The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-21
OLD BOB FITZSIMMONS
 COLLAPSES IN THE RING
O'RRIEY AWARDED FIGHT 1T END OF THIRTEENTH
 ROUND.

Former Champion Fights Hard But Nn-
 ture Fails to stand the strain-FaIIS
 PrOstrate on the Floor While Sitting in His Corner and is Unable Ito Con-
 tinue-DecIares He Did the Best He
 Could and Has Fought His Last
 FEght-o'Brien Puts Up Clever Ex-
 hibitiOn.
 San Francisco, Dec. 2O.-Robert Fitz- simmons collapsed at the close of the thirteenth round of his fight with Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia tonight He had fought hard, but nature could not longer stand the strain. and after the gong had sounded for the close of the thirteenth round he walked to his cor ner and sat in his chair. Then his head fell over on his breast, his whole body collapsed and he was unable to pro- ceed. Referee Graney saw his condi- ton and awarded the fight to o'Braen.
 While pounded in the face and sey- eral times in jeopardy Fitzsimmons al- ways fanaged to come to and resume the fight, Just at the close of the thirteenth round he landed left on O'Brien's stomach, but the Philadel- phian came back with a similar blow and followed it with a left to the jaw. The gong rang for the close of the round and Fitzsimmons walked to his corner. As he sat down he said to Graney: Eddie, he hit me in the stom- ach and it'is all over Then his head sank, and Bob Fitzsimmons was de- feated. #S..@,. V.
 Referee Graney said: "Fitzsimmons showed his class. o'Brien is a wonder ful, boxer and the old man stood up and took his punishment. Occasionally he showed a flash of his old time form, but his strength could not last Z
 After the fight had been awarded to o'Brien Fftz slipped to the floor and lay prostrate in the ring. There was a call for a doctor, as it was seen that Fitzsimmons was in state of collapse. He revived, however, in a few minutes and with the assistance of his seconds, he was able to leave the ring.
 0'Brien gave a remarkable exhibition of sparring and footwork. He ducked, dodged and sidestepped in d manner that was bewildering. Fitz would swing and find only space several time nearly going through the ropes from the force of his misspent blow
 o'Brien would straighten Up and dash in wicked cutting left which, while not possessing knockdoWn force, was sufficient to trouble the former cham pion. Fitz had the sympathy of the enormous crowd which jeered and hiss ed O'Brien when he cuckad and ran away, But the Philadelphia man had lai dout his plan of battle and could not be coerced into mixing things with the older fighter who was known to pos sess= a dangerous punch.
 Before Fitzsfmmons left the ring he made Q little speech in which he said st7lat he had done his best He said he had fought his last fight.
 E Fight by Rounds.
 Tn the first round not more than four blows were exchanged. O Brien con- tented himself with dancing about, with Fitzsimmons following, but sell dom attempting to land.
 In the second round F'itz crouched low, and after 0'Brien had missed left for the face he whipped his left and right to the face and Fitz landed a straight left to the face and body. He then drove O'Brien into a corner and then cleverly ducked a left intended for the jaw. In the break that followed Fitz got in a light uppercut to the jaw. OBrien suddenly shot his left to the jaw, and, catching Fitz off his balance, drove right and left to the face and then clinched O'Brien was very quick, Fftz missing him foot at times. Fitz showed his right to the face and OsBrien countered with a short arm jab as the bell rang.
 Round S--As OBrien backed away Fitz caught him with hard left on the jaw and a moment later shot his left to the face. F1tz drove left hard to the solar plexus, and, mixing 1t, worked his left to the face. O'Brien, left that caught Fitz on the nose and sent him to the floor. It was not q clean blow, being more of push.
 Round 4G-o'Brien forced Fltz to the ropes with rush and Fitz fell on his left knee. He was up quiolaly and put a stiff left over O'BrieGls eye. O'Brien then drew blood from Fltz's mouth and nose.
 Round t5-O'Brien planted his lef quickly to Fitz's sore fape and mos s1nent later drove two more tsftH *o the same place. o'BHen begged away with his left and F,,it1 again bled progusely from mouth and nose. Finally Ftz caught o'Brien over the mouth, bring ing blood from his mouth. o'Brien put in two lefts, but Fitz countered with q hard right and left to the jaw
 Round 6-Fitz met o'Brien with a crushing left as the latter led, but tho blow was partly blocked. FttE took two straight left jabs on the face, end after missing right and left for the jaw landed right swing on the ear.
 Round T--O'Brien planted right over the kidney and quicK as a flash worked right and left swings to the jaw F1tz went after oBrden sending left to fact and stiff right uppercut to the body. Fitz put left to o'Brien's fact and fol. lowed it with right swing to the body, but O'Brien countered with two wick ed rights to the fact, one of which raised big lump over Fitz's right eye.
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