Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
.FITz GOES OUT
IN Thirteenth
E%x-ChampiOn, Hard Hit, Col.
Iapsed-- O Brien Was Too Much
for the COrniShman.

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 We're 10 to 8 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 ut 1913
pounds.
Mechanics pavilion held one of The
greatest crowds in its history. Both
men looked fit enough as they entered
the ring.
In the opening rounds only a few
blows We're exchanged. O'Brien II
tented himself with dancing about,
with Fitzsimmons following, but sell
dom attempting to land.
Fitzsimmons crouched low, and after
O'Brien had missed for the face he
whipped his left and right to the face,
ullu ElLLSiIil1llollb llNAC iGiNN
to the face and body. He then drove
O'Brien into a corner and then clever
ly ducked a left intended for the jaw.
In the break that followed Titzslm-
mons got in a light uppercut to the
jaw. O'Brien suddenly shot his left to
the jaw and, catching Fitzslmmons off
his balance, drove right and left to the
face md her clinched. O'Brien was
very quick, Fitzsimmons missing him Il
foot at times. Fitzslmmons showed his
right to the face, and O'Brien III
tered with a short arm jab as the bell
rang.
In one of the decisive rounds, the
tenth, O'Brien met Fitzsimmons with a
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 n
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 a
clinch. Fitzsimmons' two heart punch
es in this round were the best of he
fight.
FitZsimmons in q mix in the eleventh
round drove O'Brien to the ropes with
IL terrific right. O'Brien landed two
upper cuts. FitZsimmons complained
to the referee that O'Brien was hit
ting low. The crowd Missed. FitZ-
simmons forced O'Brien to the ropes.
Fitzsimmons chased his man around
the ring. landing a straight left to the
face.
After Fitzsimmons in the twelfth
round had forced O'Brien into a neu-
trail corner O'Brien electrified the
crowd with some fine work, during
which he shot three hard lefts to FitZ-
simmons face and blocked all at
tempts of Bob to counter.
In n miXup in the final round Fitz-
simmons suddenly drove a fearful
right to the body and then a terrific
hook to the face. O'Brien, however,
retaliated with Il 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
oyer 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. 1t appeared
that he was seized with a sudden
fainting 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
his sea- after the thirteenth round.
When Referee Graney saw Fitzsim-
mons condition he Immediately award
ed the contest to O'Brien.
O'Brien gave Il remarkable exhibit
ton of sparring and footwork. He
ducked. lodged and sidestepped in a
manner that was b~ewildering.
Before FitZsimmons left the ring he
acknowledged himself beaten and said
he had fought his last fight.
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