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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
FITS LAST BATTLE.
Proudest r1an Alive But Will Never
Enter the Ring Again.

After the battle FitZsimmons walked
to his dressing room, accompanied by
his wife and followed by his trainers.
Many shouted congratulations to him
on the way, and his trainers, of course,
shook hands with him, and his wife
hung on his neck and kissed him.
II am the prOudest man alive" said
Fitzsimmons. II have established be-
yond dispute my right to the title of
the heavyweight championship Of the
world-a title disputed by one man
alone, James J. Corbett. 1 was a bit
fearful at the outset, because the first
right hand lead l made at him landed
on the back of his head, Wrenching my
thumb. Thereafter 1 was at a disad-
vantage, and you may have noticed
that my right swings were short, but
they were delivered with the purpose
Of driving Corbett into the belief that
the thumb was not injured. That ac-
counts for my missing so many right
hand swings. 1 discovered at the out
set that his punishment did not affect
me. If his jabs had landed any other
place than on my lips. which are sus-
ceptible to bleeding, l would have
escaped without a scratch.
'Corbett talks about a return fight
and says he will follow me from town
to town until 1 give him a return bat
tie. / am now thirty-six years Of age,
have fought more championship battles
than any two men. in ancient or mod
err ring annals, and shall retire. I
will never fight again. Julian will
now take possession of the mich which
we have forced COrbett to Vacate.
81 feel more than pleased at the work
of Referee Siler and am satisfied that
his Interpretation Of the rules was
along fair lines. l have been confident
all along Of my ability to whip Corbett.
My roasting him was prompted solely
by my desire to get him into the ring.
I did not think 1 could ever get him to
face me unless 1 made him believe that
l was a bit chary of meeting him. He
gave me a hard fight and I got consid-
cradle punishment. l waited for the
time and finally, as I could not get at
his head, played for his body and fin
ished him. 1 ended COrbett with the
same blow that 1 used on Sharkey, by a
left swing on the body under the
heart"
Fitzsimmons is in good condition,
barring the sprain of the thumb, which
is badly swollen. He drove into town
this afternoon with is wife and left on
tonights train for San Francisco, taxi
ing with him the purse and $4,000 In
drafts, which were turned over to him
by Al Smith, the stakeholder
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Twelfth Round. !

F1tzslmmons name up quickly, start
ing after, COrbett with a, vicious left
for the head. COrbet1 ducked and Fits
arm passed fully foot above his back.
The energy ofWhiss blow swung Fitz
clear around and he staggered, almost
falling down in Corbett's corner. He
rallied quickly, however, and put his
right on the body before Cofbett could
catch him. Corbett missed left jab,
pointed at the jaw, and Fitz went
through similar performance but
swung back with his right, catching
CCrbett on the head and then followed
1t up with a straight poke in the nose.
F1tz repeated this performance with
left hook. COrbett put his left on the
body very lightly and then put his left
hard on the. jaw, receiving. a severe
counter in the same place. Jim then
landed hard on the head and rushed
Fitzsimmons to the ropes. where a
clinch followed 4 [
The men were apart just long enough
to allow Corbett to put a light left on
the jaw and hard left on the nose and
they clinched again. During the clinch
Fitz cleared his throat of blood, which
he spat out over COrbett'S shoulder in
the coolest manner possible and then
wiped the blood from his nose with tho
thumb of his glove. His toilet being
completed. Fitz broke away, catching a
hard left on the nose as he did He
missed another of the. same sort and
clinched, uppercutting Jim with his
right on the bFeakaway. Both men
dEcked left swings and clinched again.
COrbett then landed a rain of blows on
Fitz, catching him repeatedly on the
jaw and body. He landed on the body
just about as he pleased, although the
latter was fighting strong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Fifth Round.

