Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-18

Jaw ana tre0 night cross, but Jim "
inside; Fitz again tres right cross
but 10 short; he Is landing more often
than Cofbett nov.
Round 10 Fitz spits the blood out
OF his mouth and tries q hard left
swing at Go. belts head; Fitz comes
back with still left and right on
Jim's head and body. He is very
much cooler Ind stronger than Cor
bett at this stage. Corbett stops !
LETT swing with straight left on the
month; Fitz is bleeding badly, but
forces Corbett back, apparently being
tho stronges man; they mix it up and
honors are about even; both are
lighting hard. Fitz catches Corbett
around the neck and dfags him to
the ropes; when time is called Cor
bett lands light left on Fits
mouth; Corbett's blows are lacking
IN force. But he is fighting very
cautiously.
Round IL. A cGnch; Corbett
lands his right on the r1bs and is
countered with left iab on the chin;
F'itz is receiver general for Corbett's
left jabs, but is like bear in
strength; Corbett misses a half
round hook on the jaw; Fitz lands a
hard left straight ON Corbett's face;
they cinch and Fitz crossed with his
right in the clInch; they mix it and
Fitz has decidedly the better of the
roughing; Fitz tights Corbett to his
corner and has him weak as the gong
sounds.
Round 12.-Corbett rushes it and
misses with his left and is countered
on the face; Fitz is bent on rushing
it and Corbett is keeping away; Fitz
gets the worst of it in the rush; more
climbing; Corbett lands his left on
Fitz's sore nose and follows with a
half round on the body; he forces
,Fitz to the ropes and smashes him
hard on the short ribs; Corbet. is
now rushing it and lands one two
right and left on the Australians
face; Corbett lands left on Fitz's face
again and follows right at body; he
tries knock out upper-cut with his
right but is hair too short; this Is
Corbett's round.
Round 13-Fitz lands right short
on Corbett's ribs and a left on Jaw;
Jim hnds Fit2's wind again with
left; Fitz rushes Jim over to his cor.
ner, but does very little damage;
Corbett jabs Fltz lightly on the head
and is back again with same hand
at. body; Corbett is sparring beauti-
fully and duckng out OF some very
dangerous Positions; Fitz lands his
left straight and hard on Jim's face;
Fitz tries that hard right swing, but
it does no good. Jim's left glove is in
Fits face when Madden pushes the
button.
Round Ia. Corbett's leads block
ed; Jim lands that left jab again on
Fitzis head; Fitz counters with a
terrible right swing on Corbett's
neck and has Corbett going back for
a few rnoments; Fitz lands terrible
left hand jab' over Corbett's heart
and Corbett goes to hls knees with q
frightful look Of agony on his face;
the time. keepers call the seconds
one, two, three, four, Ave, six, seven,
eight, nine. ten--but Corbett comes
to his feet; he rushes to Fitz and
endeavors to strike him; there ia q
terrible uproar. George Siler decides
that Fitz wins. The blow that did
the business landed over Corbett's
heart and he collapsed after one Of
the greatest fights IN history. The
last round lasted just one minute and
forty-tiye seconds.
The blow th&s did the business was
a loft hand blow over the heart. jim
staggered aud Fitz struck a right on
the jaw. Jim sank to his knees
clinging TO tho ropes. His face was