Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

| circle Of the ring. .Fitz tried right to head,
| landing lightly, and JEFF got left to the
ribs, jeff jabbed his LEFT to the ribs and
got away clean. Then the Californian en-
deavored to land straight left for the face,
but was blocked nehtly and received a left
| counter on the ribs. F'itz was on the ag-
| gressive and sent "a left far back on the
neck jeff tried to crowd F1tz on the ropes
| but Fitz got away nicely. Then in a rapid
mix-up, both swung rights ana lefts for the
head. landing lightly Then Fitz hooked
| left on the side of the head and Jeff
| jumped in with right hard on the body
| Jeffries swung his. left for the head but
Eitz got inside Of Of It and drove right over
corners. This was Fits round.
Jefries Little Tardy.
Round S-Jeff was tardy in coming Nd
| and the referee had to wave his hand to
| him to come to the scratch. Both men
rushed matters without doing damage other
than clnching, until Fitz sent his left to the
| ribs, and Jeff hooked two lefts to the face
| Jeff tried with his right but was short
Fitz countering lightly on the chest. Fitz
put a straight left on Jeff's bad eye. Jeff
came back with a hard left on the body
Fitz endeavored to land a vicious swing
| with his left on the body, but Jeff came
back with similar blow on Fitz's head
Jeff then bored in and sent straight left to
| Fits face. staggering the champion to the
ropes. Nothing of any moment occurred
| during the remainder of the round, and as
| Fitz walked to his corner he smiled at his
seconds. This was Jeffries' round.
Round 9-Both came up willingly with
| Fitz the aggressor, but Jeff sent him back
with straight to the face. Fitz missed
| a left swing for the head and received
| hard right on the body. Then they clinched
| and after the breakaway both tried 1efts at
| close quarters, Jeff landing twice. Fitz
| still on the aggressive, was sent back once
more with a left on the body After an
other clfnch Jeff put two left
on the nose, which made Bob's nasal organ
| bleed again. jeff played again for the head
smartly with his left, hitting straight, and
| then, with a back-hand blow. brought his
| left in contact with Fits nose Fitz failed
! to respond to this and clinched. Jeff threw
his right over the heart with all his might,
and had Fitz guessing when the bell rang
Jeffries had decidedly the better of the
round
Round 1O-Jeff came up looking confident,
and Fitz wore an earnest look on his face
The Californian was first to land with a
straight left on the body, bringing 1t up to
| the head Fitz clinching. Going into the
clinch Fitz drove his left hard to the wind
After a lot of fiddling Fitz tried a left
swing, but went wide of the mark, but
caught the Californian second later with
a left swing on the nose. straight left
from Jeffries made Fits head wabble. and
then with a left swing on the jaw put Fitz
| en- his back. Fitz was very groggy when he
got up in seven seconds. and was sent down
| again with left and right the jaw. He
| came up again in five seconds and Jeffries
rushed him into a corner trying very hard
| to finish the champion. who very grog
sy. jeff was too anxious and failed to fin
| ish his man.
Fitz Finished in Eleventh.
Round 11-Fitz came up slowly, but
sumed the aggressive, Jeff standing off, evil
IDENTIFY waiting for knockout. They clinched
| three times, coming to close quarters Jeff
put two hard rights over Fits heart, send
| ing him back, and then sent a straight left
to the neck, following with a left on the
| chest. F:tZ crowded in trying his right for
| the jaw, but fell short. though he succeeded
| in blocking the CalifOrnianS right return.
| Jeff then assumed the aggressive and jab
| bed his left to head. left the jaw
| from Jeff dazed Fitz who stood helpless in
| the middle of the ring. jeff looked at him
| for a second, and when he had him at his
mercy swung his left to the point of the
| jaw, and Ftz went down and out, relin-
| gushing the championship to the Califor-
| 1ian. Time of eleventh round, 1 minute and
| 81 20 seconds.
Jeffries tipped the scales today at o05
pounds, and Fitz's weight was very close to
16J pounds.
They carried Fitz to his corner, and a
little blood oozed from his mouth his
head fell forward on his chest. The new
hero crossed the ring aud shook the hand
of his rival, after which he was surrounded
by his friends, who hustled him from the
ring and into his dressing room Fitzsim
mons had only partially recovered from the
ed. How did I come to fight him.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons and, Mrs. Dan Hickey
bent over the PROSTATE man, and bathed
his head and face. Clots of blood had form
ed in the nostrils. ana the damaged nasal
organ began to be source of worriment to
Mrs. Fitzsimmons.
Il have nothing to say regarding the out
come of the fight" she said But | feel
sure that Bob still has host of friends,
who will not forget his past career in the
ring"
scenes in Jeffries' Room.
The scenes enacted in the dressing room
of Jeffries. which was only a few feet away
from that occupied by the defeated pugilist,
were of the most joyful character. Crowds
of persons hammered at the door for ad-
mission. all anxious to congratulate the new
champion w. A. Brady was dancing with
delight from the moment the decision was
given that made him for the second time a
manager of a worlds heavyweight cham
pion. JeffrieS is corker.' he said and
there IS not man on earth can beat him.
Hes wonder and no mistake. Let them
all come to him now. none Of them can
class with him"
Jeffries himself was surrounded by a host
Of friends. who congratulated him on his
Well-won honor. In response to several in
quiries, the new champion said:
fitZ fought good and game battle, and
MT me harder than any man whom | have
been up against. He can whip Sharkey in
two rounds ] would gain nothing by meet
any man in the world in whom the public
has confidence, and there need be fear
of my quitting the ring for the stage. 1
will defend my title as champion at all
times and against all corners. AT time
during tonight's fight did l feel any mis-
sivlngs as to my ability to win. | am salts
ned that | have well earned the right to be
called champion by beating Fitzsimm ons
who was undoubtedly the greatest fighter
Of the age"
NEWS TIL, ru,G,u,nrES.