Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-10
KNOCKED Gun
Was FitzsimmOus, and the Laurels
Go to the Giant Jeffries.

The big prize fight at Coney Island
last night was one on which the sport
ing world had its eyes for many week
and it was attended with great inter-
est by the frequenters of the ringside.
Toe contest was limited to ID rounds,
and it was started amid all the form
alities usual to such events 1t was an
extremely warm fight ana both parties
suffered hard punishment, but poor old
Fltz suffered lar ...e more
The contest by rounds was as fol-
lows:
Thtey shake hands, Bob says May
the best man win"
irst round. Bob dances as JEFF
sprints, ,Teffries crouches as Fltz leads
left, it goes over the shoulder and
..ght chnch follows. They break in
stantly and Jeffries is short on a left
flb for the head. More dancing. Jeff
touching ..e chest with left and
reaches mouth lightly wit. glove. JEFF
snort with left again but touches the
wind with left on neck. Just at this
4 botI duck.
End of first round.
Second round. JEFF misses left for
head Both rush and he puts left on
neck and right over the heart, dane
ing away from a return. JEFF closes
into a light cllnch then crouching
pushes lett to stomach but his right
swing only grazes BObs shoulder JEFF
pushes two lefts to wind and chest
then jabs face twice with left. Fitz
swings right to shoulder and JEFF taps
the ribs with right. JEFF runs to clinch,
they break and JEFF lunges wildly with
lett. Jeffries shoots a straight left to
the jaw, and Bob goes down squarely.
Is up and starts to rush but his left
and right dives for the head are neatly
blocked.
End of second round.
Third round. A clinch to open. Fitz
raised and JEFF comes back with good
left on nose and the clare. shows on
.tx's face Bob plants right handler
over the Leart, and after an exchange
of left facers, Fitz hooks the left to
neck, and jeff comes back hard on ribs
with left and right to stomach. Jeh
jabs left twice to face. JEFF puts a stiff
one on stomach with left and repeats 1t
A second later. Fitz hooks left to ear,
Fitz's right goes over Jeffries' head and
an instant later JEFF ducks another one.
Now jeff ducks into a stiff left catch
ing it on the mouth. Sparring at bell,
End of third round,
Fourth round. Jeffries misses a left,
but ducks Fitzs right swing. Fftz
misses left for stomach, and jeff puts
good right over heart, lett for wind
is stopped but he shoots hard left to
neck. Fitz smiles and hooks left to
ear. Jeff planting a sfedge hammer
right over heart, another miss Of Fitz
right draws Jeff's right to his ribs. Fltz
puts slight left to mouth brings his
right to the ear and JEFF ducks into a
stiff left swing. He rushes Bob to
ropes, good foot work carrying Fitz
out of danger.
End of fourth round.
Fifth round. Bob puts left straight
on mouth, and JEFF misses left to head.
Fitz cuts lne ear with right, both miss
left. Bob shoots left to bad eye, and
swings to ear with same glove. jeff
sends left to wind and right to ribs.
Fitz rushes, put left on neck and JEFF
misses savage left swing. jeff shoots
straight to Fitz's mounth and rita
tries lelC for solar plexus jeff plants
left on chin, then jabs the face with
short arm left. Fitz misses JEFF 5
work has pleased his friends, but Bob'5
friends feel confident,
End OF fifth round
Sixth round. Fftz up and ready ten
seconds before gong He swings right
to back of Jeff's ear, then jabs the
face with left, JEFF continuing with left
on mouth. Bob jabs left on chin but
misses right, and JEFF to forehead, JEFF
ducks with right hook on ear. Bob puts
left to chest and jaw then rips it like
| lightning TO the wind. They mix ii saw
agely both reaching head wilh rights,
and jus, before close Fitz lands Sta.
one over heart with right
! End of sixth round.
Seventh round. ltz runs jeff across
ring, but is short with left and JEFF
sends a hot left to face. They come to-
gether, Jeff's right slapping BoJ's side
and sounding like drum. jeff barely
touches the chin, Bob stopping him.
jeff clinches again against the next two
leads but Bob puts right on ear, JEFF
answering right on ribs. Ftz right on
lneck, then straightens left to mouth,
both misses left, then swap rights on
head Fltz stops Je4s swing and puts
two lefts on mounth and neck, cutting
mouth severely Jeffries goes over
shoulder, and Bob digs right quickly
under heart.
End of seyentD round.
Eighth round jeff leads left TO neck
but misses right swing, Jeff left to ribs,
Bob putting straigh, one on mouth.
Bob misses right and JEFF jolts jaw