Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-21
THE PUGILISTS
RUBY ROB LOST
The Grand Old Man of the Prize Ring After a Game Fight Col
 lapsed in Corner.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-When
 Robert Fitzsimmons and philadelphia
 Jack" O'Brien entered the ring last
 night at Mechanics pavilion to fight
 for the light heavyweight honors large
 blocks of O'Brien money were rolled
 into the pool sellers boxes and the
 odds at the ring side were 10 to in
 O'Brien's favor.
 The men had agreed to fight at catch
 weights. O'Brien gave out his weight
 at 165 pounds. while Fitzsimmons is
 said to have tipped the scales at 15S
 pounds. .. Mechanics pavilion held one of the
 greatest crowds in it's history. Both | men looked fit enough as they entered | the ring. | In the opening rounds only few
 blows were exchanged. O'Brien con-
 tented himself with dancing about,
 with Fitzsimmons following, but sell
 dom attempting to land.
 | Fitzsimmons crouched low, and after OBrien had missed for the face he
 whipped his left and right to the face,
 and Fitzsimmons landed straight lefts
 to the face and body. He then drove O'Brien into a corner and then clever ly ducked left intended for the jaw.
 In the break that followed Fitzslm- mons got in a light uppercut to the jaw. O'Brien suddenly shot his left to the jaw and, catching Fitzsimmons off his balance, drove right and left to the face and then clinched. O'Brien was very quick, Fitzsimmons missing him foot at times. Fitzsimmons showed his right to the face, and OBrien coun- tered with short arm jab as the bell rang.
 In one of the decisive rounds, the tenth, O'Brien met Fitzsimmons with straight jab on the face, but Fitzsim- mons retaliated with a powerful right over the heart and swung his left to the face. O'Brien shot in two lefts to the face as Fitzsimmons missed a right swing and quickly jabbed his left over the mouth. Suddenly Fitzsim- mons hooked his right with great force over the heart, forcing O'Brien to clinch. Fitzsimmons' two heart punch es in this round were the best of the fight.
 Fitzsimmons in mix in the eleventh round drove O'Brien to the ropes with a terrific right. O'Brien landed two upper cuts. Fitzsimmons complained to the referee that 0'Brien was hit ting low. The crowd hissed. Fitz- simmons forced O'Brien to Gthe nropes. FitxsimmoIls chased his man around the ring, landing straight left to the face.
 After Fitzsimmons in the twelfth round had forced O'Brien into a neu- tral corner O'Brien electrified the crowd with some fine work, during which he shot three hard lefts to Fitz- simmons face and blocked all st. tempts of Bob to counter
 In mixup in the final round Fits- simmons suddenly drove a fearful right to the body and then terrific hook to the face. 0'Brien, however, retaliated with hard left uppercut to the jaw. Fitzsimmons then planted a hard left to the body, and they mixed it, both landing right and left blows over the heart.
 After Fitzsimmons went to his cor ner he suddenly collapsed, falling to the floor. Blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and it was seen that | he was badly hurt. A doctor was hastily summoned. Fitzsimmons was | able to rise unassisted shortly after ward and left the ring. It appeared | that he was seized with a sudden | fit and hemorrhage as his seconds were working over him to prepare for the next round. There was nothing to indicate that Fitzsim- mons was in distress when he took bis seat after the thirteenth round. When Referee Graney saw Fitzsim- mons condition he immediately award d the contest to O'Brien.
 0'Brien gave a remarkable exhibi- ton of sparring and footwork. He tucked. dodged and sidestepped in a manner that was bewildering.
 Before Fitzsimmons left the ring he himself beaten and said 1e had fought his last fight.
 The gate receipts of the Fitzsim- 'Brien fight last night were s16,407. Of this sum 60 per cent went -o the fighters. the winner receiving T5 per cent of the 60 per cent and the oser getting 9 per cent. It was the argest crowd that has attended any fight in San Francisco.