The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-26

eye open. Gardner got in a straight
left TO the stomach at the clang of the
bell.
Round 7-Fftz rushed in and swung
hard with left and right to the head.
He fought fercely in a nlix-up and Fitz
was Missed for holding on. Gardner
missed a hard right swing for the jaw
F'ttz swung left hard to the jaw and
Gardner countered with right to the
jaw and left to the body. Gardner
missed a right uppercut for the jaw and
chased 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
quarters and both tried let's and rights
for the body, but the efforts We're fu-
tile. The gong found both men fighting
tameIy, with the crowd jeering and
urging them on. Fitz appeared to be
losing his speed, acting more on the de-
fensive.
Round S-Both were short with lefts
to face. Fitz tented with right and put
good left to the face. The Australian
was backing away, allowing Gardner
to do the leading. Gardner finally
planted left and right to the stomach,
and left to the face. Gardner block
ed vicious left for the jaw, and sent
straight left lightly to the face. F1tz
missed left and right swings for the
body, and they came to a clinch in
Gardeners corner. Fitz sent Gardner
against the ropes with left and right to
jaw and then put a left to the jaw
and right to the body. Gardner then
clinched and blocked a right and left
uppercut for the jaw. Fitz improved
again in this round and had the I'D
vantage.
Round 9-The Cornishman backed
away, allowing Gardner to do the lead
/ ing. Gardner was short with left for
head and missed a right swing for the
body. F'itz met him with a left hook to
the jaw, and danced away as the Lowell
man chased him around the right. Fftz
missed hard left swing for the body.
Gardner continued to chase Fftz around
the right, but did not succeed in land
ing. Fitz finally waded in and forced
Gardner to the ropes, but more from
wrestling than from blows. Gardner
swung a good right to the kidneys and
swung a right to the jaw as the bell
sounded, but it was a glancing blow
and Fitz only smiled. Fitz has slowed
up considerably, but is evidently laying
tor his famous knockout punch. ,.-
Round 10-Fitz missed fierce right
hook for the head and Gardner was
wild with a right swing. Fitz. backed
away and contented himself with block
ing Gardeners leads. Fitz jolted Gard
ner with a 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 TO the stomach and
Gardner jabbed Fitz's mouth three
| times with lest. drawing blood. Fitz
crossed left to face. Gardner kept jab-
bling with left to the mouth and tanta-
EIizing Bob. .Fitz, however. took the
blows in good nature. They came to-
gether with considerable force at the
close of the round, and Gardner slipped
to his launches. He was uo quickly
and went at once to his corner. n l.
! Round 11-Fisz caught Gardner with
right to the stomach and then hooked
him violently with a LETT on the wind
Fitz Fought hard but Gardner blocked
him. Gardeners punches seemed to
lack eorce. Gardner swung his left to
the body and backed away from two left
swings for the face. Fitz jolted Gard.
ner with straight left to the stomach
and Fitz cleverly blocked Gardeners at
tempts. Fitz took most Of the light
i blows tut blocked the hard ones Gard
ner sent a straight right to the face and
4 Fitz sailed in with a LETT swing on this
jaw, staggering Gardner. The gong
rang at this stage. Fftz had the au.
vantage OF the round. - r.o5
Round 12-Bob, as usual, backed
away. The came together in a. mix up
but no damage was done. Gardner jab.
bed a left into Fitz's face and closed in
as the latter tried a straight left fol-
the jaw. The peace again slowed up and
the crowd yelled at the contestants. Fit
shifted and brought hard left swing
to the jaw. He tried to follow with 6
right, blu. missed his mark. Fitz Their
swung for the head but missed. Gard.
ner landed a sew light blows on Fftz
trying to bring his right into play
Gardeners blows were light. He has
failed to land telling blow on the
Cornisfmsn.
Round 13-Fftz missed LEFT swing
for the jaw and received a starlight left
on the mouth. Gardner then poked Fit
in the stomach with a straight left ant
chased Fitz into corner. They dane.
ed around the ring FOR fully minute
without a blow being landed. Gardner
kept pegging away at Fitz, but the lat.
ter easily got out of harms way. Fin.
ally Fitz brought his right to the body
and a left to the nose. Gardner sent ir
two straight lefts to the face and a light
LETT to the body, but there was littlt
force to them. Just as the round closed
Fitz swung q hard right to the Jaw
sending Gardner to the flood. He wa.
up within two seconds and showed M
effects of the blow as he took his chair
Round 14-Gardner was short with
straight left for the body. Swingins
fiercely Fftz sent the Lowell man to thu
floor for five seconds. Fitz then missed
a fearful right swing for the jaw ant
chased Gardner against the ropes try.
ing tot put in a final blow, but his eff
forts were wild. Gardner looked grog.
gy and stalled repeatedly. The blood
was streaming from his nose and al
they went to clinch the crowd hisset
Gardner for hitting in the clinch. Fit
swung his right to the jaw and sem
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