Corbett Immediately landed a hard
left on the jaw; F'itZsimmOnS ran Cor
bett to the ropes and the men clinched,
no blows being struck. Corbett landed
a right on FitZsimmons' jaw and left
on the neck. Corbett landed his right
on Fitzsimmons' jaw and on the body
and they clinched. Both landed hard
rights on the body, Fitzsimmons fol-
lowing up with a left ON the jaw and
ducked vicious left hand swing.
Corbett missed right on the body and
lead and another clinch followed. Cor
bett landed a left on the jaw, a light
left on the head and they clinched.
Jim landed hard left on the jaw and
a right on the head. He landed the
left on the jaw again. FitZSimmOnS hit
Corbett hard on the head, staggering
him. COrbett gave FitzsimmOns hard
left on the jaw, then led another and
missed. COrbett landeds his right on
the body, a left on the ear, a light
right on the jaw and the men clinched.
Corbett landed his left on the jaw, a
right on the head and his left on the
jaw again, the men clinching. Corbetr
landed hard left on the jaw and F'itZ-
simmons clinched. he being a trif1e
daZed by the succession of blows he
Rad received. Jim landed a right on the
body, left on the head and then came
in with a left on the jaw. FitzsimmOns
landed on the head with his left and
got in right-hand jab on the body as
the round closed. COrbett seemed the
fresher of the two. He got first blood,
which was coming from FitzsimmOns'
mouth as the gong sounded. Jim re-
fused refreshments, but FitZSimmOnS
drank from bottle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
JULIAN CAUSTIC.
Says Corbett Had Better Go Back to
His Bank.

ut was just as expected it to be-"
said Martin Julian, as he left the
arena, his puffy, red face wreathed in
smiles. 81 knew Bob could lick that
fellow from the first day l saw him
and my predictions today have been
proved correct. He gave COrbett all
the best of it in the rules, yielding
every point asked for, and, as usual
abandoning every complaint that he
made. 1 did this because I knew Fitz-
simmons could whip that cur, no mat
ter how he might be handicapped by
rules or conditions. 1 am dead glad
that all this talking and Boosting and
heaping of insults on the part of Cor
bett is at last ended. He is a licked
man now and no matter how much he
works his face nobody will pay any
attention to him. Bob Fitzsimmons is
the undisputed champion Of the world,
and Jim COrbett is a third rater. He
had better go back to his bank"
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only a slight left on the body. Fitz-
simmons landed his left on the body
staggering COrbett. Jim landed his
left on the nose, another hard left on
the same place, his right on the jaw
and a second hard straight on the jaw,
a left on the jaw again and a right on
the body. FitzsimmOns landed a hard
left on the jaw, following with a left
on the head. He landed on the jaw
with his right, staggering COrbett
badly and sending him back.
Both men appeared tired, but FitZ-
simmons smiled through the blood on
his face. COrbett led a hard left for
the face, but missed, Fitzsimmons
ducking. Both led with the left and
Jim got away. Both landed rights
on the jaw and Corbett clinched
FitZsimmOns landed a right and left
on the body and the men clinched
again. FitzsimmOns landed right and
left on the jaw. Jim put his left on
the face and got left on the jaw in
return, which ended the round.
COrbett seemed tired but FitZsim-
mons was evidently fresher than at
the close of the previous round. He,
however, was bleeding very badly
from a cut on his lip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
SILER'S STATEMENT.
Refree Gives His Opinion of The
Game Fight.

MY construction of rule 12," said
Referee Siler, permitting hits in the
clinChes and breakaWays made a fair
er fight than the general public, or the
spectators anticipated. The general
superstition was that under the rule, as
interpreted, it would be a rough-and-
tumble fight-that they would hug and
Wrestle, but l figured that if hitting in
the clincehs and breakaways was per-
mitted, the men would be more than
careful in clinches and that there
would be no punching at such times. |
was correct.
TT loked for the first five rounds as
if it was Corbett's fight He had Fitz-
simmons webbing in the fourth round
and fifth round, and in the fifth [ was
forced for the first time to go in be-
tween them to make Fitzsimmons
break away. After that, it appeared to
me that COrbett's blows were not so
seemed to be getting stronger all the
time, and, barring a knockout by Fitz-
simmons, / considered the only show
COrbett had was to punch and worry
him by degrees, follow him up until he
was dead. But the knockout blow
came 1t was one of the cleanest fights
that ever took place in a ring for the
championship"
William Muldoon, the veteran wrest-
Ter and trainer, who was standing close
to the men when the fight ended, said to
an Associated Press reporter: The
men had clinched in the northwest
corner Of the ring. Corbett. instead
of stepping back, as he should have
done, simply leaned the upper part
of his body back. The movement caused
the bone at the lower part of the chesr
to protrude. FitzsimmOns saw his OPP
portunity and quick as a fash deliv-
cred a right uppercut. The blow caught
CCrbett right under this protrudine
bone and over the spleen. No man
living could have stood up under the
caused"
In criticising the contest, Muldoon
said: 1T was the prettiest fight and
best fight that ever occurred beween
big men,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Sixth Round.

