The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1902-07-26
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CHAMPION
Big Californian Puts Lanky Bob Fitzsimmons
Out In the Eighth Round, The Fight
Was Fast and Furious

( dropped IL 10 stomach; Jeu senuS leIt
20 breast; Jef Is short with left swing
exchange lefts on body; Jefi rushes,
sends two hard lefts 20 body; Fitz up
per cuts JEFF on mouth with left; Fitz
labs left 70 mouth, Jeif bleeding freely
from mouth and nose; JEFF backing
way from Fitz at close Of round.
Round 3-Fiiz backs away and blocks
q left lead; JEFF does net crouch so
much now; Jeif sends stlh left 70
neck: Fltz sent a straight left 70 nose
Fitz' gloves are covered with Blood
/ Fitz jabs Jeii's mouth again with LETT
jeff Is short with a left swing, they
cllnch and as they break Fltz laboed
cruel left 10 mouth; Fitz iabs the sore
mouth; Jed's face Is sight. he has
bad cash under right eye; Jelf swings
left over Fitz' shoulder. It's Fitz'
round. Old Bob cheered 70 echo as he
goes 70 corner.
Round 4-Bob ducks wicked lett
lead; they spar; JEFF lands light left on
face; Jeif Is short with left, but 81 9th
ers left swing from Fitz; Fitz lands
right on Oiaw and upper cuts Jen on
chin; Jeff puts Two hard lsfts on body;
Fitz labs Jeff three times on mouth and
face, they come together and land light
on BODY; JEFF lands on breast; Fitz
ducks OLt Of the way Of fierce right
I Jeh tries two left swings, but is short
Fitz puts left and right ON face; Jeii
ducks away from left swing as bell
rings,
Round 5-They spar and exchange
light left on neck; Fitz backs away
from JefI's swings without much EFFORT
Jelt crowds Fitz 70 ropes and puts left
on neck; Fitz sent a left 70 Je1is eye
and right 10 the ribs; titz ducks
left swing aud sends a light right 10
| Jeffis head; JEFF swings bard right TO
Jaw: JEFF rushes ana reaches Fllz jaw
with the left; JeiI sent hard left 70
shoulder; Fitz sent two stlf leits to
| face; lefi sent left 10 nose, just mi ised
/ Fitzi chin with a right swing az close
OF round; Fitz keeps jeff bleeding
| freely, Je1 has landed some hard blows
on face and body.
Round 6-They spar; Fitz breaks
ground: Jetf landed left under Fits
guard; Fitl sent a stiff right 10 Jeli 5
good eye; Fitz put hard loft 10 wind
and right 20 mouth; Jen got out OF
Ftz's way Of another; Fitz sent two
lefts 70 face; Fitz narrowly escapes a
savage left swing for jaw; Fitz iabbed
mouth with left; Jen put right on
body; Fltz swings left 10 mouth and
again upper cuts Jetf with left; 10th OF
| Jehis ewes seem 70 be In trouble; Jeh
seems as strong as when he stepped
into the ring: as the bell rung Jeit
! landed light one on chin
Round 7-Jeff puts left 20 Fitz' neck;
Jea forces matters aud lands another
in the same place; F'z jabs Jen's face
with left and right; Flz Strengthened
| jeff with left at mouth; Jeh put hard
| left on stomach; JeG blocked a right
swing; Fltz rushed and drives Jeii 10
ropes with left and right on face; Fitz
put another light one on mouth, they
clinch; jeff ducks Fllz's light and
throws his shoulder into Fit2; Fitz
! landed right on jaw, they clinch ana
I Fitz grins as the bell rings.
Round S-Jcff follows Bob round the
ring, !s short with left swing; Fiiz sent
a straight left 10 mouth; Jeii put LEFT
on wind, then left 70 chest; they .eX-
change lefts on body; both swing LETT "a
face; both missed right upper cut that
would have done business had they
landed; they exchange glancing rights
on body; they jab each other on face
with left; jeff sent Fltz down; they
we in clinch at ropes as they broke
away; Jen swuug right on stomach
Fitz went down and was not able 70
come up ln time. II looked like a lou
blow at arst. Fitz says that the best
man won and IL is his last light; he
throws his gloves into the audience
The audience gives three cheers foi
Fitz. Fitz had all the best OF the tigh'
up 70 the hnal blow,