Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 2 | Fitz Not to Enter the Ring

FIT NOT TO ENTER THE RING BILLY hoban STATES CORNISH MAN WILL NOT MEET OBRIEN mike schreck and manager en route to california to meet obrien in place of from thursdays standard manager billy hogan who accompanied mike schreck to california a few day ago is authority for the statement that bob fitasimmons will never enter the ring with jack obrien as ha ia at the present time tailing under training and that tho hurried trip to california nas for the purpose of schreck going into training to take the place of against obrien schreck Is reported as saying that three years ago fitz could have von out in a contest be gween either himself or obrien but is now too far advanced in ago to withstand the hard training and the blows which are incidental to a match in the prize ring As soon as jack coffroth learned of he condition of he immediately by use of the telegraph sent word to hogan manager stating the facts and asking that schreck be on hand to meet obrien in stead it has been known for some time that fitzstmmons was failing under training and that hla advanced age bould be a large point in favor of his defeat when he entered the ring against obrien who Is a much younger man and able to take more punishment the occasion of the trip to california of schreck and his manager was not known in chicago when the fighter left i hat place and it was not intended hat it should toe given out until tho california city had tocea reached when the matter will be laid before the sporting class and schreck will then be on the ground and able to give a bood account of himself it Is stated hat eastern lovers of the art who are on the inside and acquainted with the fighter will place large sums of money hat schreck will come out victor it th match is satisfactorily arranged which Is not at all unlikely in view of the fact that the latter was called west by coffroth who Is managing the bout