The San Francisco call., 1897-03-18

and c1nch without exchanging. They nduie
again and Fitzsimmons tries left and right
swing and misses both. Corbett leads stiff
right on the body. Both clinch and break
away properly. Corbett lands light left
handed swing on the eye Corbett lands a
right on The body and Fitzsimmons light one
on the head. They Clinch and break away
nicely. Fitzsirlmons tries left ana right
swings and CoIbett cleverly stops them both.
Fritsimmons laughs. They cliuch and Corbett
lands a little body blow in the breakaway.
FitZsimmons makes an awkward right swing
and misses and laughs. He lands left on the
BODY as Corbett hits him on the back of the
head with q right swing. Corbett lands o
light tap on the body with his right. They
clinch and break away. Corbett lands hard
left swing on the body. Fitzsimmons only
laughs. Corbett lands anothervery hard blow
on the body aud Fitzsimmons again laughs.
Fitzsimmons lands lightly on the jaw with his
left and Corbett puts his right heavy on the
body Corbett lands another hard right
hand dig in the body. They clnch and the
gong sounds. Both men break away smiling
aud go to their corners Neither seem dis
tressed. There have only been one or two
effective blows landed thus far. and Fitzsim-
mons has received them on his body. Fitz-
simmons sat in his corner apparently some
what nervous. He toyed with his gloves and
tapped his feet on the floor. Corbett lay back
very cool and collected.
Round 3-Corbett at the very start landed
hard left jab on the body. He landed another
quickly. Fitz tried his right and Corbett
ducked and 1t landed lightly on his back as
they clinched Corbett lands another left on
the body. Corbett hits him a hard one on the
body and they clinch. Fitz rushes and lands
left slightly on the jaw. They clinch and take
time to break away, half wrestling with each
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body and they again clinch, break away, fiddle
and clinch again. Corbett lands another hard
right on The body and then a left. FitZ seems
unaffected. They cinch and take some time to
break away. Fitz lands hard left on the
body. They clinch and take considerable time
to break away. Fitz tries two swings and
mis- ses. oIbett lands light right on the body
and they clinch. Fitz lands light left on the
body. They clinch Take a long time to break
away and Fitz hits Corbett lightly. The finish
of the round was very pretty. AS the gong
sounded Fitz was just ready to lead. When
the bell rang he dropped his hands and stood
still smiling and Corbett laughIngly shook his
two big fists in FitZ's face. 1t was very friendly
and the crowd roared with laughter.
Round AT the very start they fddled and
clinched, with more fiddling for an opening
Fitz lands lightly on the body and Corbett
lands good right on the body. More fiddling
ana q cl1nCn. COrUelt lduus IlBut Oh tHc
body, not much affect. Corbett lands left
swing on the body, very light. Fitz tried
right swing and missed and Corbett uppercut
with his right. Corbett caught Fitz with q
right on the back of the head. Corbett lands
Zig hit left on the jaw. FitZ rushes and Corbett
lands right hand body blow. They clinch
and break away slowly. Fitz lands a good
left on the body. Fitz made q lead as they
broke from the clinch and missed. They
clinch gain. Corbett lands a hard right on
the body and then light left swing on the
jaw. Corbett lands a hard right swing on the
body and two left-hand swings on the head.
They clinch and break slowly Corbett makes
swing for the Dody and misses and they
clinch. The bell rang while they were in the
clineh and both separated quickly and went
TO their corners. Both were smiling and
seemed little distressed There have been no
very effective blows landed thus far. Cerbett
has outpointed Fitz and does the most leading
and lands oftenest.
Round 5-Corbett lands q beautiful swing
on the jaw with his left. They clipch ana
break and Corbett lands light left on the
jaw. They clinch and scramble. Corbett
lands stiff punch the body with his right.
Both land with rights on the body. Both land
again ana clinch aud hit each other lightly as
they break away. Corbett swings for Fi,z's
jaw and misses him, and the lands light left
on the body. Corbett swim gs his eftfor Fitz and
falls short. Both lana straight lefts lightly on
the jaw. Fitzs' mouth and nose are bleeding
and CorDetts side claims first blood" Cor
bett lands left and right on jaw. They clinch
and break. Corbett lands light lett jab on the
jaw and light right on the body and then a
left swing on the jaw. Fiz lands light left on
the jaw and Corbett swings mis- left on Fitz's
neck. Corbett leads the right for the body
and lands lightly. Both men rushing the
fighting. Corbett lands three lefts on the jaw
and Fitz lands two blows left on the jaw
and right on the body. The gong sounds and
they go TO their corners breathing heavily.
This has been fast round and all in favor of
Corbett.
Round 6-Fitz was the first to lead and
missed. They clinch. Corbett lands light
left on Fitz's neck. Fitz lands right swing on
the BODY and left on the face. Another clinch
Slow breakaway. Corbett uppercuts FitZ as they
break from the clinch and Fitz's nose again be-
gins to bleed. Corbett leads and lands straight
left. Fitz clinches to avoid punishment. Cor
bett hits him twice as they break away. Cor
bett lands again, and again CorDett lands two
hard lefts and rights. They clinch, and Ftz
lands on the body in the break. Corbett lands
a hard left ON the head and Fitz goes
down to the floor on his knees. Fitz is
up quickly and there is rapid exchange of
blows, each landing heavily on the face. Cor
bett gets a hard jolt on the jaw and in return
lands hard left on the jaw and then q hard
left on the body. Both lead and land straight
lefts on the face. Corbett lands another
swing on the head and they clinch as the gong
sounds. Fitzsimmons had much the worst of
this round He was badly punished, bleeding
considerably at the nose and mouth. Cor
belts nose was also bleeding slightly; other
wise he did not seem to have mark on him.
Round 7-Corbett went right after his man.
They fddled and Corbett lands light left on
the jaw. Both clinch and hit as they slowly
break away. Fitz makes an awkward right
swing and Corbett stops 1t. Corbett lands a
straight left on Fftz's body. Fitz makes an
other awkward lead and they clinch. No
harm done. Corbett lands left on the body.
Corbett lands light left on the face. Fitz par
ries another lead OF Corbetts ciever.y. Both
lead and Corbett lands on the neck and Fitz
on the body. Corbett lands light left swing
on the jaw. No effect. Both lead and clinch.
Fitz tries left and right swing and Corbett
stops him with a straight left on the nose,
which sets it to bleeding again freely. Fitz
lands good stiff left on the body. Fitz
swings his right and lands on Corbett's shoul-
der and Corbett counters with the right on
the body. Corbett again lands right on body.
Corbett lands right swing on the neck and
both clirch. Fitz makes Two wild swings and
misses and Corbett uppercuts him. Another
clinch. Corbett lands straight left on the
nose and uppercuts with his right on the
back. The gong sounds. Fitz is bleeding
badly. Not visible mark on Corbett.
Round 8-After some fddling Corbet It landed
right on The neck. No return. They clinch
and break Fitz makes wild swing and Cor