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Show iHTZ IS READY TO QUIT; WOULD START A SCHOOL And now Fltxslmmons plans to quit the . prise ring. Well, if any one has earned the right to retire, it's your Uncle Rob-. Rob-. ert Fits has been scrapping since Methuselah Me-thuselah used to attend the fistic games. , and In the days of old Heliogabalus, the ' prize sport of ancient Rome, Bob was no green youngster then. Fits with Mrs. Fits, his lion, tigers, leopards, and a few other trinkets like boa constrictors and elephants and things. Is now in Cincinnati doing "A Fight for Love" at popular box office prices. He declares that unless some of the big fellows get busy and accept hie challenge he will pass up the squared circle for good and will start a big training school like Billy Muldoon'a farm. Fits puts his views In words. Here is the Cornish-man's Cornish-man's letter to the sporting editor of Ths Telegram: "Dear Sir: A number of my well-wishing friends have suggested to me the propriety pro-priety and wisdom of organising a stock company, with a view of purchasing a tract of iand near New York City and erecting thereon commodious buildings for the purpose of teaching physical culture. cul-ture. "The proposition has been presented to me In such a practical way that I cannot help but believe that such an undertaking would be a great success. It would be something after the style of William Muldoon's Mul-doon's institution. I want the affair so organised and conducted that no one interested in-terested in it can lose anything. It must be chartered and organized in accordance, with law and conducted in a businesslike business-like way. "In a word, a very close friend of mine, a gentleman well qualified to look after all of the legal features of the undertaking, underta-king, has kindly consented to take the matter in charge and give it his beet efforts. ef-forts. "I believe the proposed institution should be capitalised at about $200,000. Several of my friends have agreed to take stock, ranging from $300 to $20,000. "There is nfc doubt but what I can make the stock pay more than legal interest in-terest and leave a very nice surplus each year. "I know the Muldoon venture is a great monev-maker, and I am satisfied that 1 could make a similar investment twice as profitable. . "Before going into the matter fully I concluded to get your Judgment on it. Your favors of the past are not forgotten. "The ring. I feel sure, is rapidly losing Its popularity, and even though it were not. Time warns me to go into some other line of business. "I am gratlned to feel that my admirers were never more numerous, and it is very assuring to me to find them encouraging encour-aging me in mv efforts to maintain ny-self ny-self respectably, as well as take proper care of my home and all those that are near and dear to me." |