Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-26
FITZ'S FIGHT
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Round 7-Fitzsimmons rushed in and
swung hard with a left and right to
the head. Gardner missed hard right
swing for the jaw. Fitzsimmons swung
left hard to the jaw and Gardner
countered with right to the jaw and left
to thebody Gardner missed a right
upper cut for the jaw and chased Fltz-
simmons to corner without landing a
blow. FitZsimmons then missed a
left swing for the jaw. Both men look
ed very tired at this stage. They got
to close quarters and both tried lefts
and rights for the body, but the eff
forts were futile. The gong sounded.
both men fighting tamely and the crowd
1eering and urging them on. Fitz i'm
mons seems to b closing his speed and
seems content with acting more on the
defensive.
Round S-Both men were short with
lefts for the face. FitzsimmOns feint-
| ed with a right and put a good left TO
| tn eface. The Australian was backing
away, allowing Gardner to do the lead
| ing. Gardner finally planted a left and
right to the stomach and left hook
| lightly to the face. Gardner blocked
| vicious left for the jaw and sent
straight left lightly to the face. Fttz-
simmons missed left and right swings
for the body and they came TO clinch
| in Gardeners corner. FitZsimmons sent
Gardner to the ropes with left and right
to the jaw and then put left to the
Jaw and a right to the body. Gardner
then clinched and blocked right and
/ left upper cut for the jaw. Fitzsim-
mons improved again in this round and
had the advantage.
| Round 9-The Cornishman backed
away allowing Gardner to do the lead
ing Gardner continued to chase FltI-
simmons around the ring, but did not
| succeed in landing. Fitzsimmons I'M
ally waded in and forced Gardner TO
the ropes, but more from wrestling than
/ by blows. Gardner swung a good right
to the kidneys and swung a right TO the
| jaw as the bell sounded. but 1t was a
| glancing blow and F1tzsimmons only
| smiled. Fitzsimmons has slowed up
| considerably but is evidently laying fo'
/ his famous knockout punch.
Round IO-F'ftzsimmons missed n
! right hook for the head and Gardner
I was wild with a right swing. Fitzsim-
| mons backed away. blocking Gardeners
/ leads Fitzsimmons jolted Gardner
with a left to the jaw, but Gardner re-
taliated with a hard right to the jaw
i Fitzsimmons hooked his left to the
face and they came together. Gardner
/ jabbed Fitzslmmons three times with
his left, drawing blood. FitZsimmone
crossed with his left to the face, Gard
ner kept iabbing with the left to the
mouth and tantahZed the Australian
Fitzsimmons, however, took the blows
with a view of getting good punch.
They came together with considerable
force at the close of the round and Gard
ner sEpr,ed to his launches. He was
UP quickly and went at once to his cor
ner.
II Round 11-Fitzsimnlons caught Gard
ne- with a right to the stomach and
then hooked him viciously with left
on the wind. Fitzsimmons fought hard
but Gardner blocked him. Gardeners
punches seem to lack force. Fltzsim>
mons iolted Gardner with straight
left TO the stomach and FftZsimmons
cleverly blocked Gardeners attempts.
FitZsimmons took most of the light
blows but cleverly blocked the hard
ones. Gardner sent a right to the face
hut Fftzsirnmons sailed in with a left
swing to the jaw, staggering Gardner.
The gong rang at this stage. FitzsiIn-
mons had the advantage of the round.
! Round 12-FitZsimmons, as usual,
backed away. They came together In
a mixup. but no damage was done. The
pace again slowed up and the crowd
yelled at the contestants. FitZsimmons
shifted and brought a hard left SWING
to the jaw. He tried to follow with a
right but missed his mark. FttZsim-
mons then swung for the mead bu;
missed. Gardner landed a few light
blows on FitZSimmons but his
blows were very light AS yet he
has failed to land telling
blow on the lanky Australla n.
Round 1S-Fitzsimmons missed a left
swing for the jaw and received
straight left on the mouth. Gardner
then poked Fitzsimmons in the stom-
ach with a straight left and chased
FitZsimmons into corner. They dane
cd around the ring for fully a minute
without blew being landed. Gardner
kept pegging at Fitzsimmons, but the
latter easily got out of harms way.
Just as the round closed FitZsimmons
swung a hard right to the jaw. sending
Gardner to the floor. He was up with
in two seconds and showed no effects
of the blow as he took his chair.
Round 14-Gardner was short with Il
straight left for the body. Fitzsimmons
tented with right and sent two lefts
to the jaw He followed it with "a
hard left hook TO the jaw and hard
right to the body. Swinging fiercely he
sent the Lowell man TO the floor for
i've seconds. Fitzsimmons then missed
| q fearful right swing for the jaw and
chased Gardner against the ropes try
ing to put in vital blow. but his eff
forts were wild. Gardner looked groG-
gy and stalled repeatedly. The blood
was streaming from his nose and as
they went to Clinch the crowd jeered
Gardner for hitting in the cltnch.
Fitzsimmons swung his right to the
law and sent Gardner against the
ropes. He followed him around the
ring and missed a right swing that
would have ended the fight had X
landed as the bell :anE-
Gardner went to his corner groggy.
Fitzsimmons appeared cool and smiled
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