The daily sentinel., 1899-06-10

vigorously anu ue seut ieiI W Ino ueCh
but misses right swing. JEFF sent left
to the ribs, Bob putting straight CD
the mouth Bob misses right and
jeff jolts his jaw with left then shoots
to the mouth There were two clinches
and jeff shoves his right TO the ribs,
Fi:z reaching the chin with left. Fitz
sent straight left to the eye, touching
the stomach with the left. Bob sent
his left over Jeffs shoulder, and Jef
swings his loft foot over Bobs head. A
straight left on the jaw sends Fitz reel
ing to the ropes. Out in the center he
cljnches then swings hard left to jeff
He is braced when the ball rings.
| Ninth round-Jeff jabs left to the
mouth and Bob gets on the ribs in re-
turn. Another left from jeff to the
mouth and he hooks it to the neck.
They swap right to the ribs and Bob
jabs his left on the face. Jetfs left draws
more blood from Bobs nose. Bob misses
right and jeff puts a right on the ribs
Jef1s left finds the chin and again jeff
pokes left to the face. Bob is back
with straight left on the mouth.
Tenth round-Jeff sp ings in and hugs
Bob after the break and he puts left
on Bobs chest then a left to the jaw
Bob replying with left on the eye.
Fltz misses a left hook ducking nicely
Jetfs right sis stopped by Bobs elbow.
Bob puts left on the cheek jeff miss
| ing his answer. Fltz miss.s right and
left and JEFF jabs left to the mouth.
Fitz crowds him to the corner. JEFF
shoots a straight left to the jaw and
Bob falls fiat on his back and takes
eight seconds to rise, then he gets up.
JEFF swings right to the neck and again
Bob is down. He gets up but is sent to
his knees by left when he arises He
clinches and the bell is heard. Just as
the bell rings Fitz swings a wild left.
Fitz was very groggy at the end of
the tenth.
| Eleventh round-Fitz starts briskly
and misses left for the head. jeff
clinches, Fitz misses a right. jeff jolts
the neck with left. Fitz put left on
the stomach and right on the chin.
Fitz misses right und JEFF plants a
right over the heart. JEFF starts a
straight left to the mouth, sending Bobs
head back, but Bob is still there. He
puts left on the shoulder. jeff puts a
right ON the wind and left on the eye
| Two more lefts from jeff land on Bob's
head, then JEFF jabs his left twice like
Tightening. Now jeff lands two left
swings to the neck and jaw. and then a
right swing to the point OF the jaw, and
the Cornishman falls prone. He fails on
his side rolls over on his back. The ref
cree counts one, two, three, four, five,
six, and Bob rolls over, seven, eight, nine
ten and he 10 out and JeffrIes ls cham
pion of the world.
The referee waves his hands to the
seconds to carry him to his corner. They
lift him still unconscious and place him
| in his seat. He revives ralidl,.
Meanwhile shouting, cheering crowd
surrounds jeff in his corner. Fitzsim-
IN ns sits dis .orsolate in his chair and
the Californian crosses the riug and
shakes his hand. jeff leaves the ring,
the. centre of shouting, bowling crowd.
1t was great fight and fought on its
mel its.
1t is another illustration that youth
and strength is too much handicap for
age to encounter.
Fitz left the platform a few moments
after the battle.
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