Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-18
THE PUGILISTS.
kFeW Facts About Fitzsimmons'
 Deceased Wife.

Deceased Wife.
 l She Was One of Best Advisers in All His Battles-She Also Assisted Him in Training for a Battle-Two Bills
 for Boxing Introduced in New York.
 Apropos of the death of Bob Fitz- slmmons's. wife, the following in con nection with her demise will be inter- estlng: In the two days and. three nights she was ill the pugilist was de- voted in his attention to her, and when the attending physicians told him al most at midnight on Thursday there was only one hope, and that lay in the use of oxygen. Bob quickly started for drugstore at the Manhattan end of the bridge, the nearest place 1t could be obtained. He rode in the elevated train from Bath Beach. In Brooklyn he thought he could save time by going to the nearest hospital, but he could not get oxygen, and after this delay he set out on trolley car for the bridge, telling the motorman of his mission and the need of haste. At that hour of the night it was possible to make fast time, and the car made the quickest trip across the bridge on record. Fftzsimmons reached Perry's drug store and shouldered the tank of oxygen as though it was a suit of clothes. Then he resumed his feverish trip back to Bensonhurst, arriving at 1 80 o'clock. Then the patient showed only faint heart action. The patient responded to the influence of the oxy-s gen and spoke to her husband feebly from time to time until 6:3O, when she died. Mrs Fitzsimmons was an aero bat. and travelled with her brother, Martin Julian. When Fitzsimmons and his first wife were divorced Bob married Julian's sister and Julian mar ried the divorced wife. Funeral ser vices will be held at the Bensonhurst home on Sunday The Rev Charles E. Benedfctsof St James's Methodist Epis- copaT church will of1ciate.
 Mrs Fitzsimmons was great aid to the Cornishman. She invariably at tended his important fights, and her ad- vice helped him greatly in winning. Fitz always made her his confdante. He left most of his business transac- tions to her, and she carried out all his plans with wonderful executive ability. Fitz is very exacting in his diet and would not let an yOne other than his wife cook or superintend his meals when in training. Mrs Fitzsimmons was a spectator of the fight between Bob and Jim Jeffries at Coney Island. She occupied seat in FitZslmmons,s dressing room and saw the mill through a window. After the scrap. when F'itz was knocked out and had lost the championship she was the first to. console him. The blow which put Fitz to sleep was a hard one and he was still dazed when he came to his room Mrs Fitzsimmons gently bathed his temples. with cold water and, reas- sured herhusband between applications that all would be well. Don't worry, old man: I'll ask Jeffries myself to give you another fight,' she said. Her words had a, magical effect. Fitz pulled himself together and was soon in good spirits again. Mrs Fitzsiin- mons was also. conspincous at the fight between Fitz and Jim Corbett. She coached and advised Bob, and her pres ence had a great deal to do with mak- ing Bob win. When Fitz was bleeding profusely in that fight she told him not to mind 1t. Don't try for the head, she crieds Init him in the body" Bob did so and knocked 'tPompadour Jim' out A familiar sight at Bath Beach and other places was Mrs Fitzsimmons with one of the little children driving fast horse to, a buggy and pacing her husband on his road spins for wind. She was g good horsewoman and made just the right pace for Bob over the roads. Mrs Fitzsimmons was 34 years old and. had been married to the ex- champion nine years. She leaves three children. Robert, IT, years old; Mar tin, 5, and Rose, A.
 Albany. "A pril IS. The hopes of the supporters of boxing in this state were raised yesterday by the action of the senate codes committee in reporting for consideration Senator Frawley's two boxing bills. One is for profes- sional sparring matches to be1held by licensed clubs under the jurisdiction, of state boxing commission to be ap- pointed by the governor, and which is to have charge of all fights. The com mission is to issue permits for fights and to see that a certain percentage of the gross receipts are paid into the state treasury. A few months ago, after it's introduction, Senator Frawley announced that he had abandoned this bill as he had introduced it under misapprehension. The second bill au- thorizes, the Amateur Athletic union to conduct boxing matches between anna lures with eight-ounce gloves, the bouts not to be of more than fifteen l minutes duration. The prizes are to be medals or other considerations other l than money. Senator Elsberg was re corded as dissenting from making any 1 kind of a report.
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 l ITHACA, N. Y., April 1S.-A com I mittee of the IDterlaka Yachting as-