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TILE SUXDAY OKKGOXIAX, FORTE JANUARY 21, 1906.
ELY A' BUILT UP"C
HAMPION. 1
ErtTR
JACK OBRIEX. -who by his victory
over Robert Fitzsimmons, attains a
clear title to the middle and heavy
weight championship of the world, is per
haps the smallest man who ever held that
honor.
Compared to John Ij. Sullivan, Jim Cor
bet t and Fitzsimmons, not to speak of
James J. Jeffries, he is a veritable mid
get. In condition he seldom weighs more
than 160 pounds, and would have little dif
ficulty in making 158.
It is true that FiUsImmons weighed
little more than that at one time, and
even today is probably not above 1C5, but
In the days when he downed Corbctt he
was around the 170 njark, aud moreover
,he had the shoulders and hitting equip
ment of a giant It was his spider-like
legs that reduced his weight, and allowed
him to spend a large part of his career
putting mlddlowelghts to sleep.
Most champions, particularly those,
above instanced, have been especially fa
vored by Nature with the sort of muscu
lar make-up needed to outpunch their
Iellows.
Thus Jeffries has always had his mam
moth frame, with its wondorful shoul
ders, huge arms and massive chest; Cor
bett was endowed with a frame peculiarly
adapted for speed, and Fitzsimmons'
shoulders were naturally those of the
heavy hitter.
All these men, of course, developed what
Nature had given them, hut making due
aPowanee for all that was improved as a
result or hard work, it is none the less
true that they never would have gone
into the front rank, but for what they
were born to.
Entirely a "Bullt-Vp" Champion.
With O'Brien the case is different. He
is entirely a "built-up" champion.
lie had little to start with. The man
who was eventually to beat Fitzsimmons.
the next best man to Jeffries, and' succeed
to the title that the boilermaker aband
oned when he quit the ring, began light
ing as a lightweight, a flat-dhested- poor
ly developed youngster, who after he
graduated from the amateur ranks, was
for a long time hardly deemed good
endugh for the place in the preliminary
bouts of a really good show.
His face was pale, and his eye lacked
Where Is New
Boston Congregational Club
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 15. (Special
Correspondent of the Sunday Ore
gonian.) What has become of the
old Puritan stock of New England?
This is a question that has received a
good deal of attention of late from
many loyal admirers of the old Bay
State. We still point with pride to the
time-honored landmarks, and from
year to year we continue to relate to
our children the story of the bravo and
sturdy Puritan pioneers who, in their
day, fought the good fight and made
the commonwealth of Massachusetts
not only possible, but glorious for alt
time. But In the political and religious
life of today, where are the revered
and historical names, and what has be
come, of the world-famed Puritan
ideals? For, after all governing meth
ods have been considered, conduct in
life remains the true standard of no
bility and the test of all character from
that of a man up to that of a nation.
At the annual gathering of the Bos
. ton Congregational Club the other day,
very interesting remarks were made on
tills subject by some of the speakers.
It was Justly asserted that no republic
can survive or continue save through
the virtue of the individual citizen.
The Pilgrims buildod the Common
wealth of Massachusetts on the faith
that citizenship could bo trusted.
Therefore, upon each citizen rests the
responsibility of maintaining the prin
ciples -which the Pilgrims brought to
this country.
The address of Dr. Allbright, the
president of tho club, was of a some
what startling nature. Attention was
called to the fact that the Puritan of
old was above all-a fighter for God and
good government, whereas tho Purl
tan of today Is a dreamer, a sitter
apart from his fellows, a man of spas
modic energy who, when drawn into
&. contest, usually gets beateat wiere-
O'BRIEN'S HEW HOIt'iK FASHION- EGSg?' ' llK
J1 ABLE SECTION OF PHILADELPHIA t WBKmM
In that dogged power that one looks for
in tha man who is going to prove his
physical superiority over his fellow?.
There was little muscling to his body,
and in his earlier bouts he gave no evi
dence of hitting ability.
England's Old Puritan, Stock?
