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Show f i .yxiix .1, ..UvU... cJ:LLy..ill : ' ' , - " m ' m Brc:Liyn Lad Fats Up Game Shorinj In Cc-tcst Cc-tcst Viili Clever San ' Francisco Pugilist. ! ' SAN FRANCISCO. April M.-Referea Graney declared Jimmy Brttt the winner of one of th" fastest and best fights ever een in San Francisco. Willi Fltager-ald Fltager-ald of Brooklyn. N. T.. wag the man who Put up the Rood contest against tha California Cal-ifornia wonder. - oritt waa tha cleverer and faster of the two men and landed two blows to Fitzgerald's on. With tha xcepuon of the last round, when Ftts-aeraid Ftts-aeraid put the San Francisco boy on his haunches with a left swing on the Jaw. . Kritf superiority was manifest during tho entire fight. I Botfc Fought rairly." , Th fight was remarkable because of VJthe clean break-aways and the fairness I of the contestants. According to the I agreement, the wero at liberty to fight I at all times and were required to protect Ithemselvts in the clinches and mix-ups. TKo long s they aid not Mt below the belt tney were free to fight all th time. In spite of this agreement they broke cleanly clean-ly every time at tho suggestion of the rtferee, and there was not the slightest Unge of unfairness on either side. liiitt fln'rhed the fight without a mark n him and Fits was also In good, condition, con-dition, although showing a few marks tn his face and red spots on his body. Sound One. - ' v Fitrgerald led first with left for the face but wan short. He then missed a vicious left swing for the Jaw and turned completely com-pletely around from the force. Britt put a left to the body twice and a right to the face. Fits again tried with his left, but wan rhort, Jimmy neatly ducked a hard left wing for the head. They went into a clinch. Britt tried with -the left for the heart and blocked a counter. H drove a straight right hard to FiU's body find escaped a return. Jimmy blocked a eft and then put a left hard one" to the stomach and followed with a left to the Jaw. Jimmy again drove his left - . hard to the stomach. He only avoided a left lead for the head. Britt showed himself to be very qulk. He Is very deliberate and cooL This was Britt's round. Round Two. Fit tried a left for the head, but Jimmy caught him With a hard left to the wind. Britt sent a left to the body and Fits retaliated re-taliated with a left swing to the Jaw. forcing Britt to the ropes. Fits put a light left to the stomach. Britt sheft his left to the body. He got Fits In a corner and planted a right ta the body and left to the Jaw. Jimmy then ' planted a straight rlght-t th stomach; Britt peppered pep-pered Fit on the etonSach with his right and left. Jimmy was very 'anxious to end it. He sent a left hard !o-the body. Fits floored Britt with a right to' tho head.: Britt took it very cooily and did not lone his head a bit and nodded to his aeconOs that he was all right. The bell vans at this stage. Rf'-tt had tho tetter -yjfr'iao early ra"t of the round, 'jEound Three. Fits irieped a loft fnr the body and a risht vppercut or the Jaw. Fits put a rifjht and left to the body. Jimmy.iA fighting more carefully. He drove a straight ' right bard to FiU's stomach. Fitz Pt a left and right hard to Britt's Jaw. r Jimmy rent a lerrlno left to the 'wlndisnd ewrapeJ a vicious lett for the Jaw.- Fits tried with left and right for the jaw. but wes blorUt-d. ' He put a left is FHz's r.o;e and. Fit whipped a stiff richt to the head. BrWt Jabbed with a if ft and FK caught Ijitn with left Bp-jx-rctit to the jaw. As tha bell sounded Hritt put left and right to the face. The FxhHiig wc. very f;ist and Fits showed op very well and hud tho harder punch. ed a straight left for the face and Fits j then blocked a hard left for the body.. Britt blocked left for head and sent in his unerring left to the stomach and then sent a hard left on the point of the chin. BHtt swung hard to the Jaw and rushed Fits to the roif s. Britt sent left to the stomach hard and a left tf! the face, but Fits fought back gamely and put left and right to the jaw. Britt a sain sent his left to the stomach and Fits clinched to avoid punishment. Britt's clever ducking of Fitz's lefts was one of the features of IheTiatUe. Brttt had much the better of this round. Bound Ten. ' . Britt again ducked Flts's left f6r tha face. Fits, tried with left for the body and Britt sent his left to tha face. Fits Jabbed left to face and Britt swung heavily with left to the Jaw. Britt 1 slipped, but was up like a flash and forced Fits to bis comer. Fits tried a. right swing, but was short. Once more Britt planted his left to the body and followed . it with a right uppereut to the Jaw. Britt I put left and right to the Jaw. but Fits I came back and gave Jimmy, a similar dose. Fits sent a straight left lightly on the Jaw. Jimmy planted his right to the shoulder, and as the bell rang forced Flu to his corner, while the crowd hissed. Jimmy, however,, did rot hear the belL He was quickly dragged off by bis seconds. sec-onds. Honors even. Sound EleveiL Fits tried left for stomach