Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-15
FIGHT SPIRITED FROM THE START
A Succession of Heavy Blows Throughout
the Contest.
NO INTERFERENCE BY THE POLICE
Fltzsimmons Has the Advantage In Only
Two Rounds and IN Eleventh Comes Up
Too Weak to Make Adequate Defense
"Details of the Fight by Rounds.

| Jeffries, another sturdy young giant,
| has come out of the west to whip
champion pugilists. At the arena of
| the Coney Island Athletic club tonight
| he defeated Robert Fitzsimmons,
worlds champion in two classes-mld-
| dleweight and heavyweight-in eleven
rounds of whirlwind fighting. He came
| to the ring a rank outsider ana lett
| it the acknowledged master or the man
he defeated. He was never at any
time in serious danger, and after the
size-up in the early rounds of the con-
test took the lead. He had the Austria
| liam whipped from the ninth round.
1T was acknowledged that Jeffries
would have an immense advantage IN
weight, height and age, but the thou-
sands who tipped and backed his oppo-
nent to win were sure that he was SLOW
and that he would in that respect De
absolutely at the mercy OF the past
master at the science of lighting tnaL
he was to meet. He proved, on the
contrary, that he was just as fast as
the man he met and beat him down 10
unconscious defeat in fair tight. he
is a veritable giant in stature ana
marvelously speedy for his immense
size.
Less than a year ago he appeared In
New York a great, awkward, unSalnly
boy. Today he is the 1.-the, active, alert
trained athlete. The men who pre-
pared him for the fight worked won
ders with him. They taught nm
nearly perfect defense, improved his
foot movement and instructed him in
the methods of inflicting punishment.
MI Cd ha annaarai last
has been little short of miraculous.
At "a he defeated Robert Fitzsimmons,
Tom Sharkey and Peter Jackson, and
if he cares for himself he will probably
be able to successfully defend the title
for many years.
The defeated man was just as good
as when on the crispy morning in the
plains of faraway Nevada he lowered
the colors of the then peerless Corbett.
He was Just as active, just as tricky
and Just as fearless of punishment.
He went unfalteringly to his defeat.
He was the aggressor even at moments
when, bleeding and unsteady and
stunned by the blows he received, he
reelet instinctively toward his oppo-
nent. He was fighting all the time
and punished his opponent, but found
him a different opponent than any he
had met and a difficult man to fight.
Jeffries fought from a COUGHING atu-
tude that was hard to get a.. He held
his head low, his back was bent down
and his left arm was extended. lie
kept jabbing away with the left and
found no trouble in landing it. 1t was
there that his superior reach told.
That giant arm served as sort OF
human fender to ward off danger. He
showed an excellent defense and the
ability to use both hands with skill.
He is game, too, for he never shrank
from his punishment.
1t was a great fight to watch and
commenced and ended amid scenes of
intense excitement. 1t was all dra-
matte The men fought before a crowd
of g, 900 persons and stood up in great
beam of binding white light. 1t was
like a thousand calciums and it showed
relief. When the blood came it was an
their great white bodies in strange
intenser red than usual.
There was not a suggestion of inter-
ference from the police. Chief Devery
occupied a seat at the ringside, but
never entered the ring. When 1t was
all over he sent Captain Kenny in to
clear the ring. The contest was pulled
off without wrangle and was devoid
of the brutal elements that Chief
Devery feared.
Never was a crowd handled with
less friction. 1t was all perfectly
orderly. There was absolutely TO con-
fusion attendant upon the assemblage
and housing of the big crowd. Several
thousand of those provided with tick
cts came to the beach late in the after
noon and their action relieved the
pressure during the earlier hours.
There were several routes from the
city and all seemed to be we'll patro
nized, so that at no time was there a
Jam at any given point. The rain that
| fell between the hours of and 7 had
| tendency to diminish the crowd of
| idlers tnat usually comes to the front
on an occasion of that kind the late
| ness of the hour at which the contest
| ants were announced to appear kept
the crowd from seeking the COney
Island club house very early, and Coney
| Island, with its merry-go-rounds, Fer
ris wheels, gilded cafes, jugglers and
bespangled dancers furnished many
amusement and entertainment during
the wait.
1t all made a strange scene. Crowds
thronged the streets and surged among
the stands and stalls of the already
thronged cafes. The prospects were
never brighter, and the strange devices
| that make polyglbt music never work
ed harder Many places where liquid
| and solid refreshments were dispensed
were packed to overlooking and every
where was the buzz of conversation
freighted with fight talk. 1t was on
everybody's lips. Enthusiasts touted
their favorities. Here, FitZsimmons
would win in a walk; there, Jefferies
was a sure victor. The newSboys
shouted late extras that told all about
it and fakirs offered the latest pictures
of the two giants who were to fight.
There was very little betting. There
was plenty of money on both sides, but
nobody liked the odds. The Jefferies
men were getting two for one for their
collateral and the Fitzsimmons con-
tingent was 10th to give it.
The great house filled slowly, and it
was after o'clock before the police
had to bestir themselves to clear the
aisles. The absence of any prelimi-
nary contest gave the crowd fight
appetite. They began calling for the
performance at $3.50 and at 9:45 were
demonstrative.
Jefferies was the first to appear. He
came through the main entrance and
walked the length of the hall at $50
to an accompaniment of cheers, while
Fitzsimmons, who was accompanied
by his Spartan-like wife, came from
the dressing room by side door.
The agreement as to the conditions
ia
and settled outside the ring and there
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