The Washington times., 1910-04-05
iHo By the Associated Literary States.

hawk The CornishTan crouched pan
therlike. as II 70 spring when he saw an
opening After circling a moment Cor
bett flashed In and jabted Fltzsimmons
on the mouth, and the fight was on.
t1tz, clnching a second. turned 10 where
his wife sat In box and nodded TO her
encouragingly.
There's not much use IN writing down
al Of that fight I saw and remember
20 this Gay every b'sw struck. 7 can
shut my eyes and. see It az over again.
and many time I've do c II when
was studying out a blow or d neat piece
of footwork
The first round was all fast. pretty
! work, with no very heavy blows deiiv-
cred. Each man was trying 10 study out
, the others style. Each had seen the
I Other night and was not 70 be fooled
easily Neither cared 10 take a desper-
ate chance, although FltZsimmOns was
apparently the more careless Of the two.
Corbett danced and jabbed steadily,
/ FltZsimmOns, his face REDEEMED by the
I blows. only grinned and waited his
chance be wasn't one Of those fighters
Hho. Ike Corhett. gradually wore their
men down. He was terrific hitter.
VINO won with 4 suGGeu knockout Cor
bett knew this ana he was wary as a
fox On, II was pretty the way they
Wdtcne1 each other and rnea sured eacu
; lead 10 the fraction or an inch AT the
end OF the round COIbeIr danced hack
3 - his corner laughing. flushed and con
ldent. F1tz stood VI in his as IL he
: Gldn't even care 70 rest himself BY sit
Z ting down.
I And so the night went along. Cor
I bett. growing bolder, was gradually
cutting and tearing al Fitzsimmons
I with left and right as he found his
l openings. Fltzsimmons landed a hard
/ blow on Jim ? mouth, and I could see a
face for moment His lips had been
! cut, but he would not Show first
Z blood He Jabbed at Eft- until a tiny
Z stream 0f crimson friclSle1 from his
J nperately Spit the blood from his own
4 mouth
| Fltzsimmons was making a mistake,
/ and Co@oett could see II as well as auv
! man az the rinSslde. Whenever he was
I nit hard the freckled fighter turned his
( head toward his corner and grinned ~
I MS VIE 70 show her he was unhurt.
! Each time that he turned Corbett
: caught him heavily with a lam, but hl
I cldnt step IN close, for Fitzsiuuons
/ was notedly crafty. and il might be one
. OF MS tricks 10 draw the more clever
( man within range
Fitz Is Unsteady.
/ In the sixth round that rapid fire Of
| 5abs and short right handlers 10 the
Z
| champion moved unsteadIIy on h.s !eu-
! and seemed worried His faca vas
I sIueared with blood Corbett was hEnt-
I ing uarder-hitt.nE harder and more
. confidently At last F1tz stepped into
! a cluch. took a blow in the body and
slipped down 20 his hands and knees
/ There he sat up deliberately on his
| knees and cleared his throat Of the
: blood that was strangunE and sicken-
ing him He took tie count OF nine
( and rose. Co-oerr hsC waitei delib-
erately. Instead Of rushing j wildly
. and trying 10 beat FitZsimmCns CCWr
again In a hurry. 6s mos r. H-ers dc
? when they have q --z-- - tTgt 1e t-ch
his tirre. feinr=d and jabtel -areFully
: while his enemy reeled aW-aH- " - 70
jubiiant, bI.J foxy. old Billy -
! the veteran, called % CorrCl
I shauming. Jim. Look out"
Just then the hell rang and
= mons. reeIing To his Cor-rT Ike a - -
en- man, fell into his chair We R--t
busy on COrbeJJ IN an instant. BIT
! stealing a glance scross the w.
could see frantic towels waving = the
/ corner across the ring Evidently Fitz-
I simmons seconds were furried. In oul
! corner Jim sat I'D straight. Laughing
and cracking jokes with his friends al
the side of the ring He looked an easy