The herald., 1897-03-18

tight ON body. Fitzsimmons got In
light left on the Jaw, followed by two
others and right on the head. Corpete
landed a left on the head in the clinch
which followed Corbett landed a hard
tight ON the face and hard left on the
oar ard poked Fitzsimmons gently IN
The face again with his left. Corpett
missed left for the jaw and second
intended for the same locality. Fitz-
simmons landed a hard right on the
law the men clinching and wrestling.
corbett led his right for the body Fitz-
simmons getting away. Corbett led with
his left for the head, but Bob ducked.
Fitzsimmons landed straight left on
the law. and uppercut Corbett in the
clinch with is right. He also landed his
right on the jaw and put hard rign,
on Corbett's ear. Corbett made left
hand swing. but it was stopped. fltz-
simmons landed hard one in Corpett
face. staggering him. end in the ciincn
he uppercut Corbett with his right on
the law. He also landed hard on Cor
belts ear. after receiving light LETT
nm the chin. Corbett landed hard left
On FitzsimmoL,E' nose and received one
IN return on the body. Corbett ducked
a vicious right hand swing, and the men
clinched.. In this round Fitz braced up
and landed frequently. Jim seemed
tired. Mrs. Fitzsimmons yelled with de-
light every time Bob landed a blow.
TWELFTH ROUND.
Fitzsimmons came up quickly and
started after corbett with a vicious
left for the head. Corbett ducked, and
Titzslmmons arm passed fully a foot
above his back. The energy of his blow
swung Fitzsimmons clear around and
he staggered. almost falling in Cor
belts corner He rallied quickly, how
ever. and put his right on the body be-
fore Corbett could catch him. Corbett
missed left jab pointed at the jaw,
and Fltzsimmons went through SINH
lar performance, but swung back with
his right. catching Corbett on the head,
and then followed it up with straight
left poke in the nose. Fitzslmmons re-
pcated this with greater force, and both
missed left hooks. Corbett put his left
on the body very lightly, and then put
his left hard on the jaw, receiving Il
severe counter in the same place. Jim
then landed on the head and rushed Bob
20 the ropes, where a clinch followed.
The men were apart just long enough
to allow Corbett to put light left or
the jaw and a hard left on the nose,
and they clinched again. During this
clinch Fitzsimnons cleared his throat
of blood, which he spat out over Cor
belts shoulder in the coolest manner pos
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nose with the thumb of his glove. His
toilet being completed, Fitzsimmons
broke away, catching hard left on the
jaw as he did so. He missed another of
the same-sort and clinched, ,uppercutting
Corbett with his right on the break
away Both men ducked left swings
and clinched again. Corbett then land
ed a rain of blows on FitZslmmons,
catching him repeatedly on jaw and
body. He landed on both just about
as he pleased, although the latter was
fighting strong.
THIRTEENTH ROUND.
Fitzsimmons landed a left on the body
and a hard right on the jaw Jim missed
left-hand swing but landed a left on
the jaw, and the men clinched. Fitz.
simmons missed a hard right for the
head, following Corbett around the ring
and receiving straight left in the face,
after which they clinched. They fiddled
around the ring, Corbett with his guar.
down in careless fashion, Fitzsimmons
following him up and finally pushing
him to the ropes. No harm was done,
both men taking 1t easy. Corbett landed
light left on the face and another OF
the body. but missed a right uppercut
He then landed a hard, straight left on
Fitzsimmons nose, following him to the
ropes and missing a left-hand swing, re-
ceiving only light tap on the ear in re-
turn, and the men clinched. Fitzsim-
mons nose was bleeding and seemed to
be troubling him considerably, but he
assumed the aggressive, and made Cor
bett dance around the ring to avoid him,
receiving a hard left on the body before
he deslsted. Fitzsimmons landed a hard
left on the jaw, staggering Corbett, and
then landed on the body. Both men
laughed. Jim put in a straight left or
the nose and right uppercut on the Jaw
in the clnch that followed. Corbett land
ed his left on the face twice and missed
left for the face. While following
Corbett, Fitzsimmons got light left on
the face. The men were in the center
OF the ring as the round closed, Fitzsim-
mons face being again covered with
blood, which came from his nose.
FOURTEENTH ROUND.
Up to this round Corbstt had the bet
ter Of the fighting. He had hit Fitz-
simmons whenever he pleased and pref
ty much where he pleased His gen
eralship was'far superior to that of Fitz-
simmons. and he, got away and came In
again with marvellous speed. He was tr-
ing rapidly, however, and was far from
having the stamina that Fitzsmmons
showed The latter had been punished
fearfully throughout all the preceding
rounds, but he was still strong and
game to the core. The round opened
with left swing for the jaw by Cor
bett. He missed the mark, but tried
again with better success, reaching the
Jaw good and hard. Fitzsimmons was
all there, however and he sent his left
to the body with terrific force. The blow
sent Corbett staggering backward sew
eral feet and evidently hurt him badly.
Fitzsimmons lost no time, and follow
Ing him closely, he sent his right to
Corbett's face, causing him to totter
again. He then put his left hard on the
body and was hot after his man h,,t