The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-26

AS the gong rang Gardner put in left and
right 10 the body without apparent damage.
Fitz has the crowd guessing as 10 whether
he Is shamming or actually in earnest
Round 6-t'itz missed a right swing Tor
the head and backed away from Gardner.
FIitz missed another left for the head and
then sent In straight right TO the head
as Gardner was going away. F1tz took
couple OF left jabs to the face in order 10
get In a right. but he short Fitz
cleverly evaded several rights and lefs for
the body and they mixed ii In corner.
nghting tamely. Both exchanged straight
let's 10 the face and Gardner drove
straight right to the body. The crowd Kissed
at the tameness or the fighting. After
mix-up Fitz caught Gardner with left and
right to the face, cutting Gardeners eye
open. Gardner got in a straight left to the
stomach at the clang of the bell.
FITZ LOSES HIS SPEED.
Round 7-Fitz 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 hard
right swing for the jaw. Fitz swung left
hard to the jaw and Gardner countered with
right 10 the jaw and left to the body.
Gardner missed right upper cut for the
jaw and chased Fitz TO corner without
landing a blow. Fitz then missed a left
swing for the jaw. Both men looked very
tired at this stage. They got to close
quarters and both tried left and rights for
the body, but the efforts were futile. The
gong found both men fighting tamely with
the crowd Jeering and urging them on.
F'itz appears to be losing his speed and
seems content with acting more on the de-
fenSive
Round S-Both led with short let's for the
face. Fitz tented with right and put
good left on the face. The Australian
was backing away, allowing Gardner to do
the leading. Gardner finally planted a left
and right on the stomach and a left hook
lightly on the face. Gardner blocked a
| vicious left for the jaw and a straight left
| lightly to the face. Fitz missed left and
| right swings for the body and they came
| to a ciinch In Gardner's corner. F'itz sent
| Gardner against the ropes with left and
right on the jaw and then put left on
the jaw and right on the body. Gardner
| then clinched ana blocked a right and left
uppercut for the jaw. Fitz improved again
in this round and had the advantage.
Round 9-The Cornishman backed away,
allowing Gardner to do the leading. Gard
ner was short with left for the head and
missed a right swing for the body. Fitz
then met him with a left hook on the jaw
and danced away as the Lowell pugilist
chased him around the ring: Fitz missed
hard left swing for the body. Gardner
continued to chase FttZ around the ring,
but did not succeed In landing. Fitz finally
| waded in and forced Gardner to the ropes,
but more from wrestling than from blows.
| Gardner swung good right to the kidneys
| and swung right to the jaw the bell
sounded. but 1t was glancing blow and
| Fitz only smiled. Fitz slowed up consider
ably. out showed he was laying for his
| famous knockout punch.
Round 10-Fitz missed fierce right hook
| for the head and Gardner was wild with
right swing. Fftz backed away and con-
| tented himself with blocking Gardeners
| leads. Fitz joted Gardner with a left on
| the jaw, but Gardner retaliated with
| hard right to the jaw. FitZ hooked his
| left the face and they came together.
| Fitz broke it up with left hook on the
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| blood. Fitz crossed with left on the face.
Gardner kept jabbing with left on the
however. took the blows with a View to
| getting in a good punch. They came to-
| gether with considerable force at the close
| launches Ee was up quickly and went at
| once to his corner.
FITZ STAGGERED GARDNER.
Round 11-Fftz caught Gardner with a
right on the stomach, and then hooked him
viciously with left 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 left swings for the face.
| Fftz jolted Gardner with straight left on
the stomach, and Fitz cleverly blocked
| Gardners attempts. Fitz took most Of the
| light blows, but blocked the hard ones.
Gardner sent straight right to the lace,
! but Fitz sailed in with a left swing on the
| jaw, staggering Gardner. The gong rang
! at this stage. Fitz had the advantage of
| the round.
| Round i2-F1tz as usual, backed away
| They came together in a mix-up, but no
| damage was done. Gardner jabbed left
tried a straight left for the Jaw The pace
again slowed up and the crowd yelled at the
contestants. Fitz shifted and brought a
hard left swing to the jaw. He tried to fol-
low with 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 q telling blow on the lanky Australian
Round 13-fitz missed left swing for the
| jaw and received a straight left on the
| mouth. Gardner then poked F'itz in the
stomach with a straight left and chased
Fitz into a corner. They danced around
| the ring for fully a minute without blow
being landed. Gardner kept pegging away
| at Fitzsimmons. but the latter easily got
out of harms way; Finally F1tz brought
| his right on the body and left on the nose.
| Gardner sent In two straight lefts to the
face and light to the body. but there was
little force to them. Just as the round
| closed Fitz swung a hard right on the
| Jaw, sending Gardner to the floor. He was
| up within two seconds and showed no ef-
| fects Of the blow as he took his chair.
| GARDNER STAGGERED.
| Round 14-Gardner was short with a
| straight left for the body. Fitz tented
| with his right and sent two lefts to the
| jaw He followed Ii with hard left hook
| on the jaw and hard right on the body.
| Swinging fiercely, he sent the Lowell man
| TO the floor for five seconds. Fitz then
missed a fearful right swing for the jaw
| and chased Gardner against the ropes try
| were wild. Gardner looked groggy and
| staggered repeatedly. The blood was
| streaming from his nose and as they went
| to a cIinch the crowd Missed Gardner for
| hitting in the clinch. Fitz 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 Ii landed as the bell
| rang. Gardner went to his corner groggy.
Fitzsimmons appeared cool and smiled at
| his friends.
| Round 15-Fitz swung his left and missed.
| Then they both went to clinch. Emerg-
| ing, Fitz missed hard swing for the jaw
| and Gardner succeeded In getting glancing
| left the jaw. Fitz drove his right to
| the body and then shifted Ii to the head
| and cleverly evaded counters. Fitz fought
| carefully and made his blows count when
| he reached Gardeners anatomy. Fitz landed
| left and right swings on the jaw and just
| missed another for the same place. Fitz
| Jared Gardner with hard right swing on
| the Jaw and left hook on the body Gard
ner again staggered. Fitz missed another
right swing for the jaw and they came
together Gardner got In a straight left on
| the face This was Fits round
| Round 16-Gardner got in a light right on
/ Bob's face and forced him to a corner. Fitz
| came hack with n singing straight left for