The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-24
F|TzS|MMONS HAS
GREAT RECORD
Fans Dope Him Out as the
Best AlI-ArOund
Fighter.
HIS GAMENESS WAS
HIS GREAT SUCCESS
Has Met More Tough Men Than
Any Boxer in History
of Sport.

II seems beyond all belief that man
could actively engage IN the game Of
fisticuffs for thirty straight years, but
such is tho record of Bob FitzsimmonS
VIII have established if he journeys to
Australia this fall, as he hopes, and
fights under tho banner of Hugh D.
Mcintosh When the fans start talk
ing about the greatest fighter who ever
lived - they wouldn :; he making Il
very gricvous error if they awarded The
palm 10 thc titian-tiutcd cN-blacksuuth.
During those thirty years he met more
tough mcu than any heavy or middle
weight who ever laced on n glove, not
even barring thc uubcItcn JctfricS. In
fact. he met practically all of the dan.
9nrous men left met, and several whom
he latter did not meet. II FitE doesn :
change his mind about going 10 Ans
traha in the meantime. IT. viii be has
first visit 20 the old home and tIrcSido
ia approximately twenty years. lc left
sydney in the spring OF 1890, @ua 1910
win not hc Ear distant when he again
sets foot on the old stamping grounds.
immediately before sailing for San
Francisco he Was beaten hy Jim Hall
i'm four rounds This bout has since
been discussed thousands of times hy
ihc boxing enthusiasts Of this country.
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affair. others that lfitz stopped and
r. has even been claimed that FiIz~lm.
mons admitted that ne 'laid down
hccausc t,. needed rho money. &c that
aS il may, none Of ms fights I'm this
country would give grounds for any
such charges lie has surely fought on
The Lowell while on American soil. has
won every time he could, and rs for
"ameueSs. few men have given NOR"
convincing proofs that they possessed /
true fighting courage than hc.
Close Slaves.
I'm New Orleans. the first imc he
fought NaLer Faythur hung hay max |
rr on his cbiu early I'm the fight that /
almost made Mahcr tickets worth a
hundred cents on the dollar Fliz had'I
AN imaginary view of every star IN the
heavens, and foxy Joe thovnskI. who.
with Jimmy Carroll aud NloN Greg
aauS. was behind him, did Il lot Of
srh"miug and quick thinking Ia staye
off defeat for his mau. He succeeded.
Tired and groggv as FitH WAS. he came
back and won, To win after being al,
most "u' requires two ihmgs-g"ncral
shiu and gaWruc~- i'm generous plcutl
iudc. The following wear, IN The same
town. FilI hooked up with Jim Han. 1
For hrcc rounds Hall gave him aS arts
lie trimming a. one uau could give
another. Martin Julian. who was man.
aoiug him, admitted ai the time that
ut looked awfully bad for Bob in the
third aud rarly ia tho fourth. Hall
seemed 10 have his number aud was
rcupcring him M will. And vet. al.
;houah he Was hcu9 severely punished.
T';lZ made Il game rally in the fourth
Hud put right swing 10 Hall 5 chm
lat scut him to the OstcrmoOr rs cold
as . wedge \ man with faint heart
rcvcr could have done ii. Hal! was
net novice bv any means. and besides
l'cinr Il clever hard-hIttlng boxer of
he first flight, he had scored ono vic
'OTy uNcr Fijz. TheV say that once YOU
mock man cut il i easy To do II tho
pcnui time. That Is once the theory
broke IN III" middle and would not
stand up. Hall had stopped Fitz in
Australia IN four rounds, so not to be
nutdonc in poliicuess by his fellow
couutryman, FiiZ returned the compli.
mcut at New Orleans, aud in The same
number Of rounds.
Could Stand Punishment.
y year latcr in Boston Fits courage
was pat 10 even a more severe test.
lie was boxing Joe ChOynski at the
Boston thcatcr. There arc many who
believe 10 this day that Choynski could
bit as hard as anybody in ring history
--Jetfrics, Maher, FitZsimmous or any
body else noted for hard punching. Fitz
IkHisclI Is ono WHO tHltll&lNS IUlS nc
lief. and il is not without grounds,
Joe had an awkward punch that was
uscd by a few boxers. hard TO block
aud of terrible force. lie had the
linack of dropping il down when least
expected, and il generally had the label
turn the oas' pasted on It when il
landed fairly.
1t was full-arm, downward swing
with the right for the nose or Jaw. gen
orally a counter. He would wait for
You TO lead for his face with a straight
ieft or a left hook, preferably the lat
FER He would let YOU 90 along Il few.
times, when suddenly. down il would
come with all his strength, plump over
Your left lead and the right which Won
might have crooked on your chest using
rs a guard As the blow descended.
and with great speed. the guard was
of no avail. The only drawback TO the
punch was that he couldn Z time il well
or Judge distance carefully With it, be-
cause il was what would be called "A
wild punch. Ofteutimcs it landed
on the forehead or on top OF the head .
and its effectiveness was lost. He
dropped one on fitz : law in the first
round and it almost finished him. This
was the time Bob said he thought the
roof OF the building caved in on him
lie weathercd the storm, and by the
time the fifth round rolled around
Wh'H VIC pollcc ihI"IleTtd, FIiI was
winning. The decision given by Rof-
cree Capt. Bill Daily was . draw. At
Carson City Corbctt had Fitz in bad
way several times, but he won out in
the fourteenth Nobody who saw Fitz
box Rubin at the Garden ever will for
get the first round. Gus hammered him
all around the ring and had him so bad
at bell time that Bob couldn I protect
himself Both arms were hanging help
lcSsly at his side He looked a 30 Ia /
shot in this round. In the second Bob
came M smiling. fiddled awhile and
then put u left shift TO Rubin Is stom-
ncb that dropped him and practically
won the fight. In the third. fourth and
fifth he had everything his own way.
and in the sixth he knocked Gus out.
Anybody who SAYS Fiiz wasn't thor
ouqbly game doesu u know what he IS
talking about. lie proved his game.
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