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tried left for head, but Jeffries ducked
and clinch followed. Fitz put a
light left on Jeffries' mouth and
forced him to the ropes. The
Californian broke, but clinched immedi-
ately. Jeffries tried left swing for the
body and left an opening, which Fitz
failed to take advantage of. Jeffries, en-
couraged by this oversight, sent two lefts
to the jaw and right on the forehead
without a return. Eitz rushed in trying
to Side-step and almost fell through tie
ropes, but regained himself and came
back with a hard left on neck and right
on body, Jeffries came back with two
stiff ones on face; hit Fitz on face as
Fitz crowded in on him. At this mo-
ment the bell separated them.
Round Six
Fitz jumped across the ring and JEFF
fries broke ground, Fitz swung his left
for head, landing lightly 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 Il
sive bored in sending left to face. Jeffries
Fitz crowded in with right for
wind and Jeffries crossed right
to ear: They broke from a clinch
and Fitz sent left to face and
a hard right over the injured eye. An
other clinch followed and the referee had
to separate them. Fitz sent left twice
to head and followed with a hard left to
chest. Jeffries fought back wildly land
ing both hands outside Fits guard and
after another clinch Fitz uppercut his
opponent with his right on the wind
This was the last blow of the round
which was in Fits favor.
Round Seven
Jeffries was little slow coming to the
scratch and broke ground making a circle
of the ring. Fitz tries right to head
landing lightly and Jeffries got left to
the ribs. Jeffries jabbed his left to the
ribs and got away clean. Then the Cali
fornian endeayored to land a straight
left for the face, but was blocked neatly
and received left-counter on the neck
FitzsimmOns was on the aggressive and
sent a left far back on the neck. JEFF
fries tried to crowd Fitz on the ropes
but F'itZ got away nicely, then In rapid
miX-up both swung rights and lefts for
the head, landing lightly. Then Fitz
hooked a left to the side Of the head and
Jeffries jumped in with right hard on
the body. Jeffries swung his left for the
head, but F'itZ got inside of it and drove
his right over the heart when the gong
sounded. This was Fits round.
Round E;.ht-
Jeffries legs are working vigorously on
Jim's left to ribs, Bob putting straight on
mouth. Bob missed a right and Jim jolts
jaw with left. then shoots to mouth fol-
lows again to jaws. Two clinches and
Jeffries shoves right to ribs, Fitz reach
ing chin with left; F'itz straight to eye,
Jim touching stomach with left. jim
swings left Il foot over Bob's head. a
straight left on jaw sends F'itz Keeling
to ropes out in center. a cinch then
swings to Jeffries, he braced when bell
rang.
Round Nine
Jim jabs left to mouth, both wide on
return another left from Jeffries to
mouth and he hook it to head. They slap
right to ribs and Bob jabs left on face.
Jeffries' left draws more blood on nose.
Bob misses right and Jim puts right on
ribs. Jeffries swings two lefts Gil head,
Fitz hooks to left to neck. Jim shoots
straight left to jow. Bob falls on back
and takes eight seconds to rise, then he
gets up. jim swings right to neck and
repeats same and Bob goes down again.
He gets up, but is sent to his knees,
when he rises. They clinch just as the
bell taps. They snap lefts on head. Bob
plants on neck. End ninth round
Round Ten
Jeffries came up looking confident and
E'itz wore an earnest look on his face.