The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-10
1T WAS A GENUINE GOOD FIGHT
The Australian Never in Better Form, but the
Californian Was His Master and Had
Him Whipped From the 9th Round.

Fiizammons landed with a left swing
On the jaw and left hook on the ear.
Jenrics came back with left hook on
the side OF the head and they came to
a cllnch After some feinung Jefrrtes
led to the body and drove Fitz back with
left on the chest. Fitzsimmons landed
a left hook on the body Jenrles then
countered on the face as the round
ended.
Round i-Jeffries sent TWO hard Nj
hooks 10 the side OF Fiizsimmons' head.
jarrlng the champion In the mIxup
Fiizslmmons got left on the head and
a rlght to the body After some felntlng
Fitzslmmons landed a left straight on
the eye which was heavily countered on
the body by Jefrries with his right. A
hard right over the heart by Fftzsim.
mons was answered by Jeffries with
lef, on the neck. and then Jeffries plant
ed heavy left on the head and Fiz-
simmons broke ground. Jefrries kept
shooting his left to Fitzsimmons' jaw.
Round 5-FitEsmmons led with a left
to the face. splitting Jeflries right eye,
which bled freely. JefrieS retahated
with hard left on the ear Fitz put
left on Jen's mouth and forced him to
the ropes Jeffries sent two lefts TO the
jaw aud right on the forehead without
return. FiiZslmmons rushed. but in try.
ing 20 sidestep almost fell through the |
ropes. He regained himself and came |
back with a hard left on the neck and a
right on the body. Jeffries replied with |
two sim lefts on the face and Fitzsim.
mons crowded IN on him.
Round 6-Fitzsimmons jumped across
the ring and Jeftries broke ground Fftz-
simmons was stll on the aggressive and
sent a left 10 the face. countering lightly |
on the wind. Ftzsmmons crowded in
with left for the wind and Jeffries
crossed his right to the ear They broke
from a olinch and Fitzsimmons sent a
left to the fact and hard right over
the injured eye. Fitzsimmons sent a
left twice to the head and then followed
with hard right to the chest. Jeffres
fought back wildly, landing both hands
outside of Fitzsimmons guard and after
another clinch FtEslmmons upper cut
his opponent with his right on the wind,
This was the last blow of the round
which was in Fftzslmmons' favor.
Round 7-Jeffries was a bit slow coming
TO the scratch and broke ground. FitE-
tried a right TO the head, land.
Ing lightly, and Jefrries got a left to the
ribs. Jeffries jabbed left ~ the ribs
and got away clean. Then the Califor.
nian endeavored to land straight for the
face but was blocked neatly and re-
ceiyed a left counter on the ribs. EItz-
simmons was on the aggressive and sent
a left back on the neck. Jeffrles tried to
crowd Fitzsimmons on the ropes, but
got away nicely. Then in
a rapid mixup both swung rights and
efts for the head, landing lightly. Fitz.
simmons hooked left to the side OF the
head and Jeffrles jumped in with hard
right on the body This was Fitzsim.
mons round.
Round S-Both men rushed matters
without doing any damage until near the
end Of the round, when Jeffries shot a
straight to Fltzsimmons' face, stagger-
Ing the champion to the ropes. This was
Jeffries' round,
Round 9-Both came up willingly, with
the aggressor, but Jeffrles
sent him back with a straight left to the
face Fltzslmmons was stlll on the ag-
gressive but was sent back once more
with left on the body. After another
cllnch Jeffries put In two smart left
raps on the nose, which made Fitzslm.
mons nasal organ bleed freely again.
Jeffrles played again for the head smart.
iy vita his left. Fitzslmmons failed to |