Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15

left on the body but was again blocned
and they came to clinch. Jeffies
landed two lefts on the body and shot
his left three times to Fits face with
a return. Fitz tried his right for the
head, but was short and they came to
a clinch, the referee going between
them. Jeffries tried left swing for
the head and Fitz ducked away. jeff
ries then knocked Fitz fiat on his back
with straight left on the mouth. The
champion was up in two seconds md
then the bell rang.
Round 8 SNitz looked very determ-
ined when he came up for this round,
with Jeffries on the aggressive. They
clinched twice without doing any dam
age Fitz tried right for body but
failed and it was then seen that he
had been bleeding from the nose. First
blood was claimed for Jeffries. After
another clinch Fitz landed a
hard left on Jeffries' face and
repeated it three times, coming to the
center of the ring Fitz landed left
heart. Jeffries came back with left
hook on the side of the head and tried
to clinch. After some feinting Jeffries
sent both hands to the body and drove
FitZ back with left or the chest.
Fitz endeavored to land left swing
on the head and they came to clinch.
Fitz landed left hook on the head,
and Jeffries countered on the face just
as the round ended.
Round 4-FitZ came up determined
and tried a right swing and both
clinched. Jeffries tried left for the
neck, but Fitz got inside of his lead
landing his left on the wind. Jeffries
sent two hard left hooks to the side OF
Fitz head, Earring the champion each
time. In the miX-up Fitz got his left
to the head and right to the body
After some fiddling and feinting TFitz
sent lead straight to the eye and was
heavily countered on the body by jeff
ries' right. A hard right over the
heart by Fitz was answered by Jeffries
with left on the neck, but he planted
a heavy left on the chest and Fitz
broke ground, shooting his left to the
jaw. This was an even round.
Round 5-Fitz led off with a left to
the face, splitting Jeffries' left eye,
which bled freely. Jeffries retaliated
with a hard LETT On the ear and Fitz
tried his right over for the damaged
eye, failed to land. Fitz tried a left
for the head but Jeffries ducked and a
clinch followed. Fitz put a light left
on the mouth and forced him to the
ropes. The Californian broke but
clinched Immediately. Jeffries tried "a
left swing for the body and left an
opening which Fitz failed to take ad-
vantage Of. Jeffries encouraged by
this overlook, sent two lefts to the jaw
and right on the forehead without re-
turn. FitZ rushed but in trying to
side-step almost fell through the ropes
but regained himself and came back
with hard left on the neck and a
right on the body. Jeffries replied
with two Gtiff ones on the face. He
hit Fitz on the face as F'itz crowded in
on him. At this moment the bell sep
arated them
Round 6-F'itz jumped across the
ring and Jeffries broke ground F'itz
swung his left for the head, landing
lightly and blocked a right lead for the
head, landing lightly, and then
blocked right lead for the body.
Both tried lefts for the head but were
short. Then Fitz put his left to the
face and missed right cross for the
jaw. Fitz was still on the aggressive
and bored in, sending his left to the
face. Jeffries countered lightly on
the wind. Fitz crowded in with right
for the wind and Jeffries crossed his
right to the ear. They broke from a
clinch and FitZ sent his left to the
face and hard right over the injured
eye. Another clinch followed and the
referee had to separate them. Fitz
sent his left twice to the head and fol-
lowed with hard left to the chest |
Jeffries fought back wildly landing |
both hands outside FitZ guard and |
after another clinch uppercut his OPP
ponent with his right on the wind.
This was the last blow of the round |
which was in FitZ ayor.
Round 7-F'itZ was bit slow coming
to the center, and giving ground max
ing circles around the ring. Fitz
tried a right to the head, landing
lightly and Jeffries got left to the
ribs. Jeffries jabbed his left to the
lbs and got away clean. Then the
a1ifornian endeayored to land a