The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-18

pufiuefA lOr MIN nuu u landed. Ctir-
| hett'S thigh was daubed with blood from
| his own glove, which was colored by
| contact with the nose and mouth Of Fltz-
almnOn9. CoFbett came In again with
two hard lefts on the jaw, FitzslmmIna
apparnetly being unable 10 stop the
blows He seemed 10 be waiting for his
chance and willing " take blows II only
| he had chance for n return. FtZslu-
mons swung right and left for the jaw,
but COrbett duckeN II nicely alid gave
Filzsinmons a straight left jab that
| HmeRred the blood all over FitzsimmOns'
face. FltEsimmOns put In left body
and ducked u vicious left swing and
clinched. After the brdRk-away. FitG-
simmons assumed the aggressive and
put stln right on body, C0rbett cllnchlng.
Corbctt struck for the body and hnded
below the belt. the blow. however, being
| very l!gh., and FltzSlmmuns paid no at
| tentiHn TO Il. COrbett then put his lett
on the Jaw and getting away very clever.
| ~ with right and left hooks which Flt1-
shimmonB sent at his Jaw, he CiinShed.
| C0rbett put his left on the face and up
percut Slvagely with his right, but Fitz.
slmmons Slipped to noe side and stopped
| the blow with his left elbow. AT the
| close Of the round both men were bcspat-
tered with blood AMI Fitzsimmons was q
sight his face being covered with blood
from hair TO shin.
Round s. Fitzsimm6ns was evidently
| Eettins stronger and came up In ftne
shape, He went at Corbett and CROWD
| ed him back into his (COrbett'B) corner,
| Both men swung for the head with lelt
and both missed. Corbett put In atin
| left on the body and nearly sent Fitz-
| almmons to the floor. Fitzsimmons
| swung with his left for the Jaw, but
| Corbett Jumped aside laughing. Fltz-
simmons was evidently determined TO
| have his inning and he went after Cor.
| bett fast and furious. He sent q haru
| left on the body. hard left on the Jaw,
| cruwding Corbet to the ropes RECEIVING
| only light blow on the body In return.
| He Then landed on COrbett's chest. Botll
men then spared for wind und walked
slowly around. Both missed lefts Tor
| the body and then came COrbetts turn.
| He nut in his left hard on body, tItz-
| SIumons countering or the chest. Cor
| bett landed q hard left on the Jaw q
| lIght right on the body and his left on
| inw. u straight left on the nose. follow"
| inE Il up With q left on the Jaw. tltz-
simmons stood the ram OF pioMs CeLS S,s.
/ well and came out OF II laughing. cor
| bett reached the Jaw again with MS iett
| nnd nut his left on heart. Fttzsim-
| mons made a vicious right hook, follow
| inv IL uD with his left and missed. Then
| bs mt his right strongly on Corbetts
law, staggering him, Corbett led win
| IFS right for body, but Fitzsimmons got
/ away. Fitzsimmons then took the aSI
Eresyive and followed COrbett around
| 1Ls ring puttInE his left and right
| LIGHTLY on the body, but could not stop
| n left on the nose that caught him Just
ne the gong sounded. CoTbett began TO
| Iook tired and In his minutes rest ne
| tooE his refreshments. washing out MS
mouth with water. F1tLslmmons, al
though covered with blood, was evl.
IDENTIFY gaining strength and he was
quite fresh at the close.
Round .. Both men spared for
missed a left for body. F1tzsim-
mons landed n light left on
tbe body. COrbett coming back with
n hard left on the body, making F1tE-
simmons jump into the 1ir. FltHslln. Fltil..
mons followed COrbett. who kept away
from him and kept up succession OF
ihSt iahS in the face, receiving only q
sITht left on the body. FitzSlmmons
In TSded his left on the body, staggering
CCrbett Jim landed his left on the
S,Cse. another hard left on the same
/ Mace his right on the jaw, u LETT on
| Inc Jaw again and n right on the bOdS'
/ FitEsInmOns landed hard leLt on the
| law, following with a LETT on the neeV'
He landed on the Jaw WIN nus ,5,aS. Ill.
! etarRrrinR COTbett badly ana SenuIuS
bim hack. Both men appeared tlreo,
mt FitEsimmons was smiling through
,hc blood on his face. COrbett leu o
| t,,r1 left for the face, but missed, tltz-
.i,nTnons ducking. Bob led with MS
isft and Jim got away. Bob landed
the right on the Jaw anu 1SaoS S0rISS I'M
| cijnched, FitZsimm0ns landed nknt
ond lef. OH Jaw Jim put his left on
niu 1Lna anL pof n left ON the jaw In re-
turn which ended the round. Coroett
seemed tired, but Fitzsimmons was eS-
/ JIe,,tIv fresher than ut the close OF the
,Svay,louS round. He however, was
bleeding very badly from u bad cut on
his lip.
Round 10. Fitzsimmons assumed ihe
aggressive OF the start He nlsseu
b@Td right for Corbett'S face, but lol.
inrved II up with Il left on the ribs and
Sot in return a hard right on the Jaw,
The mon cllnched. FItZslmmons landing
q hard left on Corbett's chin and light
body biow. hut got a hard left on the
| -, In the break, FitZsImmons landed
| i,ord nm the body with his left and put
q tight hard on the Jaw, Following II
IN with Il EtiTI left on the Jaw. rashihG
S,orbett back two feet Corbett missed
left swing ON the Jaw, FitzSlmmons
Ieltlng away. COrbett also missed
foTt FOR the body. Bob landed a hard
iStt nm the body, and Corbett countered
With a hard right OIL the same place.
c'orbeit landed a left on the body FitE-
STr,mons counterIng with a light lett
On the nose Both men cllnched. FIJI
simmons missed q right for the heud'
6nt landed a left twice in succession,
o,d vOt RwAy without a return. FitE-
Simmons landed hard right on the
bead He made terrible swing with
his left for the jaw, but Jim got away.
lin landed his left on the Jaw anu
| hard right IN the body. The men
aIincbed. Corbett rushing Fitzslmmons
oytsr receiving hard left on the jaw,
ni,I moi IN on the body with his right,
aiso landing his left on the chin and
80 nm the neck COrbett smiled, though
~ locked somewhat tired. He ducked
ioft hand swing and got left In the
i,,Jv rushing Fltzslmmons TO the ropes.
S'T,bc crowd hlssed him.) He landed with
bis left a terrible blow on Fitzsimmons'
jnyy, staggering him. The men were IN
| n cllnch as the round closed tItzhlm-
,,,Sns' condition appeared TO be improv-
~ imw but Corbett was 10 ull appearances
losing strength.
Round Ii. Both men put lefts on the
h,dy and clinched.. Corbctt put his LETT
ON law and his right on body. FitZsim-
mons got in left on the jaw and fol-
inSyed by two others and right on the
bead CorbCtt landed his left and a
ciInrh followed COrbett landed hard
rigbt on the face and II hard left on tho
aSr and p0ked FitEsimmonS generally
with his let in the face again. Fitz-
.I | Naf'' pifEhf hand gttinu for
H. jnw COrhctt missed left for the
| w. ~ n !. ..nrnnh lninnlpn for the Nnmn