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two seconds and showed no effects of
the blow as he took his chair.
Round Fourteen--Gardner was short
a straight left for the body. Fitz feint-
ed with the right and sent two lefts to
the jaw. He followed it with a hard
left hook to the jaw and a hard right
to the body. Swinging fiercely, he sent
the Lowell man to the floor for five
seconds. FitZsimmons then missed a
right swing for the jaw and chased
Gardner against the ropes trying to
put in a vital blow but his efforts were
wild. Gardner looked groggy and
stalled repeatedly The blood was
streaming from his nose, and as they
went to a clinch the crowd Kissed
: Gardner for hitting in the clinch. Fitz-
simmons swung his right to the jaw
and sent Gardner against the ropes.
He followed him around the ring and
missed right swing that would have
ended the fight, had it landed. as the
bell rang. Gardner went to his corner
groggy. F'itz appeared cool and smiled
at his friends.
I Round Fifteen-Fitzsimmon drove
| his right to the body and then shifted
| TO the head and cleverly evaded coun-
| ters. Fitz fought carefully and made
| his blows count when he reached the
| Lowell mans anatomy. Fitz landed a
| left and right swing to the jaw and
! just missed another for the same place..
| Fitz Jared Gardner with a hard right
swing to the jaw and a left hook to
the body. Gardner again stalled. This
was Fits round.
! Round SiXteen-Gardner got in a light
right on Bobs face and forced him to
a corner. Fitz came back with a
| singing straight left for the face. F'itz
| nursed his strength carefully and made
no unnecessary moves. Fitz swung
| hard with right for the jaw, but Gard
/ iS
| left to Fits stomach. Fitz caught
Gardner on the head with hard right
swing and covered up well. Gardner
swung right to jaw at the end of the
round, but the force was slight.
Round Seventeen-They spent much
time in desultory sparring, Fitz looking
for an opening. Gardner put in a right
to the head and asleft to the face fore
| ing Fitz to the ropes No harm was
done, however. the blows being weak
| Fitz missed a hard left hook for the
| body and they went to a mix up, in
| which the Australian did some clever
| blocking. Then Gardner sent a hard
right to the jaw at the end of the
| round. 1t was the hardest blow Gard
ner had turned loose during the fight
but was not hard enough to worry
Fitz.
Round Eighteen-Gardner forced
| Fftz about the ring, missing left and
IlSnl swings Tor the Jaw. Gardner
swung right to the face lightly. Bob
Tented with right and swung a vi
cious left for the jaw, but missed He
then swung hard with right, but re-
ceived a left hook to the jaw that
made him Vince. Fitz backed away
and Gardner got in a CHANGING left to
the face. Fitz got in two right hard to
the jaw as they closed in and blocked
a right uppercut for the jaw.
| Fitzsimmons to the ropes, but Fitz
came back with left to the head
| Gardner then slipped to the floor, but
Fitzsmmons assisted him to his feet
F'itz missed a swing for the head and
Gardner rushed in and got right and
i left to the body. Gardner then hit
Fitz rather low and. was cautioned by
the referee. Gardner then got in
several good rights to the body, and
Fitz sent him back with a right swing
to the head. The bell rang with
Gardner fighting fiercely.
Round Twenty-Gardner bombarded
at Fitz's stomach. but the blows were
and blocked. Gardner swung a right to