Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-10

clinched and broke Immediately. Jeff tried
| a left swing for the body and left an open
| ing which F'itz failed TO take advantage Sf.
Jen sent two lefts to the Jaw and a right
on the forehead without a, return. tltz
] rushed. but in trying to sfdestep almost fell
through the ropes, but regained himself and
came back with a hard left ON neck and
| right on body. Jeff replied with two stir
let's on face as he crowded in on him. At
this moment the bell separated them.
| Round 6-Fitz jumped across the ring and
JEFF broke ground. Fitz swung his left for
head, landing slightly and blocked a 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
jaw, Fitz, still on aggressive, bored in.
on the wind Fitz crowded in with hot left
| for the wind, and Jeff crossed his right to
| the ear. They broke from clinch and
Fitz sent left to face and hard right over
the injured eye. Another clihch followed
and the referee had to separate them. Fitz
sent left twice to head and followed with a
landing both hands outside Fitz' guard, and
after another clinch Fitz uppercut his op-
ponent with his right on the wind. This
was the last blow of the round, which was
In Fitz' favor.
Round JEFF was bit slow coming to
the scratch, and broke ground, making a
| circle of the ring. F'itz tried right to head,
landing lightly. and JEFF got a left to the
got away clean. Then the Californian en-
deavored to land straight left for the
face, but was blocked neatly, and received
a a left counter on the ribs. Fitz was on
the neck. JEFF tried to crowd Fitz on the
ropes; but Fitz got away nicely. Then in
q ar rapid M mixup p both swung rights and lefts Is
hooked left to the side of the head and
JEFF jumped in with a right hard on the
body JEFF swung his left for the head, but
t1tz got inside of it and drove his right
over the heart, when the gong sent them to
their corners. This was Fitz' round.
Round s-Jeff was tardy in coming up and
the referee had to wave his hand to him to
como to the center. Both rushed matters
without doing much damage other than
cHnching until FitZ sent his left to the ribs
and JEFF hooked two lefts to the face.
Jeff tried with his right, but was caught,
put a straight left on Jeffs eye. jeff came
back with hard left on the body. FitZ
endeayored to land vicious swing with
his left on the body, but jeff came back
with a similar blow on Fitz' head. JEFF
| then bored in and sent straight left to
sltz race. staggering the champion to the
ropes. Nothing of any moment occurred
during the remainder of the round, and
as Fftz walked to his corner he smiled at
his seconds. This was Jeff's round.
y,
F'itz the aggressor, but jeff sent him back
with straight to the face. Fitz missed
left swing for the head and received hard
right on the body. Then they clinched and
after the breakaway. both tried lefts at
close quarters, jeff landing twice. Fitz
still on the aggressive. was sent back once
more with a left on body. After another
cllnch JEFF put two smart left raps or, the
nose which made Bob's nasal organ bleed
smartly with his left, hitting straight and
then with backhand blow brought his left
respond and clinched Jeff threw his right
over the heart with all his might and had
Fitz guessing when the bell rang. Jeffries
Round 10-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 it up to
the heart. Fitz clinched. Going into the
clinch Fitz drove his left hard to the wind.
They did lot of fiddling. Fitz tried left
swing, but went wide of the mark, but
caught The Californian second later with
a left swing on the nose. Then jeff made
| a left swing for Fitz head but was
blocked and then with a left swing on the
| jaw put Fitz on his back. Fitz was very
and was sent down again with left and
right on the jaw. He came up again in
| five seconds and JEFF rushed him into a
corner trying very hard to finish the cham
pion, who was very groggy. JEFF was too
| anxious and failed to finish his man.
Round 11-Fitz came up slowly, but as
sumed the aggressive, JEFF standing off.
evidently waiting for Knockout. They
clinched three times. coming to close quar-
| ters. jeff put two hard rights over Fitz'
heart, sending him back, and then sent a
straight left to the neck. following with a
left on the chest. Fitz crowded in, trying
| his right for the jaw, but fell short, but
| succeeded in blocking the Californian's S
right return. JEFF then assumed the ag-
gressive and jabbed his left to head. a
| left on the jaw dazed Fitz, who stood in
the middle of the ring Jeff looked at him
for a second and saw he had him at his
mercy and swung his right and left to the
| jaw and Fitz went down and out, relin-
| gushing the championship to the Califor-
nian. Time of eleventh round, l minute
and 80 3-5 seconds.
AS soon as Fitz was carried to his cor
ner the spectators crowded over the
benches and through the ropes and the
police had great difficulty in keeping the
| ring clear. The partisans of the Califor-
nian almost went crazy in the excitement
and pandemonium reigned for several
minutes.
Fitz came to very quickly and JEFF walked
across to the defeated champions corner
and both shook hands warmly. Judging
not feel much disgruntled at his defeat.
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