Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-06-18


BODY AT TIE END or MY ARM.
came together I rushed. and FItz avoid
ed me and kept out Of danger. Then
We both settled down 90 work There
wasn't much doing that first round.
except that / had a chance To realize
Fitzsimmons' strength by the way he
pushed me away from a clinch. He
seemed stronger than Sharkey. Later
on in the fight, from the way ne hit.
l should judge that he was a third as
strong again as the sallor-yes. at least
a third.
In the second round ] began cutting
loose. punched the champion two or
three good ones In the body. and he
clinched. ! pulled his arms down and
tossed him away. lie came back with
rush, but was swinging wild.
caught him on the ear with "A right.
and Fitz stepped away and scratched
his head with his glove. laughing.
Look out. Jim: he's bmmng." Ryan
called from my corner. But was
doing my own fighting now. ] jumped
IN as suddenly as / could and shot my
left INST straight 90 the champions
jaw. I could feel the weight OF Rob's
body at the end OF my arm. The
punch lifted him fairly from his feet
and dropped him Hat on his back on
the floor.
Afterward when FitzSimmons told
Martin Julian he was "drugged" when
he fought me Julian said:
Yes, Bob. that punch Jen hit you
In the second round drugged you all
right"
After that round fought like a ma
chine, doing my work steadily. Keep
that right hand down. Use it for the
body" Billy Delaney told me in my
corner. Fitz, sore over having been
knocked down and beginning 10 re-
alize that he was up against a hard
proposition instead OF a big dub"
began walking into me and trying
hook after hook. He didn't go for the
body much. Almost all 81 his blows
were sent for my jaw. Many of them
I blocked or ducked. but few reach
ed me. and the champion surely could
hit In the middle OF the fourth round
/ dropped the crouch for moment
and Strengthened up 10 slug. and then
as FitzSimmons whirled into me /
bent over and drove my right into his
ribs SO hard that he went down TO
his knees and stayed there five sec
onds. l waited and gave him plenty
OF time, and we were taking IL easy
when the bell rang
From that time on I used the right
and the left for the body hard and
often. and l could see Fitzsimmons
gradually weakening He began TO
know after awhile that nearly every
rush would end by my getting In a
hard punch along the edge OF his ribs,
yet he never stayed away and never
stopped trying. The way he recuperat-
ed In every minutes rest after going
TO his corner tired and wabbly was as
tonishing. No matter how weak ne
was at the end OF round. he always
came up strong and full OF fight for
the next one.
In the seventh round. I think it was.
Bob landed a terrible right handler in
the pit OF my stomach. II was as hard
as the blow he finished Corbett with
at Carson. Lucky for me. I had
thick layer of muscle to bounce the
blow or. II hurt. but IL didn't stop
me or slow me up very much. although
1t made my legs feel heavy for a mo
ment
The amount OF punching Bob could
take was a wonder. In the eighth.
after landing a bunch OF hard blows
on his ribs. 1 sent in one that lifted
him from the floor and nearly threw
him over the ropes. Yet Fitz came
back at me grinslng as II he liked 1t
and trying TO knock my head on. Il
had a big cut over one eye. and his
swings opened 1t fresh every round
Still I wasr't catting cut mn rho vv.-