The evening world., 1905-12-22


Robert Fitzsimmons will start an.
other fad In the boxing line. For a
wnile all OF the aspiring and p,rspirins
h~eavywtights vii want to be fast and
clever, Ike O'Brien, whose jumping
Jack tactics kept Fitz moving so fast
tlat his stomach went back on him,
These changes come periodically. In
the timetsof John L, sullivan nearly
every heavyweight tried to night Just
like John, With q paving left hand and
q smashinPyright swing that did busl-
ness every time Il landed, but only
landed whel II happened that the other
fellow forgot to get cut Of the way,
Jim Cor5etts clererDess In the aght
THAI ended SulliyAn's winning streak
caught the fancy OF the sporting word
In a wc<i: all Of the lighters had
dropped the right swing idea and were
trying to be as fast and fancy as the
sha6owy James.
S7HAT fad lasted until 1891. when Cor
bott met a better man In Fltz-
simmons at Carson. Then the wal
Top h3d All inning. Fitz was the idol Of
the fgftfnk men. What he did was ex-
actly right, Cleverness and snowy box
ing lken corbett's went on the auction
eounteravwith no one to bid for 1t.
People talked about Fitzslmmons's
wonderful kpack Of making every move
e~ffective-and 1t was wonderful as long
as his strength and vitality backed his
punches.
but Jeffries came along with his
ulUOn nnla nf a lgff a Vpt arasanIHpU O..
far over that his mid section was
hidden from sight. He beat Fitz, All
the ho3vtes, and most OF the little fel-
lows, Foobbegan 10 curi themselves into
bow-kpotS In imitation OF Jenries, The
idea hiied the land that the heavy
weight champion must be a huge, pom
erous punching machine, with a heavy
frame and a bony jaw. NJ to stop a
l2-inch shell, The blttleship type OF
fighter came into fashion, Promoters
secured The land for Munroes and Kauf-
mannsy Weekses and other milling
giants.
Tut now that Jumping Jack O'Brien
r. has beaten Fitz there will be a
hopping and a skipping such as
the poor old ring has never seen before
Heavyweights, with stocky legs, will tr
to hop up into the air like j~ack.rabbits.
Thin-legged fighters will train their
spidery underpinning to knitting needles
with earnest practice Of o'Brien's
manifold sidesteps. All sorts Of fighters
will raise the rosindust while trying to
b IN every part Of the ring at once
a thing possible only to o'Brien and the
Deity.
There will be swift jabbing and iya-
way sldestepping until your brain
whirls. Some OF the fighters, perhaps,
may master Philadelphia Jacks deft-
ness OF foot.
Then about the time that the pugllis-
Tic world is speed mad Jeffries will
wake up, climb into the ring again and
put on the mitts. JEFF can step some
hlnself Also he can wallop. Also
ne Is sun young and has a stomach that
taxes as kindly TO punching as II does
camp.
The next morning there will be an
other change In pugllistlc styles.
Luxury played an equal part with age
IN beating tttz. For two or three years
BOD has been living much In hotels
and cafes. He has drunk appetizers
before meals. eaten rich foods and fin
ished with a cordial. His stomach, al
ways accustomed to rougher fare, be-
came as tender al a m~agnAte'S AT the
end Of the thirteenth round Fitzsim-
mons's muscles were strong, but the
weak stomach put him out OF business.
The heat ard the exertion, with the
blood he had swallowed, made him sick,
Inc old Romans. WhPn Roma unq
going TO the dogs, used 10 eat several
banquets a day, taking emetics be.
tween Uaein, A man liked a dish OF
peacocks tongues. He stuffed himself,
lie took an emetic and stepped around
the corner In a moment he came back,
pale around the gills, but with an rach.
Ing void ready to be reflled. III bet
the ord Gracchi would have collapsed
after q solar plexus punch.
Prosperity and pugilism don't travel
In the same private car,