The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-27
FitZ Real Patsy of the Arena
According to His Own Ideas
Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons has an

Ruby Robert" fitzsimmons has an
unlimited supply of fight years, and
neve tires tearing them off when in a
reminiscent mood. "Lanky Bob" re-
Gently entertained a coterie of friends
with a bunch of interesting sidelights
on some of his famous battles.
First I'll tell YOU about my battle
with Jack Jol,nson lin Philadelphia
said Fitz. "ssJolInson stopped me in the
second round, but / was a cripple at
the time and in mo shape to fight. L
twisted a muscle in my right arm
clinching with Joe Jeanette while
training for the johnson fight. A
physician tried to patch up the arm
by inserting a seton in the torn mus
Gle. hut it only made matters worse.
I could have postponed the mill. but I
picking and fought anyway. johnson
is a great fighter. but I think Peter
Jackson had it on him and could beat
him to d fragile.
Believes jeff Was Doped.
Il still think Jeffries was -'doped'
when he lost to johnson. 1 know I
Coney Island. My bottled water was
tempered with. 1. know the two men
who pulled the job: No. 1 won't tell
you their names. What's the use of
whining and kicking now? 1 learned
a long while ago hat it doesn't pay
to cry over split milk.
Il guess Ive taken the worst of it
financially than any mar who eve put
on a glove. Friends have robbed me.
relatives stuck me up until I'm al
most glad I'm nearly broke. 1t pro-
tects me from the leeches and shake
down gents who MIXED me dry in the
good old days.
John l.. Sullivan loves t. brag over
the fact that he made and spent ST.
600, 900 in twenty years. Well. I've
got Sully lashed to the mast in one
respect. l have made ten dollars for
every n Sullivan earned in the prize
ring, and also made every bit as much
as John L.. did IN the road. Where
has 1t all gone: Search me. Honest
~ l couldn't tell you. I've got a farm
Everybody helped themselves t. my
coin, managers, f1stic promoters. pic
ture showmen and other parasites who
have gone en- the theory that it was
unwise to let me nave more than
spending money at n one time.
Pictures Net Fabulous Sum.
People who ought to know tell me
that the CLrbett- Fitzsimmons fight
pictures drew over $4,000. OO0. All /
ever remember getting out of the
privilege was something like SIT. 900.
It's an old story the way they skinned
me out of that $4,000 purse for lick
ing Jim Hall. The fight failed to draw
a big gate. the club went to smash
and Ruby Robert was left to hold the
bag.
And say. don't overlook the fight
with Tom Sharkey when the referee
bet a ton of coin on the sailor and
disqualified me when l was all set to
send the fighting tar to dreamland.
Lovely billiards. Ell? Talk about kick.
in that old Ozark houn' aroun,' we'll,
believe me. they've all been bootin' old
Bob aroun' ever since he landed from
Australia.
Remember my fight with jeff when
I lost the championship? Oh, it was
great for everybody. but Fitz. l was
lose, or draw. Pictures. gate. and
everything that looked like real coin.
! got it good-where Isabella usually
wears her lovely, white shiny pearls.
They started off by doping old Bob;
then when it was time to count up the
coin. they said the picture machinery
went to smash n deducted $4,000
out of my share of the gate to defray
the expense of setting up the appar-
atus that didn't work. How can you
beat that? Why did I stand for it?
That's too long a story to go into now.
They just done me and done me good.
Recalls Fight With Choynski.
"Going back a little farther. remem-
Der my fight with Joe Choynski over
in Boston? We were to have boxed
six rounds. and the articles called for
a draw il both men were on their feet
at the end of the sixth. 1 knocked
Choynski out six different times in
rounds: the asst time hcxwas out
for thirty seconds. Why didn't the
referee count him out? 1 don't know.
He must have clicked off the seconds
with an h~ourglass..
John l.. Sullivan a at the ring.