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FIGHT GOES TO FITZ.
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the crowd guessing as to whether he
was shamming or actually tired.
Round Six-Fitzsimmons missed a
right swing for the head. Fitz missed
another left for the head and then sent
in a straight right for the head as
Gardner was going away. Fitzsim-
mons cleverly evaded several rights
and lefts for the body, and they mixed
it in a corner, fighting tamely. Both
exchanged straight lefts to the face
and Gardner drove a straight right to
the body The crowd Kissed at he
tameness of the fighting. After a mix
up Fitz caught Gardner with left and
right to the face, cutting Gardeners eye
open. Gardner got in straight left
to the stomach at the clang of the bell.
Round SeVen-Fitzsimmon rushed in
and swung hard with left and right to
the head He fought fiercely in a mix
up and FitZ was Kissed for holding on.
Gardner missed right uppercut for the
Jaw and chased Fitz to a corner with
out landing a blow. Fitz then missed
left swing for the jaw. Both men
looked very tired at this stage. They
got to close quarters and both tried
lefts and rights for the body, but the
efforts were futile. The gong found
both men fighting tamely. Fftz APP
peared losing his speed.
Round Eight-Fitz tented with his
right and put a good left to face. The
Australian was backing away, allowing
Gardner to do the leading. Gardner
finally planted left and right to the
stomach and a left hook lightly to the
face. Gardner blocked a vicious left
for the jaw and sent a straight left
lightly to the face. FitZ sent Gardner
against the ropes with left and right
to the jaw and then put a left to the
jaw and a right to the body. Fitz
improved again in the round and had
the advantage.
Round Nine-The Cornishman backed
| away, allowing Gardner to do the lead
ing Fitzsimmons met him with a left
hook to the jaw and danced away as
the Lowell pugilist chased him around
| the ring. Fitz missed a hard left swing
| for the body. Gardner continued to
| chase Fitz around the ring, but did
not succeed in landing. Fitz finally
waded in and forced Gardner to the
ropes, but more from WEAKNESS than
| blows. Gardner swung good right
| to the kidneys and swung right to
the jaw as the bell sounded, but it
was a glancing blow and Fitz only
| smiled.
Round Ten-Fitz missed fierce
| right hook for the head and Gardner
was wild with a right swing. Fitz
| jolted Gardner with left to the jaw
but Gardner retaliated with a hard
right to the jaw. Fitz hooked his left
to the face and they came together.
! Fitz broke it up with a left hook hard
| to the stomach and Gardner jabbed
| Fitz's mouth three times with left,
| drawing blood. Gardner kept jabbing
with left to the mouth and tantalized
the Australian. Fitz, however, took
| the blows with a view to getting in a
good punch. They came together with
considerable force at the close of the
| round, and Gardner slipped to his
launches. He was up quickly and went
at once to his own corner.
Round Eleven-Fitz caught Gardner
| with right to the stomach and then
| hooked him viciouSly with left on
the wind. Fitz fought hard, but Gard
ner blocked him. Fitz jolted Gardner
with a straight left to the stomach
and Fitz cleverly blocked Gardeners
attempts. Fitz took most of the
| light blows, but blocked the hard
ones. Gardner sent a straight right
to the face and Fitz sailed in with a
| left swing to the jaw, staggering
Gardner. The gong rang at this
| stage. Fitzsimmons had the advan-
tage of this round.
Round Twelve-Gardner jabbed a left
| into tltZ race ana CLOSED IN as lne
| latter tried a straight left for the jaw.
The pace again slowed up and the
crowd yelled at the contestants. F'itz
shifted and brought hard left swing
to the jaw. He tried to follow with a
| right, but missed his mark. Fitz then
swung for the head but missed. Gard
ner landed a few light blows on Fltz.
He failed to land a telling blow on the
| lanky Australian.
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swing for the jaw and received a
| straight left on the mouth. Gardner
then Doked Fitz in the stomach with
a straight left and chased Fitz into a
corner. Gardner kept pegging away at
Fitz but the latter easily got out of
| harms way. Finally Fitz brought his
right to the body and a left to the nose.
Just as the round closed Fitz swung
a hard right to the jaw, sending Gard
ner to the floor. He was up within