Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-16

Dempsey was practically never III it after
the second round He l@de game at.
tempts to save his title up to the eighth
round, but from that time on he was
groggy, and his friends realized it was a
fOrlOrn hope
Poor Jack battled against great odds to
no purpose. Dempsey is a wonderful
pugilist but Fitzsimmons is a full blown
phenomenon. He is now the champion
middle-weight, and you can count the
heavy-Weights on the fingers of one hand
that would have a chance against hin IN
twenty-fOur foot ring,
Dempsey was III the best Of fettle and
he hit tFitzsimmons often enough, but the
trouble lay in the fact that he was not
able to hurt his stalwart opponent, no
matter how often or hard he got on him
The Australian, ON the other hand, did
not have the slightest trouble in getting
to his clever opponent. His face wore a
smile throughout the whole contest, and
he acted the part Of fair and charitable
opponent.
Dempsey was badly punished cousid.
ering the gloves they fought with. A
dozen times during the contest it looked
like he was done He would fall face
downward in the ring from hard blows,
but by supreme effort would stagger
to his feet only to get more punishment.
Fitzsimmons hated to hit him, and
asked him to quit Dempsey would not
do it. He went down with his colors
flying, game to the last.
Prominent sporting mg pronounce
FitzsimmOna wonder.
After the fight Dempsey was taken in
a carriage to his boarding house, while
Fitzsimmons put on his clothes and
walked home with his seconds. He could
have fought the fight over with ease.
The battle was for the middle weight
championship of the world and $t2 900
S11 600 to the winner and 81 900 to The
loser. The time of the fight was forty
nine minutes,
Sketch of FitzsimInonA
Fitzsimmons is % years old and was
born in England. He first appeared in
the ring at Jem Maces amateur boxing
tournament at Tenarn, New Zealand,
ten years ago. He knocked ont four
men tnat night.
He fught Arthur Cooper, Jack Muir
ply and Jim Crawford under London
prize ring rules, winning each fight.
He went to Sydney, Australia where
he boxed in Foley's ball for some time,
finally defeating Brinsmead at 17O to
Fitzsimmons' 14S.
He has fought several fights at odds as
great as these, and has never been de-
feated. His last fight before the mill
with Dempsey was with Arthur Upham
before the Audubon club, of New Or
leans. He knocked Upham out in five
rounds. Fitzsimmons was blacksmith
by trade before entering the prize ring
Dcmpsey's Record.
Jack Dempsey, the fallen Nonpareil,
is also 2S, and was born in County Xii
dare, Ireland.
He made his first public appearance
New Years day, 1888, as collar-and-
elbow wrestler.
In April 1888, he fought Ed Norton,
beating him in thirty eight minutes
Mcdonald was pounded to pieces.
Among Dempsey's long list of victories
the most important We're Jack Boylon,
Joe Hennessy, Jim Ryan, Mike Mallon,
Jack Keenan,, Billy Manning, Tom Nor
ton, Pete N Coy, Dunnie Killern, Domi-
nick McCat rey, George La Blanche, the
Marine h 1889 La Blanche defeated
Dempsey, BIT refused TO give him an
other "go, and Dempsey's admirers
claim it was not fair victory
Up to the time of meeting Ftzsim-
mons he had lost but one fight in the
fifty-two he had fought,