
| tie of Friday night the two men weeks ago
| pitched their tents and established their
training camps. Fitzsimmons at Bergen
Beach and Rubin at Bath Beach have
trained like as though their very lives de-
pended upon the outcome. and they do to
a great extent. To the lanky Australian
defeat means his RELOCATION to the ranks
of the fighters that used to be, for two de-
| feats sound the death knell of the cham
notwithstanding boxer. The old lion of the
ring has tasted of the sweets Of champion
ship and the pile of money that goes with
| the title, and he is anxious to once more
wear the crown that the giant from the
Golden Gate took from him.
Fits camp Is a veritable beehive of ac-
tivity. The man who held two champion
ships at the one time and introduced to the
world the solar pleXuS form of cOnquering
an antagonist trains from the rise of the
sun to dusk. With the fight only four days
off there is signs of a let up in the
preparations of Fitzsimmons. His training
methods are original He does all sorts of
work, from Telling trees to hOrSeShoefng.
and in the long runs he takes to strengthen
his wind he kills off his small army of
trainers, who are left along the road gasp
ing for breath.
Yesterday was an eventful one with Fitz.
He got up early and was off for a rum
accompanied by jeff Thorne, and after his
return to his camp was rubbed down while
awaiting the preparation of his breakfast.
| Mrs. Fitzsimmons, who cheered the con-
querer of Corbett on to victory at Carson
and consoled him when big Jeffries thumped
him into a temporary state of unconscious
ness at Coney Island superintends the
| preparation of her husbands meals He
eats much wholesome food and generally
rests long enough to allow his meals to di-
gest before resuming his training.
A blacksmith shop has been erected In
| his quarters and he turns out dozens Of
hoof gears daily. He delights to shoe
| horses and the farmers in the vicinity have
been enjoying harvest. for the big fighter
shoes their horses free of charge Yester-
day he attached twenty bits Of steel to as
many hoofs of healthy nags owned by
| tillers of the soil. Fitzsimmons arm is
rounding into form. and Bob feels sure that
the member will be as strong as 1t ever
| was on Friday night.
An army of photographers from news
papers throughout the country visited his
camp daily. Fftz treated them cordially,
but refused to stop his work to pose for
them. Snap all the pictures you want. he
said, but l have a job on my hands and
l must be in good condition to perform 1t.
over at Bath Beach Rubin Is just as
active. He does not shoe horses. but oc-
cupes his time in the regular form, fol-
lowing the rules laid down by his manager
and trainer. Billy Madden. He rides the
bicycle. takes long runs. boxes and roughs
1t with Corbett and Charley Goff, a clever
middle Weight He is already in the best
of condition and will enter the ring fit to
fight for a throne. He Is very quiet fell
low and refuses to talk much about him
self He only says that he thinks he will
win. and that Madden would not have
made the match If he expected reversal
Betting men have already begun to lay
their money on their favorite. As yet very
few big wagers have been recorded. but
1t Is expected that money will be plentiful
at the rlngside. AT present even money
prevails, and 1t is the opinion of veteran
followers of the ring that all money will
be laid even when the men enter the arena,
and that 1t will be matter of back your
choice, putting up equal amount against
the other fellows.