THE SCHAXTOX TRIBUNE SATURDAY -MORNING MARCH 7, 1896. F1TZ' REMARKABLE BACK Great Muscular Development Makes - the Man Seem Deformed. HITS A TREMENDOUS BLOW hit Shoulders, Hack aad Shoulder Blades tilts UIid Ul awful Punching Power-Secret of Hie Suc cess in the Rlug. One blow from FlUslminoiia' lift knocked Mulicr out ami inui Kitzsim Itions I lie rhumpluil pugilist of the world. One blow from this mime tint knoikeil out Jim Hull at New Orleans, ttni blow from Fitxslninion.i' sume list kiiiK'keil his sparring artiivr. Kioiilan. dead ut Syracuse a year uo. The inun never recovered consciousness.. one blow from this uwful list will knock senseless any man or animal that ever lived. One blow from this Fllcslinmotis' list will crush the skull of any ordinary man or beast. What Is the ant-ret of this extraordinary list of Kitissimnions? What Is the mystery of this human batterliiK ram? The ex planation is a physiological one the Kecret of Fitzsimnions' Knockout blow Is the enormous shoulder power. For Fit xsinimons has the largest and long est shoulder bludes, probably, of any nun on earth. I.1KK A Ml-'LR KICK. When FlUslmmons' fist strikes It lauds with the force of a mule's hind lej?. Th muscles which grow over nrut under and about those huKe shoul der blades are worked with a Riant lever of bofie. It Is In these lane Khoulder blades that the great power ioaliatts which so suddenly has won liim th fame and title lie now pos fcesye. It doesn't matter linw clever a pURil Ist t'orbett may bo or how much more UHiior he Is as a boxer, he would never stand up for more than one blow from the list or the new champion. Au still there are a multitude of peo ple who say that every lljfht that the Australian blacksmith has won in this country was won by a chance blow. If these doubting Thomases will study a picture of Fitzsimmons' ahnormally develuped back and shoulder blades mid notice how far down the hitter extend, they will no doubt see ttijit there Is a wonderfully well developed territory to simply the force when he swings his long nml rather slender nrm with a hie. hard, bony list at its end. ' When that arm and list are swung with the tremendous and perfectly de veloped muscular strength behind It, the object on which it lands Is almost us sure to go down and become sense Ui us the sun Is daily to disappear. I'OIU'.I'.TT-SrU.lVAN. Far bigger men tl.an Fitzsimmons have hit .Sullivan In light during his palmy days, but he was seldom knocked down, and never actually knocked senseless, t'orbett hammered at him for over twenty rounds when he was In ii physical condition totally until to lihi, but he didn't beat him down with any such neatness and dispatch as Flizslmiiious did Manor, a younger, stronger and better trained tighter than Sullivan was during his battle. When Jim Hall fouslit Fitzsimmons nt New Orleans, a few years ago, he was considered, and, In fact, was pro Jiouilci'd by t'orbett to be the best lighter living, burring the rhampion himself The betting, just previous to Die battle, showed Hall to be the su perior man, according to the views of the public. Vet after fiddling away three or four rounds without lighting much. Fitzsimiuoiis swung that big right li.it and lunded it on Hall's jaw. This blow, us recently described by an eye witness of It, wits of sulllclent force to have felled an ox. Nearly ten minutes elapsed after Hall eceived this terrible swinging blow be fore he recovered his senses, and for n limit time many of the onlookers feared that he might have been fatally In jured. FIT IS BKXSITIVK. "Fits Is 'somewhat sensitive on the subject of his bl; shoulders, as they give him the appearance of being round shouldered or slightly deformed. As weakness generally aeconipunies de lormity. Fitz need have no fear of ever being accused by any of his adversaries of the hitter ullllctiou. , Another Instance of the tremendous power which emanates from Kilz's buck and shoulder through his list was the fatal telllliHfllli.il of a blow he lund ed on his sparring partner in a Syra cuse theater over a year ago. Home stage Imitators of Fitzsimmons, who go about the country giving imita tions of the famous blows of famous boxer, have characterized his knock out swinging blow us "sure death." Fltzslmiiions himself