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inside Of his lead landing left on the
wind. JEFF sent two hooks to side Of fftz
head Earring the champion. In the mix
up Fitz got his left to head and right TO
body. After some fidding FitZ sent the
left straight to the eye and was heavily
!countcfcd on the body by Jeffs right. \
hard right over the heart by Fitz was an
swered Ivy jeff with a left on the neck
and then Jeff planted heavy left on the
chest and l'itz broke ground but returned
quickly shooting his left to the jaw. This
was an oven round
. Round 5-titz led off with the left TO thr
face splitting Jcff's left eye which hlcd
freely. JEFF retaliatcd with hard left on
the car. Fitz tried his right over for the
damaged eye. failing to land. Fitz tried
left for head but jeff ducked to a ol!uch.
Fitz put light left on Jcffs mouth and
forced him to the ropes. The Californian
broke and clinched. Jeff tried left swing
for the body and left an opening which
F'it7 failed TO take advantage of. Jeff on
coura god by this overlook put left to the
jaw and right on mouth without y re-
turn. Ftz rushed Jeff and JEFF side step
ped. almost falling through the ropes but
recovered and came back with a hard left
on body. jeff replied with two stiffs on
chest. At this moment the bell separated
them.
F'ITZ PICKS I-P.
| Round 6--titz jumped across tho ring
and Jeff broke ground. Fitz swung mis-
left for head landing lightly and blocked
a right lead for the body. Roth tried icfts
! for the head hut were short. Then Fitz
put his left to the face and missed right
cross for jaw. Fitz still on aGgros ave
bored in sending left to face jeff counter
ing lightly on the wind Ftz crowded in
with his left for the wind and Jeff crossed
his riaht t. the ear. They broke from
clinch and Fitz sent loft TO face and hard
right over the injured eye. Another Clilch
followed and tho referee had to separate
them. Fitz sent left twice to head and
! followed with a hard left to chest left
fought back wildly landing both hands
outside Fitz's guard and after another
Clinch Fitz upper cut his opponent with
right on wind. This was the last bow of
tho round which was in Fits favor.
| Round JEFF was bit slow coming to
tho scratch and broke ground making
circle Of the ring. Fitz tried the right to
/ the head landing lightly and left got a
left to the ribs. jeff iahhcd his left 10 the
ribs and got away clean. Then JEFF on
deavCred to land straight LEFT for the
face but was blocked neatly and received
left on the ribs. Fitz was on tho az
gressive and sent left far back 0H the
/ neck. jeff tried to crowd F'itz to tho ropes
but Fitz got away neatly. Then in rapid
mix UP both swung rights and left1 for the
head. landing lightly Then Fitz hooked a
loft to the side of the head and Jeff Jump
ed in with a right hard on the body. JEFF
swung his loft for tho head hut Eitz rot
inside of IT, He drove his right over the
heart when the gong sent them 10 their
corners This was Fits round.
4 JEFFRII;S GETS A ROUND.
/ Round S-Jeff was tardy in coming up
and the referee had to wave his hana 10
MN TO come TO me scratch bo'h men
rushed matters without doing damdS" oth-
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Jeff tried with his right but Fitz counter
ed lightly on the chest. FtZ put a straight
left on Jeif's bad eye. JEFF came back
with hard left on the body. f'itl en-
deaNOred to land vicious swing with left
on the body but JEFF was back with a
similar blow on Fitz's head. Jeff then
bored in and sent a straight left to Titz's
face staggering the champion 10 the ropes
Nothing of any moment occurred dnr.ng
, the remainder OF the round and as i'itz
walked to his corner he smiled at his sec
onds This was Jefs round
/ Round 9-Roth came up Willingly with
Fitz the ag-rcssor but Jeff sent him bao k
with straight to the face. Fitz missed a
lclt swing for the head and received "A
hard rleht on the body then they clinched
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sim an ~. ,a,,,..i,.a r.a,, h'c,, onc.
nero vim , lof, ~, tho bodv Altar an
ntbor rlin.b Ioff ~, two smart I'm van.
on tho ros, ,rbicb r,odo nol,s ,a..I osroan
blned oo,ip lar n,1,od arain fcr the
bo,d snonrtl, win hi. iaft bi.tirr, straight
and ,bo, 1,.itb , h,cL h md b,ow hro,,oht
his lert in ror,,c, Win rI,v.s ,ose ~
| failnd a., .o..non1 ~ thoso ,rd c,inched
Jntr throw bis rirbt over tho hcart vith
All bie p,igh, ana Lad t,itz ,,oss,rg Wien
the hell ,anu Jcff had a ,cidodlv Tho hnt-
tor nf tho ro,rd
FlII BEGAN 10 FAIL
! Round IO-lef came IN looking confident
and I5itz wore an earnest look on his face
The Californian VAS first to lard With a
straight left on the body bringing it up 10
tho head ritz clinchine. Going into the
I,Inch Iritz ,lrove his lrrt hard to the wind
/ After a LOT of ndlling Fitz tried A lcfr
swing but went wide of the mark but
caught th, Californian a second later with
n loft swing ON the nose. A straight left
frnm left made Fits head wabble and
| th.n with A left swing on tho law nut
FIR on his hack F'itz was very groEcy
when he got up in five seconds and was
s,nt down npai,, with left and right on the
Jaw Jeff was too anxious and failed to