Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-03
STOLEN FROM FlTZ.


left and got same in return. Fitzsimmons
knocks Sharkey down with right twice on
jaw. Round ended with ShaFkey in corner
and Fitzsimmons trying for neck.
Round 2-Fitzsimmons standing up before
time is called. Men spared and Fitz land
ed light left on face. Sharkey rushed but
Fitzsimmons cInched. Fitzsimmons swings
right and left but misses. Sharkey landed
hard left on chest. Fitzsimmons tried left
for face but got light left on head. Fitz-
simmons ducked hard left. Sharkey
ducked left and clnched. Fitzsimmons
swung right but missed and then landed
left on head. FitzsimmOns landed right on
head. Fitzsimmons landed left on body.
Sharkey missed right and left for the head.
Sharkey landed right and left on head and
neck and got two in return. FitZSimmons
ducks right swing. FitZs!mmous tried left
for the head and missed. Round ended
with FitZsimmons aggressor.
Round 3-Fitzsimmons rushes, but Shar-
key ducks and cIinched low. Sharkey tried
left for body and then clinched. Fitzsim-
mons swings right and left on the head.
Sharkey swings right and left, but with
little damage. Fitzsmmons staggered
Sharkey with right. Sharkey swung left
on head. Fftzsimmons swings left and
Sharkey ducks Sharkey landed left on
face. Sharkey landed hard left on wind
and got away. Sharkey ducks hard left
swing. Sharkey doing most of the leading
for the wind. and again landed left on
wind. Fitzsimmons evidently laying TO get
right on jaw.
Round 4-Sharkey landed left Sharksy
knocked Fitz down with a left in the wind.
He then ducks left swing and landed left
on wind three times without return.
Fitz fighting carefully. Sharkey ducks
right swing. Fitzsimmons landed left.
Sharkey landed left on face and wind and
rushed Fitzsimmons TO the ropes. Fitz-
r1s fai loft
for head twice and missed. ShaTkey tried
for wind and missed. Sharkey landed left
on the wind and got left on head. Sharkey
landed left swing on head. staggering Fitz-
simmons. Fitz swung right and left, stag
gering Sharkey. Honors even.
Round Both men stand up before call
of time. Fitz tried right for head. Sharkey
ClinChed and threw F!tZSimmonS. Sharkey
bleeding from cut over left eye. Fftz land
ed left on face. FitZ tried left swing but
missed. Fftzsimmons swung left on neck
and left on wind FftZsimmons landed left
and right swing on head. Sharkey ducks
and clinches. Sharkey landed left on face
twice lightly. FitZsiTmOns landed right on
head. Sharkey tried right and FftZSim-
mons cl!nched In a Scrimmage Fitzsim-
mons landed right on face twice and
knocked Sharkey down. Fitzsimmons tried
left for face and Sharkey cIinched. Shar-
key clinching to avoid Fitzsimmons' swings.
When Sharksy fell under the ropes Bob
kindly assisted him to his feet. Round
ended in a clinch.
Round 6-Fttzsimmons rushed and Shark
ey clinched. Fitzsimmons landed left on
face twice. Fitzsimmons tried right for
the jaw and Sharkey clinched. Fitzsim-
mons landed left on face twice. Sharkey
landed light left on head. Fitzsimmons
swung right and Sharkey ducked and
clinched. Sharkey duckEd into a left Up
per cut. Sharkey clinching. FtzsimmOns
Ion Tod rio Ia@+
now landing left on wind. Sharkey landed
left on face. Fitzsimmons landed right and
left on the jaw and Sharkey ducks
Sharkey appeared tired al the end of the
round. Round ended with Sharkey clinch-
ing.
Round 7-Fitzsimmons swung left on
head. Sharkey landed left en- wind. FitZ-
simmons swinging for head and Sharkey
ducking. Sharkey swung right for the
head but missed. Fitzsimmons landed left
on face. tftZsimmons swung left on face
twice and got left and right lightly on his
head. Sharkey struck Fitz in a clinch and
is h:ssed. FitZ landed left jab over the
damaged eye. Fitz staggered Sharkey with
right ard left on head. Sharkey swung
WILDLY for head with right and left Fitz
jabs Sharkey in the face twice with left
Sharkey clincheS 10 avoid punishment.
Sharkey punched FitZ in the wind twice
with left. FitZsinTmons appeared tired and
not forcing the fighting. Sharkey appeared
fresh.
Round S-Fftzsimmons led left for face
and missed but a moment later landed
right swing on head twice. Sharkey
clnched and pushed Fitzsimmons to ropes.
Fitz tried left on head and countered with
right on head. FitzsimmoRs swung right
and left on head. Sharkey landed
left on head. Fitz swung right on
head and Sharkey came back with left on
wind. F'itz jabbed Sharkey in face with
wind. Fitz jabbed Sharkey in face with left
and sfung right on jaw twice. After two
minutes and half of the eighth had ex-
pired. Fitz landed right on jaw and then
put his left crook on the chin, which put
Sharkey on the floor with a smash.