Asks This Question Without Receiving a Satisfactory- Answer.
upon he Invariably retires into a kino,
of aristocratic sulk from, which noth
ing under heaven can rouse him.
On the other hand the speaker drew
a striking portrait of the man who
has stepped into the Puritans' boots,
the Irish-American. From the start
this man is1 a fighter, and we may Just
as well recognize the fact that accord
ing to history, the man with the push
and the punch, if not alwayB a world
bettercr is usually a world beater.
This doughty successor to the Puritan
is more than a fighter. Ho has brains,
he has courage, he is Intensely pa
triotic, he Is a man of boundless en
thusiasm and resource, above all he is
a silver-tongued persuasive fellow who
knows Just what he wants and his
share, as some say, is everything in
sight '
According to Dr. Allbright out Celtic
friends desire nothing better than that
New England should be renamed New
Ireland. Meantime they havo taken
possession of about everything In sight
and the descendants of the Puritan and
the Pilgrims seem to have very little
to say about, it- They look on with a
kind of bewildered impotence. They
go on talking optimistically while
strangers make light of their history
and politicians run away with the
spoils. Nevertheless our best tradi
tions and our truest glory are Identi
fied with our Pilgrim and Puritan fore
bears and their influence was the
mightiest power for righteousness and
the public weal this age has known.
Remarkable Railroad Accidents.
I suppose railroad accidents are very
much -the same all over the world and
yet Investigation into a number that
have occurred recently in this vicinity
has revealed a somewhat curious slate
of affairs. A record of six accidents
on tho same system inside of, 30 days,
in which 23 persons were killed out
right and a much larger number ser
iously injured, is surcXy enough to
startle any community. It is doubtful
if there Is any other place on earth
where railroad men are better edu
cated er better paid than here la New
He was fairly fast, and showed some
possibilities as a boxer, but that was
about nil that his best friends would
claim for Jack, when he first essayed to
pit his strength against men weighing in
the neighborhood of 123 and 14l pounds.
England. Furthermore the duties they
have to perform are much easier and
pleasanter. the day's work Is much
shorter than it used to be, and in re
gard to other privileges and rights
they now, by means of schedules and
agreements, have more than half the
say, and yet It is very doubtful if the
average railroad man's sense of re
sponsibility, his vigilance In looking
out for and protecting human life have
kept pace with his increased and In
creasing prosperity. Indeed one is al
most tempted to come to the uncom
fortable conclusion that the mechanical
and electrical devices that of late years
have been invented for the protection
of trains have had a soporific effect
upon many trainmen and robbed them
of a good deal of their old-time vigi
lance and caution. What these acci
dents are and how they happen make
interesting reading.
Some time ago the president of the.
Boston and Maine Railroad stated that
he could only account for certain dis
tressing accidents on the theory of
"failure of mechanical brain action" at
critical moments. A simpler expres
sion for this theory would be I think
"absence of mind." I will give an il
lustration of failure of mechanical
brain action In its simple form.
Some time ago ah englneman. one
of the most level-headed and reliable
men who ever sat In a cab and pulled
a throttle, arrived with a main llne
express passenger train at a certain
Junction. The signals for the main
line were at danger and the track hap
pened to be set for a branch route.
With his eyes wide open in broad day
light this englneman ran his train
past the horizontal semaphore and
round the curve on to the branch track.
Then he came to himself. This man
was a very" fine, conscientious fellow
and that evening when he arrived at
his destination he went straight to the
office of the superintendent and re
ported his misfortune. Then he
dropped Into a chair and died in a few
minutes.
But now let us take 'another Illus
tration of Prealaeat Tuttle's theory.
T?ut this was a man with a purpose.
From-the time he broke into- the game,
the Phlladclphlan had confidence in his
own powers. He felt that he had latent
ability. It was up to him to bring it out.
Then began a long series of exercises
It is a rcmnrkahlc Instance In which
the failure of mechanical brain action
was prolonged under extraordinary
circumstances. A short time ago a
night passenger train left the city for
stations on the main line. After a
while the train arrived at a Junction a
few miles out. Through some misun
derstanding the track was set and the
signals were right for a branch route.
