The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-19

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on the neck. Jim's right and left lard-
ed on the Jaw, but appeared TO lack
force. Fitzsimmons was wild with
right and left, and Jim fought him TO
his corner. sending in TWO heavy body
blows and a left on the face. Fitzsim-
mons clinched and they broke clean.
Corbe;t shot four lefts in quick success
sion without return. but Fitzsimmons
piled into the attack with a heavy right
| on the head and upper-cut Jim as he
| clinched. After a hreakaway FitZsim-
mons put a heavy left on the body that
came near doubling Jim up. Corbett
put a left on the face and received
right counter from the jolt on the jaw.
Jim put his left on the body and then
| shot it in Fitzsimmons' face. Both
| missed vicious swings. Fitzsimmons
| was bleeding when the bell sounded.
Round 13. Fitzsimmons got to work
| with a right wind and shot his left for
| the face, catching COrbett flush on the
| mouth and loosening up one of his gol !
filled teeth. Vicious in-hghting follow
| ed, both men exchanging hard lefts on
| the body. FitZsimmons punched his
| man stiffly with his right twice on the
| body, but Jim barely evened up with
| leftS on the head and body. FitZsim-
| mons rushed, but missed, and a clinch
| followed in which Corbett upper-cut the
| Australian with a right. In the sparr-
|
to spit out the loosened teeth. Corbett
| tried his right for the jaw in Clinch,
| but FitZSimmonS kept his shoulder well
| in the way. FitZsimmons led wildly
| and Corbett ducked, sending stiff
| punch to Bob's nose. Jim, in turn,
| missed and took a hard right on the
| short ribs which drove him back a foot.
Corbett sent his mans head back with
| a left jolt on the chin and followed up
| with a heavy left punch on the body,
| FitZsimmOnS countering with right
| upper-cut. Jim poked his left on the
, nose, which bled again freely, but the
| flow seemed to do the Australian no
| harm. Corbett was standing the battle
fairly well, but his color was not as
fresh as the Cornishman's. 1t was easy
| to see that Jim was tired,
| Round IA. Jim missed the opening
| lead with his right but on his next at
| tempt put his left on the jaw, FitZ-
simmons countering stiffly with right
on the side of the head. The Australian
sent in right and left on the jaw,
| which Jared Jim, and then piled in a
left upper-cut and as Jim turned
| around to skip out of the way, Fitz-
| simmons pasted him on the back OF the
| head. FitZSimmons seemed to have
! more power than ever behind his blows.
| Jim hooked his left on the jaw, but
| F'itzsimmons retaliated with heavy
clinched. They broke clean. Fitzsim-
! mons made a fake lead with his right
! Instead of keeping his body rigid and
throwing his head back, as was his
usual custom in allowing blows Of this
kind to slip by his face, Corbett, under
estimating his opponents custom, con-
temptuOuSly threw back his head and
chest, thus throwing his stomach for
; ward. The Australians small eyes
twinkled, and with a panther-like speed
he drew back his left with the fore
arm rigid and ripped it up into the pit
of Jim's stomach, little under the
heart. Corbett was lifted about foot
off the ground, and as he pitched for
! ward Fitzsimmons swung his right on
the jaw, and COrbett came heavily
down on his knees. He remained down
! for fifteen seconds, and Fitzsimmons
! retired to his corner while Referee Siler
! slowly announced the fatal seconds.
Reaching the last count he threw up
both his hands and left the ring.
A second of indescribable confusion
followed. Cries Of foul were repeat
ed throughout the arena and the crowd
clamored through the ropes and sur
, rounded both men. OF course, there
was no foul, as Corbett was knocked
out fairly and no notice was taken of
the clamor. When Jim rose to his feet
, with difficulty he seemed about to fall
prone on his face again, but he steadieo
himself with a desperate effort, and
Charles White and McVey came or
either side of him and threw his dress.
. ing gown over his houlders and sup.
!, ported him until he recovered some.
|. what. When he got his senses back
,, ! partially, he worked himself into 6
. state Of hysterical mania. He broke
= away from his seconds and rushed a
; FitZsimmons, who was standing at th'
a side Of the ring opposite his own corner
!, , When Fitzsimmons saw the half-de
> mented pugilist coming at him he drop
! ped his hands by his side and stood
| upright Corbett swung at him wildly
t and Fitzsimmons, without raising hi
4 hands, ducked the blow, and Corbet
. clinched him, striking with his righ
i hand back Of the ear as he did So Th
: blow was not hard, as the unfortunate
{ Californian was very weak. F1tzslm
y mons took no notice of 1t. and Blll,
Y Brady and others Of Corbetts second
r dragged him away from Fitzsimmons
He was pacified and taken to his dress
: ing room shortly afterwards. Fitzsim
: mons started a dance of victory whel
he saw his opponent down. He wave'
n a little flag above his head and steppe'
: lightly down the ladder and into tn
n arms Of his wife, who sat awaiting
|. him in a box right behind his chair
: Mrs. Fitzsimmons kissed her husband
L face, taking no notice OF the bloo
Z which was trlckllnS 1reely from M
r nose and mouth Martin Julian head
!, ed the procession to the dressing room
g followed by Fitzsimmons, with Mrs
e Fitzsimmons at his side, the crow
e cheering the victor heartily.
= THE SECOND RATERs.
n Most of the spectators who witnesse
the big fight found their way back {
:. the arena in time to see the little fel
= lows in action. Martin Flaherty.( o
Il Lowell, Mass, and Dan Hawkins, o
n San Francisco were the first to fac
$ Referee Hogan, Of Chicago. Hawkin
n knocked F'laherty out with the frs
', blow.
Mysterious Billy Smith, OF Boston
and George Green, Young Corbett," o
San Francisco, wound up the carniva
The San Franciscan out-pointed an
u out-punched Smith, and had him don
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