The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-10

men rushed matters without doing
damage other than clinching until Fitz-
simmons sent his left to the ribs and
Jeffries hooked two lefts to the face.
Jeffries tried with his right. but was
caught, Fitzsimmons countering light
ly on the chest. Fitzsimmons put a
straight left on Jeffries' eye. Jeffries
came back with hard left on the body
Fitzsimmons endeavored to land a
vicious swing with his left on the body,
but Jeffries came back with a similar
blow on Fits head. Jeffries then
bored in and sent a straight left to
Fits face, staggering the champion to
the ropes. Nothing of any moment &C.
CURED during the remainder of the
round, and as Fitzsimmons walked to
his corner he smiled at his seconds.
This was Jeffries' round.
Has Bob Going.
Round 9-Both came up willingly,
with. Fitz the aggressor, but Jeffries
sent him back with straight left to
the face. Fitz missed left swing for
head and received a hard right on body.
Then they clinched, and after the
breakaway both tried lefts at close
quarters, Jeffries landing twice. Fitz-
simmons, still on the aggressive, was
sent back once more with left on
body. After another clinch Jeffries put
two smart raps on the nose, which
made Bob's nasal organ bleed again.
Jeffries played again for the head
smartly with his left, hitting straight,
and then with backhand blow brought
his left in contact with FitzSimmonS'
nose Fitzsimmons waited to respond
to this and clinched. Jeffries threw
his right over the heart with all his
might and kept Fitz guessing when the
bell rang. Jeffries had decidedly the
best of the round.
Round 10-Jeffries came up looking
confident and Fitzsimmons wore an
earnest look on his face. The Cali
fornian was first to land with straight
left on body, bringing it up to the head.
Fitzsimmons clinched. Going from the
clinch Fitz drove his left hard to the
wind. They did lot of fiddling. Fitz
tried left swing but went wide of
the mark. He caught the Californian
a second later with a left swing on the
nose. Afterwards jeff made left
swing for Fits head but was blocked
and then with left swing on jaw put
F1tz on his back. Fitz was very groggy
when he got up in seven seconds and
was Knocked down again with a left
and right on 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.
The Knockout Blow.
Round 11-Fitzsimmons came up
slowly but assumed the aggressive
Jeffries standing off evidently waiting
for a knockout. They clinched three
times, coming to close quarters
Jeffries put two hard rights over Fitz-
simmons heart sending him back and
then sent straight left to the neck,
crowded in trying mis-
right for the jaw but fell short but
succeeded in blocking the Californian's
right return. Jeffries then assumed
the aggressive and jabbed his left to
head. left in the jaw daZed
Fitz, who stood in the middle of the
ring. Jeffries looked at him for
second, and then he had him at his
mercy and swung his right and left
TO the jaw and Fitzsimmons went down
and out relinquishing the champion
ship to the Californian. Time of
eleventh round / minute, 30 3-5 seconds
As soon as FitZsimmons was carried
to his corner the spectators crowded
over the benches and through the
ropes and the police had great diff
Guilty in keeping the ring clear. The
partisans of the Californian almost
went crazy, and Dendemonium reigned
for several seconds. Fitz came to him
self quickly and Jeffries walked across
to the defeated champions corner and
both shook hands warmly.
Judging from the expression on Fitz-
simmons face, he did not feel much
at his defeat.