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along with a straight let pumping il
into Fitz' face Fitz tried stiff arm
pdnC hes, but O'Brien covered them and
sill dealt in straight lefts, which
brought blood. Fitz got in a short jolt
o. the neck, but there was no force be-
bind it, O'Brien seemed to. have no
fear Of F'itZ now. He smashed hard
rights into the veterans wind and
easily escaped Fitz' counters.
ROUND SIE.-O'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
Fftz missed several times with the
right O'Brien stood in again and
roked Fftz in the face with straight
lefts. Fftz tried repeatedly with an
overland right, but kept missing. He
! fell to his knees at the ropes while
, striking at O'Brien.
ROUND SEVEN.-Fitz strobe after
. Q RrieH, who Cancel around. Jack put
IN st aight left and ducked rapidly
as Fftz swung with both hands.
O'Brien jumped in with four straight
lefts in succession. Fitz caught him
! one right in the body and a left on
the side of the head, and there were
roars of satisfaction from Fitz adher-
ents. Jack Jumped away from y tight
place near the ropes and met Fitz with
ii straight left as Bob went after him.
Fitz caught O'Brien stiff right under
the heart and followed it with a left in
the stomach, and Spider Kelly yelled
to O'Brien to steady himself Fitz'
right eye is puffed.
ROUND EIGHT.-OBrien used
straight left until Fitz caught him a
right in the stomach. Then Jack was
cautious. They swung their rights at
the same instant, O'Brien landing first
and Fitz went down. He staggered
when he got up. O'Brien struck him
several body blows and Fitz overreach-
ed while swinging the right. Fitz was
in a bad way apparently.
ROUND NINE.-O'Brien swung
left on the eye, cutting a cash. He
ducked and clinched when F'itZ tried
with a right. O'Brien jabbed F,tz in
the face with the left and duckad I'M
der a left swing. O'Brien placed q
right on the ribs and they clinened.
F'itz raped O'Brien on the stomach
with the right, but there was no force
in the blow. OBrien's face wore a
confident look as he skipped around
the Cornishman. Jack soaked Fftz
with right in the body and then
nailed him with a straight left and
two hard rights on the jaw. Fftz'
face was badly marked as he went to
his corner and his legs dragged
ROUND TEN.-Fitz blocked a left
and they clinched. O'Brien ducked
away from a left hook. Jack caught
Fftz with a straight left on the face
and swung the left on the cheek after
avoiding a FitZsmmons swing. Fitz
ra1nmed his right in the ribs as O'Bri-
en- came toward him, but it didn't
seem to have the usual weight behind
it. O'Brien kept jumping in the air
and shooting straight lefts into F'itz'
face, meanwhile drawing back from
Fitzsimmons' left hooks and jolts.
Fitz nailed O'Brien with another
Highlander upon the ribs. It was
hard one this time. Jack clinched and
held on.
ROUND ELEVEN.-Jack came for
ward crouching as though remember
ing the right-hand body blow. He put
in a straight left, then Fitz caught him
two lefts on the face and a right on
the stomach. O'Brien hung on in a
clinch. and some of Fitz' admirers
stood up to encourage Bob with yells.
Between clinches O'Brien sent in left
facers and ran around the ring, the
crowd hooting him. Fitz dealt him
one Furnishing Highlander in the
stomach and Jack held on all the hard
er. When they broke, O'Brien rush
ed Fitz to the ropes. The crowd was
yelling for Fitz as the men went to
their corners; but O'Brien did not ap-
pear to be hurt
ROUND TWELVE.-O'Brien was
there with a straight left and they
clinched. O'Brien forced Fitz to the |
ropes with left facers. F'itz reached |
O'Briens face with the left. The crowd |
hooted O'Brien for running, but when |
Jack stood and fought he did great |
damage with his straight left. Fitz |
reached the rib again with the right |
and was repaid with two straight lefts. |
O'Brien sfdestepped and broke away |
cleverly when Fitz tried to corner him.
The gallery hooted O'Brien for his
cleverness. O'Brien then stood in close
and tilted Fftz' head a number of
times with Ieft-handers. Fitz was I'M
able to land on the nimble PhiladeI- |
phian.
ROUND THIRTEEN-Jack danced |
from side to side and sent in left
facers. Fitz swung his left on Jacks
jaw and they clinched, O'Brien feint-
ed Fitz and punched him twice in the
face with the left. Bob tried hard to
catch his man with left hooks. Jack
either ducked or blocked the blows.
He stopped a right body blow with his
elbow and cIinched The crowd cheer
ed Fitz and hooted Jack for holding
on. Fitz scored solid right handler
on the body and Jack mixed it, get
ting home with the left on the body
and a fierce left on Fitz' swollen lips.
Fitzsmmons was bent over as he
went 20 his corner and as he sat in
his chair he collapsed and slid to the
floor.
Referee Graney had his attention
drawn to Fitz' plight by Spider KEEL
ly and when he convinced himself that
the Cornishman was unable to fight
longer he awarded the decision to
O'Brien.