The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-05


boulevard away from the crowds, keep
ing in the shade Of the trees, where no..
body could recognize us. And on the
way Billy Brady unfolded his plan.
'Jim," he said, I'VE don't know
what tricks these fellows may have up
their sleeves, and we might as well.
spring something first and get them
guessing. l have Il corking scheme.
We can pull it off easy, and it's win
her.
Its all right, jim put in Delaney.
''Sufe winner said Brady, slapping
me ON the back.
| "Well,' l said, what is it?''
| Billy looked around to make sure
nobody was within hearing.
"Jim,'' he went on, confidence is
the thing that makes champion. AS
soon as any fighter loses confidence
he's a whipped man. Now, l know
you've got it," slapping me on the
back again, but SO has Fitzsimmons.
| We've got to shake his confidence, and
the rest will be like taking candy from
a baby. Now, here's the idea. Fitz-
simmons has never seen you stripped,
or he hasn't seen you for a long time.
He doesn't realize what he's up
against. He thinks he's going to fight
half baked dub who'll be scared to
death the moment Fitz puts UP his
| hands. See?
! you've got to shake his confidence
| just few minutes before the fight
It's got to be sudden shock to upset
man like Fitzsimmons. You must
show him your size first and your
strength and then let him see that you
don't care snap of your finger wheth-
er he's Fitzsimmons or some bum pre-
] liminary scrapper.
"Now, here's the way youres going
to do it. When you are stripped to
go into the ring and waiting for the
call you stretch out on the cot just
opposite the door in your dressing
room. Sprawl yourself out to look as
big as you can. Fitz's dressing room
is only few steps away. FL go to
his door and call Martin Julian out.
I'll get into a discussion with Julian
over the rules. We can't agree, and
I'll say, Damn it, get Fitz and come
into Jeffs room here and let Fitz set
tie it himself Fitz will be inside his
|
what I'm asking for. He's foxy
fellow, and it'll strike him all of sud-
den that this will be a good chance to
let you see him and scare you before
you get into the ring. He'll jump
right out and come with us. The min
ute he pops into your door his eyes
fall on you and he gets good look
at the size Of you. That's his first
shock. You just glance at him as If
you didn't take any interest in Fitz-
simmons at all. At the same time I'll
begin to claw at Fitz and argue about
the rules for all I'm worth. You
jump up from your cot, grab me by
the collar, throw me on my head in
the corner with a jerk Of your hand
and growl at Fitz, We'll, how do you
want to fight?' Then put your hand
on his shoulder as roughly as you can
and slam him up against the wall.'
We went back to the club.
1t all came off exactly the way Billy
Brady planned it. 1 stretched out on
the cot. Brady went out, and in a
minute he came back with Julian and
Fitzsimmons. I glanced at FitZ as II
I didn't know who he was and won
dered why he was butting in. Brady
got in front of Bob and began saying
81 want this thing settled before my
man goes into the ring. I want tc
know whether it's to be clean breaks
or hit in the breaks"
I almost had to laugh at the expires
sion on Fitzsimmons' face as he look
ed over Brady's head at me.
But I jumped up as if were dead
sore. grabbed Billy by the collar and
terked him toward the corner Of tho
room so hard that he spun around
two or three times and fell all ovel
himself.
''You talk too much" 1 said
"What've you got to say about it?''
Then turned to Fitzsimmons, and
looking as ugly as I could considering
how much I wanted to laugh, growl
ed, "Well, how do you want to fight?'
At the same moment l gave him {
shove and put all of my weight into it
so that he flew the whole length o.
the dressing room and nearly broke
through the partition at the end
could see Fitzsimmons' eyes pop out