The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
.LANKY BOB IS BEATEN OBrien WOrStS COrbett'S COnquerOr. WENT THIRTEEN ROUNDS Philadelphian Licks Prize
 Rings Veteran. Men Who Relinquished Little To Jeff fries, Collapsed After standing Attack of Younger and More
 Active Opponent.


 San Francisco. Dec. 2o.--Robert Fitzsimmons collapsed at the close of the thirteenth round of his fight with
 Jack O'Brien. He nac fought hard. but nature could no longer stand the strain and after the gong had sound ed for the close of the thirteenth round he walked to his corner and sat in his chair.
 Then his head fell over on his breast, lis whole body collapsed and the fight ing wonder of the age was "all in.' | Referee Graney saw his condition and awarded the fight to O'Brien. While punched in the face and badly cut up and several times in jeopardy. Fitzsim- mons always managed to come to and resume the fight. Just at the close of the thirteenth round he landed a left on O'Brien's stomach. but the l Philadelphian came back with similar blows and followed it with a left to the jaw. The gong rang for the close of l the round and Fitzsimmons walked to his corner. As he sat down he said to Graney: Eddie. he hit me in the sto- mach and 1t is all over"
 Then his head sank and Bob Fitz- I simmons was defeated. Referee Gran ey said:
 | "Fitzsimmons showed his class ' old man stood up and took his punish ment. Occasionally he showed flash of his old time form, but his strength could not last"
 After the fight had been awarded to O'Brien, Fitzslmmons slipped to the floor and lay prostrated in the ring. l There was a call for a doctor, as 1t was seen that he was in state of collapse. He revived, however, in l few minutes and with the assistance. of his seconds was able to leave the ring.
 oBrien gave remarkable exhibi- | ton of sparring and foot work He tucked lodged and side-stepped in a manner that was bewildering. Fitz- simmons would swing and find only the | empty air, and several times nearly | went through the ropes from the force of his misspent blows.s-- &rf s
 o'Brien would straighten up and dash In a wicked, cutting left, which. while not possessing knock-down force. was sufficient to jar the old gla- diator. F'ftzsimmons had the sympathy of l the enormous crowd. which jeered and | missed O'Brien when he tucked and ran away. But the Philadelphia man had laid out his plans of battle and could not be coerced into maintaining things with the old fighter. who was known to possess a dangerous punch. | Before Fitzsimmons left the ring he made a little speech, in which he said that he had done his best. He said he had fought his last fight.
 Odds shifted Quickly. When Fitzsimmons and ''Philadel- phia" Jack O'Brien entered the ring at Mechanics Pavilion to battle for the lightweight honors, O'Brien was fa- vorite in the betting at 10 to 6. The shifting of odds for the Philadelphian to favoritism came rather suddenly. At late hour this afternoon the Cornish man was a pronounced first choice due to many large bets, which had been placed early In the week. OBrien's supporters then materialized in unex- pected number and at o'clock this afternoon the orders were at evens The large blocks of O'Brien money continued to roll into the pool sellers boxes and the price was quickly cut to 10 to in o'Brien's favor.
 The men had agreed to fight at catch weights. o'Brien gave out his weigh at 165 pounds. while Fitzsim- mons is said to have tipped the beam , at 15S.
 Mechanics Pavilion held one of the greatest crowds in its history. The galleries bulged with a congested mass of humanity and hundreds were denied admission to the upper part of the | house. On the main floor every seat | was occupied Two four round pre- liminaries preceded the feature event |
 In the first round not more than | four blows were exchanged. O'Brien | contented himself with dancing about | with Fitzsimmons following but seldom | attempting to land.
 In the second round Fitzsimmons crouched low and after O'Brien had | missed left for the face, whipped his left and right to the face and Fitzsim-
 
 and right to the face and body. Fitz- simmons drove CSBrien into corner and then cleverly ducked a hard left | intended for the jaw. In the break that followed Fitzsimmons got in a lit- tie uppercut to the jaw. O'Brien sud- denly shot his left to the jaw and catching Fitzsimmons of his balance, drove right and left to the face and then clinched. o'Brien was very quick, Fitzsimmons missing him a foot at times. Fitzsimmons showed up his right to the face and O'Brien counter- ed with short arm jab as the bell rang.
 Round Three.-As OBrien backed away Fitzsimmons caught him with a hard left on the jaw and a moment later shot his left to the face. Fitz- simmons drove left hard to the solar plexus and mixing it, worked his left to the face. OBrien just as the bell rang shot a left that caught Fitzsim- mons on the nose and sent him to the floor. It was not clean blow, being more of a push.
 Round A. o'BrIen forced Fitzsim- mons nearly through the ropes with A rush and Fitzsimmons fell on his left knee He was up quickly and put a stiff left over o'Brien's eye. O'Brien then drew blood from Fitzslmmons' mouth and nose.
 Fitz Bleeding PrOfuseIy.
 Round ,. o'Brien planted his left quickly to Fitzsimmons' sore face and a moment later drove two more lefts to the same place. OBrjen begged away with his left and Fitzsimmons again bled profusely from mouth and nose. Finally Fitzsimmons caught OBrien over the mouth. bringing blood. o'Brien put in two lefts. but { countered with hard right and left to jaw.
 Round 6. F1tzsimmons met OBrien with a crushing left as the latter led, but the blow was partly blocked. Fitz- simmons returned two straight left jabs on the face and after missing right and left for the jaw. landed a ] right swing on the ear,
 Round '. o'Bvicn planted a right