The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-03

4 Knockout jiow. Jim lands a light
left on Fitz' sore mouth. Fitz misses
right and left swing. hitz tries lett
swing, which is duclsed by Corbett, and
counters with heavy right over heart
CorbCtt Is very tired Iitz looks like a
stie. bullock. but IS as strong as the
other man
Eighth Round Ftz forcing it, Al
exchange with no damage. .F1tz misses
his left swing and is lifted off his feet
| hy straight left iab from Corbctt on
the moGth. eitZ Is doing all the fore
ing this round. Fitz tries iighthand
cross, but Corbett ducks. titz lands
his left on Corbett's face and Corbett
counters with right on the body.
Spar for Wind fta tries his hard
fight pt Gtrbett's head, but Is enceuH-
tered HSaFlly oil the jav with tbrbetts
good left. Fitz has the W5fsl III this
round when the gong sounds.
Ninth Round-Long range sparring;
both very active on their feet. Fitz
lands below the belt, and is cautioned
bs Silef. cotbett lands u stiff left on
Fitz' Wind. Fitz ri1shes C6ttett but
does very littie damage. Jim is jabbihg
and clinches, uppet-clittillg with right
in the break-away. Fitz lands vefy
hard left-hand swing on Jim's jaw,
and tries right cross, but Jim is in
side. Fitz again tries right cross but
he Is short He Is landing more often
than CUbett now,
Tenth Round tita spits the blood
ont of his mouth and tries d hard left
swing at C6rbett's head. Fitz comes
back with stiff left and right on Jim's
head and body. He's very much cooler
and stronger than Corbett at this stage.
Corbett stops left swing with a
straight left on mouth, Fitz is bleed.
ing rapidly hit forces Corbett back,
apparently being the stronger man.
They mix it up and honors Dire abotit
even. Both are fighting hard Fitz
catches Corbett around the neck and
drags him to the ropes when time is
called,
Eleventh Round-Corbett lands light
left on Fitz' mouth. Corbetts blows
are lucl1ing g iii force, but he Is fighting
very cautiously. A clinch Corbett
lands his right on the ribs and is coun-
tered with left on clinch, Fitz is re-
ceiver general for Corbett's left jabs, but
IL like q bear in strength. Corbett
misses half round hook IN the jaw.
Fitz lands hard left straight on Cor.
belts face. They clinch and Fitz eros.
ses with his right in the clinch. They
mix it and Fitz has decidedly the bet
ter of the roughing. Fitz fights Cor
the gong sounds.
Twelfth Round--C5rbett rushes 1t,
misses left and countered on the face.
Fit is bent on rushing it, and Corbett
keeping away. Fitz gets Che worst Of
1t in the rush. More clinching. Cor
bett lands his left on Fitz' sore nose,
and follows with a half-round at tho
body. lie forces Fitz to the ropes,
and smashes him hard on the
short ribs. Fits spits copious wads of
blood. Corbett is now rushing it and
lands right and left on the Australians
face. Corbett lands left on Fitz face
and follows with right at body. He
tries Knockout upper-cut with right,
but it's hair too short. This was
Corbetts round.
Thirteenth Round-Fitz lands his
right short on Corbett's ribs and left
on jaw. Jim finds Fitz with good
left. Fitz rushed Jim over to his
corner but does little damage.
Corbett jabs Fitz lightly on the
head and he is back again
with same on body. Corbett was
sparring beautifully and dancing out
of dangerous position. Fitz lands his
left straight and hard on face. Fitz
tries the hard right swing, but it does
no good. Jims glove was in Fitz' face
when Madden pushed the button.
Fourteenth Round-Corbett leads,
and is blocked. Jim lands that left jab
again on Fitz' head Fitz countered
with terrible right swing on Corlkett's
neck, and has Corbett going back for a
few seconds. Fitz lands terrible left
hand jab on Corbett's stomach, and
Corbett goes to his knees with a
frightful look of agony on his
face. As the time-keepers call the sec
onds: One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten-but Corbett
comes to his feet. He rushes to Fitz
and endeavors to strike him. There
is terrible uproar. George Siler de-
cides that Fitz wins. The blow that
did the business landed over Corbett's
heart and he collapsed.