Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-08
Fitzsimmons Gave Jeffries
FOR SEVEN ROUNDS
Sharpest Fight Of His Life

head without a return. So easily did
Bob seem to each his mark whenever
he led that Jim lost his confident smile
, in the second round and commenced tc
rush. In doing this he only made mat.
tiers worse, as he left his guard wide
open. and another straight lead met
him on the nose and changed the sim
pie signs OF blood from his nose into a
regular stream. In the third Bob con-
tinued his good work. and after hard
mix Jeff emerged with a cash under
his right eye. All this time the cham.
pion had scarcely countered ana the
Cornishman was without marli.
| In the fourth JEFF landed his first
damaging punch. hard right to the
body. but he got In return half-dozen
jabs to his mouth and eye, which en-
larged the streams of blood and called
to his determined face terrible ex-
preston. The champion did a trine
better In the fifth. reaching Fitz' face
with straight left and opening a small
cut under the eye. In return Bob start.
ed a right for the head; which. parti-
ally blocked, glanced off and almost
put Jen's good eye out of commission
The battle was even more in the Cor
nishman's favor in the sixth and
, seventh. and for moment of the lat
ter round II appeared as though Jeft
was weakening under the rapid-ire
lunches hut he closed tho round stronQ
with a rally which showed that he had
lost none OF his steam. while FitS
walked to his corner with rather
tired air.
The eighth and last round OF the
great battle was a counterpart of its
predecessors right up to the sensational
finish. when the champion backed Bob
into his own corner, and, catching him
momentarily off his guard from the
force of a swing that missed its mark.
whipped In one of the terrific jolts to
the body that have made him cham
pion, following with a right to the jaw
as the Cornishman dropped, and the
fight was over.
When Fitz sought the mat he appar-
emily was not knocked out. He gazed
in a rather dazed sort of way at George
Dawson, as II waiting for the signal to
arise. His body lay almost under the
ropes, and as Graney said eight he
made slight effort to rise, but II was
no use. His strength was gone, and he
was. to all intents and purposes. a
beaten man. That Dawson did not urge
| "a
course. when the seconds climbed
, through the ropes and helped him to
his feet. Dawson and Griffin released
: their hold for n moment. and Fitz tot.
tered and would have fallen had they
not again supported him to his seat.
The preliminary between Harry Fo.
ley and Dave Barry went eleven round:
, when Foley sent his man to the fiool
!, three times and he failed to arise at the
last count Jimmy Britt acted as ref
cree. The affair was slow and only
served to make the crowd impatient fol
the big event to come.
Another feature. totally out of place
and not announced on the program
0 was then introduced and made th'
" audience still more restless. 1t was {
battle royal between four negroes. an,
0 was neither clever nor diverting. WheI
: the men had battered one another M
e considerably for two rounds there wa
g general call to have them put out o
D the ring. The cry was needed, and tn,
l. quartet left with alacrity.
o AT five minutes past ten Fitzslm
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