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.FITZ AND 0'BRIEN
FOUGHT FAST FIGHT
BOTH TOOK PUNISHMENT.
FITZ SHOWED FRESHER AT CLOSE
OF SIX ROUNDS.

| nina EltZstmm Ons'-Hat1Ie on the
Ball Grounds Mt Philadelphia
Mrs. FitzsimmOns Kissed Bob as
the Fight Ended.
Philadelphia, July 23-Jack O'Brien
and Bob Fitzsimmons to-day fought
the fastest six round bout ever wit
messed in this city between men of
their weight. When the gong an
nounced the close of the fight both men
were on their feet, but bore the marks
of the gruelling fight they had just
| gone through. Fitzsimmons' lips were
twice their normal size and his left
eye was almost closed while O'Briens
left eye was also cut and swollen.
While O'Brien landed the greater
number of blows, they did not do
nearly so much damage as those land
ed by Fitzsimmons, and the latter was
fresher at the close of the fight.
There was not clean kaockdown
during the bout, but three times
O'Brien went to the floor, twice in
endeavoring to get away from Fitz-
simmons and the third time partly
from Fitzsimmons' 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, the ring be-
| ing pitched directly between the pitch
ers' box and the grand stand, imme-
diately over the home plate. 1t was
the first open air boxing contest ever
given in this city, and the novelty of
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| persons.
| O'Brien Drew Blood in the First.
Round One-Fitzsimmons led with
| his left, but missed and as O'Brien
| ducked he landed a right on the back
of the neck. O'Brien landed a light
| left on Fitzsimmons' face and the men
clinched. Fitzsimmons landed a light
right on O'Brien's wind and the lat
| ter drew the blood from Fitzsimmons'
] mouth. Jack again landed a left to
| F'itzsimnons' nose and got away with
out a return. O'Bren then knocked
| the skin off Fitzsimmons' nose with
a right uppercut and drew the blood
| in a stream from his mouth. F'itz-
| simmons missed a ferocious right and
O'Brien, in attempting to get away,
| fell to the floor. O'Brien had all the
| best of the round.
O'Brien still Forcing Fight.
Round Two-Both tented and F'itz-
! simmons missed two lefts, but landed
a third on O'Brien's jaw, and as the
| latter rushed in FitZ drove his right
| to stomach. O'Brien landed a hard
right and left to Fitzsimmons' jaw,
bringing the blood again. Fitz was
unable to land with success on
| O'Brien up to this time. OBrien cut
Fitzsimmons' left eye with a short
right and a moment later caught him
| ell =. H.
| was marvellous and F'itz was badly
winded Bob landed a hard right to
the stomach as the bell sounded, which
was the most damaging blow that
O'Brien had yet received.
Even Exchange in Third.
Round Three-The men danced about
the ring and then Fitz missed a hard
right for the jaw. He landed a light
left on OBrien's stomach and the lat
ter drove straight left to Fitzsimmons'
| mouth, again starting the blood. 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. Fitzsimmons tried a right
for the wind, but was short and
O'Brien countered with hard right to
the face. In an exchange of blows
Bob landed a hard left on OBrien's
chin and Jack brought his left flush
clinched at the bell.
Fitz Brings Blood.
Round Four-OBrien was the first
to lead. but missed left for Fitzsim-
mons face. Bob led with his left and
| the men clinched. Fitz tried a hard
| right and as he came in O'Brien up
| percut him with a left. O'Brien then
landed three blows without a return.
Fitz landed a right on Jacks wind and
| the latter ran away. A left to the
| face started the blood from Fitzsim-
mons mouth. Jack landed light
left on the damaged mouth and the
| referee had to separate the men. Fitz
missed a left for the face and O'Brien
landed a hard left uppercut. Fitzsim-
mons brought the blood from OBrien's
mouth with straight left, but missed
hard right as the men were sent to
| their corners.
O'Brien Slipped to the Floor.
Round Five.-Fitzsimmon missed a
left for the face and O'Brien countered
| with a right to the jaw. Fitz missed
another left and the men had to be
| separated by the referee. O'Bren
| landed a light one and Fitzsimmons
| drove a hard one to O'Brien's wind
repeating the blow a second later.
| O'Brien sent a light right to the face
and as the men came together O'Brien
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wind. The men were sparring for
wind. Fitz landed a light blow on
! O'Briens wind and then sent left
to the jaw and a right on the wind,
which caused O'Brien to slip to the
floor. As o'Brien got to his feet the
gong sounded.
Wound Up with n Kiss.
Round Six-Fitzsimmons led with a
left but missed. He landed the same
blow a second later and then drove
| a left to the wind, which took some of
the steam out of O'Brien. Fitz OPEN
/ ed cut over Jacks left eye and then
| drove his right to the wind. O'Brien
| landed right and left to the face, but
| his blows lacked power F'itzsimmons
landed right to the jaw and O'Brien
countered with left to Fitzsimmons'
| damaged mouth. Both men were bleed
| ing profusely. O'Brien slipped to the
floor in attempting to getaway from
Fitzsimmons' right. Fitz landed a light
! left to the wind and Jack countered
with left to the mouth. The men
were clinched as the gong sounded.
AS the men walked to their corners.
! O'Briens left eye had a nasty cash
over it and Fitzsimmons' left eye~w1s
| almost closed. While Fitz sat in his
/ corner. his wife. who had been watch
| ing the fight from the rinEside. walk
| ed up the steps and planted kiss
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