The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-10

on the stomach. Hall received right
on the body and on the head. A mo-
| ment later FItZ received two heavy lefts
on the face and "a heavy right upper cut; (;
Fitzsimmons clinched to save himself
and Duffy had hard time in parting
| them. Fitzsimmons was clinching to
avoid punishment right along and slid
| around the ring on his ear in return
Both men were fighting hard when the
round ended.
Round 4.-Hall came up the aggres-
sor; Fitzsimmons landed a heavy right
on the jaw, knocking Hall into the mid
die of the ring. The blow was tre
mendOus right-hand swing and landed
full on the point of the jaw. Hall was
long time in coming to, but he finally
drew his left hand up to his nostrils and
was finally helped into his corner by
Fitzsimmons, his conqueror.
The referee awarded the contest to
Fitzsimmons who, waving the United
States flag over his head, walked over to
his opponents corner and shook his
hand, and as he was leaving the ring re-
ceived a tremendous ovation. The fight
was the easiest Fitzsimmons has had in
America, and the blow which Fitzsim-
mons delivered that knocked Hall out
was universally said to be the hardest
that any one of the old ring habituants
ever witnessed. The audience rose to
its feet and tremendous shout went up.
Hall lay, however, unconscious on the
carpet, look Of agony on his face, and
the crowd fearing he had suffered
serious injury. Halls second, with
club official and DR.. Belts, ran quickly
to the PROSTATE pugilst and applying re-
storatiyes gradually brought him back
to consciousness Ftzsimmons also ran
to the center of the ring and pulling off
his gloves helped to resuscitate his
conquered foe. When Hall had been
brought to he was carried limp to his
chair, where he remained until able to
go to his dressing room. Fitzsimmons
was frenzied with delight over his com
paratively easy victory.
When Frank Bosworth jumped
through the ropes after Hall had fallen
and the battle apparently over, Fitzsim-
mons forcibly thrust his too otficious
second back through the ropes. He
kept his word and did his own fighting
After Fitzsimmons left the stage he,
without putting on his street clothes
jumped into carriage with his wife and
drove to his quarters. Mrs. Fitzsimmons,
unobserved by the throng, had witnessed
the tight through a creyice of a room IN
stairs A Great crowd congregateJ in
front of the winner on Canal street. Civ
ing him a rousinp welcome. After he
had gone IN stairs the cheering contin.
ned and Fitz came ont on the b,lcony
and made modest speech.
The Hall people we're detected. Hail
WAS a pict,lre of tribulation in his corner
before he was led to his room and Lis
seconds were like men who had lost
their hest friend His ,nagnifcent hat
lie IN IA the moment of its sudden and
theatrical close had encouraged tham to
believe that he would win handily. and
thev we're unnrenarec for tbe tremendnIs
swing that sent him dead to the floor
Hall blamed himself and his seconds
blamed him for his carelessness. when
his ouarters were reached lie had lost
a superbopportunityand a princcly nurse
reputation and all in moment of over
confidence. and he had reason and they
had reason to lament the swing cf
chance that brought the splendid form
to the Garnet n whinned man. For
three rounds if vas sunerh
eyhibition of clear HITTING. daft
maneuyers. sllilIfuI dodoin" and
audncinns swinging There was mora
fighting in those three rounds according
to rules than the entire hattie between
Sullivan and Corbctt last Sentemher and
memory does not sunnlv in rin0 history
a match between men SO ditficmlt to nici,
tle sunerior Roth hit hard. both land,
ed Eitzsimmons swnng and Hall
punched short mick arcur.,e hloys
Hall was cooler In miving ha divided
hopors with Fitzsimmons: when they
stood IN he was sunerior He felt be
could win when .be three ronndc had
gope for the third Was easilv bis in noint
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