udmits the be has reveial other blows "u: his sleeve" vlilch are almost as fatal to an ad versary as I lie "mire death." but he lias lieVtr been called upon to use them to win a Ms Ik. one of them is a vicious tinder jub on the point of the jaw which fie thinks will tuke all the light out of the person It la mill on. Flt2's chest is lienrly as well devel oped as his back, and It would be hard to find a man of his height who Is wor thy of comparison with the new cham pion In this respect. The big long and low shoulder blades of the champion nre the pride of his brother-in-law and manager. Martin Julian, and his train ers. When the services of these at taches are required they pay particular tittentlon tn administering frietion to Fltz's back, which is in reality ull shoulders. KIM seldom speaks of backs except when he objects to some of the pranks of his Hon. Nero, and threatens 'to break the brute's hack with one ut hi famous swings. i:d;ak mlkimiy won. II Defeated fieorge Woik in a '-00 Bird Mnfch. 15y a lend of two birds only. In a match at 2l pigeons a side, Fdward Murphy, at the Westminster Kennel club's traps, at Babylon, has once more defeated the crnck t'ateret wing shot, leorge Work. Murphy Is well-known In Scranton. It Is four years since these two men met In a match at a like number of birds, and on that occasion also the l.aivhinont clubman came nut victorious with 177 killed, against Work's 172 grassed. The weather conditions were such thnt, though defeated, Mr. Work is fairly entitled to look upon the result as inconclusive. Worse weuther for the purpose Is barely possible, unless, per haps, the match had been shot off In a blizzard or a dense fog. - STILL LIKE ZIMMV. Australian Enthusiasts Claim the Amsri can a Vary Sick Man. The Australians themselves do not Ixlleve that Zimmerman was van quished by real superiority In the races In which he was defeated while on his recent trip to that country. The Aus tralian Cyclist says, In speaking of the defeats: "After Walker had beaten Zimmer nian, Harris walked up to the winning post, with hla usual smiling face and knowing losk. The little champion had Ms hands dr.,T deep Into his pockets, and he seemed much amused at the ex citement the defeat of Zimmerman had created. "What do you think of it. Mr. Harris?' we said. 'What do you think of It? was the answer. We confessed that we did not know what to think of it. Wa felt a pride at seeing our own men lick the Yankee flyer In a fair and square race, but did not say ao. Harris gave a turn on his heel, and with one of his eyes half closed, said .knowingly: That Isn't Zhn that was racing.' 'Who la It then?' we said. 'Not him at any rate. I wouldn't know him,' 'Well, who Is it?' 'It's Ztm'a shadow, that's who 1. Is. Hes riding rotten; and I never saw such a change In a man.' " Wilkes Rarro Is Easy. A couple of "dead smooth marks" sprinted away with 11.500 of Wilkes- Ha i re money the other day. One of these sprinters "came to town" with a huvseed "make-up" und showed the Wilkes- Karre sports how he could knock off lWarils in lu'i. which he really did. His "yul" arrived a few days later, and the "double cross" was worked to perfection. It Is seldom in late years that you hear of the sprint ing "double cross ' Hick being turned. even In the most provincial of baili wicks. The lR-ople are getting too wise, and that "horse on" the Wilkes-Hurre morn, doesn't spenk highly for their smoothness as sports. Sprinters of the rubber of Harry tlethuue and Jimmy Kyan, who could go out and win a $1. ,1tKl or t2.WM trick twice a month, about ten years ago. are lucky In these days If they get "three squares a nay. KASK HALL GOSSIP. Toronto has signed a catcher, a brother of tieurge rarey, the Star Mist baseman. ltoi hrsler's grandstand and bleachers are to be extended und will seut 8,Uwu per sons. Syracuse will play practice games with Atlantic an'l Pennsylvania league clubs, the players, to the number of eighteen, meeting Kuntzseh at New York April The Philadelphia club has given t'atcher Btieklev his um-ondlllonal release. Ic was thought best to make his announcement at the present time in order thut he could secure anv openlg Unit may exist In the National leiisne. Huekley will be busy coaching the youngsters ut the