Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-15


"Fitz fought a good and game battle
and hit me harder than any man whom
have been up against He can whip
| Sharkey in two rounds. / would gain
nothing by meeting Sharkey again, but
am willing to meet any man in the
world in whom the public has conf
dence and there will be no fear of my
quitting the ring for the stage. | will
defend my title as champion at all
times and against all corners. At no
time during tonights fight did feel
any misgiving as to my ability to win.
| am satisfied that l have well earned
the right to- be called champion by
beating Fitzsimmons, who was UNI
doubtedly the greatest fighter of the
age"
Jeffries and his party left for New
York at midnight and will make the
Vanderbilt hotel their headquarters.
The detail of the rounds was as fol-
lows:
Round both men met in center
of ring. They Tented, with Fitzsim-
mons breaking ground, Jeffries keep
ing almost in the center of the ring.
Jeffries was evidently trying to get
the fight over. Fitz led left to head,
but Jeffries ducked .cleverly. Jeffries
led left and fell short. Again he led
a left swing for jaw, but Fitz was out
OF the way. Jeffries tried right for
body and left for head, but Fitzsim-
mons blocked and got away clean.
Fitzsimmons tried left, landing. They
came to clinch, but broke clean. jeff
ries tried a straight for Jaw and did
not reach, and Fitzsimmons blocked
an attempt at left hook, shooting his
left to the ear as the bell rang.
Round 2-Fitzsimmons in the mid
die of the ring made Jeffries break
ground. Fitzsimmons sent left to
body. Jeffries countered with stiff left
on face. Jeffries tried left for body,
but was neatly blocked. Jeffries then
assumed crouching attitude, boring
in with his left. but was again blocked
and they came to a ciinch Jeffries
landed two lefts on body and shot the
left three times on FitZsimmons' face
without return. FitZsimmons tried
right for heart, but was short and they
came to clinch, the referee going be-
tween them. Jeffries tried left chop
for the head, but FitZsimmons duck
ed safely. Jeffries tried left swing
for the head and another for the body
but FitZsimmons ducked away from
him. Jefries then knocked Fitzsim-
mons fiat on his back wlrh a straight
left on the mouth. The champion was
up in two seconds, when the bell rang.
Round 3-Fitzsimmons looked very
determined when he came up for this
round, with Jeffries on the aggressive.
They Clinched twice without doing
damage. Fitzsimmons tried a right
hook for the body, bu TAILED to land. 1t
was then seen that he was bleeding
from the nose. First blood claimed
for Jeffries. After another clinch
FitZsimmons landed a hard left on
Jeffries' body and repeated it three
times, coming to the center of the
ring. FitZsimmons landed a left on
the ear. Jeffries came back with
left hook on the side of the head and
they came to a Clinch. After some
| feinting Jeffries sent both hands to
the body and drove FitZsimmons back
with left on the head FitzsimmOns
tried to land left swing ON the head,
and they came to a clinch. FitZsim-
mons landed hook on the head. jeff
ries countered on the face as the round
| ended.
Round 4-Fitzsimmons came up de-
termined and tried right swing and
failed to land and Bob clinched. jeff
ries tried a left for the neck, but FitZ-
simmons got inside of hie lead, land
ing left on wind Jeffries sent two
hard left hooks to the side of Fitz-
simmons head, Earring the champion
each time. In the miXup Fitzsimmons
got his left to head and right to body.
After some fidding FitZsimmons sent
left straight to the eye, which was
heavily cOuntered on the lody by jeff
ries' right. A hard right over the
heart by FitZsimmons was answered
by Jeffries with a left on the neck
and then Jeffries planted q heavy left
on the chest and Fitzsimmons broke
ground, but returned quickly, shooting
his left to the jaw. This was an even
round.
Round 5-Fitzsimmons led off with
left to the face, splitting Jeffries'
left eye, which bled freely. Jeffries
retaliated with hard left on the ear
and Fitzsimmons tried his right over
for the damaged eye, failing to land.
Fitzsimmons tried left for head but
Jeffries ducked and a clinch follow
ed. Fitzsimmons put a light left on
Jeffries' mouth and forced him to the
ropes. They clinched and broke i'm
mediately. Jeffries tried a left swing
for the body, but left an opening which
Fitzsimmons failed to take advantage
of. Jeffries sent two lefts to the jaw
and a right on the forehead without
return. Fitzsimmons rushed, but in
trying to side-step almost fell through
the ropes, but regained himself anu
came back with hard left on neck
and body. Jeffries replied with two
stiff lefts on face as he crowded in on
him. At this moment the bell sepa-
rated them.
Round 6-Fitzsimmons jumped
across the ring and Jeffries broke
ground. FitzsimmOns swung his left
for head, landing slightly and blocked
right lead for the body. Both tried
left for the head, but were short Then
Fitzsimmons put his left to the face
and missed right cross for the jaw.
Fitzsimmons, still on the aggressive,
bored in, sending left to face, Jeffries
countering lightly on the wind. Fitz-
simmons crowded in with hot left and
Jeffries crossed his right to ear. They
broke from clinch and Fiztsimmons
sent the left to face, followed by a
hard right over the injured eye. An
other clinch followed and the referee
mad to separate them. Fitzsimmons
sent right to head and followed with
hard left to chest Jeffries fought
back wildly, landing both hands out
another clinch Fitzsimmons uppercut
his opponent with his right on the
wind. This was the last blow of the
round, which was in F'itzsimmons'
favor.