Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18
F|Tz LISTENS TO
HIMSELF TALK.
SorreI Topped Warrior Enjoys
Quite a Conversation With
Himself.
THAT SHOWS THAT HE'S GAME.
Before Leaving New York Robert Ex-
Planned What lie was Going 10
Do 10 one Jack O'Bricn.

4 New York sporting writer who
signs himself Left Cross hands cut
the following interesting item about one
Robert Fitssmmons. Those who saw f1tz
train 60 at Lagoon and heard his liuo
OF talk, win thoroughly appreciate this'
Robert Fitzsimmons, who won the
heavyweight championship from jim
Corhett. was tossing silver colus 70 the
ncwsboys on the corner OF Broadway and
Forty-sccord street and talking to him
self
"Whcrc are you going, Robert" h.
asked, and then answered himself: you
are going to Frisco Robert. You are go
Ing 10 frisco to knock the blooming cad
OF Jack O'Brien, That's wnere you're
going, ROBERT
You've pecu IN Frisco before And
wnen YOU leave New YORK won theiu
be slgh OF rcuet u-Eong up from me
threats OF Richard Mausntid, Arno!d
Day ana Jonu Drew? incm Br, adwaN
hamiaucls were aWaEs J,alouS o. Nuu
Runtrt. luu can bet they % be- gldd ma
YOU have giScu up the stage You hau II
on tAem guys, Inc people are not cdu-
Gated rgul They know % great ilgutcr
whCn they see one. Iney know you we're
q great lighter But tncy are too dumb
to know You were a great actor Ana
only been misunderstood that's all
'Sut you're young yet aud youh snow
them. hes, you're young ana your hair
90 vou remember the first time you
hit Frisco You came over from Aus
tralia, oud Ike 10 be an American,
Robert but the burr on your tongue
gives you away But don't tell any one.
on get moro at the box office II you &c
an American. Not that you care for
money. Robert Won don't care any
more for 3 penny than Tammany dec
for Its graft
~ on were bit different when YOU
came over You wore four pairs OF
pants, an you had, because you wero
AFRAID Pacific pirates might board the
steamer ana ron YOU, va had a all
student brand. y Ou didn't look Ike q
ugnter NJbopdy took you tJr one.
And when you buttcd INTO the CALI
lornia club and told them mat YOU We're
andy ustler with your ands, ihey
gave you the curled Zip. But you knew
YOU had the goods,
Then for Joke they took you around
town and showed yDu on. You were a
funny looking proposition then. you
haven't outgrOwn much OF II since. Ana
they took .ou TO see Il scrap IN whlch
| Charley Mccarthy. the hcnVywe ght
| champion OF the coast, was to figlre.
"1ne guy that was TO gO on WITH Nc
| Carthy got cold feet and didn't show.
on were there though, Robert and you
said you would go on with their cham
| piou
- men they gave you the laugh for fair,
| II was SO good that they introduced you
| to the crowd, plug Id pink wnskers ana
| all II the crowu couldn't have night
| IL could have some fun, and when II was
| told that II might either have It's money
! back or see Mccarthy tie few crngies
IN your scrawly anatomy, II jumped a'
| you,
when they staked you TO suit and
| YOU stood stripped In the ring, You d.dn
| look much more like scrap maternal than
| you did IN the high bonnet and the tours
| Mccarthy told you he dldnt want L
| commit murder and that you needn't he
| AFRAID, he'd only tap you. And, RQbeI t.
| YOU came back 80 nlm with, You II n
| ard as you can, Fl m going to IL YOU,
And then you knocked Mccarthy deal
| with that leit shift TO the MIDDLE ana
| i risco woke up TO you.
You're Just as good now Robert ANA
| you're going 10 show this lad OBlen
! more about tighting than ne over thought
/ Oh, aren't You. Rohort2 Of course you
are. And you're going TO bet 500 ON
| yourself. What's a title Of 5000 10 YOU
| with all the money ylu made with your
| show You've got 5000 haven't You
| Robert? Bet your llfe. You dropped 80,
ou In copper last winter, but that didn
! cripple you any. -
Look at your watch. It's time. 10
con that rattler say dada to New
York now and you're of Tor the coast