three times, but was blocked. Fits smothered two hard rights for the Jaw. He tried with left lor the stomach, but Jimmy easily blocked. Fits missed right for the Jaw and Britt countered with right and left to th face. Britt then planted a wicked left to the wind, which feazed Fits. Fits fighting more carefully, but Jimmy again sent his straight left to the stora ach. Fits Jabbed with left to the face. Britt ducked a straight left for the face and sent in two lefts to the stomach Jimmy put right and left hand to Jaw and forced Fits to the ropes. Britt again slugged Fits after the gong sounded, but no harm was done. Britt's round. . . Bound Twelve. t Britt' tried a left swing for the head, but was blocked. Britt put light left to th face and easily avoided straight lefts for the face. Fits put left to Jimmy's chin and blocked a right for the body Much fiddling now. Jimmy sent a left to the face snd Fits tried to batter down Britt's guard. Britt sent in his left to! the body rather low and was hissed. Fits-caught Fits-caught Jimmy hard with left and right to the Jaw. Britt put two lefts to the body. In a mix-up Britt put left hard to body, but Fits straightened the Callfornian out with hard rights and lefts to the face and Jaw. Britt again hit Fits after the sound of the gong, but Immediately apolo- flsed. Fits had somewhat of an advan. age In this round. Bound Thirteen. s Fits tried twice with his left, bur Jimmy Jim-my sent in right twice to body and then a stiff left to the'face. They mixed it, and In breaking, free Britt put left and right swings to face. Fits put a hard left- to the body and followed it up with a terrlfie right ,to th Jaw. sending Britt back. Britt tried with left for the head, but Fits blocked. Fits sent in a straight left to the neck and Jimmy put a fearful left straight to the body. Jimmy cleverly avoided a hard left swing. Fits pretended pretend-ed to be groggy, but Jimmy was not to. be deceived. The bell rang with both men ten feet apart. Honors even. Bound Eouxteen. Fits rammed right and left to the face, but Britt came out smiling. He tried a right to the head, but Jimmy protected himself cleverly. Britt pent left lightly to the body. Britt put his left lightly to the body and ducked a vicious left for the head. - The Callfornian once again Jut his left to the body and they clinched, immy mlsed a l?ft for the Jaw. lib forced Fits to the ropes, but did not lanft a telling blow. Fits prettily blocked a right for the body, and as the bell rang Britt whipped a stiff right to the Jaw. Up to this stage the fight la-spparenUy even. Britt Is the cleverer, but Fits has the harder punch. .;' Bound Fifteen. Fits bored in and Jimmy Jabbed left to the face. Fits put in a short arm left to the body and Jimmy got Inside of a right and left to the head. Jimmy put la a hard left over the chest and dacked a terrific right swing for .the Jaw. Brttt Jabbed left lightly to face and they mixed with no damage. Jimmy put left to wind, but was partially blocked. Fits got a glancing left to the face. Fits tried with left for the head, but missed by a foot. Britt then sent in a light left to the body and sent his right to the point, but thu blow was not strong enough to do damage. dam-age. This round waa Britt's by a slight I margin. Bound Sixteen. ' Both tried with lefts for the head, but 1 were short. In a mix-up Fits landed left i ta body. Britt whipped right to the Jaw and Fits sent straight left to Jaw. Fits then put left swing to the head. Britt sent light left to the face and Flu got In a straight left lightly to the face. Britt put his left to body and Fits sent in a straight left hard to the stomach. .Fits tried a straight left for the head and then Britt ran Into a straight riht to the head. Britt Jolted Fits with a right to the Jaw and had the Easterner groggy. He tried to follow up the advantage, but Fits had his senses and kept Jimmy off ,untll th bell rang.' - . Bound Seventeen. Fits tried left for. body ' and Jimmy Jabbed him with left to th fac. Britt sent In a left uppereut to the wind and escaped a return. Fits sent Britt to th ropes with a straight left to the Jaw. Fits blocked a left counter for the head. Britt planted his leit again to the body. Britt aer.t a left to the body and followed It with a right swing to the Jaw. Frits tried twice with a left for the body .and was blocked. Britt fought Fits to the ropes, sending a hard left to the stomach. stom-ach. Frits had Britt In his own corner and was putting In rights and lefts to the body and Jaw as the gone sounded. Bound Eighteen. . ' . Fits again led with left for th body; and Jimmy tried with left for the face, but was snort. Britt cleverly ducked a hard left and right for the facew Fits put left to the ribs and tried a straight left for the face. Britt missed with right, but landed two hard lefts to the jaw. Jimmy easily blocked several stiff lefts for the face. Britt put left to stomach and then sailed in with a hard lght to the Jaw. Fits Jabbed lightly with left to head. In a mix-up Britt put his right to the body. He swung right to the jaw hard and Fits came back with a hard right smash to the head. Britt's advantage. Bound Nineteen. , Both men now very careful and loath to tske chances. Fits sent left twice to Jaw and then sent in another straight Kft to the head. Britt Jolted Fits with left to tha face and then sent left uppereut to th Jaw and followed it with left to the body. Britt blocking Flts's blows with ease. Britt forced Fits to ropes, but missed left and right for Jaw. Britt swung hard with left to the body and Britt put right to head. Britt sent In straight left to head and blocked a counter. Britt forced th fighting, and his exhibition of clever ducking duck-ing ana blocking was a revelation V the crowd. Britt appears to think he has th decision won and is taking no chances. 