The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-21
WILL NOT LAST
FIVE ROUNDS
This Is All the Time Allotted to
Gardner BY Fitzsimmons.
BOB ALREADY IN COA0lTl0R
WEIGHS ONLY 1e3 AND SAYS BE
CAN GO STILL LOWER.
BOB ALREADY IN COaDITloR

san Francisco, Cal. Nov. 20-Whcn Fitz
vas asked how Ions he expected the dght
with Gardner TO 80 he wrinkied up hIs
eyebrows and with a wink said not owe
five. he really thinks the bout viii end
in that number because only the day be.
lore a crowd Of sports were jOshirg Joe
Kennedy. who is boxing with Fitz. about
Beating an old man. and Joe let out blE
laugh. II he's an old man. I'D hate -
see one Of these young ones like him.
SAID Kennedy. de amt old; that's an
idea that some OF the fellows have. Let
me put you right He's there just as
strong as he ever was. and he tells me
that four or five rounds will be about all
that fellow into a few knots and Their
slip IN one that viii be curtains for fair
he for mine Gardner may be young
and strong and confident but FitZ is TOO.
foSk and experienced for him.
what's that2 Broken wiuded2 They
say mes broken WinQed. eh2 Well the
first week he trained here he punched
the bag eight round. took the Irish giant
over the hurdles for five and then went
five round with me. III he's broken wind
ca II would be great thing for some OF
tnose oteher fellows TO get that way. Ii
must be the real stuff. He has taken
care TO nurse the wind. and most all the
work he does around here now is or the
wind and tootwork plan. I've been here
TOT Two weeks now, and you just say for
m ethat Gardner won't go ten rounds"
With that Joe walked into the dressing
TO m 20 help Fltz dress for the after
10 u work.
The redtop had gone twelve miles over
the muddy roads in the morning. and had
Just come over from a sleep. He has the
punching bag set up in the middle of the
gym aSium and called his wife over TO
hold the watch. For eight rounds ne
punched that ball just as fast as any man
ever saw il punched at CrOlrs and then
called Joe Kennedy in for a tussle of six
rounds. The gloves F'itz uses while box
ing are big ones and must weigh at least
ten ounces The thumbs are well pad
qed and also the wrist, so that he is tax
ing no chance of hurting his hands on
kennedy or any OF the others who hap
pen to drop in for a bout. FitZ is forced
to go slow with Kennedy for a few days
now as he has his ribs in an awful con-
dlt1On from the continual tapping Joe
laid off yesterday on account Of the gait
put IS back IN the harness again, making
faces whenever. the freCkied fist lands
on the spot where his wind lies.
tItz read in the papers that Jack
o Brien had returned from England and
was looking for a fight with him. 'Well,
Just let those middleWeightS post fOrfeits
and when I'm through with Gardner I'll
attehd 10 them, said Fftz. 1t was my
intention all along to go after Ryan and
O'Brien after this right L don't see any
chance of getting COrbett, so 7 want that
mfddieweight title Strengthened out. I'll
make los pounds for any one of these
fellows. You saw me this morning weigh
l63, didn' you, Joe%, piped Fitz to Ken
nedy, who was standing near. by. Here
/ am over week before the fight tipping
the scales five pounds under the limit,
and los Is just as easy for me with q week
or so more to train j II put up 81 600 after
this fight TO call Ryan and O'BriCn and
we III see how anxious they are to fight"
FItZ then went into his shower room
and took some large dashes of salt show
ers which come direct from the bay fifty
feet away. Eddie Carney who is 10 ref
cree the fight. has ordered two sets of
gloves made in case of accident. He did
the same in the Corbett-Jeffries fight and
showed his wisdom there. as Jeif broke q
glove in the fourth round and had to re-
place it.