The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-19
FITZSIMMONS WON.
AT Last an American Fighter Forced
to Lower His Colors.
Corbett. the Former Champion. After q
Good Fight, Was Knocked Out by
Lanky Bob in the Fourteenth-Cor-
bett is Still q Warm Favorite.

NAhSON, New, mdrcn 1S.-A1Cer GWO
years of doubt and vexatious postpone
ments the heavyweight championship
OF the world was decided beyond cavil
when Robert Fitzsimmons sent James
j. Corbett helpless to his knees with
left-hand blow under the heart after
minute and As seconds in the four
teenth round of their battle in the
arena in Carson Wednesday afternoon.
The great contest was won in the
simplest manner and the knockout was
the result of one unwary move on the
part of Corbett. After the first min
ute of the fourteenth round had been
spent in a few harmless clinches and
counters, Fitz made a fake lead with
his right for the jaw. lie was
a simple ruse, but it caught
the Californian mapping. In
stead of keeping his body inclined for
ward and throwing back his head just
a trifie, allowing the blow, which was
of the very lightest kind, to slip by.
Corbett contemporary bent his head
and chest backward and thus pro-
truded his abdomen. Fitzsimmons'
small eyes flashed, and like lightning
he saw and awaited himself of
his advantage. Drawing back
his left he brought it up
with terrible force, the forearm
rigid and at right angles to the upper
arm. With the full strength Of his
wonderful driving power brought into
play, the Australian fairly ripped the
blow up the pit of Corbett's stomach
at a point just under the beart. Cor
bett was lifted clean off his feet and
as he pitched forward FitZsimmons
shot his right up and around, catch
ing Jim on the jaw and &C
celebrating his downfall. Corbett
sank on his left knee, and with his
outstretched right, grasped the ropes
for support. His left arm worked con-
vulsively up and down while his face
was twitching with an expression of
the greatest agony. Referee Siler
threw up his hands on the call of
ten and left the ring. There were
some cries of foul" when the
referee declared Corbett out,
but they were unheeded by
anybody as the battle was won
fairly and squarely. The defeatnearly
drove Corbett wild. When he was
able to feel his feet, and his seconds
ad'helped him to his corner, he broke
away from them and rushed at Eitz-
simmons, who had not LETT the ring.
A scene of dreadful confusion ensued.
The ring was crowded with an excited
mob, but Corbett burst through that
and struck at Fitz. The Aus
tralian kept his arms by his
sides and with great deal
of generosity, made allowance for Cor
belts half demented condition. Bob
merely ducked under the blow, and
when Corbett clinched with him and
struck him a feeble blow on the ear,
the champion only smiled. 1t was
with great difficulty that Billy Brady
and the seconds succeeded in quieting
Corbett down and getting him back to
the dressing room.
The fight was clean and speedy. 1t
demonstrated two facts-that Corbett
is the cleverest boxer of his weight in
the world and that Fitzsimmons is
able to hit him.
The battle, as predicted, was fought
on purely scientific and almost new
principles Neither of the men took
any advantage of the privileges al,
lowed them under the London prize
ring rules and there was very little
hitting in clinches.
Corbett made no attempt to bring
around his right on the breaking
away, probably because Fitzsimmons
held up his elbows too high. Jim's
only effort in the way of parting
shot was full right uppercut, which
he brought around very clumsily, and
fai ed to land by at least foot every
time he tried. He did get in one
good uppercut in the fourth
round, splitting Bob's upper liz
and starting the blood in 4 thick
stream. Several times the mer
clinched and parted with both hand:
up. Frequently Bob worked Jim into
corner and reached for him righ
and left with blows that would wiz
any championship battle if they hat
landed. FitZsimmons himself admit:
that Corbett hustled and sidesteppec
his way to safety in a manner which
simply dazed the Australian.
L never saw Sucn clever man II
my life" said Fitz, Wednesday even
ing. HE got away from me time anC
again when l thought / had him deat
to rights. | knew l could wear hin
out, SO l kept coming right along unit
my opportunity arrived. He was veal
in the last round and all his clever
ness could not keep him out of tina
left punch under the heart The onl-
blow that really worried me was tn
one which split my lip. The others
never felt. He fought fair. and here
after he may have my respect if h
continues TO merit it.
Corbett's version of his own Wat
erloo did not vary greatly from Fit
simmons.
Il made a mistake in not keepin
away" was the way the eX-champio
put it. ''Fitz / knew to be a terrifi
puncher, but l never calculated on hi
being able to reach me. If the siXt
ronnd had lasted ten seconds longer
would have landed him to certainty
His nose was clogged with blood and hi
legs were webbing. The gong sound
ed Just as j was about to plug hir