The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
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Every Movement of the .GIadiators
Is Herein Recorded.
ROUND ONE


Both meet, in center of ring. Trey
fefnted, with FitzSimmors breaking
ground, Jeffries4 keeping almost in the
middle of the ring. Jeff.is was evil
IDENTIFY trying to get the right over F. tz-
cleverly. Jeffries led left and fell short
He led for stomach and again fell short
Again he led left swing for jaw, but
Fitzsimmons was out of the way JEFF
fries tried right for body and left for
head, but Fitzsihmons blocked and got
away. clean. Fitzsimmons tried left;
he neeR and azSsYSa h left h swn Dn for
ed, but broke clean. Jeffries trisd
straight left for jaw, but did not reach,
and Fitzsimmons blocked an attempt at
left hook, shooting his left to the ear
as the bell rangs szai
ROUND Two
Fitzsimmons in middle of ring made
Jeffries break; Fitzsmmons sent left to
body; Jeffries countered with stiff left
on face. Bob strted left for b dy, but
crouehing attitude, boring in with left
on body; but was sagain BIO ked and
they came to asclinch. Jeffrles landed
three times to Fftzsimmons' lace with
out return. 7Fttzsimmons tried his
right for the head. but was short. and
ing between ther1. Ssfrses TIED iseIee EFT EFT
chop for the head; but Fitzsimmons
ducked safely; .;geffEies tried left
swing LOT the nedu, ana another for
the body. but Fizsimmons ducl1ed away
from him. Jeffries then knocked Fitz-
simmons fiat on his back with a
straight left on the mouth. The cham
pion was up in two seconds and the
bell rang
ROUND THREE
Fitzsimmons looked very determined
when he came up for this round, with
Jeffries on the aggressive They cIinch-
ed twice without doing damage. Fitz-
simmons tried right hook for the body.
but failed, and it WAS then seen that he
was bleeding from the nose. First blood
claimed for. Jeffries. After another
clineh Fitzsimmons landed a hard left
on Jeffrfes face, and repeated it three
times. Coming to the center of the ring
Fitzsmmons landed left swing on the
Jaw and a left hook on the ear. Jeffries
came back with a left hook on the side
of the head, and they came to clinch.
After some feintng Jeffries sent both
hands to the body and drove F'itzsim-
Fitzsimmons endeavored to land a left
swing on the head and then came to a
e eli Oh. Fi ts'na landed left hook
just as the round closed
ROUND FOUR
Fitzsimmons came up determined and
tried a right swing.tand both clinched
JeffrieS tried a left for the neck, but
Fitzsimmons got. inside of his lead,
hard lefts to the side of Fitzsimmons,
Earring the champion each time. In the
mix-up FitzsimmQns got his left to head
and right to body. After some fddling
and feinting FitZSimmons sent left
straight to the eye and was quickly
countered ON theIboey by Jeffries' right.
A hard right over the heart by Fitzsim-
mons was answered by left on the
neck, but he plarted heavy left on the
chest, and Fitzsimrhons broke ground
shooting his left to the jaw This was
an even round. fdrf
ROUND FIVE d.4sn-
Fitzsimmons led off with left TO tho
face, splitting Jeffries' left eve. which
bled freely. Jeffries retaliated with a
hard left on the ear, and FItzsimmons
tried his right over the damaged eve
Failing to land, sFitzsimmons tried Iaft
for head, but Jeffries ducked and a
clinch followed. Fitzsimmons put a iieht
left on Jeffries'S mouth, and fired him 70
the ropes. The Californian broke. hut
clinched Immediately. Jeffries tried q
left swing for the body and left an oman
ing which Fitzsimmons failed to take
advantage of. Jeffriesss encouraged bv
this oversight, sent two rights to the
jaw, and right on the forehead. win
out q return. Fitzsimmons rushed and
in trying, 5sto side step, almost fell
through the ropes. but RECLAIMED himself
and came back with q hard left on neclr
and right on body. Jeffries came back
with two stiff ones, which hit Fitzsim