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md had him weak as the round

ended.
Round 12. Corbett rushed. Mise,
left and Was countered on the face
Fitx then began rushing and Corbet
keeping away. Fitz got the wors
Of it. A clinch followed. Corbet
landed on, Fitz's nose. followed hal
round on the body. forcing Fitz {,
the ropes and amashed hard on tn
ribs. ~Eitz" sPE copious wads o
blood. Corbstt began rushing
landing right On the face and 10!
lowing on the fAce and body. q,
tried . knockout upper cut with the
right. but is was loo short. 1t VA
Corbett's round.
Round IS. Fitx landed his righ
On Jim's ribs and his left On his Jaw
Jim found ,Fitz with good leftra9t
Fitz rushed Jim to his.- corner win
little damage. Cor6ett iAhbsd FIJI,
lightly On the head And body. Cor
bett spatred beautifully and ducket
some vary dangerous bloSzs. Fit,
landed hard left on the face fol
lowed with . left straight and hard
end swung Jim's glove in Fitz' fact
when the round ended.
The Fatal Foarsseash.
Ronnd II: Corbetg's lead was
blocked, but he landed left lab OF
Fits head. Fitz countered with q
terrible right swing on the neck and
had Corbett almost out. Fitzsim.
mons then landed Q terrible left ial
IN Jioas stomach. jim went 10 hi
knees With frightful look of agony
en his face. The timekeeper called
TIE seconds, 1, 2. 8. 4, 8, 6. z, 8
.. 10. but Corbstt came TO hi
fost and rushed at Fitz. endeavor
ing to strike him. Great uproar fol.
lowed. Siler hesitated. then gave
the fightito 1Fitzsimmons. The blow
that did the business landed owe,
Corbett's heart. and he collapsed
The last round lasted one minute and
IS seconds.
ThSir Chsmpionship Records.
The great fight which. last decided
the championship was fought at New
Orleans Sept. z. 1892. before thu
Olympic club of that city. and BE-
tween James J. Corbett, tLen Of Sar
Francisco, sndfJohn L Sullivan, tn,
then champion, fur q purse and
stakes Of $45.O and the heavy.
weight championship of the world.
Corbett knocked the big bruiser out
in the 21st round. In June, 1894
Corbett at Jacksonville. Fla, before
the Duvall Athletic club, knocked
out Charley Mitchell in three rounds
He has not had championship fighl
since. although he received 81, 900 10
1894 to spar four 2-minute rounds
with Peter Courtney before the Edi.
son kaleidoscope. In 1895. after
wrangling with F.tzsimmons aid
finally. signing articles for fiigh,
in Arkansas, which was prevented
by the governor of the state,
Corbett appointed Peter Maher
champion after the latter had de-
feated Steve O'Donnell. In June
last Corbett and Tom sharkey, the
sailor, fought Around draw in San
Francisco. Corbett went to England
after his fight with Mitchell. but
only met with moderate success
there. His revenue from the prize
ring, side bets and stage has aRgre-
gated $l5O,00O.
Fitzsimmons won the middle
weight championship from Jack
Dempsey at New Orleans in Is
rounds in 1891. He has since
knocked out Peter Maher twice. the
last time last year at Coahuila, Mex
leo. in one minute and S5 seconds
after Corbett had given Maher the
championship. He has also defended
his middle-weight title successfully
against Jim Hall, Joe Choynski, Dan
Creedan. Nike Connors AID lesser
lights in the pugilist!c arena. Last
year he went abroad without success
financially. and returning to New
York issued the challenge to Corbett.
which resulted in today's fight. At
San Francisco last summer Fitzsim-
mons and Sharkey fought eight
rounds, which vas given to the lat
ter on foul. The limit set was 10
rounds. Fitzsimmons' earnings in the
business have been $4,000.
The Other Events.
The Green-Smith and Flaberty-
Hawkins contests will come on i'm
mediately following tie great fght.