Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-18
AUGUSTA. MAINE. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 49, 1897

Dett proke ground ana danced about his
into a CORNER and was the first to lead
with left swing. which missed Jim 8
head by about 10 feet. The Californian
did not land In the first attempt. More
leading at long range followed. Fitxsim-
mons forced Corbett into a rally and up
percut him lightly In the clinch. In a
mixup which followed no damage was
done. corbett shot a light left on the
his left. but missed. A hard exchange Of
lefts followed. in which the Australian
got a little the worst of 1t. Fits then
Corbett to his own corner. but Jim got
out of danger and sent in a heavy right
| on the body as he slipped away. Fitz put
| hard left over the heart and Jim swung
on Fitz's wind. Corbett ran into a
clinch. but they quickly broke clean. Fitz
was still forcing matters, but a hard left
swing put him on the defensive. Jim
together. On the breakaway Bob sent a
vicious uppercut to the jaw. A clinch
followed and the men broke without a
blow as the gong sounded.
swing. but missed his mark. They came
to a clinch and were rather slow in
breaking away. A vicious left from Fitz
just grazed Corbett's breast and again
After ss the breakaway Fitz put on steam
and Jim broke ground before the Austral-
ian. although the latter contented him.
self with feinting and did not lead. Fin
neat left on the face and a right on the
body. dancing away without return.
Fitz seemed determined to keep on the
aggressive and again forced Jim into his
corner. swinging right and left for the
body, but Jim's fast foot work took him
out of reach. Fitz came into clinch
and In the breakaway got a stif left
uppercut. Bob swung wildly right and
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followed. neither man being able to get
inside OF the others guard. Long range
sparring in which Corbett did most of the
leading followed. Jim got in a left on the
ribs and repeated the blow a moment
later. Fitz smiled and tried to corner
Jim. who lodged quickly out Of reach
and came back with left on the wind.
Another left on the stomach brought the
round to close with the men in a
clinch. 1t was clearly Corbett's round on
points.
Round Slim opend with a rush and
sent left jab hard on the wind. Fitz
did not like IL and tried to rush in return,
and was wild with right and left Jim
stopped another left lead for the heart
and countered smartiy on the stomach.
Corbett put left on the wind and right
showed a red blotch where the Califor-
mans left struck. Bob took a hand in
the forcing and dashed out wildly. miss
ing with both hands. After little long
body and Bob came into a clinch and
landed his right on the ear before they
separated. Corbett shot a terrible right
on Bobs side and followed with fast
left on the wind. Both men were getting
carefully and cleanly out of clinches
Bob's left reached the wind. but Corbett
swung Q right on the jaw in the clinch
that followed Then Jim put his left on
the body and as Bob came in to clinch
him Jim piled two stif rights on the
wind and followed up with another on the
body. Fitz landed a nice left on the Jaw
after missing the right lead for the
stomach. A clinch followed. Bob got in
straight drive on the wind. A little
hugging followed and for the first time
the referee came in between the men
and broke them. Before the bell sounded
a cessation. F'itz put neat right on the
body and swung his left to the jaw
Honors were fairly even.
Round 4-Jim again led off with a left
which failed to land. and they clinched
and broke clean. Bob tried with a right
lead for the head. but missed Corbett
who put hard right punch on the body
and in the clinch swung his right to the
Jaw. Bob was determined. but \ slow
Corbett commenced to make things pretty
lively. They clinched three times with
out blow being struck. A light left
swing on the jaw from Corbett was re-
turned with interest by Fltz as far rs
left missed the mark by "a few inches
Corbett landed two heavy rights on the
wind and put straight left flush In the
face. Then Jim planted his right under
Bob's ear and easily escaped a right and
left. Jim sent his right to the wind and
Bob clinched. taking an uppercut on the
chin before the break Corbett seemed to
cling to Fitz In clinches as If 20 save his |
strength. Fitz shot out his left With ter |
rihc force on the wind. and swung
vicious right for the jaw, which was
short. Corbett's left landed on the stom- |
ach and he repeated the dose a second |
later. He swung. missing right and left, |
but on the third trial sent his right to thss |
stomach and followed up with two swift |
lefts on the jaw. Corbett was on the ag- |
gressive now. and after missing a left |
for the head. he sent his right across on /
the stomach. Time was called with the
men clinched, and smiling in each other 5 |
faces.
Round slim swung a hard left on the
Australian tried to corner his rival, but /
Jim was too fast and got away sending
left on the jaw as he, skipped back
Bob was not grinning quite so much now
Jim was bit wild with his right on the /
stomach on the first attempt. On the
second he landed q vicious one on the
wind. They EXCHANGED hard right body
blows. Then Corbett landed with both
hands. his right finding the body and his 1
Eeft the Jaw. In the cllnch he uppercut
Fttx and the latter returned the c0mpl-
ment with right hook on the jaw. Cor
and they clinched After they stepped
back, Jim's right reached the wind Bob
countered with a jolt under the chs. A
left TAB from the Californian made Fits's
mouth bleed. and a howl of Joy went up
from Corbett's admirers at the sight of
blood. This seemed to nerve Jim and he
came In with vicious right and left on
both sides Of Fatz's head. Fitz- came
back with a right swing which caught
Corbett just above the ear and the Cali
fornian cltnched. They stepped back on
the word from the referee, and then Jim
put heavy left on the jaw, to which
Bob had no return. A right on the body
and a stiff left on the fact, made the
claret flow. freely from Fitz's nose and
mouth. and he appeared a little ratified. /
Jim was now doing all the work, and he
right and left on the jaw
with a half.arm punch which was Just
enough behind the point of Fitx's jaw to
the danger. Corbett showed
much more confidence and shifted his at
tack from the body to the jaw. FourI
times before the bell rang, Jim's right
and left landed lightly on the point OIL
attack and as the bell rang he uppercutI
Fftz in a clinch.
Round 7-Corbett. in forcing, misses q
left swing at the head, and Corbett up
percuts Fitz hard on the face. Fits Is
bleeding again. but is fighting like lion.
They are both looking for q chance to
land Knockout blow.
Round S-Fitx Is forcing 1t. An ex-i
change occurred but no damage resulted.
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