I'nlversiiy of PeiinsvlVHiila until April 1. The players up to dale which practically complete the Uilfl'alo teuin, with the possi ble selecting of one more player, are us follows: i'ltcheis. Wadswonh, Hender son, Hwarizell, lianiioii and (luffm-y; catchers, I'rquhart and Alex. Smith; first base, Jimmy Fields; second base, Sam Wise; third base. W. Urenilnger; short stop, I,eee; outfielders, t'lynier. Hottu lius. Sliible and Ooodennugh: substitutes. Ktihlaiul and Kltchle. Wadswurth and I'lvmer have nut yet signed. "Pipe Moiies" seem to grow ill viru lence us the opening of tile season ap proaches. The liiiest draw from the orangewood hud offered llw.tss) Just for the privlege of enjoying the society of Theo dore Kreiieiistein Hie coming season. Colonel John I. Rogers gave, to use a current cullouuiullsiii, the story an "ice licf.ise" laugh. "Time was," jild the colonel, "but not now. With our pitchers in shape Taylor, t'arsey, Orth ami the rest c'u pi al n Nash does not see llui ne cessity of making additions to our staff." WHIRLS OF Till: WIIIT.L. K. K. IViktfiis is riding a "" MoJel Sterling. Mayor Wiuster will open the Brooklyn Cycle show nil March !). - The Total membership of the League cf American Wheelmen Is .. Attorney J. W. Oakford has purchased a luiieifome Columbia Tandem. 11. C. Wulluee, of Connolly A Wallace, is riding a new Victor ubniit the city. A gieitt niuiiy nfw patent suditles of all rhupc and sizes are displayed this Ben sou. There is lulk of building n llrst -class bi cycle track ut lh lierkeley Oval. Such a track Is needed. The New York Division of the League of American Wheelmen enrolled Va new members last week. "Yum" Cooper, who gained unite a repu tation lust year on the wheel, will luce this season as a professional. The Scramun Hlcycle dub will enter tain their friends at a smoker in the club house oil Kriduy cveiitg next. .VI. T. Keller, the curriage manufactur er. Is handling a line 'of wh"eis. Mr. Keller's son, lien, Is looking ufler the business. Second hand wheels ire not us saleable this season us heretofore on accent of the good line of cneaper wheels v. hi.il are being sob. Kdille Huld, the one-mile champion. Will ride lor the Humes Cycle company of Syr acuse tills seusou. Huld was employed by the 1'ope Manufacturing company ia: season. The (been KKlge Whenlmen will nomin ate officers to be elected nt the Apr1! meet ing next Tuesday evening. A lively Meet ing Is anticipated, there being several tickets In the lb-Id. Tim colored bicyclists of the east and west urn eorrespomllng with a view of forming one big organization for colored men's Interest. The orguiiizuiion will have rules similar to those of the League of American Wheelmen. John It. Courser, of last season's Seriiil t ull Hlcycle club ruling team, is alien I ing the i'niverslty of I'eansylvani.i. Courser bus been chosen as ane of iho flyers to represent Hie athi.-'ie associa tion of thut instltuiloii on the lib yde track this seuon. His many Scranton friends wish him a lout '.ii'iic? of vic tories. I'M. Hlttenbeinler. sales agent for Hit tenbemler & Co., completed an extensive trip through the noiiheasiern pan of the state 111 the interest of the Stearns unl Falcon wheels on Wednesday, Kilten liendrr Co. have the ugency for these makes for lortheastern Pennsylvania, excepting Luzerne county. While away KJ. placed several sub-agencies. Washington college, of Chestertown, Mi., iiiel Suite, college sent word to Phila delphia Wednesday Dun they would enter teams In Pennsylvania's relay races it l-'raiiklin Kleld on April 2i. Fifteen col bges have now accepted. In the cham pionship race Harvard, Pennsylvania and boigetow n will run. with the possibility of Yale and Princeton coming in. Myles liibbuns, of this cllv, is 111" luisl Hess uiaiijger of the I'liiversliy of Penn sylvania (iyiunustic club, which will soon give mi exhibition here for the benelit of the Scranton Hlcycle epih. My leg Is gaining luuiels cominiiully as a trick bi cycle rider, und if he continues to Im prove In the fut um us rapidly us In th past, will some duy equal ihe famous Mull by. The uiiteh-lulked-of minstrel show to ho given some lime In the near future by the Ureeii Hhlne Wheelmen is now a "sure tiling." Professor Lindsay has been en gng.jd us conductor. The bovs are nil working hard, two ivlu-ursals already hiiv fh been -held. There Is an lib iiilau-c of good miiterinl In the club, and under the able direction of Professor Llinbav will no doubt he fully brought out. notf.s oi 'rin: ti ri'. Tiyron McClelland and W. M. Wallace will send till their horses in training to Louisville about Ah'r.ii 1:'. Chuieaii, the horse belonging to th? Kiigeman sttible, broke down while being exercised at the l.tiighlon tieach track on Tuesday. Charles .McCafferty will. It is said, be as sociaied with his brother. J. J .McCafi'ei--ty. in the management of the lalfr's ra .