New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
Harlem Boxer
Puts Out Rival
Before $4,000
Lightweight Contender First
to Score K. 0. Before Big
Crowd at Richards Club
BY w. O. Mcclellan

Keeling across the lower rope as
Willie Jackson battered his face with
rights, Eddie Fitzsimmons lasted until
the bell rang for the tenth round at
Madison Square Garden last night. But
as they carried him to his stool he
collapsed and almost dropped out cf
the ring. Jackson won the bout on
technical Knockout.
In that tenth round Jackson dropped
Fitzsimmons with right to the jaw
and sent him sprawling on his back.
Fitzsimmons rolled over and listened
to the count, dragging himself slowly
upward as Referee Bill Brown reached
mine Jackson tore at him and rushed
him across the rinc, reelinc ar d blind.
FitZsimmons reached for the ropes
and tried to hold himself erect. He
had heard the warning whistle that
meant ten seconds to the end of the
round, and he was trying to keep on
his feet until the bell rang. Then he
would have the one-minute rest and
perhaps a chance to last out the full
fifteen rounds.
Jackson measured him and slowly anl
deliberately drove his fist six times
into the aronized face of FitzsimmoNs.
The lad with the green tights twisted
IN vain, trying to avoid the punish
ment. At the sixth blow he fell inert
across the rope and was about to totter
cut Of the ring. when the bell rang and
friendly hands pushed him back.
Loser Inert on Ropes
But Fitzsimmons did not hear that
bell His seconds rushed over and car
ried him to his chair. He shook his
head and tried to sit erect, but it was
useless effort He fcl. back against
the post in his corne1- In the mean
time Jackson was motioning Referee
Brown to stop the bout The oTav
corner, where Dan Morgan, the man
ager, nodded assent to the bout being
stopped
Something like $1,000 persons. men
and women, saw the bout. From the
start it did not seem as though the
left handler had much Of chance.
Only in one round did he make it look
anything like an even match. That
was whenehe rushed Jackson to the
ropes witR some lefts 70 the body
That is. all that Fitzsimmons had a
left hand ard it is not much even as
left hands 60
MNrside saw the beginning of the end.
Jackson shot q terrific right into Fitz-
snnmons's nallid face and the little
Tellow in the green tights dropped to
the floor He came up staggering at
the count of eight and lasted the
round After that it was merely
question as to when Jackson would
fnd the opening for the punch that
would end it.
1t was announced that both Of the
boxers weighed under 135 pounds at 9
o'clock. This is the new iightwei ght
limit But lightweight limits mean
nothing much to Fitzsimmons now
jackson started to force the fighting
IN the opening round and landed some
hard rights to the body Once he
rcughed Fitzsimmons to the floor.
Stung by right to the Jaw, Fitz
rushed Jackson to the ropes and sent
Il left to his chin in return. The first
round was even.
Jackson had shade the better of
the second He jolted Firzsmmons with
a hard right to the head and had Fitz-
2imm Sns covering TO avoid series of
pecking jolts.
Fitz Clinches Frequently
In the third Fitzslmmons jolted
Jackson to the ropes With a let to
the head, but at the end of the round
Jackson was lashing Fitzsimmons
from q crouch and clinched frequently.
Fitzsimmons pressed Jackson to the
ropes in the fourth and landed some
ight blows to the body. He did not
appear TO have much weight to his
punches. Jackson jolted Fitzsimmons
n the fifth with a right 20 the head.
Then he forced him to the ropes and
sent three rights bouncing off Fitz-
$ mmons's iron jaw. The whaieb2ck de-
fense of Fitz seemed to bother Jackson.
The Har en- fsvorite continued t. lash
his opponent in the sixth. They did
for anybody's lightweight title. Some
of the spectators began TO yawn politely
and talk about the cold weather.
FitZsimmons came to life with a rush