The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-10

mons on the face, and Fitzsimmons
crowded in on him. At this moment the
bell separated them.
ROUND SIN
Fitzsimmons jumped across the ring
and Jeffries broke ground Fitzsimmons
swung left for head, landing lightly, and
blocked right lead for body. Both
tried rights for body, but were short.
Then FitZSimmonS put his left to the
face and missed a right cross for the
jaw. Fitzsimmons, still on the agrees
sive,. bored in. sending left to face,
Fitzsimmons crowded in with right for
the wind, and Jeffries countered right
to ear. They broke from a cIinch and
Fitzsimmons sent left to face and a
hard right over the injured eye. Anoth-
er clinch followed and the referee had to
separate them. Fitzsimmons sent left
twice to ear, and followed 1t with hard
left to face. Jeffries fought back, land
ing with both hands, and after clinch
FitZsimmons uppercut his opponent with
his right on the wind. This was the last
blow of the round, which was in Fitz=
simmons favor. ..
ROUND SEVEN
: Jeffries was a bit slow coming to the
circle of the ring Fitzsinmons tried
a. right for the heart. landing lightly,
and Jenrles got right to the ribs.
Jeffries jabbed his right to the ribs and
to land straight left for the face, but
was blocked neatly and received a left
on the neck. Fitzsimmons was on the
aggressive and sent left back onrthe}
neck Jeffries tried to crowd Fitzsin1-
mons on the ropes, but Fitzsimmons got
away nicely. In a rapid mix-up both
sent lefts for the head. landing lightly.
Then Fitzsimmons hooked left to the
right of the head, and Jeffries jumped
in with right. hard on the body. JEFF
fries swung his left for the head, but
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his right over the heart when the gong
sounded. This was Fitzsimmons'
round
ROUND EIGHT
Jeffries was late in coming up and
the referee had to wave his hand at
him to come to the scratch. Neither
did any damage to the other beyond
left on the. ribs and Jeffries landed two
lefts on the head. Jeffries swung a
right lightly on the chest. Fitzsimmons
put straight left on Jeffries bad eye.
JeHries came back with a hard left on
the body. Fitzsimmons endeavored to
land a vicious blow with his left on the
body, but Jeffries came back with a
similf" blow on Fitzsimmons' head.
Jeffries then bored in and sent a straight
left to FitZsimmons' face staggering
him to the ropes. Nothing of any mo-
ment occurred during the remainder Of
the round, and Fitzsimmons went to his
corner smiling at his seconds. This was
Jeffries' round.
ROUND NINE
Both came up willingly. with Fitz-
simmons the aggressor. but Jeffries
held him back with a straight left on
the face. Fitzsimmons missed left
hard right on the body. Then they
clinched, and after the breakaway they
tried close quarters, Jeffrfes landing
twice. FitZsimmons, still on the agrees
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left on the body After a clinch JEFF
fries put two smart left raps on the
nose, which made Bob's organ bleed
again. .Jeffries landed again on the
head with his left, hitting straight,
and then with backhand blow brought
his left in contact with Fitzsimmons'
nose. Fitzsimmons failed to respond to
this and clinched. .Jeffries then sent
his right over the heart with all his
might, and had Fitzsimmons guessing
when the bell rang. Jeffries had de-
cidedly the better of the round.
TEN
Jeffries came up looking confident and
Fitzsimmons with an earnest look on
sive, and sent straight left to the
head, Fitzsimmons clinching Going
into the clinch Fitzsimmons drove his
left hard to the wind. After fiddling
FitzsimmonS tried right swing, but
went wide of the mark, and caught the
Californian second later with q left
SWlHS Oh Tie nose. .J6IIf1eS made EitZ-
simmons head wabble, and then, with a
left swing on the jaw, put Fitzsimmons
on his back. Fitzsimmons was groggy
when he got up, in seven seconds, and
was sent down again with left and
right on the jaw. He came up again in
five seconds, and Jeffries rushed him
into a. corner, trying very hard to finish
the champion, who was very groggy.
Jeffries was too anxious and failed to
finish his man.
r OJTNn EUEVEN-
Fitzsimmons came up slowly, but as
sumed the aggressive, Jeffries standing
off, evidently waiting for a Knockout.
They clinched three times. Coming to
close quarters Jeffries put two hard
rights on Fitzsimmons heart, sending
him back. and then, sending a straight
left for the neck, followed with left
on the chest. Fitzsimmons crowded
in, trying his right for the jaw, falling
short, but succeeded in blocking the
Californian's right return. Jeffries then
jabbed his left to the head. A left
stood in the middle of the ring. JEFF
fries looked at him for second and then
he had him at his mercy. He swung
his right and left to the jaw, and F'itz-
simmons went down and out, relin-
gushing the championship title to the
Californian. Time of eleventh round,
1872 3-5.
AS soon as Fitzsimmons was carried to
his corner, the spectators crowded over
the benches and through the ropes; and
the police had great difficulty in keep
ing the ring clear. The partisans of the
almost went crazy in the eX-
and pandemonium reigned for
several seconds Fitzsimmons came to
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