Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

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The Fight by Rounds.
Round both men in center of ring
They feinted, with Fttz breaking ground,
Jeffries keeping almost in the middle OF
the ring. Jeff was evidently trying to get
the right over. Fitz led left to the head
but Jeff ducked cIeverly. Jeff led left and
fell short. He led for stomach and again
fell short. Again he led left swing for
jaw but F'itZ was out of the way. JEFF
tried right for body and left for head, but
Ftz blocked and got away clean. Fftz
tried left, landing on neck. FitZ essayed
a right swing for the neck landing lightly,
and they came 10 clinch, but broke clean.
jeff tried a straight left for jaw. but did
not reach, and Fitz blocked an attempt at
a left hook, shooting his left to the ear
as the bell rang.
Round 2-Fitz in middle of ring, made
Jeffries break ground, and Fitz sent left
to body. Jeff countered with stiff left on
face. Jeff tried left for body. but was
neatly blocked. Jeff then assumed a crouch
ing attitude boring in with left on body
but was again blocked, and they came to
clinch. Jeff landed two let's on body,
and shot the left three times to Fitz's face
without a return. F'itZ tried his right for
the head, but was short, and they came
to a clinch, the referee going between
them Jeff tried a left chop for the head,
but F1tz ducked safely. Jeff tried a left
swing for the head and another Tor the
body, but Fitz ducked away from him. JEFF
then knocked Fitz fiat on his back with
straight left on the mouth. Inc cham
pion was up in two seconds. and then the
bell rang and they went to their corners.
Round 3-Fitz looked very determined
when he came up for this round, with Jeff
on the aggressive. They clinched twice
without doing damage. F1tZ tried rlght
hook for the body, but failed ana IL was
then seen that he was bleeding from the
nose; first blood claimed for Jeffries. After
another clinch, Fitz landed a hard left on
Jeff's face. and repeated 1t three tunes
coming to the center of the ring. f1tz land
ed left swing on the jaw and left hook
on the ear. Jeff came back with left
hook on the side of the head, and they
came to a clinch. After some feinting, jeff
sent both hands to the body ana drove F1tz
back with a left on the chest. Fltz endea-
vored to land a left swing on the head and
they came to a clnch. Fitz landed left
hook on the head, jeff countering on the
face just as the round ended
HOnOrs Even in Fourth.
Round 4-Fitz came up determined, and
tried a right swing, failing to land, and
both clinched. Jeff tried a left for the
neck, but Fitz got inside of his lead. land
ing left on wind. jeff sent two hard left
hooks to the side of Fits head. Earring
the champion each time. In the mix-up
Fitz got his left to head and right to body.
After some fiddling and fenting Fitz sent
d left straight to the eye, and was heavily
countered on the body by Jeff's right. A
hard right over the heart by FftZ was an
swered by jeff with left on the neck, and
then Jeff planted a heavy left on the chest
and Fitz broke ground, but returned quick
ly. shooting his left to the jaw. This was
an even round.
Round 5-Fitz led off with a left to the
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freely. jeff retaliated with a hard left on
the ear, and Fitz tried his right over
Jeff's damaged eye, failing to land. He
tried left for the head, but jeff ducked and
a clinch followed. F'itZ put a light left on
Jeff's mouth and forced him to the ropes.
The Californian broke, but cHnched and
broke Immediately. jeff tried a left swing
for the body and left an opening, which
FitZ failed to take advantage Of Jeff, en-
couraged by this overlook, sent two lefts
to the jaw and a right to the forehead
without return. FitZ rushed, but in try
ing to side step almost fell through the
ropes. He regained himself and came back
with hard left on neck and right on body.
jeff replied with two stiff hits oh face, as
Fftz crowded in on him. At this moment
the bell separated them.
Favorable to Fitz.
Round 6-Fitz jumped across the ring.
and Jeff broke ground. Fitz swung his
left for the head, landing lightly, and
blocked a right lead for the body. Both
tried lefts for the head, but were short
Then Fitz put his left to the face and
missed a right cross for the jaw. Fitz,
still on the aggressive, bored in, sending
left to face, Jeff countering lightly on the
wind. Fitz crowded in with the left and
jeff crossed his right to the ear They
broke from a clinch, and F1tz sent left to
face and hard right over the injured eve
Another clinch followed. and the referee
had to separate them. Fitz sent left twice
to head and followed with a hard left to
chest. jeff fought back wildly. landing
both hands outside Fitz's guard, and after
another clinch Fftz upper-cut his opponent
with his right on the wind. This was the
last blow Of the round, which was in Fitz's
favor.
Round 7-Jef was a bit slow coming to
the scratch, and broke ground, making a