The Washington times., 1905-12-21

rev times with slashing left handler:
ana poor Bob's countenance was puffed
ana bleeding After a while o. Briel
seemed to be thoroughly imbued with
| confidence. He took chances and Fit5
! was able 20 counter him. but by this
| time the far-famed FitZsimmons blow
| had lost its force
Ihe Philadelphian boxed his man much
as he boxed Kaufman. He did the bulk
| OF the damage with straight iefts and
ne skipped and see-sawed and swooped
under stiff arm punches. any one OF
,Whlcn would have ended the fight II il
had only landed. That O'Brien's lefts
were not love taps was first noted In the
third round, when Fitzsimmons stagger-
ed back from punch that caught him
/ fairly between the eyes Fitzsimmons
pulled himself together in a jiffy and
carried o Brien to the ropes. When
q Brien freed himself from the mfx-up
it was seen where his forehead had been
scraped with a left hook.
Be careful. Jack. be careful. cried
the watchful Spider Kelly. A few
seconds later another plunging left from
- Brien Knocked Fitzsimmons fiat on
his back
When Fitzsimmons came up for the
fourth round. he was bent on resenting
these indignities. He fairly few at the
Cornishman's impetus that he threw
himself 10 his knees against the ropes
while trying giant swings.
Jacks Clever Dodging.
It was in the fifth that o'Brien began
to stand close and risk being countered
His seconds kept warning him, but his
head was ducking this way and that in
avoidance of Fitzsimmons' hooks and
jolts, the while Jack kept smashing
away at Bob with his right. O'Brien
varied his style II may have been in
the sixth round that the fast pace tired
him a trifie. but in any case he rested
his arms and not his feet
The crowd was with FitzsimmOnS and
IL jeered O'Brien for declining the Issue
Once Jack was hooted after getting
out of a tight place on the ropes. AS
a matter of fact he should have been
cheered for his extremely clever manner
OF lodging the crushing blows aimed
at him.
Fitzsimmons nailed Jack with right
hand body blows in rounds six and
seven and the Fitzsimmons men in the
crowd jumped to their feet and urged
Bob on A study of O'Brien's facial
expression made it plain TO the. writer
that FitzSimmOns punches had lost
their force. however, and for that mat
ter O Brien showed the greater mower
an exchange of rights, Fitz was sent
to the floor with a crack on the jaw.
If ever a man fought an uphill fight,
Fitzsimmons did in the last few rounds
His eyes were in such a condition that
he could not see and the constant pump
ing Of O'Brien's left kept the blood
running in little riVulcts from the Cor
nishmans mouth and nose. What kept
heart in FitZsimmOns no doubt was the
recollection of what one punch has done
for him on desperate occasions in the
past. Ii was the feeling that F'itz might
turn the tide of the battle with a single
blow that kept the interest at simmer
ing point.
1t looked 70 me. though. as IL the
spectators were giving undue weight TO
what Fit= did. The blows with which
Ra1 Tl-fa nf ~ fhsaI
old-time Fitzsimmons brand. II was
nevertheless to FitZ to hear
the yelps Of approval that every punch
he delivered brought forth O'Brien was
not at all discounted by the partiality
shown the COrnishman.
O'Brien cut out the fight 10 suit
himself. When he loOsened up he slash
ed FitZslmmons face 10 ribbons and
VIXEN he took TO ducking and side
stepping. he escaped ten punches for
every one that reached him. The hard
est blow that Fitzsimmons sent in
my way of thinking. was a right under
the heart I'm the tenth round. In the
next round Jack came up crouching as
though fearing a similar visitation, and
for the balance OF the round in ques-
ton FitZsiEmons was extremely busy
trying to repeat the dose.
In the last two rounds OBrien kept !
sending in left handlers on Fitzsimmons'
iama ged face. and Fitz seemed unable |
to counter with any effect. The last
battling at close range. and IL was /
iuring this mix-up that O'Brien reached /
Fitz hard on both face and body.