New-York tribune., 1899-06-10
n1TT-AND-OUT PRIZE-FIGHT.
,rrrR1Es DEFEATS FITzsIMMONs, IN
ELEVEN BLOODY ROUNDS.
.-r nEvsnY SAW 1T ALL BUT DID NOT INTER
rrRE-THE FORMER CHAMPION NO MATCH
PHYSICALLY FOR HIS ANTAGONIST

xrsr-rHE FORMER CHAMPION NO MATCH
PHYSICALLY FOR HIS ANTAGONIST.
.~.r snd again was the smaller man In the
,ss-Fitzsimnnons fight knocked down last night
" roney island, Scores OF blows, savage and
soul enough to slay ordinary man, had
-, dealt Blood flowed from either contestant
-, came the crowning brutality. FItzsimmons
clearly defeated He was already unconscious.
a., as any knowledge Of what was going on was
s..,rned He hit out feebly. and then his hands
.N.,rsd to his sides. He was as helpless as an
,.t,,t He would have sunk to the ground II left
w." 80 AT this instant, Jeffries. weighing a third
~ - than he, deal, the final blow. 1t was just as
70 were hitting his punching pag. Fitzsimmons
.s fell as II by sedge hammer. He struck the
s.o- as would bundle dropped from height A
~ NJ nine thousand It's feet. yelling as
-. oorpselike agure was dragged 10 the corner.
syas that within the law?' was asked of Will
IAN S. Devery ChieI OF Folce' VINO mao witnessed
the whole affair.
- think Il was" he answered. softly
:, was this same Chief Devery who few days
- ssid: 81 shall personally 10 It that there
.'r he no slugging or heavy hitting nothing but
.,san cut lawful spsrring exhibition for points
The frs, heavy blow struck will mark the end Of
the contest
- ~ the contest nor the second. or tenth or ff-
,,o,b Perhaps Chief Devery did not regard any
., the blows as heavy. Had he received one
=, the rnidest himself ne might have placed a new
,,,srnretaton on the facts Even the most butcher
,ra tastes Of the most ardent sport there were
no,A than satisfied by the fight. II what
80. men term swift" mill THIS means that
hlou,s were rained with frightful rapidity. that
n.cb man was hard hit over and over. that both
49, Anallv on the verge of exhaustion. and that
one was beaten 10 insensibty
We, chief Devery thought" 1t was all within
the law
ont TO Nevada for our fights. and look at this!
New-York is good enough for us now" This was
,he comment OF one oid-tme follower Of the game.
With Chief Devery as the judge Of the Law and the
tury Of the facts. New-York certainly is good
enough"
erys utterance Of last Tuesday due 10 the
rivalry between the Tammany athletic clubs Of
Manhattan and the Coney Island Club II fur
ther explained that Brooklyn politicians had
brought influence TO bear 10 get him TO change his
views Ample proof Of the truth Of all this
given by the course OF affairs last night.
The fight took place in the big building of the
Coney Island Sporting Club. About nine thousand
persons saw IT, paying from S 20 s5 each for seats.
The receipts were In the neighborhood of 10000.
OF this the purse $4,000. Ostensbly 1T went to
the winner; in reality, 90 per cent was given TO
Fitzsimmons in advance, as the greater drawing
card Of the two. That's the way prize-hghting is
done nowadays The fight lasted to the middle Of
the eleventh round; the advantage of the Cali
fornian was easily apparent. He weighed 25
hounds His back and thighs OF the type that
.Michal Angelo used 10 draw, muscular almost be-
yond belief. FItzsimmonss weight given as
l54 pounds In the afternoon. He was spndle-legged
in comparison with his antagonist. yet the broaden
ing Of his body up from the hips was beautiful TO
behold He fought with remarkable brute courage.
bett he
had been thought 20 be- He lodged with an agility
wonderful for OF his size and weight. His
punches in the stomach and his left-handed blows
In the face terribly effective. His intellect Is
far less keen than Fitzsimmons's. however. and
several times early in the fight he could have
knocked his man out had he been swift to see his
advantage and 10 follow II UP.
The result was surprise to the sporting world,
as the betting had been 20 l on Fitzsimmons.
The building was not quite filled. but 1t contained
many politicians brokers' and business men, as well
sporting men and thugs. Every large city In
the country represented. George Sler was the
referee. Following the fight by rounds:
Round 1-At the sound OF the bell both walked
quickly TO Of the ring They both began spar
ring for opening and each tented F1tzsmmons moved
away from opponent Jefries stood almost In tne
centre Of the ring evidently trying 10 hit the Australian
with his left shot left to head but Jenres
eucked ceverly Jeries ted land with his left
but fell short He again tried 70 land with his eft
aiming for the stomach. but II fell short again BE
followed ,he miss with left swing but Fitzsmmons
unped out Of reach the blow quickly. F1tzsiuimons
ranent later neatly blocked right for the body and a
LEFT for head tented with his left for the neck
landing a right swinging blow on the neck Ihey
enched but broke away without making an enort 70
tcoe point Jeries shot his left for the Jaw but
ii did not reach mark. He next sent IN left hook
which was blocked and received left blow on the
ear just as the bell rang. Honors were about even
although Jerr1es had been more aggressive thah 'ne
Australian.
Round Just after the opening the round FHtzsm-
NV, sen, sf, N hodv and Jeries countered with SIN
left On the face Jeries tried left for body again his
isf; neatly blocked. He assumed a cronchns a'1
tude second later and became extremely aggressive ne
tried 10 use ME left again and once more blocked
followed the breakawsy Jefres succecoeo
getting in lefs body. and hitting Fitzsin-
three times in the face with his left without re
eeiving blow Fitzsimmons was short win
rsh, head and they cnched The referee sepa-
rated them. As IN the previous breakaway Jenries
started quickly after his He tried left for the
head Fzsimmons ducked safely out OF danger ne
bore his left head ana tried for the
body. but Fitzsmmons ducked away from him. Jehries
then knocked Ftzsmmons fat his back with straight
e't on the face ''IAnky Bob was up in two seconds
The bell rang be Jumped W. The Australian seemed
a. the mercy o. his big in this round but his
ability 10 jumo up quickly after being sent to the hoor
T-ade his friends think ne was playing foxy
Round SThis round opened with Jeffries sti. the
aggressive They cnched twice without doing dam
age 10 each other. Ftzsirmons hook for
the body. but II fell short He bleeding from the
nose and first blood was claimed for JefT1es. For
short time F1tzsmmons tried rushing tactics After
elineh he landed hard left Jerres's face
peated the blow three times IN quick succession Rushing
10 the centre of the ring his left for the law
reaching the mark, and got IN left hook on the
In jny Jeues replied the Australians sudden as-
sressveness with left hook head cinch fo:-
lowed and after some fsntine Jees sent both hands
70 the body and drove Ftzsnuons backward with len
OF ue ehest They cnehed again Wren they free
o' eaon other fitzsmrnons landed hook 90 ths
heao Jenrss oosnterng the the round end.a
me hsn'ns in this round fas; telling with N.
hono's except for short time in favor OF Jenrt.,
hound s-f1t1smrnons came Up determined and tr.d !.
F7iht sWns' falling TO land both cliacbed Jerr..
tried le.t for the neck bu, Ftz.,r,r,o,, -, =. -.