The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05

! siderable stretching to include the lower
limbs OF Fitzsimmons. They were al
most painfully thin and they splayed out
| from the knees like the props OF a TRIPOD.
peared. those legs. with the generous al
| lotment of feet. made a perfect hitting
foundation. bracinG the body and form
Ing a firm base OF operations
Above the waist Fitzsimmons was tho
! combination OF the best points OF twenty
| champions His upper structure resem-
bled nothing in the world so much as
an acc OF hearts. tapering TO a waist
| that a cloak model might envy. and
| spreading INTO a masnicent chest and
massive shoulders, padded deep with
muscle. The line of the shoulders ran
| smoothly into arms OF phenomenal length
| and power. His neck was short, solid
and strongly set. supporting small head
| that could have vithstood quite as much
pounding the smiths own anvil, His
height was five feet eleven and o half
inches. In his early career he fought at
about 150 pounds, later up to l10 though
usually at 165.
On entering the ring the men looked
each other over with appratslng glances
Tor some minutes, and then Fitzslmmons.
crossing to his adversarys corner offered
his hand. Dempsey wrung warmly, whiIo
the crowd cheered the incident as q
bearance between the two. As they
stood together the disparity in height
was made evident. Dempsey being no
more than five feet eight and a half
inches, TO the others scant. six feet. Fitz-
simmons won the choice OF corners and
of gloves. At $3.50 o'clock the bell sound
ed Tor the first round
They advanced TO the center cautious
ly Tor the handclaSp and stood on guard |
an instant, when Fitzslm,nons moving !
quickly on his feet, led lightly with tho !
right, brushing Dempsey's jaw and get |
tipg away Dempsey hoped from side 10 |
side, ioosened up with a few light ones |
and suddenly threw himself into an i'm
petuous rush, slugging right and left as
he came. Tho wary Cornishman shuffled |
away before the attack. covering himself |
perfectly and blocking every swing while |
giving ground Dempsey, apparently bent |
upon instant results, forced his man to |
the ropes and came Ct him with a dash
and vim that brought roars OF applause
from his friends in the house. The little
fellow cut loose with rattling success
sion OF drives and swings, keyIng up the
pace.
The rally was watched with the In
tensest interest and was considered q;
fair test OF the almost unknown visit
or's ability. Dempsey's attack was char
acteristic. BY this means he was ac-
customed TO take the upper hand from
the start, bewilder his man with a daz-
ziing display of speed, and strike a win
nave gone wrong with 1.-The Nonpa reIrs"
calculations The TALL gnunt Cornish
man had retreated according TO the speci-
hcations only TO come TO a stand and re-
solve himself into a stone wall of de-
1ense Dempsey pounded at him repeat
edly with his right but the blows slid
Fitzslmmons, with a lightning shift of
tactics, went upon tno offensive him
self. ~
In the Ring.
The swift sparring that followed kept
inc house III ecstacies. With ever in
creasing force and confidence as he meas
ured the strong and weak joints of his
man, always the first care of the methodi-
cal strategist, Fitzsimmons tapped and
sivencss that overlapped Dempseyfs own.
The champion IN his turn gave before II
reluctantly, and they moved slowly about
OF the gong.
Fitzsimmons glided out of his corner
at the signal for The second round and
went after Dempsey in his own corner,
ii!e,Inting right and left and tapping right,
with a ripping smash 10 the face. Having
begun so we'll he came on in q rush TO |
pc met with q swapping jolt to the body
that threw him back upon the defen-
sivc-
BY another OF his smooth. cffortless
transitions tho Cornishman went hard
right and left rapidly and shifting ground
frequently whenever Dempsey sought 10
make stand or rush In He got some
oruising clips TO the ribs, but while press
ing on after Dempsey around the ring he |
gave the champion another opportunity
Dempsey sprang in with his straight
was slow at recovery and Fitzsimmons
hard TO the neck. This sim
pic battcring facer proved to be Demp-
sey,s one effective bit of artillery, such
IS IL WIS. against his adversary's clever /
blocking and confusing play.
fltzsimmons began now to force tho Z
pace consistently. driving tf e champion
lway time and again with long distance
labs and thrusts. This was particularly
calling To Dempsey. who was accustomed
% give ground TO no man. But try as 1
ne might he could rot get past that ter e
'ible reach or find point In that muscle c
,oIdcd arncr where ho seemed TO make :
he slightest impression. Worried out of j
ais corner around into that OF mis- oppo- O
1ent, ho made desperate stand and | a
damned back viciously- Fitzsimmons, al