FitzsimmOns opened with a left on
the face and Corbett was crowded on
the ropes. FitzSimmOns made a wild
left swing for the body and a second
clinch followed. Corbett ducked from a
vicious left, intended for the jaw. Jim
led with his left for the jaw and then
put a hard right-hand uppercut on
FitZsimmons' chin, causing stream Of
blood to pour from his mouth CO.rbett
came in again with a vicious left on
the jaw and again the blood came IN
a stream from Bobs mouth. The men
clinched, Corbett then put it all over
FitZsimmOns putting his right on the
head, his left on the jaw, crowding
FitZSimmOnS to the ropes. Fitzsim-
mons seemed unable to stop the blows
that came in and Corbett hit him on
the jaw with his left and uppercut him
with his right, making the blood flow.
BOb'S face was practically a puddle
Of blood and he was evidently begin
ming to weaken. F'itzsimmons attempt
ed to reach Corbetts jaw but failed,
and the next second missed a hard
right swing. FitzsimmOns was evil
IDENTIFY firing and when he received a
savage right behind the ear he reeled
and went down on one knee. COrbett
WIS wild to finish him, and, although
the rules of the fight were that when
one man was down. the other must re-
tire ten feet until the fallen man was
on his feet, Corbett, in his eagerness.
ignored the rule and kept trying to
get at F'itzSimmons. Referee Siler
warned him TO stand back. and Martin
Julian sprang upon the platform on the.
outside of the. ropes, calling excitedly
t. Corbett Stand back and obey the
rules. Why don't you stand back?"
FitZsimmons was down seven sec
OndS, but was only taking a rest. The
instant he rose, Corbett was at him like
a fiend. He landed his right on Fitz-
simmons jaw, sent a hard left to the
jaw, put his left into FitZsimmOns'
face with the force of a bullet and put
his right on the jaw again. He fol,
lowed these blows up with a right and
left on the jaw and then caught Fitz-
simmons with a hard left on the head
and put his right and left on the jaw
again. FitzsimmOns was evidently go
ing when the gong sounded and q lit
tie more of it would have settled him.
His face was literally q mass of blood
and he tottered little as he went to
his corner COrbett's chest and Shout
ders were covered with a red splatter
that came from the mouth and nose Of
| FitZSimmOnS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Fourteenth RdiIna

Up to this time Corhett had the bet
ter of the fighting, He hit Fitz when
ever he pleased and pretty much where
he pleased. His generalship> was far
superior to that of Fitz, and he got
away and came in again with marvel
Gus speed. He was firing rapidly, how
ever and was far from having the STAN
inia that F'itz showed. The latter had
been punished fearfully throughout the
preceding rounds, but he was still
strong and game to the core
The round opened with a left swing
for the jaw by Cotbett 1t missed the
mark. but he tried again with better
success, reaching the jaw good and
hard. Fitz was all there, however, and
he sent his left TO, the body with ter
rife force The blow sent Corbett stag
gering backward several feet, and evil
IDENTIFY hurt him badly ,Fitzsimmons
lost no time. He. followed closely and
sent his right to Corbett's face. caus-
ing him to- tOtter. again. He then put
his left hard. on the body. and was hot
after: his. man.. but Corbett gave ground
to get away lCOrbett- came up strong,
however, and put his left. hard on
Fits body. The latter put in a hard
right on the head Ish.
jim was looking sifed, his strength
was going and BE QHHched. After the
break-away Fit1siERpaOns. put a. hard
right and. left 0refhe jaw and the men
chnched again. Eobsett fighting Fitz
into the southypsst corner of the ring
Jim put his lefaNn she jaw and Fitz
sent his right:to thdiehin with fearful
force. The bf6WsnE3de GOrbett lean
backwards aIlde65 turned 81 him partly
around. He raised his guard trif1e,
and. quick as lighting, Ritz shot his
left glove on CeFbet's body just be-
low the heart. The blow was one that
would have shiXered a plank, and Cor
belts face paleas ips+antly, His arms
fell to- his sides, thisIz eyes closed ana
he fell forward to the ropes, catching
at them with hisright hand. His face
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
they cIinched again. Fitzsimmons

