Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-25
FITZ STAYS LIMIT
Has the Best OF IL I'm His Fight viii
Jack O'BrIen at PhIIA-
delphia.
SIX ROUNDS TO A DRAW
Fastest Fight Ever Seen in the Quaker
City-Both Men Badly
Marked.


and Bob Fitzsimmons Saturday night
fought the fastest six-round bout ever
Witnessed in this city between men OF
their weight. When the gong annOunc.
ed the close of the fight both men
were on their feet, but bore marks OF
the grueling fight they had just gone
through Fitzsimmons' lips were twice
the normal size and his left eye was
almost closed. while O'Brien's left
eye was also cut and swollen.
Lands More Blows.
While O'Brien landed the greater
number of blows they did not do near
~ so much damage as those landed
by FitZsmmOns. and the latter was
the fresher at the close of the fight.
There was not a clean knockdown dur
ing the bout, but three times O'Brien
went to the floor, twice in endeavOring
to get away from Fitzsimmons and
the third time partly from Fitzsim-
mons right, which landed on O'Brien' S |
neck and partly through the latter's
feet getting tangled. The fight was
held on the National league baseball !
grounds and was witnessed by 5000
persons, among them a number of
women.
Round One.
Fitzsimmons led with the left, but |
missed. and as O'Brien ducked he
landed his right on the back of the |
neck. O'Brien landed a light left on
FitzsimmOns' face, and the men |
clinched Fitz landed a light right on |
O'Brien's wind, and the latter drew |
blood from Fitzsimmons' mouth. Jack |
again landed his left on FitZsimmOns |
nose and got away without a return.
Jack then knocked the skin off of |
Fitzsimmons' nose with a light upper
cut and drew blood in a stream from
his mouth. Bob missed a ferocious
right. and O'Brien in attempting TO
get away fell to the floor. Jack had |
all the best of the round.
Round Two.
Both tented and Fitz missed two
lefts, but landed a third on Jacks jaw,
and as the latter rushed in Fitz drove
Il right to the stomach. O'Bren landed
a hard right and left to Bob's jaw.
bringing blood again. FitZ was unable
to- land with success on O'Brien up to
this time O'Brien cut Fitzsmimons'
left eye with a short right. and a mo-
ment later caught him full in the
mouth. O'Brien's foot work was mar
velous, and Fitz was badly winded.
Bob landed a hard right to the stOm-
ach as the bell sounded. which was
the most damaging blow O'Brien had
yet received.
Round Three.
The men danced about the ring. and
then Fitz missed a hard right for the
jaw. He landed light left on o Brien's
stomach and the latter drove Il straight
left to Bob's mouth. again starting the
blood running. FitZ landed a hard
left on O'Brien's wind. which made
the latter finch. O'Brien missed a left
To- the face and the men clinChed. FitZ
tried a right for the wind. but was
short. and Jack countered with a hard
right to the face. In the exchange of
blows Bob landed a hard left on
Jacks chin. and O'Brien brought his
left flush on Bob's jaw. The men were
clinched at the bell.
Round Four.
O'Brien was the first to lead, but {
missed Il left for Fitzsimmons' face
Bob led with his left and they clinch-
ed. FitzsimmOns tried a hard right I
and as he came in OBrien uppercut .
three blows without return. Fitz !
landed a right on Jacks jaw. and the
letter ran away. left To the face
again started blood from Bob's mouth
Jack landed a light left on the dam
aged mouth and the referee had to :
separate them. Fitz missed a left for
the face. and Jack landed a hard left !
uppercut Fitzsimmons brought blood i
I ;
left. but missed 4 hard right as the b,
men We're sent to their corners.
Round Five.
Fitzsimmons missed n left for the
face. and O'Brien countered with
right to the jaw. Fitz missed another
left. and they had to be separated by
the referee. O'Brien landed a light left
and Fitzsimmons drove hard onto
O'Brien's wind. repeating the blow a
second later. O'Brien sent right to
the face and as the men came together
O'Brien drove Il hard right To Fits
wind. Fitz landed light blow on
Jacks wind and then sent a left TO
the jaw and a right on the wind. which
caused O'Brien TO slip TO the floor AS
Jack got up the gong sounded.
Round Six.
Fitz led with left but missed. He
landed the same blow a second later.
and drove the left To the wind. which
took some of the steam out of Jack
Fitzsimmons opened cut over Jacks :
left eye, and drove a right to the
wind O'Brien landed a right and left I
to the face. but his blows lacked pow 6
er. Fitz landed right TO the jaw. (
and O'Brien countered a left to Fitz- I
simmons damaged mouth. Both men I
were bleeding profusely. O'Brien j
slipped TO the floor in attempting TO j
get away from Fitz's right Fitz land &
ed a light left to the wind and Jack c
countered with a left to the mouth. I