The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-10
THE CHAMPION GOES DOWN

Before the Sturdy Californian In the
Eleventh Iound-A Clean Knock
( out-Dctails of tho Fight.
( Round both met in center Of ring.
They feinted with Fitzsimmons break
Ing ground, Jeffries keeping almost In
the middle Of the ring. Jeffrles was
evidently trying TO get the right over.
Fltzsimmons led left to head. but JEFF
fries ducked cleverly. Jeffries led
and fell short. He led for stomach and
again fell short. Again he led left
swing for Jaw. but Fltzsimmons was
out Of the way. Jeffries tried right for
body and left for head. but Fitzslm-
mons blocked and got away clean.
FItzsimmons tried left landing on neck.
FItz cssayed a right swing for the neck,
landing lightly md they came to u
clinch but broke clean. Jeffrles tried Il
straight left for jaw. but did not reach
and Fltzslmmons blocked an attempt
at 4 left hook, shooting his left to the
ear as the bell rang.
Round 2-Fitz In middle Of ring made
JeffrIes break and Fitz sent left to
body. Jeffries countered with stiff left
on face. Jeffrles tried left for body but
was neatly blocked. Jeifrles then as
surned crouching attitude, boring III
with left on body but was again block
ed and they came to Il clinch. Jeffries
landed two lefts on body and shot the
left three times to Fitzsimmons' face
without return. Fitz tried his right
for the head but was short and they
came to n cllnch. the referee going be-
tween them. JcffrieJ tried Il left chop
for the head but Fitz ducked safely.
Jeffr!es tried left swing for the head
and another for the body but Fitz
ducked away from him. JcffrIes then
knocked Fitz Hat on his back with n
straight left. on the mouth. The cham-
plon was up In two seconds and then
the bell rang and they went to their
corners.
Round 3-Fltz looked very determined
when he came up for this round with
JefVrics on the aggressive. They cllnch-
ed twice without doing damage. Fltz
tried a right hook for the body but fall
ed and 1t was then seen that he was
bleeding from the nose. First blood
claimed for Jeffrics. After another
clinch Fltz landed hard left on Jer-
fries face md repeated II two times
coming to the center OF the ring. Fitz
landed left swing on the Jaw and a
left hook on the ear JeGries came
back with left hook on the side Of the
hend and they came TO clinch. After
some fcinting JefTr!es sent both hands
TO the body and drove Fltz back with a
left swing on the head and they came
to 4 cinch. Fitz landed n left hook on
the head. Jeffrles counterng on the
face, Just rs the round ended.
An Even Round.
Round 4-Fitz came up determined
and tried u right swing failing to land
and both clinched. Jeffrles tried Il left
for the neck but FltzsImmons got In
side Of his lead landing left on wind.
Jeffries sent two hard left hooks to the
side OF FItz's head, jarrIng the cham
pion each time. In the mix-up FitZ got
his left to head and right to body. AZ
ter some fiddling and feintIng Fltz sent
q left straight TO the eye and was lcav-
lily countered on, the body by Je.rr!es'
right arm. a hard right over the heart
by Fitz was answered by Jefrrles with
a neck and then Jcffrles planted II
heavy left on the chest and Fitz broke
ground but returned quickly, shooting
his left to the jaw. This was an even
round.
Round 5-l'itz led out with n left TO
face splitting JcfTrcs left eye which
bled freely. Jeifrles came back with n
hard left on the ear and Fitz tried hls
right over for the damaged eye failing
to land. Fita tried left for head but
Jeifrles ducked and n cllnch followed,
Fitz put light left on JeffrIes mouth
ana forced him to the ropes. They
cl!nched and broke Immediately, Jeff
ries tried n'left swing for the body nnd
left nm opening which Fltz raIlcd to
take advantage Of. JcrfrIes encouraged
by his oversight sent two Iefts to the
jaw and n right on the forehead witl;-
out return. Fitz rushed but In try
Ing to sidc-stcp almost fell through the
ropes, but regaincd himself and came
back with hard left on the nccle nnd
body Jcfrries replied with two stiff
hits on face ns Fitz crowded in on him.
At this moment the bell separated
them.
Round G-Fitz Jumped across the ring
and Jcffrles broke ground. F'i,s swung
his left for head landing lightly and
blocked u right lead for the body. both
tried lcfts for the head, but were short.
Then Fltz put his left to the face and
missed right cross for Jaw. Fi,Z attn
on aggressive bored In Sending left 10
face. Jcnries countGring lightly on tho
wind. Fltz crowded in with loft follow.
Ing and Jeffri"s crossed his right TO tho
ear. They broke from n cllnch and
FltZ sent left to face ana n hard right
over the injured eye. Another cllnch
followed aud the referee had TO senn-
rate them. FItz sent left twice 10 hcnI
and followed with Il hard felt TO chest
Jcfrrics fought back wildly landing both
hands outside FltZ guard and after an
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