Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-18

lfndE 1e1fI DuIlCn SlI1Dly EnOkeu up.
 I could not br5 5ath or move for fifteen seconds, and it was several minutes be- fore realized that I had committed breach of etiquette in trying to follow up my opponent after he put me out. I meant it when I said l would be his friend hereafter. He whipped me fair and square, but I don't think he is the best man yet, and we will have another go if money can bring him into the ring"
 FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
 Round 1-Timekeeper Muldoon pulled on the gong string at 12:0S o'clock The men faced each other, Corbett with his back to the sun and Fitzsimmons blink ing slightly as the bright rays struck him full in the face. Corbett danced around lightly on his toes Fitzsimmons covering his ground more slowly. Both were cautious and smiling. They feint- ed for an opening; Fitzsimmons forced his man into corner and was the first to lead with left swing which missed Jim's head by about ten feet. The Cal ifornian did not land in his first attempt. More leading at long range followed. Fitzsimmons forced Corbett into rally and uppercut him lightly in the clinch. Corbett shot light left on the body and broke away clean. Fitzsimmons swung his left but missed A hard exchange of lefts followed in which the Australian got little the worst of 1t. Fitzsim- mons then adopted aggressive tactics
 
 Jim got out of danger and sent in a heavy right on the body as he slipped away. Fftzsimmons put a hard left over the heart and Jim swung wildly with his left, but landed his right on the body. Corbett ran into clinch, but they quick ly broke clean. Fitzsimmons was still forcing matters, but a hard left swing put him on the defensive. Jim swung his left on the heart and they came to- gether. Oh the breakaway Bob sent a vicious left uppercut to the jaw. clinch followed and the men broke with out blow as the gong sounded
 : Round 2-Fitzsimmons opened with left swing. but missel his mark. They came to clinch and were rather slow in breaking away vicious left from and again they were inclined to hug in the clinch. After the breakaway Jim sent in a neat left on the face and right on the body, dancing away without re- turn. Fitzsimmons again forced Jim into his corner, swinging right and left for the body, but Jim's fast feet work took him out of reach. Fitzsimmons got into clinch and in the breakaway got a stiff left uppercut. Bob swung wildly left and right Long range sparring in which Jim did most of the leading fol- lowed. Jim got in left on the ribs.and repeated the blow moment later. Fitz- simmons smiled and tried to corner Jim, who lodged quickly out of reach and came back with left on the wind. An other left on the stomach brought the round to close with the men in clinch. It was clearly Corbett's on points.
 Round 3-Jim opened with rush and sent a left jab hard on the wind. Fitz- simmons did not like 1t and tried to rush in return, but was wild with his right and left. Jim stopped another left lead for the heart and countered smartly on the stomach. Corbett put a left on the wind and a right on the side of the head. Bobs stomach showed red blotch where the Californian's left struck. Bob took hand in the forcing and lashed out wildly, missing with both hands. After a little long range work Jim shot right and left on the body and Bob came into a clinoh and landed his right on the ear before they separated. Corbett shot terrible right on Bob's side and fol- lowed with fast left on the wind Both men were getting carefully and cleanly out of clinches Bob's left reached the wind. but Jim swung right on the jaw in the clinch that followed. Then Jim put his left on the body and as Bob came in to clinch him, Jim piled up two stiff rights on the wind and followed it up with another on the body. Fitzsimmons landed nice left on the jaw after missing the right lead for the stomach. The clineh followed and Bob got in straight drive on the wind. A little hugging fol- lowed and for the first time the referee came in between them and broke them. Before the bell sounded cessation, Fitz- simmons put neat right on the body and swung his left to the jaw and the honors were fairly even.
 Round 4-Jim again led off with left, which failed to land, and they clinched and broke clean. Bob tried with tight lead for the head and missed, but Cor bett put ha I'd 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 pret- ty lively, but they clinched three times without blow being struck. A light left swing on the jaw from Corbett was re- turned with interest by Fitzsimmons, as and left missed the mark by few inches. Corbett landed two heavy rights on the wind and put straight left in the face. Then Jim planted his right under Bobs ear, and easily escaped right and left. Jim sent his right to the wind and Bob clinched. taking an uppeIeut on the chin before they broke. Corbett seemed to cling to Fitzsimmons in clinches as if to save his strength. Fitzsimmons shot out his left with terrific force on the wind and swung a hard right for the jaw, which was short Corbett's left landed on the stomach, and he repeated the dose a second later. He swung, missing right and left. but on his third trial he sent his right to the stomach and followed it with two swift lefts on the jaw. Corbett
 
 missing a left for the head he sent his right across on the stomach. Time was called with the men clinched and smiling in each others faces.
 Round 5-Jim swung hard left on the jaw, which made Fitzsimmons groggy, and the latter tried to corner his rival, but Jim was too fast, and got away, sending left on the jaw as he skipped back. Bob was not grinning quite so much now. Jim was bit wild with right at the stomach. but on the second attempt he landed hard on the wind. They exchanged hard right body blows. and then. Corbett landed with both hands, his right finding the body and his left the jaw. In the clinch he uppercut Fftz- simmons, and the latter returned the with a right hook on the jaw. Corbett sent in two right hand body and they clinched. After they stepped back Jims right reached the wind. but Bob countered with a jolt un- Ger the chin. A left jab from the Cali fornian made Fitzsimmons' mouth bleed. and howl of joy went up from Corbett'a admirers at the sight of blood. This seemed to nerve Jim. and he came in with a hard right and left on both sides of Fitzsfmmons' head. F1tzslmmons came Ina clx with a riel1t swing which caueht