The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-07-29
After Fully Demonstrating His AbiI
ity to Lick Jeffries.
In EIGHT FURIOUS ROUNDS
The Cornishman Could Hit the Big
'Un Anywhere, Everywhere, and All
the Time, But 1t Was on the Cards
For Jeffries to Win.

After fighting a battle OF eight ROUNDS
that was fraught with brilliant and
courageous work, Robert Fitzsim-
mons tonight forfeited his last claim
upon the heavyweight championship.
He was knocked to the floor by JAS
J. Jeffries and counted out after he
had so badly punished the champion
that it was a foregone conclusion
among the spectators that the Cor
nishman must win. Bleeding from
a number of gashes in the face, ap-
parently weakened and clearly una
BILE to cope with Fitzsimmons' superb
or skill, Jeffries delivered two lucky
punches as Fitzsimmons paused in
his fighting to speak to him and
turned the tide.
The battle was brief but note
worthy, and will live in pugilistic
history. Fitzsimmons tried once to
arise from the mat, but sank down
again in helplessness and heard him
self counted out, where but a moment
before he had apparently all the bet
ter of it. II will never fight again,
said the battle SCARED veteran of the
ring, when he had sufficiently re-
covered to talk "The fight was won
fairly and to the best man belongs
the laurels.'
you are the most dangerous man
alive said Jeffries in return. "And
I consider myself lucky to have won
when l did"
Ftz's Furious Pace.
Fitzsimmons had been fighting at
a furious gait, cool and deliberate,
and chopping the champion to pieces
with the terrific rights and lefts that
have made him famous. 1t was the
draught horse and the racer from the
tap of the gong. When the men
came together Fitzsimmons appeared
rather worried, but on the opening of
the first round he assumed an air of
absolute confidence and fought with
the deliberatiOn OF the general that
he is. AS early as the second round
Fitzsimmons had Jeffries bleeding
profusely from mouth and nose.
Again and again he landed on his
bulky opponent getting away in such
a clever manner that it brought down
the great house with cheers. 1t
seemed, indeed, that Jeffries could
scarcely weather out the gale.
Then the eighth round came, and
after a series of hot exchanges Fitz-
simmons paused with his guard
down and spoke to the champion.
The latters reply consisted of two
terrific blows that brought back to
him the fleeting championship and
forever removed the veteran Fitz-
simmons took his defeat with amaz-
ing good cheer He walked to the
center of the ring and raising mis-
hand, addressed the multitude, say
ing:
"Fhe best man won. Had | beaten
Jeffries tonight | should have conced
ed him the championship and forever
retired from the ring. | retire JUS
the same now, but without having
accomplished my ambition, | an
satisfied"
After the fight Champion Jeffrie!
was seen in his dressing room. HI
was jubilant over his success, despit,
the terrible scars of battle. He sail
to the Associated Press:
Jeff's Praise for Fitz.
We'll, | have won, just as | ey
pected to. 1t was a fierce fight-th
fercest | ever fought, but | won
Yes, ] got a good beating as far a
thn r1y g ~.
rather expected that. knew Fit
simmons had a cutting punch an
would land it at some time of tn
fight. But few marks and the los
of little blood won't hurt man.
took them and only waited for the OF
portunity to land my punch.
found out FitzsimmOns could not ia
me even with his famous right H
cut me up, of course, but that di
not hurt I never was tired
any stage and was stronger tina
Fitzsimmons at all stages. You sa
that he wore heavy bandages and
was these that cut me up. | VOL
no bandages
'Fitzsimmons certainly is a wo
der. He is the greatest fighter of h
weight that ever lived AS old as l
is, he is the shiftiest and cleveres
the hardest hitting man I ever me
| want to give him credit, as | kno
all who saw it will for the great fig
he put up.
81 have no plans for the immedia
future, as l have not thought of an
thing but this fight for a long tim
l will take a rest after the long sic
of hard training. | think Fitzsir
mons can yet defeat any other nj
than myself
Cheerful in the face of defeat a
full of praise for his vanquisher, a
writhing in agony on his couch, S,
rounded by score of friends offeri
their consolation, Fitzsimons,
fwqQn short Snptonaac intarc N o,,c