The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-03-31
TALKING is over
FitZSimmOlS Wins in Fourteen
Rounds.
Nearly All Blows Aimed at Head,
Fitz Reached for Heart and
Jim Went Down.

CARSON, March 17.-Before the bat
tie began Referee Siler called both mel
to the center of the ring and made /;
little speech to them. He said:
Gentlemen, suppose you thorough
ly understand my Interpretation of the
rules, and that you will 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 su-
perior generalship and a cleverness in
getting out of the way of well aimed
blows not found in Fitzsimmons'
vork. In the first round Corbett's best
blow was a stiff punch over his oppo-
nent'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
fell against the ropes, but only
,nce did Corbett take advantage of it,
and then before Fitz could gain his
equilibrium he received a light blow
IN the neck. /
Throughout the contest both men
played oftener for the jaw than the
ndx- III ifucir ovid tIxy hn6
greater confidence in his own ability
o reach the Californian than he had
n Corbett's ability to get his head out
If the way. In the last round Corbett
,ot in a right hand blow on Fitzsim-
mons damaged nose, and followed up
quickly with one with his left in the
anne spot. Fitz, angered at this, rush
d and landed twice on Jim's head to |
he evident discomfort OF the latter.
He followed up the advantage just |
aimed cleverly. Rushing viciously at |
'orbett, he planted his left with fear
ul force in the pit of the stomach and |
OllOwed it with right over the heart |
orbett placed his hand over his body, |
nd with an expression of agony on his
ace, sank writhing in pain to the
oor. There were some cries of foul,
ut the blow was a perfectly fair one.
t doubled Corbett up completely, and
rom that moment his claims to the
tie of champion pugilist of the world
eased to exist. After an effort that
-as pitiful in the extreme, Corbett
nally struggled to his feet and in a
azed sort of way made his way to the
orthwest corner and wanted to go on
18th the fight, but Fitz laughed at
i'm and fri nds separated them.
Later Corbe-t's seconds made a claim
f foul, which the referee refused to
low
\ private letter from San Francisco
IA es that on the day of the battle
le betting was 100 to 60, with Corbett
n the long end.