The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-10
STORY OF THE BIG
FIGHT BY ROUNDS
1t Looked Like JeffrieS' Contest
From the Start.

Round both met in the center OF
the ring. They tented with Fitzsim-
mons breaking ground, Jeffries keep
ing almost in the middle of the ring
Jeffries was evidently trying to get
right over the heart. Fitzsimmons led
for stomach, and fell short. He led foI
| stomach and again fell short. FitZ led
! cleverly. Jeffries led left and fell
short Again he led a left for jaw but
Fitz was out of the way.
Round 2-F'itz in middle of ring
Jeffries breaks. Fitz sends left to
body. Jeff countered with stiff left on
face. Jeffries tried left for body but
was neatly blocked. Jeffries then
assumed a crouching attitude, leading
with left on body but was again block
ed and they came to clinch. Jeffries
landed two lefts on body and shot the
left three times to E'itzsimmons' face
without a return. Fitz tried his right
for the head but was short and they
came to clinch, the referee going be-
tween them. Jeffries tried a left chop
! for the head but Fitz ducked safely.
Jeffries tried a left swing for the head
and another for the body. Jeff tried
right for body and left Jeff then
knocked FitZ fiat on his back with a
straight left on the mouth. The cham
pion was up in two seconds and then
the bell rang and they went to it close.
First Blood For Jeffries.
Round 3-Fitz looked very determined
when he came I'D for this round with
Jeffries on the aggressive. They
clinched twice without doing damage.
Fitz tried right hook for the body but
failed TO land. 1t was then seen that
he was bleeding from the nose. First
blood claimed for Jeffries. After an
other clinch FitZsimmons landed hard
left on JeffrieS face and repeated it
three times, coming to the center of the
ring, F,itz landed left swing on jaw
and a left hook on the ear. Jeffries
came back with left hook on the side
of the head and they came to clinch.
After some feinting Jeffries sent both
hands to body and drove FitZ back with
left on the chest. Fitzsimmons en-
deaVored to land a left swing on the
head and they came TO a clinch. Fitz
landed left hook on the body. Jefferies
countered on the face just as the round
ended.
Round 4-Fitzsinmons came up de-
termined and tried a right swing but
failed to land, and both clinched. jeff
ries tried left for the neck, but Fi5z
got inside of his lead, landing left on
wind Jeffries sent two hard left
hooks to side of Fitz's head, Earring
the champion each time. In the nix
up Fitz got his left on the head and
right TO body. After some fiddling,
Fitz sent left straight to the eye. which
was heavily countered on the body by
Jeffries' right. A hard right over he
heart by Fitzsimmons was answered
by Jeffries with left on the neck, and
then Jeffries planted a heavy left III
the chest and Fitzsimmons broke
ground. but returned quickly, shooting
his left to the jaw. This was an even
round.
Split Jeffries' Eye.
Round 5-Fitz led off with the left
to face, splitting Jeffries' left eve.
which bled freely. Jeffries retaliated
with hard left on the ear. and Fliz
tried his right over for the damaged
eye. falling TO land Fitz tried left for
head. but Jeffries ducked and a clinch
followed. FitZ put light left on jeff
ries' mouth and forced him to the
ropes. They clinched and broke i'm
mediately. jeff tried a left swing for
the body. and left an opening, which
Fitz failed to take advantage of. jeff
ries sent two lefts to the Jaw and
right on the forehead without a re-
turn. FitZsimmons rushed, but. in try
ing to side-step, almost fell through
the ropes, but regaine6 himself and
came back with hard left on neck and
right on body. Jeffries replied with
two stiff let's on the face as he
crowded in on him. At this moment
the bell rang.
Round 6-Fitzsimmons jumped across
the ring and Jeffries broke ground.
landing slightly, and blocked a right
lead for the body. Both tried lefts for
the head, but were short. Then FitZ-
simmons put his left to the face and
missed a right cross for jaw. EitZ
still on aggressive and sent left to face,
lightly on the wind. FitZ-
simmons crowded in with his left COR
the wind. and Jcffries crossed his right
to the ear. They broke from a clinch
and Fitz sent left to face and a hard
right over the injured eye. Another
clinch followed and the referee had to
them. Fitzsimmons sent left
twice to head and followed with hard
left 10 chest. Jeffries fought back
wildly, landing both hands outside
guard, and after another
clinch, Fitzsimmons uppercut his OPP
wind This was the last blow of
the round, which was in Fitzsimmons'
favor.
Was Fits Round.
Round 7-Jeffries was bit slow COM
ing TO the scratch, and broke ground,
making a circle of the ring. Fitzsim-
mons tried right TO head, landing light
", and Jeffries got left to the ribs.
Jeffries jabbed his left to the ribs and
got away clean. Then the Californian
to land straight for the
face. but was blocked neatly, and re-
ceived a left counter on the ribs. Fitz
was on the aggressive and sent left
far back on the neck. Jeffries tried to
crowd FitZsimmons on the ropes, but
got away nicely. Then,
IN a rapid mix-up, both swung rights
and lefts for the head. landing lightly.
Then Fitzsimmons hooked left to the
side of the head and Jeffries jumped in
with a right hard on the body. JEFF
'ries swung left for the head. but Fitz-
simmons got inside of it and drove his |
light over the heart, when the gong
sent them TO their corners. This was
round
Round S--Jeffries was tardy in COM |
ng up. and the referee had to wave his |
,and To him to come to the center Roth