The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
"LANKY BOB" PUTS UP A GAME, HARD FIGHT
During the Early Part of the Mill the Cornish
man Seemed to Have All the Best of It
He Draws First Blood and Forces Things
Great Crowd at Ringside

will take a rest after the long siege Of
hard training
L think Fitzsimmons can yet defeat
any other man than myself"
Fitz Praises the Winner.
Cheerful in the face Of defeat and
full of praise for his Vanuuisher. and
Writhing in agony on his couch sur
rounded by score of friends Offering
their consultations, Fitzsimmons, be-
tween snort sentences, interspersed
with groans, announced that he had
fought his last battle. He said:
L fought the best 1 could and the
best man won. He is a great fighter,
and had been awarded the decision
tonight l would have turned around
and given him the championship. for
he is the only man in the world capable
OF defending it. The blows that put me
out were a left short-arm Jolt under
the ribs and right to the jaw
After receiving the terrific body
body blow knew L was gone and told
Jeffries to keep away, but he was
anxious to finish me and sent a right
swing to my jaw. l fought in the way
l did because both hands were gone
when l entered the ring I injured
them on Wednesday boxing with Hank
Griffin. My right hand in particular
was almost useless. 1 am confident
new, even more so than ever, that in
my first battle with Jeffries was
doped. His showing tonight proved to
me conclusively that my defeat at his
hands in our previous battle was un-
warranted"
Asked why he did all the leading.
F1tzsimmons. Indignantly denied the
allegation, and said that Jeffries did
a great deal of the work. especially in
the clinches and at close range
He is as strong as an oy and hfe
| blows hurt me considerably, especially
| his terrible left to the body" said Fitz-
simmons.
Going B-ok to Bensonhurst.
Asked in regard to his plans for the
future, Bob Fitzsimmons remarked:
Il am going back to Bensonhurst and
attend to the development of the youth
of America, and try to make them like
| me-a vigorous old man-past his
fortieth year, and as hale and as
hearty as a man we'll within his
thirties."
At this juncture, DR.. L. c. Cox, who
had been summoned to attend the
fighter, commenced an examination of
the defeated pugilist. After a careful
examination, the doctor announced
that FitzSiInmons' ribs were not
broken, but that his left side was badly
bruised, the muscles being so con-
stricted as to cause the Cornishman
great difficulty in breathing. Clark
Ball, Fitzsimmons' manager, expressed
his opinion that FitZsimmons was too
confident
Fitz Draws First Blood.
Round One-They came quickly to
the center, Jeff in a half crouching at
titude, and both feinting rapidly. JEFF
fries followed Bob around, feinting
with left and looking for an opening.
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sent a short right jab to the jaw and
another a moment later. Jeffries
crouched and rushed, but Fitzsimmons
neatly side-stepped out of the way.
Jeffries rushed again and Fitzsim-
mons smothered his left for the body.
Both of them did a lot of feinting,
Jeffries finally trying left for the face,
but it fell short. He forced his man
into the corner, but missed a hard left
swing. Then Fitzsimmons tried for
face, landing lightly. Jeffries sent in
hard left on the body and Bob coun-
tered on the head without damage.
Jeffries continued to FORCE his man,
and when the gong sounded corners
he was on the aggressive. When the
champion took his corner MS nose was
bleeding slightly from one of Fitz's
left jabs. He looked confident, how
ever, and sat watching FitZ during
the minutes respite.
JeHTlSS a EILIIe worried.
Round Two-Jeff went right after
Fitz, trying left for the head and fall
ing short. F'itz jabbed left to the neck
and Jeffries smiled and forced him to
the corner. The lanky fellow quickly
side-stepped out of the way. Fitzsim-
mons tried right for the head, but was
quickly and neatly blocked. Fitzsim-
mons broke ground before Jeffries'
left, but finally tried a left for the head.
1t was light, however, ana the cham
pion caught it on the shoulder. They
exchanged lefts, Bob putting stiff left
on the face. Jeffries crouched lower
and sent Fitzsimmons back against
the ropes with a left on the body.
Fitzsimmons put two left hooks on
the face and got out of the way of the
champions left. JeffrieS went at him
with stiff left on the head. He got
left jab on the nose that brought
blood in stream from Jeff's nose.
At the close of the round jeff was
somewhat worried. His nose was
bleeding freely. Fitzsimmons. on the
other hand, was as cool as a cucumber
and was not in the least winded.
Jeff Covered With Blood.
Round Three-Jeff came up forcing
matters. His bloody nose annoyed him
a little. He changed his tactics for a
moment and stood up straight. Two
left leads were blocked by Fitzsim-
mons and a left jab on the sore nose
returned. Jeffries tried another left,
but was stopped with a left jab on the
face. In a clinch Jeffries pushed Fftz-
simmons back. Fitz put stiff one on
the nose and Jeff bled freely. Jeff's
cheek was opened with a left hook and
more blood flowed.
The champion rushed, swinging left
and right. They were blocked, but a
left caught Bob hard in the stomach.
Bob jabbed left TO face twice. JEFF
looked worried. The lanky fellow was
cool and got out of the way. Jeff's
face was covered with blood at the end