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Show BOB FITZSIMMONS DIED POOR Estimated He Made $250,000 in Ring, Besides $50,000 He Received From Moving Pictures. Improvidence sepms to be the rule among boxers, most of whom will not lay aside something for a rainy day. When Bob Fitzsimmons died recently he left nothing in money or property. Yet he earned a fortune Fn the ring. He settled a house and many thousands thou-sands of dollars on his second wife, Rose Julian, and her children. He received re-ceived ,$10,000 from his two battles with Maher, $4,000 from his bout with Hull, about $20,000 from his scrap with Cor-bett Cor-bett at Carson City, $6,000 for whipping whip-ping Dan Creedon. $15,000 for two bouts with Tom Sharkey, $20,000 'for two battles with Jeffries, $10,000 for the contest with Gus Ruhlin and many thousands more for other ring exhibitions, exhibi-tions, y In all it is estimated that Fitz made $230,000 in the ring, besides which he received about $50,000 from moving pictures of his fights. He made many unwise investments and was a mark for adventurers and bunco men, b sides which his generosity was responsible re-sponsible for further scattering the thousands he had accumulated. |