The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-09
FITZ WINS WITH A RUSH.
HALL KNOCKED OUT IN THE
FOURTH ROUND.

FOURTH ROUND.
Fitz Landed His Right on the Pointof
Bis Autsgonists Jaw and Sent Him
to the Floor Like Dead Man-Six
Thousand Persons Present and $780,
600 at stake.
NEW ORLEANS, March s.-The long dis
puted question Of the supremacy OF Hall
and Fibzsimmons reached fnal settlement
at the Crescent City Athletic Club tonight.
The contest was an interesting and exciting
one from the hrst call Of time to the con-
oluEion of the battle. The fame OF the con-
testants was such as TO give both an un-
questioned right to championship form, but
it was not alone In the reputation of the men
that the fight before the Crescent City
Athletic Club acquired its greatness Never
before was such sum at stake on the issue
OF single fight The purse Of $4,000 and
a stake of $40 900 a side made the enormous
sum of 100000 dependent on the result. Six
thousand pairs Of eyes were eagerly strained
toward the arena as the principals aud their
seconds aud followers took their places in
opposite corners.
1t may be questioned if two such magnii-
cent specimens Of physical manhood ever
faced each other go equally matched in the
prize ring. Men larger than either of them
had from time TO time won more or less
fame in the tistic arena, but it was not "a
matter Of bulk alone. Both men were
veritable giants, yet they were not great in
bulk.
There could not be doubt as TO which
Of the pair would have been the favorite in
an assembly Of artists. Hall, tall, broad
shoudered and darker in the pale
rays Of the electric light than his
opponent, looked an ideal athlete A large
sinewy neck, perfectly modelled and grace
fully joined 60 the broad, sloping shoulders.
well coated with clean, hard muscles, q full
and graudly developed chest, cylindrical
trunk, taperlng slightly at the waist and
strongly Joined to the limbs, which, while
powerful and muscular a { the thighs. looked
IA shade lean from the knees down, though
very hard and sinewY. Handsome as ne
was, Hall looked every inch fighter.
FITz NOT IN IT IN APPEARANCE.
As Fitzsimmons took his place in his cor
ner one could not but be impressed with the
thought that he looked singularly unlike the
Ideal old-time prize fighter. He was long,
lRnky and lAJhy. He stands just feet
in his stockings aud stripped to the
skin he measured over 43 inches
around the chest 81 around the shoulders,
"a around the waist, 81 Il around the hips.
His thigh measures % inches, his calf IA,
| biceps Ia, forearm IL, wrist s. No stretch
of imagination could enable a truthful
chronicler TO call him an Apollo, but not
withstanding all this he looked formidable.
and especially to the trained eye OF an
expert.
| HALL THE HEAVIER.
Though Hall is uuquestionably the heavier
man of the two he does not look as
| large as the red-headed blacksmith. The
! principal reason for this is that Hall is built
upon more conventional and symmetrical
lines He is compaotly built, while
| titzslmmons is in many respects loosely
put together. Halls chest, though not wide,
is exceptionally deep and more nearly oylin-
drical In form than that of the ordinary
athlete He is not a particularly large man
above the waste, though well filed out and
handsomely proportioned.
THE ARRANGEMENTS PERFECT.
The arrangement at the ringsde was per-
feet. The seating capacity was more than
ample to seat twice as many people as were
| expected to attend and a perfect view was
promised for paying patrons and dead
| heads alike. There was room for 1925 peo-
| pie, and there was no need for squeezing.
| The lights distributed among the amphi-
| theater were numerous in quantity and ex-
| cepuonal in quality. The crowd was rep
rasentative in character and thoroughly
| cosmopolitan. Betting at this time was 9
| to 10 on Hall and 95 to 100 on Fitz In Halls
corner the men chosen to looK after his
| interest were the light weight champion
| McAuliffe. Mitchell, Squire Abingdon and
| John Kline holding the watch. Fitzsim-
| mons had men with less reputation, but not
less faithful than Halls attendants, Billy
! Fitzsimmons, his brother, Martin Julian
and FRANK Bosworth, u. h. Onalley keep
| ing time The men entered the ring at 9
| o'clock promptly, Hall leading the process
| sion. Referee Duffy took his position
almost Immediately. Hall was loudly
cheered upon entering the ring.
FITz UNDER THE FLAG.
Fitz came in waving the American flag
and received "a tremendous ovation. Presi-
| dent Noel and the chairman Of the contest
committee. Joseph Short joined the mon In
the ring. While Capt. Barrett took charge
| Of the police arrangements, Referee Duffy
| made a speech In which be asked the crowd
to preserve order. The men then advanced
| to the center Of the ring followed by their
seconds, where Referee Duffy cautioned them
about fouls ana the usual cluD rules Capt.
| Barrett weighed the gloves, and finding
them Of lawful weight handed them to
| Martin Julian, who took them over TO Hall
for his choice and Mitchell selected his
| principals gloves. Referee Duffy an
| nounced that the pivot blow was barred
and the men stripped. Time was called and
the great battle was on.
A CAUTIOUS OPENING.
| po,nd R,th man shoolr bands n fav,
minutes after O'clock in the orthodox
old-time fashion, both men coming
90 the scratch with jauntiness which
showed their seeming lack Of care.
| They commenced work in a very stacy
manner, until Fitzslmmons finally led with
the left and fell snort of mis- mark, Halls
| left on the counter barely touching his face.
| FltZsimmons was the most active of the
two, and he set lively pace by doing all
the leading, and landing frequently with
| his left on Halls body. Hall was slow and
| did not succeed In landing a single blow
| with effect.
| FITz MUCH THE QUICKER,
! Hall was full Of confidence ana while he
| did not 20 into hard fighting he was eZ-
cusable, owing 10 the fact that be was kept
80 busy dodginR and warding of Fitz's
blows that be had no time to show the peo-
| pie his great ability as hitter. Fitz
was quick and judged his distance
| 30 admirably that he landed
at most every blow be delivered with great
! accuracy. Hall received some stinginR