The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-18
FlIZSIMM0NS THE VICTOR
CORBETT KNOCKED OUT IN THE
 FOURTEENTH ROUND.

FOURTEENTH ROUND.
 Fighting Was Apparently Even Up to the
 Critical Nome ment-Corbett Became In-
 cautious and Fitz Landed Heavily Just
 Under the Heart Completely Knocking
 Out the Caiifornian-Recoverin Con
 seriousness Corbett Acted as if Demcnted
 and Attempted to Strike Fitz-Admits
 His Defeat, but Looks for Another Battle
 -Hawkins Wins from Flaherty and
 Green Defeats Smith.
 Carson, March 17.-After two years of doubt and postponement the heavy weight championship of the world was decided beyond cavil when Robert Fitzsimmons sent James J. Corbett helpless to his knees with a left hand blow under the heart after one minute and forty-five seconds in the fourteenth round of their battle in the arena here won in the simplest manner and the knockout was the result of one un- wary move on the part of Corbett.
 After the first minute of the four teenth round had been spent in rather harmless clinching, Fitzsimmons made a fake lead with his right for the jaw. It was simple ruse but it caught the Californian mapping. Instead of keep ing his body inclined forward and ltTy ral- l,i l oil -i,,pr slip Corbett contemptuously bent his head and chest backward and thus pro- truded his abdomen. Fitzsimmons' small eyes flashed and like lightning he saw and availed himself of his ad- vantage. Drawing back his left he brought it up with terrible force, the forearm rigid and at right angles to the upper arm With the full power of his wonderful driving muscles brought into play the Australian fairly ripped the blow up the pit of Corbetts stomach at point just under the heart.
 Corbett was lifted clean off his feet and as he pitched forward Fitzsimmons shot his right up and around, catching Jim on the jaw, and accelerating his downward fall Corbett sank on his left knee and with his outstretched right grasped the ropes for support. His left arm worked convulsively while his face was twitching with great agony. Referee Siler threw up his hands on the call of ten and left the ring.
 There were some cries of ''foul'' when the referee declared Corbett out but they were unheeded by anybody, as the battle was won fairly and squarely The defeat nearly drove Corbett wild When he was able to feel his feet, af- ter his seconds had helped him to his corner, he broke away from them and rushed at Fitzsimmons, who had not left the ring. ....
 A scene of dreadful confusion ensued. The ring was crowded with an excited mob but Corbett burst through them and struck at Fitzsimmons. The Aus tralan kept his arms by his sides, and with great deal of generosity made allowance for Corbett's half-demented condition Bob merely tucked under the blow and when Corbett clinched with him and struck him feeble blow on the ear the champion only smiled, It was with great difficulty that Billy Brady and the seconds succeeded in quieting Corbett and getting him back to the dressing room.
 The fight was clean and speedy. It demonstrated two facts
 That Corbett is the cleverest boxer of his weight in the world.
 That Fitzsimmons is able to hit him.
 The battle was fought on purely sci entific and almost new principles. Neither of the men took any advantage of the privileges allowed them in the London prize ring rules, and there was very little hitting in clinches. Corbett made no attempt to bring around his right in breaking away, probably be- cause Fitzsimmons held up his elbows too high. Jim's only effort in the way of a parting shot was a full right up- per-cut, which he brought around very clunlsily and failed to land by at least a foot every time he tried. He did get in one good upper-cut in the fourth round, splitting Bob'S lower lip and starting the blood in a thick stream. Several times the men cIinched and parted with both hands up. Frequent ly Bob worked Jim into corner and reached for him right and left with blows that would win any champion ship battle if they landed. Fitzsim- mons himself admits that Corbett shuf- fled and sidestepped his way to safety ia a manner which simply dazed him.
 T never saw such clever man in my life," said F'itzsimmons tonight. "He got away from me time and again when I thought I had him dead to rights. I knew I could wear him cut so l kept coming right along until my up- Tortunity arrived. He was weak in the last round and all his cleverness could not keep him out of that left punch under the heart, The only blow that really worried me was the one that split my lip. The others I never felt. He fought fair, and hereafter he may have my respect, if he continues tG merit it"
 Corbett's version of his own Water loo did not vary greatly from Fitzsim- mons:
 "I made a mistake in not keeping away" was the way he put it. "Fitz, I knew to be a terrific puncher but I never calculated on his being able to reach me. If the round had lasted ten seconds longer I would have landed him to a certainty. His nose was clog ged with blood and his legs were wob MI