Show I FITZ SAYS GOOD BYE Lanky Bob Leaves For the Battle Ground FALLS IN WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AC-QUAINTANCE HERE Hickey Minds Fit mons Methods Meth-ods of the Two Gladiators The Cornishman Takes i the Sights I Pugilist Fitzsimmons shook the snow and mud of ZIon off his feet yesterday noon He and his party departed on I the 1233 Rio Grande train going directly di-rectly to Carson where Bob will commence com-mence training in earnest AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE The fighter took in the town in the I morning and evidently enjoyed the sights immensely Mr Hale of the Z i I C M I knew Bob in Australia I when fame had not thrown its mantle upon I j him He called upon his oldtime friend at the Templetpn in the morn II ing and invited him to visit the great mercantile institution Bob accepted the offer but not until he had played billiards with his trainers for an hour I or so The lobby of the hotel was well crowded with admirers of the pugilist and the coming battle was freely discussed I dis-cussed Dan Hickey formed the center of a group and was very emphatic inI I uln his assertions that his charge would I THINKS BOB IS A SURE WINNER I will advise my best friends to put their money on Bob he said I know both are confident of victory But I know them both and can judge of their relative merit and style of fighting I will wager any amount of money that I can go into the ring with Corbett today and he would not be able to hit me Now I know what I am I talking about and I a not boasting either In three or four weeks from I now Corbett will be in rood condition but he will be no match for Fitz Someone at this point asked Hickey how i was that he hit Lanky Bob so hard during the sparring exhibitions My instructions are to hit him as hard as I possibly can I I am able to knock him out I am at perfect liberty to do so Thatis the way I train him to look out for himself Bob tries not to hit me hard but I have no childs play Still when I am not able to stand the punishment any longer my contract expires CORBETTS TRAINING Now Corbett trains directly opposite i I oppo-site He instructs McVey not to hit j har Corbett is a soft man and cannot I can-not take the punishment Fitz Is capable capa-ble of undergoing I When Bob was through with his I I games of billiards he scanned the j mornings Herald i Say Shoemaker he exclaimed to I I his manager i says here I am not very handsome How is that I I BOBS JOKE Shoemaker smiled Well Ill bet 100 even or odds that Ill be the handsomest man of the two on the morning of March the 18th And there were inone present who Intimated a desire to accept the bet TAKES IN THE SIGHTS After visiting the Z C I I stores Fitzsimmons was shown the tabernacle and heard the grand organ which he greatly admired He was in the best of spirits and Joked and sported with his trainers like a wild school boy |