Show B POTS P LIT UP ST BATTLE grand sid oid man of the king ring los loses Os to obrien SLASHING BLOWS FROM VIRILE YOUNG BOXER thirteen rounds that were full of hard knocks for the old time pug pu SAN FRANCISCO gala cala dec 21 just before the gong bounded sounded for the fourteenth round of the big haht to night robert fitzsimmons collapsed in hia his corner from sheer exhaustion anti philadelphia jack obrien w as awarded the decision by referee arst grainy y it was a dramatic end to one of 0 the most brill brili laut ring careers acht lovera lovers have ever known and although defeated Fitus fitzsimmons immons deserves praise for the battle he put up which wae was indeed marvel aus rhen hie age and the active ser vice bohas he has seen in to the ring are i con al Jered dered fitz acknowledges to having traveled this mundane sphere ahse past forta fort four yeara years and there ara many who cruelly e that he doea does not own up to at least four or even five additional deais so to think that a man at this advanced ago age should stand up before euch such an accomplish in the full bloom of youth and possessed of great clever nee mess and large strands of vitality tor for thirteen rounds that were brini brimful ful of held knocks and improve with each stanza at times outgeneraling and lugging bis his more youthful adversary ver ter sary in the very face of the fact that lie ne was taking cruel blow blows all the time the freckled ones performance extraordinary in the extreme aej a parting token of their esteem tor for the aged varr warrior ir of thy circle the great audience hurled buried cheer after cheer into the oars cars of fitz mons as his seconds aa slated listed him out of the ring and away f aiom lorn the bloody arena marked the clue clua ing chapter of his once glorious cu ca roer As A obrien watched the form of his hi defeated opponent fading into the crowd he lie held bis his hands high 1 in the air to command and when he could make himself hoard heard ho he eaid said in a r diw tw nords abat be he wanted no tio glory tor for whipping the grand old timer ue then declared hi he would tight light tommy ryan for the middleweight champ plon ship at tit 18 pounds und and it itcan did bot mean business he was open to meet auy heavyweight in the world tor for the heavy heavyweight ight title which be he now believed was bis his the contest plainly that fitz was not its good as 89 on former oc cus loDs and nd the tile bitting which find suddenly aud denly swung around yesterday from ten to eight on fitz to to to une one on 0 obreen blieu brieu was visibly and 4 justly warranted ar ranted at durlon the thirteen rounds fought did ritz jimmons appear to have uny auy nabad of victory that be he showed shoed improvement during each succeeding eucce dlug round bob was unsteady throughout oa on bit hia feet and at times threw throw hilure f off balance ih III hia his effo efforts ats to get at obrien lan once in ju the fifth round he swung viciously MI nt jaa who ducked end and lie ile wout we ut crush trashing lug ito the rules on bli his knees in iii the second round P obrien shot a straight left to the face aud the tho blow blows although IL fairly light one taut bob down on bb bits all of bich showed that he bontia atia un unsteady lvery time fitz bit hit and mice miss be he would und find him aut adf off ott watch and beaure be he could light himself jack would book two and often three punches to the bead head it looked in the tile fourth round aa as if it fitzsimmons would not last a quarter of the distance scheduled obrien abit u him bard hard with right punches to the aw and fitz was rocking like a U i W r T i 1 ship in a rough sea at the sound ot of the welcome beil beit he lie was scarcely arcely ec able to find hia his way back to his corner und there were few iu lit the bouso house who would not have taken a bet on oa the he at any price at this la in the following round it appeared that the drubbing la in iho the preceding round only angered bob to greater efforts 0 and from that time on be he seem ed to get better but it wis was the old old tale of a game fellow who had lung since d hie his useful usefulness as u puncher of hia his fellowmen haslag shot bla his bolt und and this was more plainly proven when be he was unable to toe the scratch toh for the fourt fourteenth tenth round and which inability forced eddie gramoy to declare the In intellect easterner Eua terner whom an bouncer billy jordan had hall previously introduced as the beau brummel of the prize ring hog thy the victor obrien fought a coot cool caro ill ul tight fight and took no chances of losing ou ft flaule he did not appear to be its good as when he fought al at Kauf maii bu buc this ie Is easily accounted for aluce fitzsimmons is 13 a more dangerous man la in the ring than billy Delau eya and he could not take the same liberties with bob that he did with Knuf Haul inan luan fitzsimmons declared this mo morning that no amount of motley in 10 the world could ever tempt him to ent enter ertho the prize ring again no mailer mutter who bid bla opponent might be 1 I vaa us defeated deh aed and a defeated fairly and squar squarely ety toy y a betterman better said he 11 ibis fight was forced upon ruo me by public opinion since the retirement of jeffries the publio public seamed to consider me tho the champion in view lear of the jeffries JeC fries in getting the hobor de defeated feasted me I 1 the ring once ido often |