The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-03

amined the bandages complained off and
Sharkev then removed the Objectionable
articles
1O:3o. The men shake hands.
Round THE men advanced to the
centre Of the ring and spared for a mo-
ment. Fitzsimmons feinted several
times with left, but Sharkey gets away.
Fitzsimmons landed lightly right on head,
Sharkey clinches. Sharkey swings left at
Fitzsimmons body and a moment landed
hard left swing on Fitz's neck.
Sharkey landed right and left ON Fitz's
head and ducked vicious left swing. Shar-
key tried with right for head, but Fitz-
simmons gets away. Sharkey ducked
hard right swing. Sharkey tried for
body and rushes Fitz, landing left on
body Sharkey landed left and got same
in return Fitzsimmons knocks Sharkey
down with right twice in jaw.
Round ended with Sharkey in corner
and Fitz trying for neck.
Round 2.-Fitz standing up before time
is called Men spared and Fitz landed
light left on face. Sharkey rushed, but
Fitz clinched Fitz swings right and
left but misses. Sharkey landed hard
left on chest Fitz tried left for face, but
got light left on head. Fitzsimmons
ducked hard left Sharkey ducked left
and clinched. Fitz swung right, but
missed and then landed left on head.
Fitzsimmons landed right on head. Fitz-
simmons landed left on body. Sharkey
missed right and left for the head. Shar-
key landed right and left ON head and
neck and got two in return Fitz ducks
right swing. Fitz tried left for the head
and missed
Round ended with Fitz aggressor.
Round 3.-Fitz rushed but Sharkey
ducks and clinches low. Sharkey tried
for body and then clinched Fitz swings
right and left on the head. Sharkey
swings right and left, but with little dam
age.
Fitz- staggered Sharkey with right.
Sharbey swung left on head. Fitz swings
left and Sharkey ducks
Sharkey landed left on face. Sharkey
landed hard left in the wind and got
away. Sharkey ducks hard left swing.
Sharkey doing most of the leading for
the wind and again landing left on wind.
Fitz evidently laying to get in right on
jaw.
Round 4.-Sharkey landed left. Shar-
key kicks Fitz down with a left in the
wind. He then ducks left swing and
landed left in wind three times without
2 return Fitz fighting carefully. Shar-
key ducks right swing. Fitz landed left.
Sharkey landed left ON face and wind
and rushed Fitz to the ropes. Fitzsim-
mons clinched Fitzsimmons tried left
for head twice and missed. Sharkey
tried for wind and missed. Sharkey land-
"a left on the wind and left on head.
sh4fkey landed left swing on head stag
gering Fitzsimmons. Fitz swung right
and left, staggering Sharkey. Honors
even.
Round 5--Both men stand up before
call of time. E'itzsimmons tried right
for head Sharkey clinches and threw
Fitz. Sharkey bleeding from cut over
left eye.
Fitz rounded left on face Fitz
tried left swing, but missed. Fitz-
simmons swung left on neck and left to
wind. Fitzsimmons landed left and right
swing on head. Sharkey ducks and
clinches. Sharkey landed left on face
twice lightly. Fitzsimmons landed right
on head. Sharkey tried right and Fitz-
simmons clinched. In a scrummage Fitz-
simmons landed right on face twice and
knocks Sharkey down. Fitz tried left
for face and Sharkey clinched.
Sharkey clinched to avoid Fitz's swing,
when Sharkey fell under the ropes Bob
kindly assisted him to his feet. Round
ended in a elinch.
Round 6.-Fitzsimmons rushed and
Sharkey clinches. F'itz landed left on
face twice Fitz tried right for the jaw
and Sharkey clinched. Fitz landed left
r.
left on head. Fitz swung right and Shar-
key ducked and clinched. Sharkey
ducks into a left uppercut. Sharkey
clinching. Fitz landed right and left
swings. Fitzsimmons now leading left
on wind. Sharkey landed left on face.
Fitzsimmons landed right and left on
the jaw and Sharkey ducks Sharkey
appeared at the end of the round.
Round 7-Fitz swings left on head.
Sharkey landed left on wind Fitzsim-
mons swinging for the head and Sharkey
ducking. Sharkey swung right for the
head, but missed. Fitz swung the left
on face twice and got left and right
lightly on his head. Sharkey struck
Fitzsimmons in a clinch and is Kissed
Fitz landed left jab over the damaged
eye. Fitzsimmons staggered Sharkey with
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wildly for the head with right and left
Fitzsimmons jabs Sharkey in the face
twice.
Fitzsimmons 5abs Sharkey in
face twice with left. Sharkey clinches to
avoid punishment. Sharkey punched
Fitzsimmons in wind with left. Fitz APP
peared tired and not forcing fighting.
Sharkey appeared fresh.
Round 8.-Fitz led With left for face
and missed, but a moment later landed
right swing on head twice. Sharkey
clinched and rushed Fitz to ropes.
After two minutes and half Of eighth |
time expired Fitz landed right for jaw !
and then put his left crook on the chin !
which put Sharkey on the floor with a
smash. Bob jolted sharkey under the
chin with left and the sailor went over !
backwards As he fell he put his hand
TO his groin. Tie made no attempt 10
rise and was carried unconscious from