The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18


left on the-jaw. after missing the right
lead for the stomach. a clinch followed
and Bob got in straight drive on the
wind. A little hugging followed, and
for the first time the referee came be-
tween the men and broke them. Before
the bell sounded a cessation. Fitz put
a neat right on the BODY and swung
his left to the jaw and the honors were
fairly even.
ROUND T.
Jim again led off with a left, which
failed TO land. and they clinched and
broke clean. Bob tried with right lead
for the head but missed, and Corbett
put a. 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, but they clinched
three times without a blow being
struck. A light left swing on the jaw
from Corbett was returned with inter-
est by FitZSimmOnS, as far as inten-
ton went. but Bob's right and left
missed the mark by several inches.
Corbett landed two heavy rights on the
wind and put a. straight left flush in
the face. Then Jim planted his right
under Bobs 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 they
broke. Corbett seemed to cling to
sFitzsimmonS in the clincheS, as if to
save his strength. Fitzsimmons shot
out his left with terrific force on the
wind, and swung a vicious right for the
jaw, which was short. Corbetts left
landed on the stomach and he repeated
the dose a moment later. He swung,
missing right and left, but on his third
trial he sent his right to the stom-
ach, and followed up with two swift
lefts on the jaw. Corbett was on the
aggressive now, and after missing a
left Cor the head, he sent his right
across on the stomach. The time was
called with the men clinched and smil-
ing in each others faces.
ROUND :.
Jim swung 2 hard left on the jaw,
which made Fitz angry. The Aus
tralian tried to corner his rival, but
Jim was too fast and got away, send
ing a left on the jaw as he skipped
back. Bob was not grinning quite so
much now. Jim was a bit wild with
the right for the stomach on the first
attempt, but on the second he landed
viciously on the wind. They exchanged
hard right body blows, and then Cor
bett landed with both hands, his right
finding the body and his left the jaw
AS they clinched. Jim uppercut Fitz-
simmons and the latter returned the
compliment with a right to minimize
the danger. Corbett showed much
more confidence and shifted his attack
from body to jaw. Four times before
the bell rang Jim's right and left
landed lightly on the point of attack,
and as the bell rang he uppercut F'itz-
simmons in a clinch.
ROUND 6.
right and left swing for the Jaw which
were both short. The Australian seemed
to grow very serious at his failure and
he rushed at Jim and Rugged him hard,
attempting to wreStle him against the
ropes. Referee Siler quickly noticed the
roughing. and cautioned F'itzsimmons.
The caution seemed to have the desired
effect, for in the clinches following, Bob
was much more cautious Corbett landed
a light left on the face. and Bob came
back with his right on the body lightly,
but missed a terrific left swing for the
jaw. They clinched. and Bob caught Cor
bett hard clip with the right on the
side of the head. On the breakaway, Cor
bett sent in a neat and effective right on
the wind, and came again with a right on
the ear and left on the mouth and on
the nose. WI started the blood afresh.
ENCOURAGED by his seconds and the
shouts of his friends in the arena, Cor
bett followed his man all over the ring,
jabbing him hard with the left. Bob APP
peared to be very near Queer street and
Rugged Corbett closely While he chung,
Corbett upper-cut him in the wind, plant
ed right and left on the jaw and forced
Fitzsimmons into his corner. Fitzsimmons
came back there, and the fighting that
ensued was fast and furious, both men
being covered with blood. Jim sent a hard
right to the jaw and swung his left,