they clinched again. Fitzsimmons
rushed Corbett, landing a left on the
body, and in the clinch punched Cor
bett on the head with his right. Cor
bett missed right swing for the head.
In the breakaway, and Fitzsimmons
clinched. Jim landed a hard right on
the body, but missed a left on the
head. Corbett landed right on thu
head and a left on the body. follow
Ing with a left on the jaw. A clinch
followed. Corbett landed a hard right
on the body, and a hard left on the
jaw.
When the round closed the men were
clinching, both laughing. Fitzsim
mons body was red from the effects
of Corbett's right-handers. Referee
Siler announced to the newspaper men
that he did not get in between the men
during clinch for fear that he might
spoil a chance for a Knockout with
one arm free.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18

straight. left on the jaw and upper cut
CCrbett in the clinch with his right.
He also landed his right on the jaw
and put hard right on Corbett's ear.
Corbett made a left hand swing but it
was stopped. Fitz landed a hard one
on Corbett's face. staggering him and,
with his right on the jaw. He also
landed a hard one on Corbett's ear,
after receiving a9light left on the chin.
Cc1bett landed a. hard left on Fitzsim-
mons nose andoFeceived one in return
on the jaw 'fFitzsimmons followed
Corbett, landing right and left on the
body. Corbett sducked a vicious right
hand swing andthe men clinched. The
round closed with dFitzsimmon' con-
dition improving and he was fighting
strong, u - T
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Corbett clinching. Corbett struck for
the body and landed below the belt, the
blow. however, being very light, and
F1tzsimmons paid no attention to it.
Corbett then put his left on the jaw,
getting away very cleverly from right
and left hooks which Fitzsimmons sent
at his jaw. He clinched. Corbett put
his left in the face and uppercut Sc
verely with his right, but Fitzsimmons
slipped to one side and stopped the
blow with his left elbow At the close
Of the round both men were bespat-
tered with blood, and Fitzsimmons was
a sight, his face being covered with
blood from hair to chin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Eighth Round.

FitZsimmons was evidently getting
stronger and came up in fine shape. He
went at COrbett and crowded him back
into his (Corbett's) corner. Both men
swung for the head with the left and
beth missed. Corbett put in stiff left
on the body and nearly sent Fitzsirn-
mons to the floor. Fitzsimmons swung
his left for the jaw, but Corbett jump
ed aside laughing. Fitzsimmons was
evidently determined to have his inning
and went after Corbett fast and furious.
He sent hard left on the body, hard
left on the jaw, crowding Corbett to
the ropes, receiving only a light blow
on the body in return. He then landed
on Corbett's chest. Both men then
spared for wind and walked slowly
around. Both missed let's for the body
and then came COrbett's turn. He put
in his left hand on the body, Fitzsim-
mons counterirg on the chest. Corr
bett landed a hard left on the jaw,
light right on the body and his left on
the jaw; a straight left on the nose
following it UP with a left on the jaw
F'itzsimmons stood the rain Of blows
very well and came out of it laughing.
CCrbett reached the jaw again with his
left and put his left on the heart. Fitz-
simmons sent vicious right hook, fol-
lowing it up with his left, but missed.
Then he put his right strongly on Cor
belts jaw, staggering him. Corbett led
with his right for the body but F'itz-
simmons got away. FftZSimmOns then
took the aggressive, and followed Cor
bett around the ring, putting his left
and right lightly on the body, but he
could not stop a left on the nose that
caught him just as the gong sounded.
Corbett began to look tired and in the
minutes rest he took refreshment, wash
Ing out his mouth with water. Fitz-
simmons, although covered with blood.
was evidently gaining strength and he
was quite fresh at the close.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Ninth Round.

Both men spared for an opening
Corbett opened and missed a left for
the body. Fitzsimmons landed a light
left on the body, COrbett coming back
with a hard left on the body, making
Fitzsimmons jump into the air. Fitz-
simmons followed Corbett, who kept
away from him, and kept up a success
sion Of left jabs in the face, receiving
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18

Thirteenth Ruund!