The ongincmau instead of calling for
main line signals took his main line
train up the branch. He whistled for
imaginary crossings and otherwise
handled his train for all the world as
if he was on the mainline and finally
brought the train to a standstill at the
first station on the branch. When the
passengers. alighted there was some lit
tle confusion In the darkness, but the
englneman remained under the spell
until the conductor rushed up to him
and shouted: "Jack, where are wo1"
J. O. F.
Good, bat Probably Xot Dr. Hale.
New York Tribune.
"Edward Everett Hale," said a law
yer, "was one of the guests at a millionaire's-
dinner. The millionaire was
a free spender, but he" wanted full
credit for every dollar put out. - And.
as the dinner . progressed he told his
guests what the more expensive dishes
had cost. He dwelt especially on the
expense of the large and beautiful
grapes, each bunch a foot long, each
grape bigger than a plum. He told,
down to a penny, what ne had figured
it out that the grapes had cost him
apiece.
"The guests looked annoyed. They
ate the expensive grapes charily. But
Dr. Hale, smiling, extended his plate
and said: 'Would you mind cutting me
oft about $1.87 worth more, please.' "
3IIssed by His Donkey.
The late William M. Evarts, Secretary
of State under President Hayes, once
sent a donkey up to his farm at Windsor.
Vt. and about a week afterward received
the following letter frsra one ef hi grand
children: "Dear Grandpa The little donkey Is
very gentle, but he makes a Wg noise
nights. He is very toaeso. t gaese he
mlses you. I . hofe .you will come up
somL aae then he ynm'l be toeoiac"
directed to building up the shoulders and
chest and adding to his hitting powers. He
did not resort to the lifting o beavy
welghts. as many other mistaken boxers
have done. He wanted weight and
strength, but not at the expenso of speed.
Will Spend Her Honeymoon in the Arctic
The Bride of a Cincinnati Millionaire and Big Gamc-Ilunter Makes a Unique Journey.
ST ANY rate, there Is still one thing
left for a woman to do, and Mrs.
Julia Flclschmann proposes to do it an
Arctic honeymoon.
No dolce far alente for this bride of one
of Cincinnati's millionaires. No orange
groves or purling brooks or splashing
fountains or fragrant gardens for her.
Her romance will find Its fruition among
bergs- and floes and glaciers and Icepacks;
to the growl of polar bears and tho bay
ing of Arctic dogs.
It was the bride's scheme, all planned
out when she was. Miss Sarah Sherlock,
only & few .days ago.They were married
on December 20 and are away now on a
honeymoon which is to last ten months.
As everybody in Cincinnati knows. Colo
nel Julius Flelschmann Is the brother of
Mayor Max Flelschmann. He is very
rich, popular, an athlete and sportsman
and a man-about-town. as much in New
York as in the city of his home.
Having hunted and brought down game
everywhere save in tho far and frozen
North, Colonel Flelschmann decided to
spend last Summer on the cold side of the
Arctic Circle hunting bears and rwalrus.
He corresponded with a Norwegian ship
company and had a vessel already char
tered for himself and a Jolly company of
his cronies.
But Colonel Flelschmann found that
Cupid, Instead of polar bear, had crossed
his path; He proposed; Miss Sherlock ac
cepted. Tbatknocked the Arctic trip
Into a cocked hat. Instead of plans for
a hunting' trip It was plans for a wedding.
Everything was called oft until Miss Sher
lock heard of it.
"Not for a minute!' she exclaimed.
"Nothing I would Uke better."
Colonel Flelschmann was overjoyed.
Here he had made up his mlrid to aban
don his most cherished project when the
woman for whom he had planned the sac
rifice suggested the very same thing her
self. No sooner said thaa daae. Nego
tiations were at once reopened jvith the
Norwegian ship people and the Arctic
.trip will come off aa scheduled, except
that It will be this Summer instead of
His plan was to keep up all the natural
fioetnesa of foot and quickness of arm and
eye that was his. and to supplement It
with all the strength he could get without
putting the fleetness In Jeopardy.