1 Bound Twenty. Both shake hawfls.- Britt sent his loft lightly to Jaw. and they clinch. Considerable Consid-erable clinching. Britt' sent straight left lightly to face and a left to body. He neatly blocked Flts's returns. Fits tried a right swing, but Jimmy easily ducked. Britt drove a left to the kidneys. H slipped, but Fits failed to tana advantage of it. They mix it. but no damage. Fits put right to the head and tloored Brttt with right and left swing: Britt was up quickly and went right after Fits. They were fighting fiercely In a mix-up when the gong wounded, and Referee (Jraney promptly gave the decision to Britt The decision was not too well received by the crowd. Round. Eour. . Fits tried with left and right for the h?ad, but was blocked. Britt ducked a bard leit nd tried a left for the Jaw, but the blow wf.s smothered. Fits sent a left ta the head. Jimmy ducked a left swing and Fitz went to his knees from the force Fits then put a right betlnd Jimmy's Jim-my's ear. Britt shot his left hard to Hie bodv twice. Fits put a straight left to "the nos an.1 Jimmy put a left and ;ight lightly to .the face. Britt neatly ducked a viciouj left to the ear and Fit then sent a hard left to the top of the head. Fits crossed a light lightly with left and kept Jimmy busy ducking. Britt park his ricrht into Flu's stomach tm th bell rang. This round waa about even. Bound Five. Fits led with left three times and hen tried right swing: but Britt cleverly . avoided it. Fits again fell short and sent a right hard to the stomach. Britt -then put two h&rd lefts to the stomach. Flu swung a left to the rtomach and left lightly light-ly to the face. Fitz blocked a left and a right for the jaw. Jimmy sent a left and right to the body, but Fits straightened him out with a left to the face. Jimmy got out of reach of a hard left and sent in a hard left to the nose, and then a slight one t the body. Fits missed left awing and Britt countered with hard Jnght to the body. They mixed and Jim-my Jim-my put a left and right to the face aS Jwi!? gong sounded. This was Britt's rouY.d. Rotyid Six. Fits tried a left swing for the head and again went wild. Britt blocked thra lefts for the body and a left for the Jaw. Britt ags&i ducked a hard left for the face and brought his right to the Jaw. Fits then sent a left bard to the back of Britt's head and followed It with a light left to the face.1 Jimmy shot his left to the face and Fits blocked a left for the body. Fits put his right to th kidr-.eys. Britt landed a left on the face and followed with a right to the body. Fits sent a ha-d left to the Jaw and Britt came back with - right to the bead Both men fought very carefully,- but at the same time there was plenty of quickness quick-ness to thtlr blows. This round was even. Bound Seven. . Fitz, as usual, lrd with the left' several tlims, but was blocked. Jimmy drove Fits to the ropes and landed right and left to the body. Britt put left to the stomach and then sent straight left to the face. Britt ducked a left swing for tha head. Britt sent Fits to the ropes with two lefts to the body and blocked a left return. He then sent right and left to the head. Fits put a straight left to tho, jaw and Jimmy sent right to body. Fits Jabbed twice with left to the face snd Britt sent his left hand to the winb. Fitz crossed twice with lefts to the Jaw and Jimmy sent Fits into a neutral corner cor-ner with a succession of rights and lefts to the face. Bound Eight. Fits Jabbed with left on the face. Britt tried with left for the head but was blocked. Britt blocked a left for tho face and then sent his left hard to Britt's ribj Fitz sent Erltt to a comer with left and right to face, but Britt stalled and caws back with a vicious left to the stomach. Fitz swung left to the Jaw and escaped a return. Britt Jabbed left to face twice. Fitz sent In left uppereut to the Jaw and Britt put his left to the jaw. Britt then sent In two very hard lefts to the stomach which made Fits wince. Britt put right hard, to the' Jaw CKjust as the b'll rang and nearly put Fits out. This was Britt's round, although al-though ha was m a tight placo early in the round. Bound Nina, Fits Jabbed left to the' fae and Britt, blocked left "for the tame place.' Fits blocked a vicious riht for the law and sent in light left to the face. Brut duck- |