Show I VALE FITZSIMMONS i The fighting career of old Bob Fitzsimmons c closed close d Philadelphia in-Philadelphia i the other night A little tap tapon on th the e I chin chiq was a all that was necessary The man who ha hadt had d t I been all iron limped and shambled into the ring r I the pi pity y of all who saw him and went down i in inI n t j I final ec eclipse ipse c He entered the ring in New Zealand to try t to o win twin a watch which J Jem em Mace who was making a s 1 boxing tour through the Austral country offe offered ed A r the best boxer Bob entered knocked everything g i i body out and won the watch A year later late r Mace d ace offered another watch and this time Bob Bo had 1 A to whip five men in one night to win In the five was vas included Herbert Slade the great Maori r c Then for a long time he lie defeated everybody that 7 went up against him Crawford in three rounds Slavin in seven rounds Starlight in eight rounds Cooper in three rounds Murphy in eight rounds in two rounds in three round Shadow in four rounds Conway Ii in two rounds West Vest Westin in one round Frank in two rounds Riddle in four rounds Eager in hi three rounds Ellis in three rounds and anda a a long list besides Now he is but a pitiable wreck He was a natural prizefighter He had all ll the thet t characteristics of a wild animal and in some respects r r f His lion his companion of a Wild beast making a companioni i was vas vas' most niost na natural tura We suspect he h had d a dim beli belief belief be- be li lief that in s some some me other reincarnation he had been a partner with that lion in ia the jungle only evolution had worked a little faster on him than on the lion but but not not so so very much faster He had no nerves not much sensibility just iron muscles muscles muscles' and low lOW lOWin intelligence intelligence in in- e and he fought as animals fight He Hei He i is still a young man counted just by years but h he is is old and gray gray and bent a limping exa example of comes comes of a useless animal life with life ith no purpose pur- pur pose ose higher than a bulldog no aspirations higher than a wolf 0 |