It was a good system, arid ho had the
last and a strictly family party, Including
only two pet cats.
The happy couple had a Jolly wedding
and then Journeyed leisurely down to St.
Augustine. Fla. They sailed from there
for a cruise in the Caribbean Sea and the
Gulf of Mexico aboard the Colonel's brlg
antlnc. Halda. They will be on the boat
until April 1 and then come home to Cin
cinnati. There a few brief Weeks will be
spent in fitting out for tho Arctic Journey
and on May 24 the' bride and bridegroom
will sail for Portsmouth, England, ac
companied by Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Holmes
and their son. Carl, of Cincinnati.
Mrs. Holmes Is Colonel Fleischmann's
sister and consequently sister-in-law of
the bride. On the other side they will be
Joined by Captain Noel Learmouth. an
enthusiastic hunter of big game and a
former officer In the British army. The
six will take ships to Tromsoe, Norway,
where they will board the Laura, that
sturdy ship which has already won her
spurs in the frozen Arctic Seas. It will
be about June 13 when ther party is ready
to sail.
Captain Giacver. of Christlanla, will be
in command and with him will be IS sail
ors, all veterans of the Arctic No better
ship could have been chosen. The Laura
Is 220 feet over all and 20 feet beam. big,
roomy, sturdy and safe. She has steam
engines and sails as well, to take ad
vantage of all conditions.
In the shore bunting trips the three
men will go alone and penetrate far in
land, while the two women will spend
their time near the ship shooting smalt
game and fowls, among which the elder
duck is reported as very plentiful'. The
big game sought will be, besides the polar
bear, the musk ox, seal and walrus. Rein
deer ar6 numerous, hut only enough of
them will be killed to furnish fresh meat,
the outfit taking ho fresh meats of any
kind.
The first land to be reached will be
Spitsbergen where a stopover will be
made. There everybody will go on a
Whale-fishing trip. If it does not take
'too kmg the party will lay te until they
capture 6 he of the monsters Of the deep.
Then they will set out for San Mayn.
.Fraaz Joef Land a ad Greenland. It If
right Idea as to how he could achieve the
desired, aim.
He used the light dumbbells unceasing
ly, he discovered new motions by which
he- could develop the muscles that figure
In the delivering of punches. He invented
'shadow boxing." an exercise In which
the pugilist ass,umqs that he has an op
ponent before him. and with lightning
speed goes through all the motions of an
actual contest. Indian clubs also played
quite a part in this campaign of develop
ment. , Moreover. O'Brien took limitless road
work. In the open air as much as possi
ble was hid motto, arid in all kinds of
Weather; he kept up unceasingly the
round of running, tree cutting. Jumping,
swimming; etc
Into a Heavier Class.
Gradually the rigorous regime began to
show results. The one Ime frail light
weight was becoming rugged. The little
fellows would no longer meet him. and he
had to take' on welterweights, and
after a short tlmc mlddlowelghts.
Then it took the best of the mld
dlewelght3 to cope with him. and
eventually when the stock of these
ran out, he had to go out of his class
arid take on the heavies.
This he did with courage and per
sistency. Some of those who make light of
O'Brien's pretensions, really have no
idea of the number of bouts he has
fduglit or the good men he has tackled.
Iu the wcltcrwoight class he has
had such riyaU as Joe "Walcott. Tom
my. West and Young Peter Jackson,
surely three of the hardest nuts that
any boxer was ever called on to crack.
In the middleweight class his oppo
nents have numbered such men as Kid
McCoy and Tommy Ryan. Of the
heavies he has met Kid Carter. Mar
vin Hart. Fitzsimmons, Choynskl and
a host of others, and always with
credit to himself.