--ing stable I hi s year. Hrlght Phoebus, the winner nf lut year's Kculizutlon slakes-, is reported to have contracted fert. Tills may Interfere with is running in the etaiy eastern han dicaps. August lb-lmont has turned over Fire brand and Spread Kagle to bo trained at the Jumps. They will make their debut at cross-country racing dining tile Ueii nlngs meeting. At a conference held recently betwe'i the secretaries of the Oakley. Latonlu and St. Louis Haelng usoeiaiioiis. it w is agreed not to conflict in the running off of sluke events. Stockton, who broke down In a jumping race at .Morris park, has rounded to all right and Is being made ready for the Hennings meeting. At the time of the accident It was believed that his racing days were over. James Furlong, of Philadelphia, who has purchased the horses of the Dixie stable, formerly trained by Arthur War ley, will ship them this week to Sports mun purk, St. Louis. The lot consists of Fagin. Tancred, Komeo. Pomono, Belle, Biberia. Valkyrie. Charrnu, .Milton 11, Tiny Tim,' Ketiunl and Jo Jap. The Reward nf Devotion. From the lndiunupolls Journal. "Woman," said the dejected young man, "Is a fake." "Yes?" spake on listener. "i'es. It has not been so many moons since I saved up all my billiard money and lived on beans two weeks to blow my self on an opera and a supper for a young woman. Then I asked her to marry me. and she said she was afraid 1 was too extravagant to make a good husband." 1 A i1 vj V V MJ BASE BULL Of LONG AGO Yarns Spun by Some of the Old Time Magnates. TRICKED BY PALMER O XEILL Uow lis Succeeded in selling Sunday to t'.olouel Hogers-The Uroat tyt ut I rapire UIIIt .McLean as a Corker. J. Palmer O'Neill, who became fa mous In the base ball world us the lead er of the Pittsburg Nationul league teutii, which lost over lot) games, was In town recently, says the New York Sun, and entertained number of cranks with stories of the Brotherhood war. One duy." he said, "the Pittsburgs arrived In Philadelphia with only llvo players. That's all we could bring on account of a luck nf railroad tickets. When we had put up at a cheap hotel, 1 hustled nut and picked up some local senil-professionals to help us out. Among the latter was T'eek-a-Boo" Veaoh, the first basemun. . Wo went out to the grounds and found a big crowd there. Before the game I tried to sell the release of Billy Sunday to Colonel llogers, but the latter couldn't see It. Then I bought a big basket of flowers and waited for developments. SUNDAY AT THE BAT. "We played a great game, and Veach hammered the ball all over the lot. When Sunday came to the bat in the llflh Inning. 1 rushed a man out to the plate with the busket of flowers. The crowd applauded moderately, but went wild when Sunday curried the flowers over to poor Harry Wright und made him a present of them. Thut convinced Colonel Kogers that Sunday was a fa vorite In Philadelphia, and he quickly offered to give me J 1,000 for his release. Did J grab it? Well, I guess so, and we all smoked perfecto cigars that evening. The best Joke of all was, though, that we won the game, and when we finally left yuakerville for New York, I had money to burn. It was a great year for empty pockets, but we were Just us happy as the Brotherhood people." Arthur Irwin, manager of the New Yorks. tells a funny store about the veteran league umpire, Billy McLean. "The players were constantly kicking on McLean's decisions." said Irwin the other day, "and finally persisted in telling him that he was growing old and consequently near sighted. This so nettled McLean that he used to sit alone in the hotel after a game and brood. He was simply