The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27
FITS FISTIC SCIENCE.
The Most Remarkable Fight Ever
Witnessed in the Ring.

Mtnutes-Tho Fight as Described
From the de-Fitzsimmons'
Fighting so Swift and Certain That
the Spectators We're Dazed When it
Was over.
New Orleans, Sept. 26.-The glove con-
test between Robert Eitzsimmons and
Daniel Creedon, hailing from St. Louis,
for purse of S5,0OO took place in the
arena Of the Olympic Club tonight. They
fought as middle-weiqhts at l54 pounds.
Both men are Australians by birth, but
titzsimmons is now an American citizen.
This was the star event Of the carnival,
and was match that has attracted more
interest than most of the pugilstic
matters of recent date. Fitzsimmons
has been so prominently before the
public for some years that any match
in which he was a participant was
bound to create interest throughout the
entire country. An additional feature in
the Importance of the match was the
bearing it had on a prospective meeting
between titzsimmons and Corbett. Fitz-
simmons has been most perseyering in his
efforts to secure a match with the champ
ion heavy weight, and from time to time
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he was not in Corbett's class Corbett
first named Choynski as the man "Lanky
Bob" had to whip before he could think
of match with "Pompadour jim"
Fitzsimmons whipped Choynski. and
then he was told by the champion that
he would have TO fight Creedon TO place
himself in a position to take on fight
with him. Comparatively little was
known OF Creedon by the general public,
although the visitors from St. Louis here
have been enthusiastic in their praises OF
the man. Despite that fact, however,
Fitzsimmons remained a prohibitive IA
vorte, the pool room odds being quoted
at from to 10 to ! to g. while as good as
to could be had against Creedon.
FITz's FINE PHYSIQUE.
When the men entered the ring for the
great contest Fitzsimmous looked indeed
formidable. He was finely drawn and
but for the traces of the prickly heat his
skin was as white as a baby's. ais enor-
nous shoulders and chest, when compared
with his narrow waist and hips, was very
striking. His long 1.-the arms and legs
were covered with sinuous muscles
that gave every indication of terri
bic force and speed. His every
! movement In the ring was like
that Of panther watching his prey and
ready to spring upon it. Creedon pre-
! sented a much stockier look, and all the
! lines of his symmetrical body indicated
strength and excellent condition Fitz-
simmons had something TO the good in
! hight and reach, but as he stood with his
legs further apart than Creedon, it was
not SO marked as IL might have been.
READY FOR THE FRAY.
! AT 9:l5 o'clock p. m. there were proba-
! bly, 5000 spectators present. The amphi-
| theater was brilliantly lighted. The
| ropes Of the stakeless enclosure were
! drawn tight and presented a bright APP
pearance with their red covering
cord When Referee Duffy exam
ined the scales there was
a hum of pleasure throughout the audi
! ence. Creedon was the first TO enter tho
ring, closely followed by Fitzsimmons.
! Creedon weighed 1853 pounds aud E'itz-
| simmons 1857. The seconds were for
! Creedon Thomas Tracy, Mickey Dunn,
Tommy White and Charlie Daily, For
| titZsimmOns-Jack Dempsey, James
| Dwyer, kid" Mccoy and Sam Stern.
After the usual instructions the men
advanced to the center Of the ring and
| the fight was on.
Round Both men felt each other for
! an opening. Fitzsimmons led. He was
! short, however, but he forced the fight
| ing and landed hard right on the head
| and Creedon scored a hard blow. A mo-
ment later Creedon caught left on the
chin and one, two, three on the head. The
men had TO be separated by the referee
! Creedon ducked beautifully from right
! aimed for his head.
| Round 2-Creedou missed a light left
swing for the head, but landed two
rights on the body. Fitzsimmons scored
| two heavy rights and knocked Creedon
| down with heavy right on the Jaw.
! Fitzsimmons landed heavy right on the
| jaw and the men had TO be forced apart.
| Creedon received two heavy rights on the
! jaw and four on the body. Creed0n was
! then knocked out by a heavy left on
| the Jaw. There was the widest demon
stration ever seen in the ring. Referee
| Duffy awarded the fight to Fitzsimmons,
who was loudly cheered. Referee Duffy
then announced Fitzsimmons' challenge
| 10 James j. Corbett, the champion. The
applause that followed was immense.
FINE WORK OF THE VICTOR.
! The work Of Fitzsimmons in the second
| roundnWas the most marvellous ever seen
here The three right handlers which
! Creedon received on the head in one, two,
three order amazed the spectators and
dazed the recipient but they we're nothing,
from an artistic pugilistic point of view.
! lefts, delivered in the same one,
two, three order on Creedon's
nose, which hoored the elatest aspirant for
middle-weight honors, and caused Cree
don 10 fall the easiest prey of all Robert
Fitlsmmons' adversaries. The main
fighting of the battle was done in the cen
ter OF the ring the river sand of which
was plouRhed up more by the foot work
Of the two men In the actual fighting
time-which was four minutes and torty
seconds-than II was ever before, even in
all-night battles.
PUT OUT IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.
Creedon was carried to his corner gasp
ing for breath and showing traces ofblood
trickling from his nose. He was COM
paratively unhurt during the first round,
and went TO his corner smiling hap
PLY and chatting witl his attendants
The inference is, then, that he was beaten
in / minute and 40 seconds. the time OF
the second round His seconds and back
ers were startled beyond measure and
even those who desired 10 see Fftzsimmons
defeated-and there were many OF these
were overawed and full Of wonderment
at the tall Ifmarue mans marvellous
fstic skill After the fight was over
there were groups and knots Of specta-
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