New Britain herald., 1917-10-29
MEMORIAL SERVICE IN FITZ'S MEMORY
Jim Corbett Chief Speaker at St.
 Stephens Episcopal Church

New York, oct. 29.-Memorial ser vices for Bob Fitzsi,nmons, the ex- prize ring champion. were held yes- terday afternoon at the Frank Camp bell Funeral Chapel, and the affair. attracted a crowd of about five hun dred persons, among whom were several women. For the most part those who crcpt mutcly into the little chapel were a hard-faced, glossy eyed lot, while a number bore the battle sacred traces of the squared circle. 1 All were not fight fans, of course, and scattered here and there were l movie actors, amatur boxers. billiard players, tennis players, golfers, fight promoters and lot of Bobs frlenda from New Jersey. The services were ! conducted by the Rev. Dr. Nathan A. | Seagle of St Stephens Episco opal church. and he subsequently dlivered an appropriate obsequial panegyric. 1 Praise From Gentleman Jim. Jim Corbett was scheduled for speech, and he came and delivered his ] tribute to his dead conqueror. He as- serted that there never was better ! or pluckier or cleaner fighter, and to l be beaten by him was an honor. As. Corbett stepped off the little stand he l said: May the Lord have mercy on | his soul'
 CI | clned to give Jim the hand. but when they were about to applaud they re- membered that they were in churchs and not at the ringsdc and the noise dropped.
 Corbett waa followed by Dr. John Hendricks, of Dunellen, N. J.,, an old friend of the pugilistic hero. He said that the great secret of F'itzs success sprang from his love for Rose Julian. 1 ic 1oI hQf oh was mainly responsible for his victory over Corbett. As he reached this point a strong necked veteran, with bulged , ears and other marks of boxing fame. } whispered to a friend of his, Oats right; she told Bob to hit Jim in dc slats, and Bob, taking her tip, landed : de solar plexus an sint Jim to sleep
 Although Bob was fighter. the doctor said, he had a soft heart for mankind, like all good big men. Yet when aroused Bob possessed the real temper of the prizefighter, and in a polished way the speaker rendered the
 old adage that the race that's good
 for loving is also good for fighting v
 The Rev. Dr. Seagle found text
 from the preccpts of St. John the Di-
 vine in the quotation that righteous
 ness must conquer. and that, as F,ltz
 was a clean, honest man, his profess
 sion was no sin His good in life, Dr.
 Sea gle said, was that he gave thy
 boys a type of hero and aroused the
 right kind of spirit of emulation.
 Kid Mcfarland on Hand.
 Outside of Corbett, the most notable
 fighter cher was Kid Mcfarland, and
 fighter there was Kid Hunlphries, Sam
 Fitzpatrick, Dr. Joseph B. Knipe, the
 ex-amateur heavyweight champion.
 w. H. Recap, the famous referee and
 timekeeper, and G. M. Lawrence, an 7, Australian fight manager.
 . Old timers in an athletic way inI , cluded Frank Fullgraff. of the New D York A. C., an amateur boxer of a couple of generations ago, and Dick l. Schell, the manager of the old Man
 haitian A. C., when the club was on the same site as Sherry's. Pete Golden. the old siy-day walker. sat in front
 of Jim Daily. who acted as sparring 2 partner to Fitz and sometimes to Cor
 bett. A large photo of the dead champion in his typical fighting pose was draped behind the speakers.