The San Francisco call., 1897-03-18

corner he heard his wife say some ething about
blood on his face. He turned quickly and
said: ''Neyer mind the blood; I've got him
licked"
Round 7-Fitzsimmons came up looking
fresh and stood his ground. Corbett, how
ever, was the first to lead with left on the
stopped hard right lead for the body but
was wild with his right and left and Corbett
jabbed him three times on the lace. Fizsim-
mons put light uppereut on n, the chin
was bleeding freely and Corbett was
plentifuily besmeared with the Australians
gore. Jim sent a light left on the face, Bob
returning with left on the body, which was
also light Bob swung his right hard for the
jaw, but missed, and they clinched He tried
again with the same result. Both were
light left on the nose. Bob reached the fsce
with light left but missed with both hands
an attempt to get at the jaw. Jim showed his
left twice on the face, Bob coun ,ering the last
blow with left on the jaw. Corbetps right
caught Fitzsimmons hard on the wind, but the
Australian countered heavily on the head.
They were slow in breaking away. Fitzsim-
mons right on the wind brought a counter
from Corbett with a left on the same spot.
Jim landed light left on the jaw and both
swung wildly. Fitzsimmons put his left glove
c.inched he uppercut the latter with a right
on the jaw. Both were sparring Tor wind at
the end of the round.
Round Slim opened with light left,
right and left but Used, and Jim drove his
left on the wind. Bob faxed lett lead and
then caught Jim lightly on the jaw with
right. Fitzsimmons forced the fighting with
heavy lett on the wind, but he was very wild
with his Tight swings and couple OF clinches
followed. Corbett cleverlv evaded a left for
the head and then sent his own left for the
body twice. Fitzsimmons drove his left hard
above the heart, but Corbett drew back In
time to avoid the full force of the blow. Jim
landed a hard left punch on the side of the
iay and : m m aH
again. Fitzsmmons ran into another left on
the jaw Immediately afterward. They spared
at long range for a time and both were very
cautious. A light left OH the face from Cor
bett was followed by two left jabs which
landed ON Bob's nose. The latter swung right t
and left wildly and caught Jim's left on the
nose. Again Fitzsimmons swung, but Cor bett
ducked and shot his lett past Bob's guard full
in the face. Just as the gong sounded Corbett
jabbed stiff left on the damaged nose and
Fitzsimmons was quickly covered with blood.
However the Australian seemed to be getting
stronger as the fight progressed, and the en-
thusiasts who were offering 5 to 3 on Corbett
found good many takers among Bobs ad.
heren's.
Round 9-Both spared cautiously and Fi,z-
simmons seemed TO De boxing well within
himself. Jim started the ball rolling with
light left Oh the nose, Bob countering lightly
with the right on the body. More long-range
sparring took place before Jim shot q stiff left
on the wind, and then showed his glove into
Bob's face. Hizsimmons rushed in and put
LETT on the chin, but was met by two tiff lefts,
one on the jaw, the other on the nose. They
clinched. and Jim drove his right over the
heart before they stepped back Fitzsimmons
missed two left swings before he successfully
landed on the jaw with a left-hand hook,
w hich staggered CorDett. Jim swung left for
the jaw, but Bob ducked. Ntz,immons did
on The face and stepped back from two vicious
leads. Filzsimmons would not be denied,
however, and he came again with piie-driv-
ing right on the body. AS the round ended
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FitZsimmons was very strong, but was breath
ing hard as he sat in his chair. Corbett was
not showing the cleverness his ardent admir-
ers expected OF him.
RouId 1O-Bob led off with left swing.
which Corbett avoided, but the Australian
came back at him and in the clinch put hard
left jolt on the jaw. Both swung wildly and
came together in a clinch. Corbett blocked
Bob's lett but could not stop a stiff right tha.
landed over the kidneys hard left that
found tie jaw. Bob's left landed on the body
and he pushed his right contemporary in
Corbetrs face. Jim faxed left lead, but
could not draw the willy Cornishman out.
Jim saw this quickly and he adopted different
tactics. He sent his right with lightning
speed on the wind, his left on the body and
face and came back again with a right on the
body and light left on the face. Fitzsim-
mons did not like this treatment and he took
hand in the attack himself. He put three
hard lefts in succession on Jim's head and
swung a right over the ear that Jim
tried to avoid, but failed Jim's leIt reached
the face and with his right sent Vicious up
percut to the Cornishmans chin. Jim poked
his left in the lace again, but took stiff left
handler on the jaw in return, and this was fol-
lowed by two strong let's on the short ribs.
Jim put his left on the body and came into a
clinch: AS they broke away Fizsimmons
hooked him with a right under the ear, but
Jim retaliated with right and left on the
jaw. Fitzsimmons appeared very confident
and strong as he went to his corner. Corbett
did not seem to be weak, but mis- face had
grayish pailor and his eyes shifted nervouslv
as he sat in his chair. He had lost the conf
dent smile with which he opened the battle.
Round 11--Bob rushed, but his left lead for
The jaw was stopped. Jim shot two light lefts
on the jaw. Corbeits right then found the
wind, and he ducked hard lett from Fiz-
simmons. The Anstralian's left caught Jim
Eard on the jaw twice before they clinched. !
Jim's right went to the body and then he shot
his left twice under the eur. F.tzsimmons put
light left on the side of the head, and Jim,s
counter on the nose was very weak. Fitzslm-
mons forced matters with a hard right swing
on the body and right on the side of the
head, ana got away without a return. Cor
belts light lett landed high up on the fore-