The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-02
.FitZSimn0lS Wins in Fourteen
Rounds.
Nearly All Blows Aimed at Head
Is Fltz Reachedgfor Heart and
Jim Went Down.

CARSON, March 17.-Before the bat
tie began Referee Siler called both men
to the center of the ring and made a
little speech to them. He said:
Gentlemen, l suppose you thorough
ly understand my Interpretation of the
rules, and that you viii not violate
them.
Both answered in the affirmative,
and Siler then said:
Hitting with the head in chancery
will not be allowed and will be foul.
Failure to comply with this provision
by either principal will result in the
disqualification of the offender"
He also cautioned both men not to
use the elbow. Then Siler called the
men to the center and instructed them
to shake hands. Corbett held out his
hand, but Fitz properly said: Il refuse
to shake hands,"
Up to the fourteenth round of the
great fight the result was clearly in
the hands of Corbett He showed SUI
perior generalship and a cleverness in
getting out of the way of well aimed
blows not found in Fitzsimmons'
work. In the first round Corbett's best
blow was a stiff punch over his oppo-
lnent's heart.
In the second round Fitz forced the
issue, but once when the Californian
left himself open to his rivals blows
the latter failed to connect. Between
the second and tenth rounds Corbett
did his best work on Fitz, and once he
went down for eight seconds from a
right hand low on the jaw. In the
sixth round Corbett had Fitz groggy,
and it seemed as though one stiff
punch in the right place would have
settled the championship. Angered at
the way things were going, Fitz began
his rushing tactics, and plainly showed
the anger he felt at the young fellows
perfect work Corbett was clever in
his arm work and frequently saved
himself by warding off blows with his
elbows. Once or twice the Australian
swung hard for Corbett's face, and
missing, fell against the ropes, but only
once did Corbett take advantage of it,
and then before Fitz could gain his
equilibrium he received a light blow
on the neck.
Throughout the contest both men
played oftener for the jaw than the
l body. F7itzsimmons evidently had
greater confidence in his own ability
to reach the Californian than he had
in Corbett's ability to get his head out
of the way In the last round Corbett
got in a right hand blow on Fitzsim-
mons damaged nose, and followed up
quickly with one with his left in the
same spot. Fitz, angered at this, rush
ed and landed twice on Jim's head to
the evident discomfort of the latter.
He followed up the advantage just
gained cleverly. Rushing viciously at
Corbett, he planted his left with fear
lful force in the pit of the stomach. and
followed it with right over the heart.
lCorbett placed his hand over his body,
Iand with an expression of agony on his
face, sank writhing in pain TO the
floor There were some cries of foul,
but the blow was perfectly fair one.
1t doubled Corbett up completely, and
from that moment his claims to the
title of champion pugilist of the world
ceased to exist. After an effort that
was pitiful in the extreme, Corbett
finally struggled to his feet and in a
dazed sort of way made his way to the
northwest corner and wanted to go on