The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-18
GAVE HIM "FITS..
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vicious left for tho head. corhelt duckea
and FItRalmmonH' arm passed fully o
f,9oi above his back Tho energy OF his
blow swung Fitsulmmons CLEAR around
and no staggered, almost falling down
IA CorbettiS corner. He rallied quickly,
however, and put his right on body be-
fore Corbett could catch him. Corbctt
missed a left lab pointed at tho Jaw.
ana Ftt1stmmonB went through q SINH
llir performance, but swung back with
Ills right, catching Corbett on tho head,
Ind then followed II up with O straight
h0kO In the nose, Fit1slmnlonB repeated
this performance with q left hook. Cor,
bett put HE left on the body Very light
IL aud than put his LETT hand on the
Jaw, receiving severe counter In the
same place. Jim then landed hard on
the head and rushed Fit8SlmmonH TO the
ropes, where a cllnch followed. The
men were apart Just long enough to all
low Cnrbett 10 pct q light left on tho
jaw and q hard left on the nose, and
they cllnehed again. During the cllnch
Flt1slmmons cleared his throat Of blood,
which no 8p0t over Corhett's shoulder
IN tho coolest manner possible, and then
wiped the blood nom his nose with the
thumb OF hiR glove. His toilet being
catching a bard left on the nose as he
did 50. He missed another Of tho same
sort and clinched, uDpercuttlng Jim
With his right on the brcak.awRy. Both
men ducked left swings ana cllnche6
again. Corbett then landed q rain OF
blows on FitGsimmons, catching him re-
peatedlY on the Jaw and body, He land
ed on the body Just abOut as he pleased,
although later was lighting strong
Round 10. Flt1slmmonS landed left
on the body md hard right on the
jaw. Jim missed q right hand swing,
but landed u left on tho jaw and the
men Cllnched. FitZsimmonS missed u
hard right for the head. following Corr
bntt aeound the ring and receiving q
straight on the face. after which he
cllnched. They fddled around the ring,
COFbett with his Eunrd down IN a care
less fashion. Flt:slmmOns following him
up and PUSHING him to the ropes, No
harm WAS done. both men tukinS II
easy. COrbctt landed a light left on
the face and another ON the body. but
missed an uppcrcut. He then landed q
hard straight left on FItzsImmpnS' nose
following him To the ropes and missing
. left and right swing. receiving only n
slight tap on ear In return and the men
CliCched FitEsimmOns' bleeding nose
seemed to be troubling him, but nc as
Bumed the aggressive and made Cor
bett dance around the ring TO avoid
him, receiving hard left on the body
before he deSisted. FttZsimmons land
ed a hard left on the body. staggering
Corbett and then landed on the body.
Both men laughed, Jim put IN
straight left ON the nose and right IN
percnt on the Jaw In the cllnch that fol-
lowed. Corbett landed his lef; ON the
tsnI the
head, While following Jim. F'iiESiin-
mons got light left on face. Both men
were In the centre Of the ring as the
round closed. Filzsimmons' face again
being covered with blood from his nose.
Round IA. Up to this time corbctt had
the better Of the fighting. He hit FitZ-
simmons whenever nc pleased and pref
u much where he pleased. His general
ship was fNr superior TO that of Fitz-
simmons and he got away and came In
again with marvellous speed. He was
firing rapidly. however, and was far
from having the stamina that FItzsim-
mons showed. The latter had been pun
iShed fearfully throughout the priced
Ing rounds. but he was still strong and
game to the core The round opened
With left swing for the jaw by Corr
hett. II missed the mark, but he tried
again with better success. reaching the
Jaw good and hard. Fitzsimmons was
all there, however. and he sent his left
to the body with terrific force. Tho
blow sent COCbett staggering backwards
several feet. and evidently hurt him
badly, FitZsimmOnS lost no time. but
followed closely and sent his right TO
Corbett's face, causing him to totteE
again. He then put his left hard on the
body and was hot after his man, but
CorbeIt RaYe ground to get away. Cor
bett came up strong. however, and put
his left hard on FltzSlmmon6' body.
The latter put In hard right
tired, his strength was going
and he ClInChed. After the brcak-RwBy
E'itzSImmOns put hard right and left
on the Jaw and the men cllnched again,
Corbett Sighting Fitzsimmou5 into the
southwest corner OF the ring. Jim put
his left on tho Jaw and FItZsImmons
sent hIR right 70 the chin with fearful
force. The blow made Corbett lean back
ward and turned him nearly around
He raised his guard trillr and quick az
lightning FitZStmmOnE shot his left
glove on Cnrbett's body Just below the
heart The blow WIS one that would
have Rllivered n plank. and Corhett's
fnee pafed instantly Hts arms fait to
his sides. his eyes closed and he fell
forward TO the ropes, catching at them
with his right hand. His face bore
look OF intense agony and he was EVIL
IDENTIFY suffering the most excruciating
pain. He tried TO rise, hut FItzBim-
mons with his right caught him with n
tab on the chin. CUrbett was not
knocked out In tho common acceptance
Of the word. He was not unconscious,
but the pain resulting from the blow un-
der his heart was 80 great as to render
him careless u anything else. He tried
several tines 10 rise. hut was unable 10
do 20. and was counted out by the
referee.