Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-04
GRAPEFRUIT SENDS
TRAINER TO THIS CITY
Has Fought Ring Battles; May
Start Physical Culture
School Here


Kelley to Harrisburg. Now you base
ball fans will wonder who Cyclone"
Kelly is, but you forget that Harris
burg is almost big league in base
ball way and Kelly is the man behind
the scenes. the trainer whose duties
are right in the clubhouse and keeping
players in condition. And by the way
Kelly has had some job on his hands
with the Harrisburg team.
/ There have been broken legs, brok-
en- hands. cuts and bruises and sore
arms, but there Is no one quite as
willing as Kelly to lend a hand to
whip the Indians into gfihting form.
| But to get back to Kelly whose real
name is Frank ]. Kelly, born in Bos-
ton in 1875. For seven years Kelly
was the trainer of the Brooklyn Ma
! tionals, but this season at Daytona,
Fla, he took flight in an airship and
! while 500 feet in the air over the base
ball grounds he dropped a grapefruit
onto the Playing Field and Manager
Robinson, of the Brooklyn club, tried
to catch it. The grapefruit hit Robbie
on the breast and Knocked him plumb
to the ground, at the same time leav-
ing many marks upon Robbie's uni
form.
Had Revenge on Kelly
| At first Robbie took the matter as
a joke, but when the newspapers be-
gan to ride" him for the incident he
! took it out on Kelly and after the
opening series of the season in New
York he released the trainer to the
Newark club. Kelly came to Harris
burg when the Newark club was trans
! ferred here. Kelly says he was glad
! to get to Harrisburg and likes 1t so
l.. III lit e 90. II
lopening a businessmen's physical cul-
turea school. sh-
Kelly when 10 years old, studied
medicine in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in New York and later
he went to Kirksville, Mo-, where he
studied osteopathy for one year. Then
the lure of the prize ring hit him and
he took up boxing and as Cyclone
Kelly was we'll known in the ring.
In his record are two siX-round
draws with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien;
| a knockout in eleven rounds over
Bull McCarty, of Australia; a knock
out in thirteen rounds over Jim Daley,
the old sparring partner of James j.
Corbett. He had three fights with
Peter Maher, being knocked out in two
rounds at Madison Square Garden,
New York, and winning by the same in
one round a short time later.
In 1904 Kelly met Tommy Burns,
! but broke his hand in the fourth
round and the fight was stopped. He
also fought exhibitions with Kid
Mccoy when that great fighter was in
| his prime.
Takes Up Training
After finishing his ring career Kelly
became a trainer and handled Bob
Fitzsimmons for two years during
which time Fitz met Tom Sharkey,
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien at the ball
park in Philadelphia, Joe Choyinski
and many others. He went to the camp
of Jim Flynn and was with him for
his fights with Tommy Burns, Jack
Twin Sullivan, Sam Langford and Bill
Papke. Later he trained Tommy
Burns when he won the worlds cham
pionship by defeating Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien at Los Angeles. He
trained James ]. Jeffries for his fights
with Tom Sharkey and Jack Monroe
and was with Stanley Ketchell in his
fight with Jack Twin Sullivan. Kelly
was also in the camp of Jack Johnson
when the latter was just rising to the
heights, but did not stay with the
colored fighter very long. He was in
Battling" Nelson's camp when that
great little Dane defeated Joe Cans.
Also Swimming Instructor
In addition to his work in the prize
ring and with prize fighters Kelly has
been swimming instructor at Venice
! Cal, and he has trained football, bas-
ketball, track and hockey teams. He
was trainer at Carnegie Technical
school at Pittsburgh for one year, and
at Washington college at Los Angeles
and the Logan Agricultural school in
Utah. Last year he helped out with
the State College eleven during the
last few weeks fthe season.
kelly's work makes him a valua-
able man to have around baseball
club and his proposed enterprise In
providing gymnasium where busi-
ness and professional men may take
proper exercise and have proper baths
is eagerly awaited by many men OF
! this city,