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eel U Brlen when ne uuCheu anu Idl
 away. But the Philadelphia man had
 laid out his plan of battle and could
 not be coerced into mixing things with
 the old fighter, who was known to pos
 sess a dangerous punch.
 Before Fitzsimmons left the ring he
 made a little speech in which he said
 he had done his best. He said he had
 fought his last fight
 In the first round not more than four
 blows were exchanged. O'Brien con-
 tented himself with dancing about with
 Fitzsimmons following, but seldom at
 tempted to land.
 In the second round Fitzsimmons | crouched low and after OBrien had
 missed a left for the face, he whip ped his left and right to the face and i Fitzsimmons partially landed straight
 left and right to the face and body. l Fitzsimmons drove OBrien into a cor
 Ter and then cleverly ducked hard l left intended for the jaw. In the
 break that followed Fitzsimmons got
 in a slight uppercut to the face i O'Brien suddenly shot his left 10 the ! face and, catching FitzsimmOns off his
 balance, drove right and left to the l face and they clinched. O'Brien was
 very quick, ITtzsimmOns missing him a foot at times Fitzsimmons snoved
 his right to tha face and O'Brien coun- 1 tered with short arm jab as the
 bell rang.
 | Round 3. Al O'Brien backed away Fitzsimmons caught him with a hard 1 left upon the jaw and moment later | shot his left to face. Fftzsimmons
 drove his left hard to solar p!exus and,
 missing it, worked his left to the face. | O'Brien just as the bell rang, shot | straight left that caught Fitzsimmons on the nose and sent him to the floor.
 It was not a clean blow, however, being
 more of a push.
 | Round 4 O'Brien forced Fitzsim-
 mons nearly through the ropes with | a rush and Fitzsimmons fell heavily | on his knee. He was up quickly and
 then put a stiff left over O'Brien's eye.
 O'Brien drew blood from Fitzsimmons
 mouth and nose. It was OBlen round.
 Round 5. O'Brien planted his left quickly to Fitzsimmons' sore face, and
 a moment later drove two more lefts To the same place. O'BIi5n begged away
 with his left and Fitzsimmons again bled profusely fro mthe mouth and
 nose. Finally FitzsimmOns caught ! O'Brien over the mouth, bringing
 blood from his mouth. O'Brien put in two lefts, but Fitzsimmons oounteTed
 with telling right and left swings to
 the jaw.
 Round 6. FitzsimmOns met O'Brien
 with a crushing left as the latter led'
 the blow being partly blocked. F1tz- Y simmons received two straight left JaOS on the face and after missing right and
 left swings for the jaw landed right
 swing to the ear. O'Brien continued
 to display wonderful foot worK, but
 eased up considerably Cn his aggres- sive work. Fitzsimmons then missed a fearful right for the jaw and went
 to his knees from the force of the mlSs-
 ed blow.
 Round I. O'Brien planted a right
 over the kidneys and as quick as
 flash worked right and left swings to
 the jaw. Fitzsimmons, however, went . after O'Brien, sending a left to the face and followed it with right swing to the body. but O'Brien countered . with two wicked right smashes to th1 face. one of which raised a big lump . over Bob's right eye.
 ? Round 8. O'Brien drove a straight left to the face. Fitzsimmons worked :. his left to the jaw twice and O'Brien : was cautioned for holding. O'Brien ripped in a nasty left over the eye ] and a moment later floored Fttzsim- ! mons with a stiff right to the jaw. Bop came up apparently .groggy OBrlen then drove his left to the body and
 forced his man again to the ropes with
 two hard lefts to the face. As the rouhd
 ended. Fitzsimmons appeared to recup- \ crate but went to his corner rather l unsteadily. It was O'Brien's round by a biz margin.
 I Round 9. Both appeared tired at thls e+age and Fftzsimmons' face pres-n.e1 e1 4 bIoodv sight. O'Brien, afte- hooking I terrible right to the jaw, followed 3 if with two wicked uppercuts and as 4 the bell rang nearly raised Fitzsimmons I off the floor with a right hook to the ! jaw. Round 10. O'Brien met Fitzsimmon: E with a straight jab on the face bu q Fitzsimmons retal,ate1 with a powe flu q right over the heart and swung h. left to the face OBrien shot in two ' Iefts to the face as Fitzsimmons m ss- ed q right swing and quickly jabbeC bie left over the mouth. Suddenly FitzsimmOls hooked his right witt great force over the heart, forclnE z O'Brien to clinch. Fitzsimmons tW' heart punches in this round were tn Fl best of the fight.
 Round Il. F1tzSlmmOnS III d Al-A E drove O'Brien to the ropes with & terrific right O'Brien landed two up 6 percuts. FitzsimmOls complained t' q the referee that O'Brien was hitinl z low. The crowd hissed. Fitzs mmon z forced O'Brien to the ropes. Fitzsiln q mons chased h,s man around the ring q landing a straight left to the face. Round 12. After Fitzsimmons h2' E forced O'Brien into neutral corner q O'Brien electrified the crowd wit A some fine work during which he sho H three lefts to Fitzsimmons' face an . blocked all attempts of Bob to coun # ter.
 q Round 13. In a m.x-up Fitzzimmon E euddenIy drove a fearful ght 10 tn S body and then a terrific hook with tn M left to the face. O'Briea however re N taliated with a hard left upper cut | % the jaw. FitzsimmOns then planted Fl hard let to the body and they m Xed l S both landing right and left blows ove H the heart As Fitzsimmons went |
 his corner he suddenly collapsed, fal
 ing to the floor. Blood flowe1 from hi M mouth and nose and it was seen th1 IF