Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-09
FIGHTS Ind Fighters.
The Woman Who Predicted the
Big Fight Writes a Letter.

She Sends 1t to Bob Fitzsimmons,
Apologizing for the Trouble She
Caused Him-She Admits She Told
the Story to the Examiner Writer
Jack O'Brien in Trouble Because Of
His Teeth--Other Bits Of Fighting
News.
The woman friend who told JEFF
fries's fortune with the cards and I'M
Willingly got JeHries, Fitzsimmons and
w. w. Naughton into trouble, comes
forward now with a letter of explana-
ton that is interesting. She wrote ais
follows to Eitz, explaining how Mr.
Naughton learned that the fight was to
be a fake:
Hotel Savoy, San Francisco, Aug 1.
MI Robert Fitzsimmons, California
Hotel, San Franclsco:
Dear Sir: Kindly accept this letter
as an explanation of the SO much
talked of .eight-round" fake story:
While having little afternoon Eat
home" at Hardin Springs, and as
pastime to entertain my guests. I, told
fortunes by cards, and among the
many was Mr. Jim Jeffries While-cut-
ting the cards the eight of clubs fell to
the floor. That card, in my way of
fortune telling, means tout of trouhle,''
and laughingly said: ..Well, Mr. Jim,
that card means 'out Of trouble;;' in the
eighth round you will win the battle.
Each one of the 200 guests was told Of
the eight Of clubs and all said, 1--WE
will keep tab Sure enough it came
as I said.
! am so sorry that that jolly after
noon of innocent sport should have
turned out as it has, and I assure you
that / am sore at heart to think that
am the cause of your unfortunate posi-
ton. My own feelings are deeply
touched, as feel have done both you
and Mr. Jim Jeffries an innocent wrong
But let us hope everything will turn
out all right Do not be hard on the
Examiner crowd. While they make
some mistakes-''we all dor-they do
lot of good and are ever the friend of
the poor and unfortunate. Believe me,
most cordially. ISABELLE HALL.
The foregoing letter explains every
thing. By lucky guess Mrs Hall told
when the contest would end. Fitzsim-
mons very nearly ruined her guess, as
onds before the close of the eighth
round. The blows he received in the
body made him helpless and like a
wise man he refrained from attempting
to pro1ong the battle. The matter has
now passed into ring history
Young Peter Jackson who has been
anxiously awaiting for something to
turn up in his line. has, at last succeed
ed in inducing AL Weinig of Buffalo to
fight him twenty rounds at Portland,
Ore, the latter part Of this month.
For percentage Of the gate receipts
and side wager ofs$250 side Jack
Hamilton of Troy and Whitley Lester,
formerly of Philadelphia. fought a
slashing fifteen round bout at Schenec-
tady N. X, on Thursday night The.
battle was in private and the decision
was a draw.
The statement that, the Corbett-Mc-
Govern boxing match may not, after
ALL be carried to the point where it's
prevention by the courts may be pos
sible, but may be transferred to Mid
dletown, has been hailed with delight
by lovers of boxing in this city. For
| weeks there has been; a feeling that it
was a great mistake, looking at the
matter from the standpoint of the To-
cal lovers of athletics, to encourage the
holding of the match in this city, and
if the management of the championship
affair would but transfer the scene of
it's activities from New London to the
city on the Connecticut the sport low
ing public of this place would be more
than well pleased. New London Tele-
graph.
Jack O'Brien, who lately has been de-
MED that prominence in the lightweight
fighting arena to which his one time
prowesS seemed to entitle him, has
burst forth in the light that beats upon
the great But this time it is as fugi-
tive from civil action that the pugilist
is seen. Emulating the legal side-step-
ping of the equally celebrated Peter
Powers, he has declined to meet the
supreme court at a little meeting to ar
range articles for limited bout. His
manager, John Dougherty, has sued
O'Brien for 81 900 in cash, advanced at
various times and for various causes.
Chief among the latter was the ar
rangement of d dentists bill. 1T was
| a short while after the go with George
McFadden that O'Brien needed that
particular sum-" said Doughertys
G0uASS15 yeSLeEudy. lie WIS SlSuI
Mac had paid particular attention to
dental work himself during the fight
and there was a gap like the Mammoth
cave of Kentucky. Somehow every
time he got in the ring O'Brien would
| lose cargo Of ivory. His molars were
the loosest characters ever heard
about. As for Kid Mcfarland. that
was his favorite punch. O'Brien was
a hard hitter, but what he didn't know
about preserving his teeth would fill a
book. Some of the money went for
railroad fares and forfeits. Our next
| effort in locating Mr. O'Brien will be
an order to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt of court
| He possibly imagined that Judge
Greenhaum was only joking