The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-18
RELATED BY ROUNDS.
Detailed story of How the Great
Fight Was Lost and Won.

Fight Was Lost and Won.
Carson New, March 1.-THE story of
the fight by rounds follows:
Round 1-Timekeeper Muldoon pulled on
the gong string at 1908 O'Clock. The men
faced each other, Corhett with his back to
the sun and Fitzsimmons blinking 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 tented for an opening.
Fitzsimmons forced his man into a corner
and was the first to lead with a left swing
which missed Jim's head by about ten
feet. The Californian did not land in his
first attempt. More leading at long range
followed. Fitz forced Corbett into a rally
and uppercut him lightly in the clinch.
Corbett shot a light left on the body and
broke away clean Fitz swung his left
but missed. A hard exchange of lefts
followed in which the Australian got all
the worst oft. Fitz then adopted agrees
sive tactics and rushed Corbett to his own
corner, but Jim got out of danger and sent
in heavy right on the body as he slipped
away. Fitzsimmons put hard left over
the heart and Jim swung wildly with his
left, but landed his right on Fits wind
Corbett ran into clinch but they quickly
broke clean. Fitzsimmons was still fore
ing matters, but hard left swing put him
on the defensive. Jim swung his left on
the heart and they came together On
the breakaway Bob sent a vicious left
uppercut to the jaw. A clinch followed
and the men broke without a blow as the
gong sounded.
Round 2-FitzsimmdGns opened with a
left swing but missed his mark They
came to a clinch and were rather slow in
breaking away. A vicious left from Fitz
just grazed Corbetts breast, and again
they were inclined to hug in the clinch.
After the breakaway Jim sent I'm a neat
left on the face and a right on the body.
dancing away without a return. Fltz-
simmons again forced Jim into his corner,
swinging right and left for the body, but
Jims fast foot work took him out of
reach. Fitz came into a clinch, and In the
breakaway got a stiff left upper-cut Bob
swung wildly right and left. Long range
sparring in which Corbett did most of the
leading, followed. Jim got in a left on
the ribs and repeated the blow a moment
later. Fitzsimmons smiled and tried 10
corner JIM who lodged quickly out of
reach, and came back with a left on the
wind. Another left on the stomach
brought the round to a close with the
men in clinch. 1t was clearly Corbett's
on points.
Round Slim opened with rush, and
sent a left jab hard on the wind. Fitz-
simmons uld not ike II, ana tried 10 rush
in return, but was wild with right and
left. Jim stopped another left lead for
the heart and countered smartly on the
stomach. Corbett put left on the wind,
and a right on the side of the head.
Bob's stomach showed a red blotch where
the Californian's left struck. Bob took a
hand in the forcing and dashed 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 cllnch,
and landed his right on the ear before
they separated. Corbett shot a terrible