Show TWENTY YEARS AFTER FAMOUS BATTLE FITZSIMMONS SORRY JAMES J. J CORBETT HATES HIM 1 Ruby Robert May Become Evangelist Just Be Because use His Wife Wants Him to Talks It Over at Far End of Bar By E. E L. L M Moriarty By Special News Service j SAN FRANCISCO March 10 Bob Bob Fitzsimmons who twenty years ago this month won the heavy weight championship from Jim Corbett is approach approaching ing ins his latest contract with fear and trembling In fact Sir Robert is not sure that he can make weight For the first time in his hk life it may be necessary to drag the tho mighty Cornishman into the ring And nd theres there's a reason Bobs Bob's wife Is engaged In evangelistic work It appears sho she left lett the former champion because as she says Bobs Bob's friends had made mado a bar fly out of or him much to their domestic discomfort But after a twenty ono separation they are arc together to othor again and an all Is lovely lovel At Butto Mont where whet Mrs mons mon w was ws 8 en engaged ged In revival work Bob In a u. theatre across the street was publicly publicly pub pub- opposing her According to Mrs Fitz Hob Bob saw the light when ho reached Spokane Bob att attended his one of wife's meet meet- In ings s and before ho he left roso rose to state that ho he was stron strong for tor his wife believed she was doln doing a 0 GT great groat at work and that far tar b be It from him to remain a n. black sheep Mrs I Fits FItz thereupon called Bob handed him a Bible and all was well Forthwith It was WM announced that Bob wits was to become an nn evangelist and tho the press agents found tho the going easy I r i dont don't know much about this here evangelism business remarked Bob Just justl after ho he arrived h here rc But the tho wife to wants wante to get mo me mixed d up In It and you know when your our wife you OU to take tako a on anything But what do you say we use go down clown to the far end of the flue bloom bloomin In barroom and talk It I over Following which fug suggestion Roberts Robert's own X predictions 2 ns as to his ability to bat In Bill Sundays Sunday's league ml might ht lead lend one to doubt that the former Is peculiarly fitted to snatch brands from the burning During l stay In San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco he spent some time with his former enem enemy of the tho ring Tom From soup to nuts It watt wan a love feast and the two man wreckers of other days doyl fought their battle o over again But It I was with han hands s on shoulders rood good natured na- na word Jousts and awkward compliments i ments merits as alJ to tho the others other's prowess 8 I I 1 never knew know the man with wills such a ablo I bloody blo y big ch chest t as WI you had Tom said Mid Bob Faith and I was w afraid you OU wa was a goin to knock the tho head of or mo me off re replied replied replied re- re plied Tom You TV ere cere a bloomin hitter yourself Tom Fitzsimmons was as delighted lIghted l at nt the prospect of or meeting Jim Jeffries when he ho reached Los Angeles on his theatrical tour The man who took the championship away from holds a warm spot In the Cornishman's heart In fact tact there Is lEI only ono one man he over ever fought that isn't lInt regarded as a friend according to Fitz Jim Corbett hates me nue says Bob I 1 suppose RUPPle Tic be ac nev never r got over that day at Can Carson on City And how the bloom bloomin In time gets b by Its It's twenty years cars the of this month since me and Jim had that little business 8 Jim Corbett was wan the greatest box boxer r that ever lived d and Its It's too bad he ho hateR me like he ho doo does While In Portland Ore recently Fits Fitz simmons visited the grave of Jack Demp- Demp scy sey Fitz broke Dempsey Dempley hod bod body and spirit In their famous battle years cara ago aco but later they ther became becam fast sat friends frIend I lov 1 loved d little Jack Dempsey Demps said Fitz Fits And I cried real bloomin tears teara the tho other day day when I I tramped out In the snow and found poor Jacks Jack's tomb tomb- stone Ho He was the greatest middle weight that ever fiver lived sf j o r I L Ac-L i. i pp- pp II I I 4 j t w 0 Mr and Mrs Bob Fitzsimmons snapped in San Francisco where whore was seriously considering his wife's request that he hc become an evangelist |