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| got In left on the belly. Corbett
seemed supremely confident, while
Fitzsimmons was little bit nervous.
> The crowd shouted when Fitz landed
| his left on Jim. Just as the bell rang
| Corbett was about to hit Fitz. whose
arms were down. He recovered him
self, however, and both men laughed
good naturedly.
Round 4-Corbett landed left on
the Jaw, and the men clinched, both
laughing. Both handed hard lefts on
the body and in q clinch which fol-
| lowed Corbeh nodded to his friends.
over Fftzsimmons' shoulder. Fltzsim-
| mons missed vicious left swing that
would have ended the business had 1t
| landed. Fitz landed a hard ieft punch
on Corbett's face, and the crowd roar
| ed. Both men were received with en-
couraging cries from the crowd. The
round ended in a clinch, with both men
| laughing.
Round 5-Corbett Immediately land
| ed hard left on jaw, Fitzsimmons
ran Corbett to the ropes and then
| clnched, no blows being struck. Cor
bett landed on Fitzsmmons' jaw and
| left on neck Corbett landed his right
on Fitzsimmons' jaw and on the body,
and then they clinched. Both landed
hard rights on the body, Fitzsimmons
following up with left on jaw and
ducked a vicious left hand swing.
| There were several heavy blows and
number of clinches. Fitzsimmons
was a trihe dazed by the succession
| of blows he had received. Corbett
seemed the fresher of the two. In this
round he got first blood, which was
coming from Fitzsimmons' mouth as
the result of a vicious blow The blood
spattering over the bare breasts and
shoulders of the men intlamed the
crowd to the highest pitch of excite
ment. In this round Fitz was on his
knees, and stayed there for eight min
utes.
Round 6-Fitzsimmons opened with
left on face and Corbet was crowded
to the ropes. Fitzsimmons made wild
left swing for the body, and a second
clinch followed. Corbett ducked from
vicious left intended for the jaw, and
put hard right hand upper cut on the
chin causing stream of blood to pour
from Fitzsmmons mouth Corbett
came in again with a vicious left on
the jaw, and again the blood came in
stream. Bob seemed unable to stop
the blows that came in, and Jim hit
him on the Jaw with his left and upper
cut him with his right, making the
blood flow. Bobs face was practically
puddle of blood, and he was evident
ly beginning to weaken. Fitzsimmons
was evidently tring, and when he re-
ceived savage right behind the ear
he reeled and went down on one knee.
Corbett was wild to finish him, and ig-
nored the rule, and kept trying to get
at Fitzsimmons. Referee Siler warned
him to stand back, and Martin Julian
shouted excitedly F'itzsimmons was
down seven seconds, and when he
arose Corbett sprang at him like
fiend. Fitz was evidently going when
the gong sounded, and both men were
covered with blood from Fitz's nose
and mouth.
Round 7--Corbett forcing, misses left
swing at head, and Corbett uppercuts
Fltz hard on face. .Fitz is bleeding
again, but is fighting like lion. They
are both looking for a knockout blow.
Jim lands a light left on Fitz's sore
mouth. Fitz misses right and left
swings Fitz tries left swing, which
is ducked by Corbett and countered
with heavy right over heart. Corbett
is very tired. Fitz looks like a stuck
bullock, but now looks as strong as
the other man.
Round S-Fitz is forcing it. An ex-
change; no damage. Fitz misses left
swing and is lifted off his feet by a
straight left jab from Corbett on the
mouth Fitz is doing all the forcing
this round. Fitz tries a right hand
cross, but Corbett ducks. FitZ lands
his left on Corbett's face. and Cor
bett counters with right on body.
Sparring for wind. Fltz tries his hard
right at Corbetts head, but Is counter
ed heavily on jaw with Corbett's left.
Titz has the worst Of this round when
the gong sounded.
Round 9-Long range sparrng, with
both very active on their feet. Fitz
lands below the belt, and is cautioned
by Ser. Corbett lands stiff left on
Frz's wind Fitz rushes Corbett, but
does very little damage. Jim Is jab- |
bing and clinching, upper cutting with
right on breakaways, F'itz lands very |
hard left hand swing on Jim's jaw, and
tries q right cross but Jim is inside. |
Fitz again tries right cross but he is
short He Is landing more often than
Corbett now.
Round 1O-Fits spits the blood out of
his mouth and tries a hard left swing
al Corbetts head. Ftz comes back
with stiff left and right on Jim's head
and body. He is very much cooler and
stronger than Corbett at this stage.
Corbett stops a left swing with straight
left on mouth. F'itz is bleeding rap
idly, but forces Corbett back. appar-
emily being the stronger man. They
mix up. and honors are about even,
Both are fighting hard. Corbett lands
left on FItz's mouth. Corbett's blows
are lacking in force, but he is fighting
very cautiously. Fitz catches Corbett
around the neck and drags him to the
ropes when time Is called.
Round 11-A cinch. COrbett lands
his right on the ribs. and is countered,
left jab on chin. Fitz is receiving Cor
belts left jabs. but he is like bear In
strength, Corbett misses half round
hook on the Jaw. Fitz lands hard
left straight on Corbetts face They
clinch and Fitz crosses with his rirht
in the clinch. They mix 1t and Fitz
has decidedly the better of the rough
ing. Fitz fights Corbett to his corner, |
and has him weak as the gong sounds.
Round 12--Corbett rushes 1t. misses
lsft and is countered on the face. Fitz
is bent on rushing it and Corbett is
keeping away. FitZ gets the worst Of |
1t in the rush. More clinching Cor
bett lands left on Ftz's sore nose, and
follows with half round at body He
forces Fitz to the ropes and smashes
hard on short ribs. Fitz spits copious
wads of blood. Corbett is now rush.
ing, and lands twice right and left on
the Australians face. and follows with
right on body. He tries a knockout
uppercut with right, but it is a hair
too short. This is Corbett's round.
Round l3-Fitz lands right short on
Corbett's ribs, and a left on Jaw. Jim
finds Fitz with good left handler.
Fitz rushes Jim over TO his corner, but
does little damage. Corbett jabs Tftz
lightly on the head. and he Is back
again with the same on body. Cor
bett is sparring beautifully, and duck
ing out Of some very dangerous blows.
Fit2 lands his left straight and hard
on inns face and trpg that hard |