The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
The Philadelphia Was Clearly Too
ShiftY for Fftzsimnons.

Inc EnllaQelpn1an was Clearly 100
Shifty for Fitzsinlmons.
Mechanics Pavilion. San Francisco.
Dec. 2l.-The following is the detailed
story of the fight by rounds:
Round Both men tented and
danced around, O'Brien was the quick
est to retreat O'Brien placed a light
/ lett on throat and they clinched. Fitz
went through the motion Of a left shift
and O'Brien scored. O'Brien reached
the face lightly with left and they
cInched again. O'Brien rammed in
straight left on the mouth and then an
instant later received one to the ribs.
A clinch. Fitz tried to corner O'Brien
and Jack ducked under Highlander.
Fitz missed with both hands repeated
~ O'Brien got in with a left on the
stomach and clinched.
Round 2-Both men tented for awhile
and O'Brien got through a left on the
/ face. He tried again and Fitz cOuntered
him with a left on the jaw. O'Brien put
a left on the nose and F'itz ducked an
other left. FltZ tented with the left on
the nose and Fitz ducked another left
There were cries of 90 O'Brien f0lted
Fitz on the temple with left and then
a hot straight left between the eyes.
F'itz missed with right swing and
O'Brien's shoulder stopped another. Fitz
was short with a right and as he bent
down O'Brien cuffed him on the ear
with the right. This happened twice.
Round 3-Fitz rushed and tried left
with his foreams, then stepped back and
laughed O'Rxien tented awhile and
Fitz missed with both hands. O'Brien
sent in a powerful straight left which
took Bob over the nose. Bob staggere,
back. Fitz then pressed O'Brien to the
ropes and scraped the skin from his
forehead with a left hook. Fitz then
caught him on the head with a right.
jack Fitz threw a hard left into the
body O'Brien then stood close and
jolted Fits head with left and right.
FitZ was knocked fiat on his back with
a straight left between the eyes. He
raised his leg in the air and grlnned.
The gong rang when Fftz was down.
Round 4-Fitz rushed and threw him
self in. O'Brien danced clear around
the ring and Fftz chased him. Jack then
stood his ground and landed let's and
rights. Fits nose bled. A well meant
right from F'itz sent O'Brien to the
ropes and Fitz fell on his launches. FitZ
pressed O'Brien to the edee of the ropes
and Jack caught a left body blow on
his fOreams and clinched. O'Brien nut
in two Furnishing blows. a left and
right, on the face. Jack then used a
straight left twice. They were hard
punches. Fitz face was covered with
blood
Round 5-O'Brien got to work with
a straight left. He scored twice and
they clinched. O'Brien kept right along
with a straight left, slamming into
E1tZ lace. BlLZ U16Q SllIL arm
punch, but O'Brien avoided it and still
continued to put in straight let's which
brought blood. Fitz got in a short right
jolt on the neck, but there was no force
behind it. O'Brien seemed to have no
fear of Fitz now. He slashed hard
rights into the veterans wind and easily
escaped Fits counters.
Round 60 Brien was cautious. He
skipped around the ring and Fitz tried
in vain to reach him. Jack stood and
poked in a straight left facer and
clinched- Then he ran away again and
Fitz missed several times with the
right. O'Brien stood in again and
pOked Fitz again in the face with
straight lefts. F'itz tried repeatedly
with overland rights, but kept missing. /
He fell to his knees at the ropes while
swinging at O'Brien.
Round 7-F1tz strobe after O'Brien. !
who danced around. Jack put in one
straight left and ducked rapidly as
Fitz swung with both hands. O'Brien
jumped in with four straight lefts in
succession. Fitz caught him with right
on the body and left on the side of the
head and there were rOars of satisfac-
ton from Fits adherents. Jack
Jumped away from tight place near
the ropes and met Fitz with a straight
left as Bob went after him. Fitz
caught him with right and left on
the body and the spectators yelled to |
O'Brien to steady himself.
Round S-O'Brien used a straight
left until FitZ caught him with a right !
in the stomach. Then Jack was eau
tious. They swung their rights at the
same instant O'Brien landed first and
Fitz went down. He staggered when
he got up. O'Brien struck him several
body blows and F'itz overreached while
swinging the right Fitz was in a bad
way apparently.
Round 90 Brien swung his left to
Fits eyes, cutting a cash. He ducked
and clinched when Fitz tried with a
right O'Brien jabbed Fitz in the face
with the left and ducked under left
swing. O'Brien placed left to ribs and
clinch ed. Fitz hit O'Brien on the stOm-
ach with the right. but there was no
force in the blow o Brien's face wore
a confident look as he skipped around
the COrnishman. Jack soaked Fitz
with right in the body and then nail
ed him with q straight left and two
hard rights on the jaw. Fits face was
badly marked as he went to his corner.
Round 10-Fitz blocked a right and
they clinched- O'Brien ducked aWav
from a left hook Jack caught Fitz with
a straight left on the face and swung
the right on the cheek after avoiding
Fits swing. F'itz rammed his right in
the ribs as O'Brien came toward him
but it did not seem TO have the usual
weight behind it. O'Brien kept jumping
in and shooting straight lefts to Fits
face. meanwhile drawing back from
Fitzs left hooks and jolts. Fitz nailed
0'Brien with another Highlander in
the ribs. 1t was a hard one this time
and Jack clinched and held on.
Round 11-Jaek clinched and then
crOuched as F'itz swung. Jack came
forward again. crouching. He put in a
straight left, then F5tz caught him with
two let's on the face and q right on the
stomach O'Brien hung on in a cIinch
and some Of Fitzss blows passed ever
him and the crowd ENCOURAGED Bob wiz,
yels. Between cllnches O Brien sent in