The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-15

 ton of a series of articles by Jim oe Bob Fitzsimmons. Few men knew l Fitz as Corbett knew him and so these stories reveal some incidents in the l life of Fitz that never before have been printed. The next chapter will appear tomorrow).
 | Two rounds of my fight with Bob Fitzsimmons are burned indelibly ill
 my brain, the sixth, when I floored l the great Cornishman for the count of nine, and the fourteenth and final round, when a punch into the pit of my stomach made Bob the heavy weight champion of the world.
 1 More than 20 years have passed since l that eventful period-and 20 years IS great stretch of time. But my mem ory bridges it, and I recall many of l the incidents of each and every round of that contest. Yet, because there 1 is so much interest now in the battle l itself, I feel it is better plan for me to repeat the nd-by-round de- scription that is contained in 8 faded newspaper clipping rather than trust to my memory. Of course, the sixth and the fourteenth rounds were the big rounds--those whose every mo- ment Is a vivid memory to me. So in the telling of these two sessions or the battle I shall dispense with the newspaper accounts and tell the story as know it happened.
 ROUND ONE
 At the tap of the gong both men rushed to the center of the ring and spared for an opening. Corbett, smil- ing, kept walking around so as to keep the sun in the Cornishman's eyes. Corbett backed away toward the ropes and Fitz followed and made a violent left jab at him. Corbett tucked where upon Fitz tried another left, but 1t failed Fitz went in. Corbctt then swung 8 left but missed the Cornish mans chin. Fitz worked Corbett back to the ropes again and Jim grinned. Then came a slight exchange of left handlers. Fitz started left but Cor bett ducked and caught his enemy with body blow. They clinched. Fitz followed Corbett, swung left but Jim ducked. Fitz tried left cross countered on the ear Corbett then swunr a left to the Cornishman's ribs
 
 blow above the heart. Fitz feinted at Corbett and Corbett at once shot left to the Cornishmans ribs and fol- lowed that with a right-hand blow above the heart. Fitz feinted at Cor bett and Corbett at once shot 8 lert to the head. Corbett was fighting cau- tiously. Fitz advaaced and Corbett hit him on the head. F'itz hit Corbett on the temple with his right. Fitz tried for an opening but Corbett caught him with a left body blow. They fell into clinch. Coming out of 1t, there was an exchange of blows with Corbett doing most of the land ing. This was followed by another cltnch. and they were hanging to- gether as the gong rang. The honors in the first round were Corbetts. The Cornishman forced the fighting. but failed to land effectively The blow on Corbett's temple was the only effective one which Fitz had scored. Fitz was breathing heavily and was pale but Corbett's breath was. not dis tressed.''
 ROUND TWO
 "Corbett went briskly to the center of tho ring and feinted repeatedly with his left. Fitz led, there was a clincn, and as they came out of 1t Fitz hit Corbett a right-hander on the ear. When they broke away. Corbett backed Fits into a corner and landed num- ber of light blows. Fits then made two or three leads and worked hts way out. They met in the center of the ring again, and rapid exchange Of blows followed with Corbett again lend- the blows, however. carried much weight. Both mon were going along carefully. Corbett became aggressive toward the end of the round. broke through Fitx's guard several times and iandod rather effectively. They