Fitz landed jeftton the body and a
hard right on the jaw. Jim missed a
left-hand swing, nbut landed a left OH
the jaw and the men clinched. Fitz-
simmons missediEa hard right for the
head. lowinga7Cerbett around the
ring and receiving straight right for
the face, after which he clinched. They
fiddled around the ring, Corbett with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18

was evidently suffering the most ex-
cruciating pain. He tried to rise, but
Fitz with his right caught him with
a jab on the chin. Corbett was not
knocked out in the common acceptance
of the word. He was not unconscious,
but the pain resulting from the blow
under the heart was SO great as to
make him careless of anything else.
He tried several times to rise, but was
unable to do SO and was counted out
by the referee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Third Round.

At the opening Corbett sent in
hard left on the body, making FtZSim-
mons vince and Ciinch. He followed
with hard left on the jaw, staggering
i ltzsltHnions. He followed this with a
rain of blows, sending his left to the
body twice and a right on the. head.
Jim lead for the head again, but Fitz--
simmons stopped him cleverly, both
men clinching. FitZSimmOnS made right
and left swings on the jaw, but COrbett
ducked and both men laughed. Jim
tented with his left and then sent his
right to the body, landing lightly.
FitZsimmons swung with his left but
landed only lightly and the men clinch-
ed. Corbett got in a right and left on
the body and the men clinched, Cor
bett laughing and nodding in evident
good humOr to his friends at the ring
side. FitzsimmonS made a savage poke
for the jaw but missed. Corbett step
ped in quickly, getting a right to the
body and a mutual clinch followed.
Fitzsimmons turned loose with a left
hook on the jaw, staggering Corbett
He followed this with hard right on
the jaw, and in the breakaway from
the clinch, F'itzsimmOns landed two
light hooks on the top of the head
They were apart for a few seconds
pnly and Corbett ran in and clinched
after landing a hard right on the
body. Both were fearful of being hit
In the breakaway and wrestled for
several seconds. FitzsimmOns sent In
good right, reaching the jaw, but
COrbett only laughed. Both missed
lefts and clinched, FitZsimmons get
ting in a hard left on the body in the
breakaway. Fitzsimmons sent his
right to the body and left on the
nose. He assumed the aggressive.
crowded COrbett and was about to
lead wiah his left as the gong sounded.
Corbett: held up his hands, saying good
haturedly: Nay, Nay" Bob grinned
and turned away to his corner
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
Fourth Round.

Corbett landed a left on the jaw, and
the men clinched, both laughing. Both
landed hard lefts on the body, and in
a clinch which followed Corbett nod
ded to his friends over Fitzsimmons
shoulder. Jim landed a hard and a
light one on the head, Fitzsimmons
cOuntering. The men clinched again.
Corbett landing a right on Fitzsim-
mons ear in the breakaWay. COrbeut
handed a hard left on the chin; Jim
ducked a vicious right hand swing and
landed right on the body, following
1t with a left on the body and another
on the nose. COrbett led for the face
but touched lightly. FitzsimmOns fol-
lowed COrbett up and landed a hard
left on Corbett's jaw, getting a left on
the jaw in return, but it only made him
laugh. The men then clinched Fitz-
simmons missed a left for the body and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
FITZR HAS THE LAUGH
Continued From First Page.

against the ropes. Fitzsimmons still
kept crowding Corbett, and Corbett
landed light one in face. getting away
without a return. A second later ne
repeated the dose, and again missed the
counter which Fitzsimmons sent in.
Both men clinched, and in the break
away Fitzsimmons got in hard left
on Corbett's chin, staggering him. He
followed this up with left on the up
per part of the neck, staggering him a
second time. Corbett sent in left
counter in return, and then ducked and
ran away from vicious right hook
Corbett sailed in, landing a light left
on the neck, getting the same for his
own share, and Immediately after he
sent in a hard left on the neck. Corbett
sent his right for the body, but Fitz-
simmons avoided it by a clever side
step. Corbett got in light left and
clever1y ducked from a right swing.
Corbett sent his left and right to the
head, and the men clinched, Fitzsim-
mons landing hard left with one arm
free. Both landed rights on the body,
and were clinching in the center Of the
ring when the gong sounded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
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arena. He was driven directly to the
train, and with his party was soon
started on his trip to. San Francisco.