Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-25
FlIXSlM MONS WON.
AT Last an american Fighter Forced
TO Lower His Colors.
S"od Fight. Was kuocsrd out hy
ianky Bob IN the Fourteenth Cor
brIt Is san "A Warm Iavarur.

C"rbett. I'll, Former Champion After a
Good Fight. Was huocsrd Out hy
ianky Bob IN the Fourteenth Cor
brIt Is sun Warm Iavnrur.
CARSON, New, March IN-Aftrr too
years of doubt AN I vrNatlou~ postpone
mcnts the heavyweight championship
Of the wo Id wa, decide beyond clvll
when Robert E.tl, mmpnS sent jams,
j. torhru helpless To- his knees with a
lcft-haud blow urdcr the heart alter
| inmate and - sccnudr in TIA" .uur-
ternth round of their battle IN Tia
arena IN Carson "Wednesday ate noon.
The great contest was Won ia tine
simplest mIurcr auu the knee sou; WAS
the result of ,nr uuwlry move uu the
part q. Iorhctt. After the i.r,j ulg-
ute of the fourteenth round h,d been
spent in a few harmless clinch - aud
counters, FItz made fake lea with
his night for the Jaw. /, MAS
simple ruSr. but IT caught
the Californian mapping. IN
stead of keeping "a, body inclined for
ward and throw ing hacl, his head iu,t
a triile, ALLOWING Tia" blow, which was
nf the veGy Irhtc~r kind, To slip by.
Curhctt contemporary hrnl his head
and chest backward and thus p-n-
trudcd his abdomen. FitI~imn.uuo'
small eyes flashed. aud like lightning
he saw aud awaited himself Of
his advantage. Drawing h.c.i
his left lac brought it up
with terrible force, the forearm
rigid and at right angles To- the upper
arm. With the full strength al his
wonderful driving power brought into
play. the Australian fairly ripped the
blow up the plt of Iorbctt'S ~ pmach
al a point lust under the heart Cor
hctt was lifted clean oil his feet and
as he pitched forward Fitl>immunS
shot his right up and around, catch
ing Jim on the jaw and az
celebrating his downfall Corbrtt
sank on his left knee, and with his
outstretched right, graspcd the ropes
for support. His LETT arm worked con-
vulsively mp and down while his face
was twitching with an expression %.
the greatest agony. Referee siltr
threw up his hands on the call of
ten and lc t the ring. There were
referee declared Cnrbrtt out,
but they were unheedcd by
anybody as the battle was won
fairly and squarcly. The defeat nearly
drove Corbctt wild. When he was
able to feel his feet, and his seconds
had helped him to his corner, he broke
away from them and rushed at fitz-
simmons, who had not let the ring.
A scene of dreadful confusion cnsued.
The ring was crowded with an excited
mob, but Corbett burst through that
and struck at Fitz The Aus
tralian kept his arms by his
sides and with great deal
of generosity. made allowance for Corr
belts half dcmcntcd condition. Bob
merely ducllcd under the blow, and
when Corbett clinchcd with him and
struck him a feeble blow on the ear.
the champion only smiled. 1t was
with great difficulty that Billy Erady
and the seconds succeeded in quoting
Corbett down and getting him back 10
the dressing room
The fight was clean and speedy. 1t
demonstrated two facts-that Corl EFT
the world and that Fitzsimmous IS
able to hit him.
The battle as predicted, was fought
on purely scientific and almost new
principles Neither of the men took
any advantage of the privileges ale
lowed them under the London pri3s
ring r&es and there was very littS
hitting In clinches.
Corbett made no attempt to bring
around his right on the breaking
away, pros,sbly because Fitzsimmo1s
held up his>elbows too high. Jim's
only effort in The way of n parting
shot was full right uppercut. which
he brought around very clumsily, and
fai ed to land by at least foot every
time he tried. He did get in one
good uppercut in the fourth
round, splitting Bob's upper lip
and starting the blood in a thick
stream. Several times the men
clinched and parted with both hands
up. Frequently Bob worked Jim into
a corner and reached for him right
and let with blows that would win
any championship battle if they had
landed. Fitzsimmons himself admits
that Corbett hustled and sidestepped
his way to afety in a manner which
simply dazed the Australian.
II never saw such clever mar in
my life," sail Fitz, Wednesday even
ing. ''lIe got away from me time and
again when thought | had him dead
to rights. | knew | could wear him
out, SO | kept coming right along until
my opportunity arrived. lie was weak
in the last round and all his clever
ness could not keep him out of that
left punch under the heart The only
blow that really worried me was the
one which split my lip. The Others |
never felt lie fought fair and here
after he may have my respect if hs
continues to merit l..
Corbett's version of his own Wat
erloo did not vary greatly from Fitz-
simmons.
| .tDliy-r ODtic' Very III.