The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-28
FITZ HARD At WORK
TRAINING FOR Fight
Enters With ZeSt Into His
Preparations.
QUARTERS WELL EQUIPPED
Cornishna1's Training Camp Supplied
With Every Kind Of Muscle-M Making
Machinery Draws First Blood
From Fitz in Lively Bout With Him.

NEW YORK Feb. 2S.-"Bob" Fitzsim-
mons is happy.
The notified Antipocean. with the sIen-
der underpinnings and the shoulders Of
Colossus. is again in harness, enjoying
a feast Of bag punching. club swinging.
boxing, and wrestling.
Having acquitted himself nobly as a
referee at Louisville. Fi,zsimmons re-
tdEned to his Bensonhurst domain on
Wednesday night, and yesterday began to
prepare for his coming argument with
James J. Jeffries. in which the heavy
weight championship Of the world and a
matter Of gate receipts are the stakes.
Fitzsimmons has located at Bay Twen-
tieth Street and Cropsey Avenue Bath
Beach, in a pavilion that during the
warm months is devoted to the charcoal
faced comedy artists with quips Of mediae-
wi times aud the stout-limbod song bird
with the thin voice, who pipes sad
Hearts and Il Hope He's an Angel Now"
From the pugiIistic viewpoint Fitzsim-
mons quarters are ideal. They are equip
ped with every conceivable muscle produc-
ing apparatus, and. moreover. are more
eommodious. than those Of the lesser
lights OF Fistiana-
Punching Bag Room.
One room is given entirely to mis- punch
ing bag. which is suspended from a porta-
BE steel tube frame. and is about twice
as fast IN action as the average bag.
SEhe walls Of another room are lined
Wifh dumb bells. swinging clubs, and vari-
ops styles Of weight machines. One end
OF this room is cleared for boxing bouts.
while the opposite end is covered with an
immense mattress fully twenty-five feet
square and about three inches in depth.
on which Fitzsimmons may wrestIe to his
hearts content.
On the floor above and connected by a
private stairway is a rubbing room. with
several comfortable cots, on which the
fighter may lie as he is kneaded and dried
by one Of his hard-wOrking trainers.
As yesterday was only the beginning
Fttzsimmons said he would not do much
work. but if the two hours he passed in
companionship with Gus Rubin is con
sfdered light by him, there viii surely be
need OF more Ruhlins before he gets into
action next May.
Alter stripped Fitzsimmons began TO
weight machines. and then twiTled about
bells and clubs for about ten minutes.
This was followed by session with the
punching bag. and for nearly a quarter OF
an hour he raped the innocent leather
oval mercilessly till its tattoo against the
drum Of the appliance sounded like q
plant OF agony.
Then Mr. Rubin entered on the scene
as FitZsimmOns' opponent in wrestling
bout The sturdy pair grRppied, and for
ten minutes rolled over and over on the
mat, their muscles standing out so tensely
they appeared ready TO burst as one OF
the other strove to pin the shoulders OF
his fellow 20 the floor.
Fitz's Nose Bleeds.
After this the two gladiators donned
the mitts. and. squaring of, had a lively
TIT that satisfied the spectators there
was no stimulation in the occasional vince
weIl-dIrected blow brought forth Fitz-
simmons several times shook up Rubin
with a stin whack on the head, and once
sent him staggering back with a left
thrust to the body. In return Ruhlin's
right managed to poke Fitzsimuons nose
with suHh convincing force thai the Grim
son spurted forth. This apparently tickleC
the lanky one, for later, with mock ear
negtness. he took Rubin TO task for be-
ing so fncOnsiderate-
When his grooming was over Fitzsim-
mons, with skin aglOw and eye sparkling
Joined his pretty wife and his rompine
children. who were waiting outside.
Il had a fine workout" he said, but
I'm only Just beginning Fine quarters
here, eh2 Wait till ! get my shields and
Ear mn Then vou-I see a real training