Show FITZSIMMONS HARD HARDUP HARDUP HARDUP UP HOW GRAFTERS HAVE WORKED HIM HIMA A few years ago it was believed that Bob Fitzsimmons had an independent fortune from which nobody could separate separate separate sepa sepa- rate him It appears now that he is almost on the rocks JI The half million million million mil mil- lion dollars which Jie is believed to have made in his long career has dwindled dwin dIed through unfortunate theatrical ventures and through the machinations of persons whom he counted a as friends When he was fighting he made good goodmoney goodmoney goodmoney money and his appearances on the stage immediately following his most niost successful successful success success- ful pugilistic encounters netted him well For Tor a a. lengthy period he received as 8 high as 1500 a week for appearing with some pome theatrical companies Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body thought he was in financial straits when he attempted the go with Johnson in Philadelphia recently but it has been learned that George has attached attached at at- attached the 2000 he ho got after that sad exhibition following a judgment of which he had obtained against the gladiator A friend said today that r Fitz Titz hasn't a thing thine in in the world save savo the he proceeds from the little truck farm which he is is renting out at N N. NY Y The way way in wh which ch the fighter was was a shame Once on a railroad rail road train he was asked to play a certain certain tam tain man mans man's s 's hand hand four four aces He Re immediately immediately imme imme- wanted to bet his own money and the others let him His opponent who had a straight flush took a tremendous tremendous tree tre tre- tre big wad from him Another time ime some men got got into him good one of them posing as Collis' Collis P. P Huntin Hunt- Hunt in ington on After Alter turning their heir little trick JJ ast d titz itz to back Huntington come in n his hia private car the last one on the train Fitz Fits went back and nearly had hada a fight with the conductor conductor it it was a private car all right but not Hunting Hunting- tons ion sIf s If all the men that owe money to Fitzsimmons would come up now and make good Bob w would would- uld be be- beon on Easy street for the rest of ot his his' days But they wont Grafter Grafters doj aOI t do things that wG way In the first place F Fitz tz was was frequently trimmed by his managers Some of them gave him only a k part of his win win- thugs dings Others stole stol the money outright and ran away Clubs and refused refused refused re re- re- re fused to pay purses that he won In New Orleans he fought Jim Hall for a purse He He- knocked Hall out The club and all that that Fitz got for the battle was a worthless check The Washington Sporting club has on paying paring the purse for this last desperate fight with Johnson At Carson where he beat Jim Corbett Fitzsimmons left his camp after the ther r fight actually in debt He Ho didn't get the purse H He we went t into partnership partnership part part- with Dan Stuart and the fight lost money A California millionaire and politician went to Fitzsimmons in in- ina a hurry a couple cpu con cou- pie Ele of years ag ago a and asked 8 l ed for a hurried loan ian of 2000 H He explained that he had just come in in from Europe had a apart party part of friends to to entertain and was unable to get the mone money here quickly enough for his p purpose Fitz hustled out and raised the sum The 1 Major never returned a cent Another California acquaintance made Fitz a friendly visit a short time ago and went away with which he borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed to take him on a trip to Chicago This man has money too but he never thought of repaying repaying- the loan Fitz has always been the easy mark for these grafters Another factor in the case is that he thinks he is an actor He has sunk thousands of dollars in the last few year year ange angeling ing his o own on n companies His Ilis is Broadway friends have been affected affected affected af af- af- af b by the stories of his financial plight light and are arranging to give a b benet bene bene- ne E fit t to set the former prize ring hero on his feet so he wont won't suffer in ll his s declining declining declining ing years He is about 50 years old If they do raise any money moner for him they will win put it where he can cant can't t waste it as he has wasted what he has had in the past |