The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-26
JEFFRIES WINS IN EIGHTH
ADMINISTERS HIS SECOND DE-
 FEAT TO FITZSIlLMONS.

Fought at n Furious Gait, ChOpping
 His Big Opponent to Pieces With
 Terrific Rights and Lefts-Had Him
 Bleeding ProfuseIy as Early ns the
 Second Round.
 Ringside, San Francisco, July 25- After fighting a battle of eight rounds that was fraught with brilliant and courageous work, Robert Fitzsimmons tonight met his second defeat at the hands of James J. Jeffries and forfeited his last claim upon the heavyweight championship. He was knocked to the floor and counted out after har had so badly punished the champion that it was a foregone conclusion among the spectators that the Cornishman must win. Bleeding from a number of gashes in the face, apparently weakening, and clearly unable to cope with Fitzsim- mons superior 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 noteworthy and will live in were taken.
 Fitzsimmons tried once to arise from the mat but sank down again helpless and heard himself counted out, where but a moment before he had apparent ly all the better of it.
 T will never fight again." said the, battle-scarred veteran of the ring when he had sufficiently recovered 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 consider myself lucky to have won when I did"
 Fitzsimmons had been fighting at a furious gait. cool and deliberate, and chopping the chamion to pieces with the terrific rights and lefts that have made him famous. It was the draught horse and the racer from the tap of the gong. When the men came together Fitzsimmons appeared rather worried but upon the opening of the first round he assumed an air of absolute confi- dence and fought with the deliberation of the general that he is.
 As early as the second round Fitzsim~ mons had Jeffries bleeding profusely from mouth and nose. Again and again he landed on his bulky opponent, get ting away in such clever manner that brought down the house with cheers. It seemed indeed that Jeffries could scarcely weather the gale. In the eighth round the end came and under a series of hot exchanges Fitzsimmons paused with his guard down and spoke to the champion. The latter's reply consisted of the two terrific blows that brought back to him the f1eeting cham pionship and forever removed the vet eran FitZsimmons from the fistic arena. Fitzsimmons took his defeat with amazing good cheer. He walked to the center of the ring and raising his hand addressed the multitude, saying:
 .The best man has won. Had beat en Jeffries tonight would have con- ceded him the championship and retir- ed forever
 II retire just the same now, but with out having accomplished my ambition
 1T am satisfied"
 After the fighting Champion Jeffries was seem in his dressing room. He was jubilant over his success, despite the terrible scare of battle. He said to an Associated Press reporter:
 Well. I have won, just as I expected to. It was a fierce fight-the fiercest ever had-but won. Yes, got good C., Y11orl<G Of a hat tle count. but, then, I rather expected that. I knew Fitzsimmons had a cut ting punch and would land it at some time of the fight. But the few marks and the loss of little blood won't hurt a man. I took them, and only waited for the opportunity to land my punch. I found out FitZsimmons could not harm me even with his famous right He cut me up of course, but that did not hurt I never was tired at any stage and was stronger than Fitzsim- mons at all stages. You saw that he wore heavy bandages and it was these that cut me up. 1 wore no bandages. Fitzsimmons certainly is wonder He is the greatest fighter of his weight that ever lived. As old as he is, he is the shiftest and cleverest, the hardest hitting man I ever met, and I want to give him credit, as I know all who saw it will, for the great fight he put up. I have no plans for the immediate future as I have not thought of anything but this fight for some time, and won't do anything for long period. I will take a rest after the long siege of hard training.
 II think Fitzsimmons can yet defeat any other man than myself"
 Cheerful in the face of defeat and full of praise for his vanquisher, and writhing in agony on his couch. sur rounded by score of friends offering their consultations, Fitzsimmons be- tween short sentences, interspersed with groans, announced that he had fought his last battle. He said
 T fought the best I could and the best man won. He is a great fighter, and had I been awarded the decision tonight I 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 a right to the jaw.
 After receiving the terrific body blow I knew I was gone and told lief