The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-18
Corbeft's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
nr LAN,Ms J. conRETT

tEditor's Note: This is a continuation of series of articles by Jim Corbett which deal with the career of Bob Fttz- simmons. Few men knew Fitz as Cor bett knew him and so these stories re- veal some incidents in the life of Fitz- simmons that never before have been printed. The next chapter will appear tomorrow
 Some ring historians who never have favored me very much have claimed that after the seventh round Bob Fitzsim- mons gradually cut me down and re- duced me to such condition that I was an easy mark for a knockout punch in the fourteenth round These assertions have been flatly denied time and time again by ring experts who declared that throughout the entire fight Bob landed but one damaging punch--the final blow in the fourteenth round.
 When statements conflict each other it seems that the fairest and squarest thing for me to do is to pass up my own de- sire to describe the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth rounds of that fight and to quote from a news- paper clipping which is fair and un- biased. It tells the story, The reader himself then can be the judge as to whether it was Bobs fight up to the fourteenth round-or whether it was mine
 Here is the round -by-round description:
 ROUND EIGHT
 ''Fitz fiddled for an opening with Cor bett side-stepping in a bewildering man. nesr. Fitz finally lashed out Jim tucked, and as Fitz swung again Cor bett tucked again. Fitz tried third swing. but. Corbett tucked and threw a lightning left into Bob's stomach Bob let fly with a left and nearly threw him. self off balance when he missed. Corbett drew away laughing. Fitz led a left that was short. Corbett stood watching Fitz intently. Fitz led another left, Jim tucked and then shot his own left into Fitz's stomach. Jim followed this with punch over the heart. As Corbett ducked, F'itz came on and Corbett swung a right to the nose which started the blood again. Fitz backed up and then Corbett began to make the pace, driving right into the heart and two lefts to the face, which further damaged
 
 with his left twice and it looked as if Jim didn't intend them to reach, but was waiting to draw out Fitz. Bob finally came in and Corbett swung hard, reach- ing Bob's chin. Fitz swung with his right but missed Corbett by about a foot. Corbett then swung a left and right and both landed. They clinched and Bob as in two of the other clinches, landed a few light blows to the body, At the break away Fitz was covered with blood from his hair to his breast bone Jim wound up the round by placing straight left handler on Fitz's nose, which threw back the Cornishmans head with a jolt. Corbett was fighting with wonderful carefulness. He was not talk ing chance yet At the same time he was doing all the scoring.
 ROUND NINE
 Corbett opened with a left to the stomach and Fitz drew back Corbett tried to put another left into the stom- ach, but Fitz caught the blow on his glove. Fitz led left for the stomach and the referee complained that the blow was rather low. Corbett put a powerful left handler into Bob's belt and Bob doubled up like jacknife. Corbett gave Fitz left jab on the face and started the blood again. Corbett scored with 0 JehA AAi6 1Clt III tllC CHILL tOTDclC put III another left handler and then they clinched. As they broke Corbett put in still another left handler and they clinched. Fitz seemed very feeble, but was landing a few blows in the clinches. Another left handler by Corbett was fol- lowed by clinch and Corbett gave fTitz a nasty blow under the heart which was with his right before the break Fitz worked Corbett into a corner and scored with two light lefts on the face Fitz tried a left swing but Corbett threw off the blow and countered Fitz with a left on the jaw. Fitz tried a right handler, but was short and was given a left on the nose in return. F'itz led left and Corbett tucked. Jim put in a left handler on the nose and they clinched Fitz was bleeding freely. His back was bumped and his legs seemed to drag as he moved around.
 ROUND TEN
 FitZ let loose a wild swing, missed. He was thrown off his balance and went to the ropes. As he turned Cor bott caught him a right handler on the ear. Fitz led a left and Corbett coun- tered on the nose. They clinched and