Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-03-17
A Mighty Blow in the Fourth
Round Does the
Work.
Said to Be The Hardest Hit
Ever Given in the Prize
Ring.


OF the mlddle-weishts is over and Bob
fltzslmmons stands before the country
us taHs conquerer and the winner OF
the largest purse ever fought for.
The purse was $4,000, of which
1900 went to the loser and the re-
mainder to the winner.
IL was magnificent crowd in point of
size and personnel that saw the great
battle tonight. Clubs and managers
tted for several months to bring the
Australians together and it was only
successfully accomplished after numer-
GUS disappointments and failures in
negotiations. Each of the principals
= regarded as Il wonder in his class.
They are men somewhat similar in
build. They are both giants, strong,
healthy, big-boned, long-armed, stout.
stubborn, formidable fighters, adopts in
science, experienced in the ring, and
Iard punchers, and each with Il distinct
I've style.
So close was the match that for a
'onS time even money was Wagered
tlN tiall WAS strongly the favorite,
Vt an influx of Fitzsimmons men and
'oney beat down Hall and made Fitz-
mmonS for Il time the fayorite
Neither man worked halsi on the
last day, each remaining quiet except
when EitzSimmonS went to take out
his naturalization papers and Hall to
dine with Charley Mitchell Both men
were trained to Il fine point
The men entered the ring ut . prompt
~, Hall leading the procession He
was loudly cheered, as was Fitzsim-
mons, who came in waving the Ameri-
can flag.
Referee Duffy made Il neat little
speech asking for the usual good order
and cauhoning the men about fouls and
the usual club rules Captain Barrett
weighed the gloves and found them Of
lawful weight. Mitchell selected the
principals gloves.
Referee Duffy announced the pivot
blow barred and the men stripped.
Round one-After the usual hand
shaking both men stepped nimbly to
the center and tented for an opening
Fftzsimmons attempted a left upper cut
but Hall backed away. He failed sec
ond time and clinched. Hall then led
for the stomach and received a tap on
the shoulder. FitZsimmons scored a
heavy left on Halls mouth and right
Oh the heart without return.
Hall made wild left swing and Fitz-
simmons smilingly lodged. F'itzsim-
mons landed heavy left and lodged
return. Hall landed heavy right on
the ear and F'itzsimmons clinched
Hall hit Fitzsimmons on the head as
the round closed.
Round two-Fitz missed a left on the
stomach and Immediately after right
on the body because Hall clinched.
The men were extremely cautious.
Hall received heavy left on the stom-
ach responding with q left on the head.
Hall landed a heavy left and received
a good return in the head. Fitzsimmons
forced Hall into the corner, but the
latter clinched to avoid punishment.
F'itz tried to land left but was neatly
stopped. Both men in q hot rally
scored hits on the head.
Round NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was the
aggressor, landing on the stomach. Lat
en- on the body and head. Then Hall
landed two heavy lefts on the face and
a heavy right upper cut Fftzsmmons
clinched to save himself and Duffy
had difficulty in parting them. Fftz-
simmons continued clinching to avoid
punishment.
Round four-Hall came up the ag-
gressor. Fitzsimmons landed a heavy
right on the jaw, knocking Hall into
the middle Of the ring. The blow was
tremendous right hand swing and
landed full on the point Of the jaw.
Hall was a long time coming to and
was finally helped to a corner by FitZ-
simmons.
The referee awarded the contest to
Fitzsimmons who, waving a United
States flag over his head, walked to his
opponents corner and shook hands, and
as he was leaving the ring he received
a tremendous ovation.
The fight was the easiest Of all Fitz-
simmons in America and the blow that
knocked Hall out was universally said
to be the hardest any old prize ring
habitue ever witnessed.
The audience rose to it's feet and h
tremendous shout went up.
Hall lay unconscious on the carpet
a look Of agony on his face. 1t was
feared he had suffered serious injury,
but his seconds, with club officials and
a doctor, ran quickly to the Frustrated
pugilist and applying restoratives grad
lally brought him back to conscious
ness.
Fitzsimmons ran around the ring hast
ly pulling off his gloves and helped to
his conquered foe
When Hall was brought to he was
carried limp to a chair, where he re-
NAMED until able to go to his dressing
'oom.
Fitzsimmons was frenzied with de-
light over his comparatively easy vic
DRY.
Ex-Secretary Charles Foster said last
vening that the treasury was down to