heartbroken, M LKAN GOT EVRN. "One morning, however, u happy thought struck him. He got up ut sun rise und walked a mile down the street to a place where there was a sign read ing: 'Carpenter and builder.' Then he hurried buck to the hotel and waited for the players to come down to break fast. When they were lounging about the front door of the hotel McLeuit suddenly upproached a group and ex claimed: " 'Xuy, you guys said '"yesterday that T was near sighted. Well, 1 ain't us near sighted us you are, and 1 can prove it.' "One of the boys took him up, and asked him to read a sign ucross the street. But Mclean turned on him witlt a look of disdain, and said: " 'That's dead easy. In fait, it's so easy that 1 wouldn't think of reading It for you. But I'll tell you what I'll do. Do you see that big brick building a mile down the street? I mean the one with the tall chimney,' The gang all saw it. 'Well, remarked Billy, 'I'll bet anybody a stilt of clothes I can read the sign over J,lie door.' "Then McLean shaded his eyes with his hands und said slowly, 'Carpenter and builder.' The gang roared, but were induced to walk a mile and find out how good Mac's eyes were. No body tumbled until several days af terward, and then Mac's life was made miserable." AMONG THE PIT.S. Young Grlffo Intends to go to Kugland. A Chicago writer says Corbett Is as good as ever. He evidently means al talk ing. Joe (loss bus been matched to light Frank Kine In New York the latter part of tills month. .Manager Julian says that If Jack Kvor hardt defeats Horace Leeds he will take him to Knglaud. Fitz objects to the sobriquets of "Spin dle Shanks." "Ulruffe," "Kuugaroo," and "Lanky Bob." He is sensitive about his legs. Julian says; "Corbett must fight Slavln und .Maher before I will match Fitzsim mons ugulnst him. Lei him prove thut he is a lighter and then we will give him a chance." "Denver" Bd. Smith has received un of fer of $."i.iiuO for a mutch between himself und Frank Sluvlii, before the llollngbroke club of London. He bus cublvd his uu-cepiain-e. Klmer Haight. of Port Huron, Mich., de feuteil A. II. Culm, of Chicago, In a -!lJ-ball contest. Haight made a remarkable rim of putting down sixty balls, which is eluinied to be the world's record. leorge Hlxon and Jerry .Marshall signed articles at t lit- Police Gazette office to box lirteeu rounds in Boston on March 17. under the uusplces of the Preseott Athlet ic club. They have agreed to weigh 122 pounds. Solly Smilh declared Ihut he would make another match with (leorge, Dixon to light fur the championship, und could get backing M- $5,wh). Dixon's manager heard of it mid posted itoi with lib-hard K. FoV. Some one bus started the story that Fitzsimmons has an object In view In bringing up that Hon cub of Ills in the way he Is. The scheme is to evidently let the brute eat Jim Corbett. when Fllzsim mons's chase to the championship will be clear, Santa Anita lia been withdrawn from all the lCnglish handicaps except the Chester Cup. fur which he is lop weight, at 121! pounds. Of Mr.-Croker's four en tries to the rich Jubilee Stakes two wore declared, leaving In Atneiicns ut-pH and Sir F.xcess at U; pounds. . Steve o'Donnell Wu oiTered ) to box Bob l-itzslmmous four, rounds ut Madi son Square gulden Saturday nlgnt. ii'Douiiell suld thut he would meet Kuz slmmons In u six or ten-round bout before the New M. A. c for any tlzed purse which the club tnsy -put up. "1 urn a sb-k man." says Maher, "and ought to be In bed now instead of boxing. J urn nil broke r.p. und Intend to go to the couiKiy lor about six weeks or so to gather myself up. I think the change wilt do me a lot of good. When I return f will he In good shape, and If I don't do some tall fighting, then it won't be nn fuult." Jack MeAullffe nml Kid Lavlgne are to box six rounds nt Mudlson Square gar den on March 11. The hitherto frleiplly relation" between the two men have lately been somewhat strained by the state ments of Sam Fltzputrk-k, Luvlgne's inun ager, to the effect thut the decision will curry with it the championship belt now held by MeAullffe. COK A NEW BICYCLE or the repair of a Wheel, see E. R. PARKER. Who has the longest e xperlcnce In this line of any man In the c ity. 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