Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-16
KNOCKED OUT1
Youth and Weight Of Jsfies Win in
"a EleYop Rounds.

An immense crowd thrOnged the
CGur d'Alene theater last night to
hear the bulletins of the great prize
fight as they were received and
read from the Associated Press dis
patches. 1t was estimated that
the big tent held from three to five
hundred persons. 1t said much
for the solid supports Of the floor
ing that It stood the strain.
1t was almost 10 O'Clock before
the arrival of the first bulletin.
The crowd at this hour had
switched and the betting swung
round in favor Of Jeffries at any
kind of odds. Before the reading
Of the first bulletin those who fam
cied Fitz could get their own price
from two to one mp to 100 to 0.
Yet there were no takers.
Exception must be made in the
case Of the gent wearing the peaked
sombrero. He was an enthusiastic
Fitz man and was getting his
money up right along! Everyone
was yearning to oblige the Forest
Reserve gent, and did, 80 long as
his money lasted.
Mr.. Kepler and several others
will be wearing diamonds today.
So. far as the result is concerned,
it is the old story of age against
youth; the Corbett-Sullivan fight
repeated. The training necessita-
ted and the punishment received
in prize-fighters' career age a
man in a way that cannot be cal
culated in mere years. Had Fitz
profted by the past history of the
prize-ring, he would have put by
the money he made on the fight
with Corbett and adhered to his
determination never to scrap again.
Instead, he blew in his winnings
LAWS hly, and was forced by short
age of funds to break his promise
to his wife. Now he will know no
rest if he is to make a living, and
it will be a poor one at that. Ex-
champion Fitzsimmons will not
prove the drawing card that Ex-
champion John L. Sullivan still is.
The following account of the
fight in rounds is published by the
courtesy Of the Ceur d'Alcne
Theater company: !
The men stripped. jeff looked
a veritable giant. Fitz looked in
the pink of condition.
ROUND l. They shake hands on
entering the ring. Both say may
the best man win. Bob dances as
JEFF feints. JEFF crosses and .Fitz
lands left over the shoulder and a
light clinch follows. They break
instantly and JEFF is short on a jab
for the head. More dancing. jeff
touches chest with left and reaches
mouth light with same glove.
ROUND 2. jeff misses blow for
head and in rush put left on neck
and right over the heart dancing
away from a return. JEFF crosses
into a light clinch then crouching
pushes left into stomach, but his
right swing only grazes Bob g
shoulder. jeff forces clinch,
they break and Jeff lunges wildly
with left. JEFF shoots straight
left at the jaw and Bob goes down
squarely, is up, and starts to rush,
but his left and right drives for the
head are neatly blocked.
ROUND 8. They clinch. Fitz
missed and jeff comes back with
left on nose and the claret shows
on Fitz's- face. Bob plants a good
one over the heart and after an
exchange Of left facers Fitz hooks
the left to neck, and jeff comes
back ON ribs hard with left, and
right to stomach.
ROUND 4. jeff puts a good one
over heart. Fitz hooks right to
ear and plants right. jeff rushes
Bob to ropes.
u ROUND 5. Bob puts straight left
on mouth, shoots left to eye and
raps left ear. JEFF sends left to
wind and right to ribs. Bob lands
ON neck. jeff lands on mouth.
ROUND 6. Fitz swings right to
back of Jeff's ear and jabs face
with left. JEFF lands onforehead
aud ear. Both swap left facers.
sa ROUND Z. Bob runs jeff across
ring. JEFF send hot left to face and
lands on side and chin. Bob puts
right on ear. JEFF lands right ON
ribs. Fitz lands left on neck and
mouth. Both land right ON head.
Fitz puts two let's ON mouth and
neck cutting mouth very bad. Both
dig wickedly under heart.
ROUND 8. Fitz's left goes to neck.
JEFF smashes mouth with right,
jolts jaw with right and then shoots
wickedly again on mouth and jaw.
ROUND g.. jeff jaos left twice on
mouth and hooks to neck. Both
swap. right and lefts on ribs and
face. JEFF soaks Bob on the nose
and NOR. claret flows. Jeff's left
finds Bob's chin and face. Bob
soaks Jeff's ribs. JEFF lands on
mouth and he hooks it to neck.
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