Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-09
Fight Fans Wonder What the
Outcome Of the Fight
Will Be-
HAS FITz THE ENDURANCE +?
Can He Stand the Strain OF Gard.
ner's Whirwind Rushes for
Many Rounds

on Wednesday evening. the 18th Of this
month. under the management Of the Yo-
semitic club Of San Francisco, Robert
FitzsImmons and George Gardner will
battle for the light heavyweight cham
pionshp Of the world, This should he the
flercest fight of the year 1t will show
whether or not Fit2, the grand old man Of
the rng.-and being only 40 he is not so
old as some people thlnk-is as good as
ever or has started on the downward
grade in his profession.
Gardner is young and strong and, up.
less Fitzsimmons himself should furnish
the exception. is the best fighter OF his
weight in the world, lie has fierce
forceful style OF fighting, bearing his rival
down with furious, ceaseless batterlng,
always plunglng in, never giving the other
man a chance to set or rest,
This Is the way that Gardner beat Kid
Garter. In his several fights with the
blond scrapper from BROOKLYN, Gardner
has always pursued the same tactics and
always with the same success. IT Is sai1
that Gardner always beat his man I'm the
second meeting, ard always with case,
no matter how hard Il fight the FIRST ono
was
This shows Gardner to be a student In
the first battle he learns an that his rival
knows and finds block and counter
Tor each ana every blow. lie has never
fought Fitz. and, even II he had. there IS
a doubt that he would fathom the depths
Of the most cunning lighter the ring has
I'm his fights with Carter, Gardner has
forced his way 80 steadily that Garter
never had chance to set himself ior mat
terrible knockout punch for which he Is
famous.
When he fought Root In Buffalo last
spring Gardner did the same thing CON
tinually forcing Root to give ground, pill
ing up against him, driving in blow after
Mow without n seconds rest from gong
to gong He may do the same thing with
Fitssimmons and In that case Fitz may
not have the endurance necessary to
stand the strain.
that he likes d man who Will come TO
him and that he can knock out any man
IN the world who constantly carries the
battle to him. When Gardner attempts
TO smother Fitzsimmons IN a shower Oh
blows. as he surely Will, he may run into
some OF the blows that have been sam.
pled by Corbett. Sharkey, Rubin and
some II the other rushing lighters Of the
| past 10 years
Both lighters have many admirers IN
| Salt Lake Some pick Ftz 70 win because
| Of his cunning and terrible wallop, bu'
| even some Of his friends question his abll-
| ity to go the pace for more man II
| rounds. II he does not whip Gardner
| within that time. they think his chances
| will be pretty slim. Gardeners admirers
| remember how he bored into Jack ROOF
| during their fight at the salt Palace
| never giving him moments rest lie Was
| strong all the time, and Roots blows did
| not appear to shake him IN the least
| Gardner has supreme confidence In hi'
| ability to take care OF himself with Flt2
! Both men are working hard to get Il
shane FOR the encounter. but from Rec
Roberts training camp comes the story
that he is working like a Beaver 10 ge
down TO weight Some think he Will over
do the training stunt end be weakene'
when no gets m the ring TO face Gardner