The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-12

'ha laIa ua Tt. umouF. and af A,Il
. fhr charge that thc nrht was % fake
I This ls being contested however. a.
I ifitzsimmons has entered suit against
7 the man and paper making the charge
which may in the pnd make the verdict
az the referee that uf the courts. but
nevertheless there will always attach
o. the exhibition az san Francisco ON
the night ~ July 25th. the bare result
Of which only has been told mere be-
fore. the od1r Of wrong.
W ". NauRhtJn, the newspaper
writer of all others who should know
/ the lighting game, the well known
authority OF Australia before he went
/ to the United states with Peter Jack
son nearly two decades ago, the day
before the fight placed a sealed letter
In the hands Of the mayor of San Fran
CISCO charging that the hght would
end In the eighth round with a victory
Of Jcffres During the seven rounds
preceding the knockout blow Fitz had
all the best OF 1t. cutting the big man
at will. bleeding him and in every way
showing his superiority in everything
but steam, for the blows were never
such as to weaken the big fellow.
The opinion of Naughton is not back
ed by other authorities, for all unite In
saying 1t was great fight, the referee,
Eddie Graney. charactcrizing IL as the
greatest ne ever saw, and George Siler,
almost coinciding with him. Siler
saws, in his account in the Chronicle:
Defeated, but not dIsgraced! Defeated
with all the honors In his favor. with
| the exception, Of course of the title
and the big end OF the money. That,
/ l.. L. t..lIT h. fgrN ~ -
! heavyweight championship battle be-
| tween Champion Jim Jeffrics and Bob
| Fitzsimmons. Jefiries won in the
eighth round, but at the expense of a
terrible mauling. with face beaten al
most to a pulp, the giant OF the prize
ring left the arena "A badly battered
up and bruised victor. Had non
spectator of the fight seen both men
two minutes after the contest, they
would have picked Fitzsimmons nc the
winner. with not a mark to speak OF
on his ruddy face, the old man walked
| out of the ring cheered more loudly
than was the victor.
Jeffries, on the other hand. walked
away with his trainer and chief ad-
wiser, Billy Delaney, with his nos,
spread all over his face, his right eye
cut and swollen, his left eye almost
closed and the left side of his cheek
badly puffed up. He was rather ar
unsightly looking champion, as COM
pared with FitZ. 1t was only hi:
weight, strength, stamina and capacity
of taking punishment that won for him
True the blow, a left hook which land
ed directly under the solar plexus, hac
everything to do with his victory, but
had he not been of cast iron he coulc
never have withstood the blows tina
Fitz landed on him throughout th'
,hght.
Bob Fitzsimmons, although beaten
, proved conclusively that he is or rather
was the greatest fighter that ever step
ped into an American prize ring. Forty
years old If not more, fully sixty
pounds less In weight, II was "A fore
gone conclusion that Jeffries woulC
beat him. That was expected by al
but those not directly interested ir
Fitzsimmon's welfare.
That was expected and il came t
pass. still not as Jeff and his friend:
anticipated. They, without doubt
thought and really looked for JEFF tc
NOV the old man down In a hurry
They expected to see him slam int
, Fitz as he did with his sparring part
= ner, bull-rush him all over the shop
, slam him anywhere he liked and wher
t he got ready put him down for th'
! count. This was the talk for days be
fore the fight. The old man was no
supposed to have look in. True the,
credited him with having a punch tina
would upset the ordinary fighter. Blu
, JEFF, they argued, was too clever, TO,
/ speedy, too good a blocker. In fact
, everything that goes to make up rea
out and out champion. While they ad
e mitted that Fitz carries punch tina
/ wins they did not overlook the fact I
announce both publicly and privatel
4 that Jeffries also had n punch whic
= was more terrific than that OF FitZ
e simmons Probably so.
u But the question, which of cours'
: will remain unanswered, was: Can Je
" deliver a harder blow than the lank
=, Australian? Jeffries, with the CASTRO
- frame and his gluttonous capacity ft
punishment, could take Bob's BET
. punches without going under. Fitz, o
II the other hand, weak-jawed and oil
Is could not withstand the same amour
y OF punishment as could his young'
= and stronger opponent Had Jeffri'
d been constituted as Fitzsimmons the'
't is no doubt that he would have bee
beaten champion before fve rounc
of the contest had been over. Fiiz
him hard enough and often enough
. upset him had he been a man say thir
pounds lighter. Bu, Jeff's Jaws we
too tough. Had he landed one-ten
l. of the blows on Fitzsimmons that q
g latter landed upon him the end wou
y, have come much earlier in the gam
n Fit2simmons was the master OF the
NJ casion. He banged Jef when al
Is where he liked His left was alwa
in evidence. Almost the first blow
Ne landed with the useful member orous
H. the blood in streams from Jenri'
ie nose.
ut Siler describes the knockout blc
!. thus:
n After the breaksway Bob dropp
he in hard right at the body and j.
he followed suit. Then came Fitz wi