Each of these men started the boxing-
game better equipped than
O'Brien, hut.hl3 industry has enabled,
him to' equalize their advantages to
such an extent that today he is- prob
ably the master oC any of them. Only
one Marvin- Hart, looms up as a real
danger, and Jack has the advantage
of having met him twice, and knowing-
exactly what he can do.
Saves His Money.
The new champion has the financial
sene developed to an unusual degree.
He knows how to take care of his
money, and when he quits the game,
it won't be necessary to hold any
benefits for him.
From the time when he first began
to make money down to the present
he has taken the most scrupulous
care of his cash. This does not mean
that he has been selfish, or lacking in
gratitude to those .who really had
claims. His has been merely a policy
of good sense.
Most of his investments havo been
real estate. He owns several rows of
small houses in South Philadelphia,
and reaps a.- good profit from their
rental.
As a birthday present to his mother.
O'Brien recently bought a $20,000 house
in one of the most fashionable' sec
tions of Philadelphia. 3S12 Locust
street. On all sides lie is surrounded
bj leaders of the exclusive Quaker
City society, who looked askance
when the master handler of flst3 took
his place as their neighbor.
But O'Brien's presence in this sec
tlon has not been an offense; He has
known how to make friends. He has
all the wit that Is the mark of tho
true Celt, and away from tho prizering
he has the tact to exhibit a. modesty
real or assumed, that Is very attractive
when exhibited by a man in his line.
In another respect, too. tho new
champion differs from most of his pre
decessors, and that Is In his love for
good clothes.
Nobody in the pugilistic line ever
dresscu better than ho docs.
, There havo been other boxers who
did the Beau Brummcl act. but as a
rule, their taste was garish. They
wont to the extremes; the loud plaids;
the vociferous neckwear.
O'Brien dresses in perfect taste. His
clothes are tho best that money can
.buy, and they are either Imported from
Liondon or modeled on the best English
lines.
No one of his fashionable neighbors
presents any better appearance than
the champion, for In addition to having
the liking for good clothes and' tho
knowledge of how to select them.
O'Brien has also the ability to wear
thorn.
Hfs big- shoulders set off a great
coat to advantage, and his square-cut
face.' with the powerful Jaw, never
looks so well as when It i3 topped by
a silk hat.
It Is an entirely new type of cham
pion that O'Brien presents, one about
as radically different from the old type
of barroom swaggerer as could well
he imagined, and It shows that even in
pugilism, modern ideas arc taking hold
and that tha premier in the slugging
same has more regard for appearances
and the conventions than did his for-
I bears.
probable, howe'er. that most of the hunt
ing will be in Greenland.
Colonel Flelschmann. the millionaire,
who will take his bride on such a unique
wedding trip, is a sportman of national
reputation. He Is besides vice-president
of the Flelschmann Yeast .Company and
vice-presldcrit and director in a dozen
other companies that mako up the great
Flelschmann Interests.
He has already made two excursions
Into the ice fields above Newfoundland,
where he hunted the cariboo and caught
salmon from his steel yacht the Halda,
but was compelled to return because- a
steel yacht will not stand tho pressure
of the Ice. It was through his connection
with racing that he came to meet Miss
Sherlock, her father. John ,C. Sherlock,
the retired capitalist, being some years
ago president of the Latonla Jockey Club.
Mr. Flelschmann is only in his 23th- year
despite .his many achievements.
Think Every Day.
Monday.
No man has a poorer outlook than he
who is on the lookout for himself only.
Tuesday.
Friendships sown In youth furnish the
sweetest fruits for old age.
Wednesday.
Use not today what tomorrow may
want; neither leave that to hazard which
foresight may provide for or care prevent.
Thursday.
Your concern should not so much be
what you get as what you do for what
you get.
Friday.
Politeness Is the golden key that un
locks the door to- many an opportuaHy.
Saturday.
The best help is not to bear th
troubles of others for the hi. but ta In
spire them with courage- aadr eaergy te
bear their bunk as for tfeemeeJves.
Sunday.
The richest people on earth are tltota
who make the mast of what tay have
aad the kt f jfha.t Umj: are.