The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-26

1 ~ ~774CAA III OEALS urea. N1aEQnET drove
IN two lefts and a right to the body AS
the gong rang Gardner put in left and
right to the body without apparent
damage. Fitz had the crowd guessing
as to whether he was shamming or act
4ually tired.
Round 6-Fftz missed a right swing
Tor the head and backed away from
Gardner. F1tz missed another left for
the head, and then sent in straight
| right to the head as Gardner was going
away. Fitz took a couple of left labs
to the face in order to get in a right,
but he was short. Fitz 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
the tameness of the fighting. After
nixup Fitz caught Gardner with left
1 and right to the face, cutting Gardeners
eye open. Gardner got in a straight
| left to the stomach at the clang of the
bell.
Round 7-Fitz rushed in and swung
hard with left and right to the head.
| He fought fereely in mixup and F1tz
was Kissed for holding on. Gardner
missed hard right swing for the jaw.
Fitz swung left hard to the jaw and
Gardner countered with right to the
| jaw and left to the body. Gardner miss
ed right uppercut for the jaw and chas-
| ed Fitz to a corner without landing
/ blow. Fitz then missed a left swing for
the jaw Both men looked very tired
at this stage. They got to close quar-
| tiers and both tried lefts and rights for
the body, but the efforts were futile.
The gong found both men fighting tame
| ly with the crowd jeering and urging
them on. F'itz appears to be losing his
speed, and seems content with acting
more on the defensive.
Round S-Both men were short with
lefts for the face. Fitz Tented with
right and put good left to the face
The Australian was backing away, al
lowing Gardner to do the leading. Gard
ner finally planted left and right to the
stomach ana left hook lightly to the
face Gardner blocked a vicious left for
the Jaw and sent a straight left lightly
to the face. Fitz missed left and right
swing for the body and they came to
clinch in Gardeners corner. Fitz sent
Gardner against the ropes with left and
right to the jaw and then put a left 10
the jaw and a right to the body. Gard
ner then clinched and blocked a right
and left uppercut for the jaw. Fitz i'm
proved again in this round and had the
advantage.
Round 9-The Cornishman backed
away, allowing Gardner to do the lead
ing. Gardner was short with left for
the head and missed a right swing for
the body. Fitz then met him with
left nook to the jaw and danced away
as the Lowell man chased MIN around
the ring. F'itZ missed hard left SWING
for the body. Gardner continued to
chase Fitz around the ring. but did
not succeed in landing. Fitz finally
waded n and forced Gardner to the
ropes hut more from wrestling than
from blows Gardner swung a good
right to the kidneys, and swung right
to the jaw as the bell sounded, but 1t
was glarcing blow and F1tz only
smiled. Fitz has slowed up consider
ably, but is evidently laying for his
famous knockout Dunch.
Round 10-Fitz missed a fierce right
hook for the head and Gardner was wild
with a right swing. Fitz backed away
and contented himself with blocking
Gardeners leads. F'itz jolted Gardner
with a left to the jaw, but Gardner
retdliated with hard right to the jaw.
Fitz nooked his left to the face and
they came together. Fitz broke it up
with left hook hard to the stomach
and Gardner jabbed Fits mouth three
times with left, drawing blood. Fitz
crossed with left to face. Gardner
kept jabbing with left to the mouth
and tantalized the Australian. Fitz
however. took the blows with view
to getting in good punch. They came
together with considerable force at the
close of the round and Gardner siipDed
to mis- launches. He was up quickly
and went at once to his corner.
Round 11-Fitz caught Gardner with
right to the stomach and then hooked !
him furiously with a left to the wind. |
Fitz fought hard, but Gardner blocked |
him. Gardeners punches seemed to |
lack force. Gardner swung his left to |
the body and backed away from two |
Gardner with a straight left to the |
stomach and Fftz cleverly blocked |
Gardeners attacks. F'itz took most of
the light blows, but blocked the hard |
ones. Gardner sent a straight right |
to the face. but Fitz sailed in with a
left swing to the jaw, staggering Gard |
ner. The gong rang at this stage. /
F'itz had the advantage of the round. |
ROHnd pity 11Snal hanlrod /
away. They came together in a mixup |
but no damage was done. Gardner |
jabbed a left into Fits face and closed |
in as the latter tried a straight left for |
the jaw. The pace again slowed up |
and the crowd yelled at the contest |
ants. Fitz shifted and brought d hard |
left swing to the jaw. He tried to fol-
low with his right but missed his |
mark. Fitz then swung for the head
but missed. Gardner landed a few
light blows on Fitz but Fitz took them |
at the same time trying to bring his
right to play. Gardeners blows were
very light. As yet he has failed to land
a telling blow on the Ianky Australian
Round 13-lTitz missed left swing for
jaw and received straight left on stom-
ach- Gardner then poked Fitz in the
stomach with a straight left and
chased Fitz INTO corner. They danced
around the ring for fully a minute
without a blow being landed by either
one Gardner kept pegging away at
F1tz, but the latter easily got out of
harms way. Finally Fftz brought his
right to body and left to nose. Gard
ner sent in two straight Iefts to face
and left to body, but there was no force
to them. AS the round closed Fitz
hoored Gardner with hard right to
jaw.
Round 14-Gardner was short with a
stralght left for body. Fftz tented with
right and sent two lefts to jaw He fol-
lowed it with a hard left hook to law
and a hard right to body In swinging
hercely he sent the Lowell man to the
fearful right swing for jaw and chased
Gardner to the ropes, trying for a vital
blow, but his effort was wild. Gardner
looked groggy and stalled repeatedly
Blood was streaming from his nose as
they clinched. The crowd Kissed Gard
ner for hitting in a clinch. Fitz swung
his right to the jaw and sent Gardner