Arizona republican., 1899-06-10

body but failed to land Then it was
 seen that he was bleeding from the
 nose. First blood was claimed for
 Jeff. After another clinch Fitz landed
 a hard left on Jeff's face and repeated
 it three times. Coming to the center
 of the ring Fitz landed a left swing
 on the jaw and a left hook on the ear. Jeff came back with a left hook on the
 side of the head and came to clinch.
 After some fe;nting Jeff sent both
 hands to the body and drove Fitz back
 with left on the chest Fitz e1deav-
 ored to land a left swing on the head
 and they came to a clinch. Fitz land
 ed a left hook On the body. Jeff count
 cred on the face as the round ended.
 Round 4-Fitz came up determined
 and tried a right swing, but failed to
 land, and both clinched. Jeff tried a left for the neck, but Fitz got inside
 his lead, landing on the left wind
 Jeff sent two hard left hooks to the
 side of Fitz's head, jarring the champ
 ion each time. In the mixup F.tz got
 his left on the head and lis right to
 body. After some Adding Fitz's left
 went straight to the eye, which was
 heartily countered On the body by
 Jeff A hard right over the heart by | F:tz was answered by Jeff with a left i on the neck and Jeff planted a heavy
 left on the chest and Fitz broke ground, but returned quickly, shooting a left to the jaw It was an even round
 Round 5-Fitz led off with a left to the face splitting Jeff's eye, which bled freely. Jeff retaliated with a hard left on the ear and Fitz tried his night for the damaged eye, failing to land. Fitz tried left for head, but Jeff ducked and a clinch followed. Fitz put a light left on Jeff's mouth and forced him to the ropes. They cinchsd and broke immediately. Jeff tried left swing for the body ard left an opening which Fitz failed to take ad- vantage of. Jeff sent two lefts to the jaw and night on the forehead with out return. Fitz rushed but in try ing to sidestep almost went through the ropes, but regained himself and came back with hard left on neck and a right on the body. Jeff replied with two stiff lefts on the face as he crowded in on him.
 Round 6-Fitz jumped across the ring and Jeff broke ground. Fitz swung a left for the head, landing, slightly blocked a right lead for body. Both tried lefts for the head but were short. Fitz put his left to the face and missed a right across for the jaw. Fitz still on the aggressive crowded in with a left for the wind and Jeff crossed his right to the ear. They broke from a cinch and Fitz sent left to the face and a right to neck without injury. Another clinch followed and the referee had to sepa- rate them. Fitz sent 8 left twice to the head and followed with a hard left to the chest. Jeffries fought back wildly, landing both hands outside FitZimmon's guard and after another clinch Fitzsimmons uppercut his op- ponent with a right to wind. This was the last of the round, which was in favor of Fitzammons
 Round 7-Jeffries was a bit slow coming to the scratch and broke ground, making circle of the ring Fitzsimmons tried right to head, land ed lightly and Jeffries got left to ribs Jeffries jabbed his left to the ribs and got away clean. The Californian en- deavored to land a strai ght for tho face, but was blocked neatly and re- ceived left counter on the ribs. Fitz- simmons was on the aggressive and sent left far back on the neck. lief fries tried to crowd F'itzsimmons or the ropes. but FitzsimmOns got away nicely. Eitzsimmons hooked a left to | the side of the head and Jeffries ! jumped in with a right hard on the body. Jeffries swung his left for the i head. Fitzsimmons got inside of tt and drove his right oveE the heart i This was Fitzs: :mmon's round.
 Round 8-Jefries was tardy in com ing up and the referee had to wave Lis | hand to him 10 come to the center. !! Both rushed matters without doing | damage until FitzsimmO1s sent a left | to ribs and Jeffries hooked two Iefts 1 to the face. Jeffries tried with a night | but it was light, Fitzsimmons counter 1 ing lightly on the chest Fitzsimmons :! put a straight left on Jeffnes' eye i Jefries came back with hard left on | the body. Fitzsimmons endeavored to i land a vicious swing with a left on the 1 body. Jefries came back with a simi- lar blow on Fitzsimmons' head. Jeff 1 fries then bored in and sent a straight 1 left to FitZsimmons' face, staggering the champion to the ropes, It was Jeffn, es' round.
 Round 9-Both men came up will ing, Fitzsimmons the aggressor. Jeff fries sent him back with a straight left to the face. FitzsimmOns missed i a left swing for the head and received |