The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

Coming up to the third; Hall. carried
out his avowed intent ton Of taking al
Fitz could give and giving him q. quick
quietus II he could. He fought furtously
but Fitz's cleyerness with his head cause
shoulders q lot and to be soon pumped
utterly. Neither could do much damage.
but Hall got awfully groggy nothing
but his level head saved him. He kept
his long left poking out or came In with
his forearm across Fft2's throat. and 30
was just able TO- last the round. recover
In a good left to the mouth and a hard
right on the jaw that shook Fitz up bad
just On the orne
"very busy indeed were both meme
attendants during the minute spell, and
they came up middling well for round
four. .Ftzsimmons looked very confident
tagonist. He tented with his left TO
draw Hall and laid his jaw bare for one
second. Rising on his toes, Hall brought
the right smashing across, kissing through
his teeth like a Blacksmith welding hot
iron. The blow dropped with all his
weight on Fits jaw just above The
~oonqueror's legs as the impetus carried
him on. Right on his back he rolled
and lay screwing up his face.
A'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten-out,' said Mr.. Jack Cow
land, the timekeeper, n 1t was all over.
The seconds dragged Fitz to his corner.
but he slid OF his chair again and even
when he was taken to the dressing room
he did not know where he was. Mr.. A. j.
Hales was referee and the arrangements
were In perfect order. 49,.
Hall was o wonderfully clever pugilist
and IL he had trained faithfully for all Of
his great. fights he would have been al
man who was q good judge of fighters
If you will only train we'll and fight
honestly you will be champion of the
worldl' But Hall would do neither and
50 fell by the wayside. He Is now a
physical wreck, hanging around In Chicago
without a dollar.
The pugilist who took the greatest
chances Of them all by not training was
Jack McAufffe, the former lightweight
champion of the world. He openly ao-
knowledged to a friend recently that he
never did any real training for a battle
after he left the amateur ranks. Jack
general and depended more OIL these
qualities than on physical condition when
inside the ropes. He was in bad shape
when he fought Jem Carney Of England
a se~venty-four round draw at Revere
Beach, Boston. MoAuliffe knew at the
time that he was In no shape to tackle
the Britisher. but as the latter. refused to
the terrible gruellingU III order to save his
os When M %Insf&I fought English Jimmy
Carroll at the old California 4. G. he was
again out of condition. Dick Roche, his
hacker, had about SIS. 600 on the result
and saw no chance Of getting a dollar Of
1t back as he sat In Jacks corner disguised
at the champions helpless condition.
About the thirtieth round Roche turned
to several racetrack men and said:
I'm sell my entire interest in this fight
He's all in!"
There were no takers. but McAuliffe,
hearing Roche's offer. turned quickly and
roared:
Sell nothing. you old fool! I'm not
licked YETI In the ~forty-seventh round
'McAuliTe caught Carroll with q right
hand smash on the point Of the jaw and
scored a clean knockout.
The night before McAuliffe met Billy
Myer. the Streator Cyclone at New
sitting on the veranda Of the broken down
training quarters at Bay st. Louis.
Dick said McAulife. it's a fine night.
How would you like a nice cold bottle
of wine before you retire?'
Nonsense. Jack replied Roche.
Where could you get any wine in this
his chair and pulled a quart Of cham
nag ne from q concealed cooler. Roche
Jumped out of his seat as II shocked by
electricity.
You've been fooling mel" he yelled.
Come down and get on the scalesl III
bet ten thousand you're overweight.
Roche was wild with rage as they went
to the weighing machine. where, sure
enough. the lightweight champion wa
just ten pounds too heavy-l47X pounds.
-You can never get that OH! I'll 60
right to New Orleans and forfeitl' ex-
claimed Roche as he jumped around.
-We1l drink the wine, Dick said McAu-
life, and leave the rest to me. IN be at
weight, Then Jack. uncorked the wine
and drank 1t all, Roche protesting all the
time. The next morning Jack was up
bright and earlv.~ He ran, walked and
trotted many miles, and when he stepped
on the Olympic Clubs scales that after
noon he was just a hair under 1874 pounds.
required weight. That night he put
which he and Roche celebrated the vic
tory with more than one cold bottle.
When McAuliffe and Brooklyn Jimmy
Carroll went into training on the Pacific
Coast they -astonished ring followers by
their reckless methods Of getting into
condition. President Fulda Of the Cali
fornia A. C. wrote several letters to prom
inent Eastern sporting men asking them
confdentially for an explanation of the
70 as you please style Of training. Fulda
went on to state that this happy-go-
lucky pair never got out of bed before
noon, after which they took q pleasant
stroll for about a mile. On their return
to training quarters they ordered several
rounds of cocktails or q few small bottles.
Then they devoured a couple Of pounds
of beefsteak or a dozen chops. After
that there was another easy stroll, with
a few drinks Of whiskey OF beer. In
the afternoon they boxed a couple OF
rounds or punched the bag for perhaps
FIVE minutes, just to get up an appetite
for q big supper. Then the fighters spent
the whole night trying to find out which
could hold the most whiskey or ale. This
unheard Of style of training greatly
alarmed the California club officials and
caused the betting to be three and four
to one against each pugilist. This was
the time that McAulife stopped English
Jimmy Carroll, while Brooklyn Jimmy
Carroll beat Australian Billy Smith.
Probably because OF .overconfidence
Ftxsimmons did not train hard for his
first mill with Jefries. Two weeks be,
fore they met al Coney Island several
friends paid q visit to Fitz at Bath Beach.
They arrived there at II o'clock in the
morning and we're informed that Robert
had not come down stairs yet Soon
the Cornishman appeared. and as he was
always hospitable he got out a bottle Of
old Kentucky treated his friends and took