The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25

right fer the head. following tor%I
around fhe ring and receiving straish'
left on the face. after which l'e cllEched.
They fiddled around the ring. Cofpf ,
with his guard down in a careless i"sii
ion, Fitnsimmons following INN up anu
pushing him To the ropes. No Farm WaS
done, bos'h men taking it easy. t'TR.'
landed light left on the race ana an
other OH the body. but missed f!sil.
uppercut He then landed hard stralsht
on Fitzsiynmons' nose. Telling him TO me
ropes and missing a right-hand swing
receiving AMY light tap on the ear Ill
return. and the men clinch"d. fltEsilh-
mons bleeding nose seemed 10 n" bonner
ing him, but he assumed the aggressive
and made Uorbett dance around the rlilS
to avoid him. receiving hard lcI1 on the
body before he desiStcd. ritZSlminols
landed hand left on the body. stngGer-
ing COrbett, and then landed again on
the body, both men laughing. jim put ID
a straight lift on the nose and rlShl
uppcrcut on the jaw in the clinch that
followed. CoTbctt landed his left on ths
head twice and then missed il lead WIN
the right. Jim landed on face. and fitZ-
simmons returned with right on face
Both men were in the center 81 the ring
as the gong sounded.
Fourteenth Round-l'p 10 this time
COrbett had the better OF The hEhtilS
He hit Fitzsimntuns whenever he pleased
and pretty much where he pleased. His
generalship was superior to that of Fitz-
simmons. and he got away ana came III
again with marvellous speed. lie was
firing rapidly, however. and was far from
having the stamina that Ei:zsimmOnS
showed. The latter had been punished
fearfully throughout the preceding rounds
hut he was still strong and %amcoto the
core. The round opened with LETT
swing fDr the jaw by COrbett. 1t missed
the mark. but he tried again with better
success, reaching the jaw good and hard:
FitZSimmJnS was all there. however. and
he sent his left on the body with terrific
force. the blow sent Corb,.gt staggering
backward several feet and evidently hurt
him badly. FitzsimmonS losT 10 time.
but followed closely. sending his right to
Corbett'S face. causing him 10 tottcr
again. He then pushed his left hard on
the body and rushed on his man. but Cor
bett gave ground TO get away. COrbett
came up strong. however. and put his
left hard ON FitzsimmOns' body. The
latter put in Il hard right on the head.
Jim was looking tired. his strength was
going and he clnchcd. After the break
away FitZsimmOnS put hard right and
left on the Jaw and then clinchcd again.
Corbett fighting F'itZSimmonS Tito the
southwest corner of the ring. jim. put
his left on the jaw. and Fitzsimmchs sent
his right to the chin with fearful force.
The blow made Corbctt lean backward
and turned him nearly around. He raised
his guard Il trifc. and quick rs lightning
shot his left glove on Cor
belts body. just below the Heart. The
blow was one that would have shivored Il
plank, and COrhptt'S face Dalpl inStanter.
His arms fell To his sides. his eyes closed
and he fell forward to the ropes, catch
ing At them with his right hand. His
face bore Il look of intense az my and he
was evidently suffering the most eXcru-
ciating pains. He tried TO rise. hut FitZ-
simmons. with his right. caught him a
straight jab on the chin. Corbrtt was not
knocked out, in the common sense of the
word. He was not unconscious. lut the
pain resulting from the blow under the
heart was so great AS TO make him care
less of anything else. He tried several
times To rise. hut was unable to do so.
and was counted out by the referee.