The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18

round closed. F'itzs,mmons' condition ap-
peared 10 be improving, but Corbett was.
to all appearances, losing strength.
Round 1f-Both men put iefts on the
body and then clinched- Corbett landed
bis left on the jaw and his right on the
body. Fstzsimmons got in light left on
the jaw and followed it with two others
and right on the head. Corbett landed
bis left on the head in the clinch which
followed. Corbett landed a hard right on
the face and hard left on the ear. and
poked Fitzsimmons generally with his left
in the face again Fitzsimmons missed
right hand swing for the jaw. Corbett miss
&c a left for the jaw and second intended
for the same locality. Fitzsimmons land
ed hard right on the jaw, the men cl!nch-
ing and wrestling. Corbett led his right
for the body, Fftzsimmons getting away.
Corbett led with his left for the head, but
Fitzsimmons ducked. FItzsimmons landed
a straight left on the jaw and uppercut
Corbett in the clinch with his right. he
also landed his right on the jaw and put a
hard right on Corbetts ear. Corbett made
lefAhand swing but it was stopped. Fitz-
simmons landed a hard one on Corbett's
face staggering him, and in the clinch he
uppercut Corbett with his right on the jaw.
He also landed hard on Corbett's ear after
receiving light left on the chin. Corbett
landed hard left on Fitzsimmons' nose
and received one in return on the jaw.
Fitzsimmons followed Corbett, landing
right and left on the body. Corbett ducked
a vicious right hand swing and the men
clinched. The round closed with Fitzsim-
mons condition improving and he was
fightinfi strong.
Round 12-Fitzsimmons came up quickly.
starting after Corbett with vicious left
for the head. Corbett ducked and F:tz-
simmons arm passed fully a foot above
his back. The energy OF his blows swung
Fitzs.mmons clear around and he stagger-
ed. almost falling down in Corbetts corner.
He rallied quickly, however, and put his
right on the body before Corbet could eaten
him. Corbett missed left jab pointed a,
the jaw and FitzsiInmons went through a
similar performance, but swung back with
his right, catching Corbett on the head.
and then followed it up with a straight
poke in the nose. Fitzsimmons repeated
this with good force, and with left hook.
Corbett put his left on the body very light
ly and then put his left hard on the Jaw,
receiving a severe counter in the same
place. Jim then landed hard on the head
ard rushes FitZsmmons to the ropes, where
a clinch followed. Then men were apart
just long enough to allow Corbett to put
a light left on the jaw and a hard left on
the nose and they clinched again. During
this clinch Fitzsimmons cleared his throat
Of blood, which he spat out over Corbett's
shoulder in the coolest manner possible and
he then wiped the blood from his nose with
the thumb Of his glove. His toilet being
completed, F1tzsimmons broke away,
catching hard left on the jaw as he did
so. He missed another of the same sort,
ard cl!nched, uppercutting Corbett with
his right on the breakaway. Both men
missed right swings and clinched again.
Corbett then landed rim of blows on F'itz-
simmons, catching him repeatedly, on the
jaw and body. He landed on the body Just
about as he pleased, although the latter
vas fighting strong.
Round 13-Fitzsimmons landed left on
the body and hard right on the jaw. Jim
missed a left hand swing but landed left
on the jaw and the men clinched. Fitzs;m-
mons missed a hard right for the head,
following Corbett around the ring, and re-
ceiving straight for the face after which
they clinched. The f1ddled around the ring,
Corbett with his guard down in careless
fashion. Fitzsimmons following him up and
pushing him to the ropes. No harm was
done, both men taking it easy Corbett
landed light left on the face and another
on the body. but rlksed right uppercut.
He then landed h4fd straight left on Fitz
simmons nose, following him to the ropes
and missing left hand swing. receiving
only a light tap on the ear in reurn, and
the men clinched. Fitzsimmons' bleeding
nose seemed to be troubling him, but he
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dance around the ring to avoid him, re-
ceiving hard left on the body before he
desisted. Fitzsimmons landed a hard left
on the jaw, staggering Corbett. and hten
landed on the body. Both men laughed.
Jim put in a straight left on the nose. and
a right uppercut on the jaw in the ciinch
that followed. Corbett landed his left on
the face twice and missed left for the
head. The men were in the center of the
ring as the round closed, Fitzsimmons'
face being again covered with blood, which
came from his nose.
Round 14-Up to this round Corbett had
the better Of the fighting. He hit FItz-
simmons whenever he pleased and pretty
much where he pleased. His generalship
was far suprior to that of Fitzsimmons
and he got away and came in again with
marvellous speed. He was firing rapidly.
however and was far from having the
stamina that Fitzsmmons showed. The
latter had been punished frightfully
throughout the preceding rounds. but he
was still strong and game TO the core. The
round opened with left swing for the
jaw by Corbett. IL missed the mark. but
he tried again with better success. reaching
the Jaw good and hard. Fftzsimmons was
all there. however, and he sent his left to
the body with terrific force. The blow sent
Corbett staggering backwards several feet
and evidently hurting him badly. Fi;z-
simmons lost no time and followed closely.
he sent his right TO Corbett's face, caus-
ing him to totter again. He then pat his
left hard On the body and was hot after
his man, but Corbett gave ground TO get
away. Corbett came UP strong. however.
and put his left hard or Fftzsmmons body.
The latter pu. in hard right or the head.
Jim looked tired. his strength was going.
and he clinched. After the bTeakaway,
Fitzsimmons put hard right and let on
the Jaw and the men clincheG again. Cor
bett fighting F1tzsinrnons into the south
west corner OF the ring. Jim put his left
on the jaw and Fitzsinmons sen. his right
to the chin with awful force. The blow