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Show I ii !': I Tf " l Story of the Carson City Fight, WithftsTB 1 , Corbett's Defeat by Fitzsimmons j KsSESS! II ,j( jVrticles for a fight for tho champlon- l "i ship of tho world botweon tho tltlo lioldor, J , JotncH J. Corbott, and tho middleweight f Mi champion. Robert Fitzsimmons, wero t1 ' I signed a few days beforo Christmas, 161)6. I The promoter of thin battle, -vvhlch was 1 j I fought in Carson City, .Nov., wua Dan 'Li r .Stuart of Texas, who hud demonstrated (., j his ability In affairs of that sort. Stuart l ' was Known the country over as a sauaro 1 (r man, who always was anxious to malto i good his word, and with him at tho head 1 of affairs the followers of pugilism rested I, In full conildonco that thu contest would i'( i bo In every way abovo .suspicion. ' One of Stuart's closo frlonds wan a man ' j who for more than thirty years has been J Interested In all classus of amateur and j professional sport and who today Is known S i tho country over iu one without a blomlsh ji 'j'f upon his reputation. To this man Stuart t'i wont ono day early In January, 1807, and if iiskcd him If ho would undertalco to place t f 50,000 In wagers on tho Corbctt-Fltzsim- , I mons battle, tho money to bo furnished Ji i by. Stuart. i() v "That la too much monoy to bet on this 1 1 flght, .Dan," .said his friend. "When two , l wuch men as Corbett and Fitzsimmons got ' i Into tho ring rJtlior one Is likely to ho ' ' ' returned tii'e wlnnor. Fifty thousand dol- ,t i'lf" lara In a lot of monoy to risk on a con- r J ' tKt nt Hiin Iflnfl IL't' f j "I win not risk tho money," said Stuart, I'M' X f , "unloss I am able to mako certain ar-i'a ar-i'a '!ti rangements that I now have In contem-HlIk.: contem-HlIk.: .plation." ' 1 lln; u '.'Fifty -thousand dollars could not bo 1 I , hoi," replied his friend, "without attract-I attract-I i f lng much attontlon. 1 don't know what I , ' .' yoit mean, Dan, but, of courso, tho infer-n infer-n I mce Is bad. 1 never have had & shade III- 1h best of It, and I don't want tho best -f of It. If I bot 550.000 on this fight my IV " frelnds would know It, and if anything ,i p went wrong I would be suspected of cm-1 cm-1 5! ploying methods that I do not llko. Then h Ml f Stur connection with tho wagers wore f '!( established and I don't see how It would Ml Stjl be possible to keep It secret It would , SjF'j look. very bad for all of us. 1 wish you u il, would get somebody else- to placo your H money. 1 Stuart replied that ho knew of no other yh i man who could plnco JGO.000-without at-l at-l ,1 .iractlng a lot of attoatlon that would bo :B, I harmful to tho fight and distasteful to !,' himself. I ll "Why don't you try Pittsburg Phil f I (George 13. Smith)," responded hln friend. 1 1 1 "I had thought of him," said Stuart. I "but I am not acquainted with him. Of I ' course, ho Is juBt tho man to place this , i money If ho could bo persuaded to do , 'so." ,1 I "I will be very glad to see that you I f. i , meet him," responded Stuart's friend. "If Y. , ' you will narao tho time and placo I will J, II; , bring you together." This was agreed upon, and Dan Stuart ' , and Pittsburg Phil wero brought together. ). ("What arrangement was mado between ihem cannot now bo told. Both men are il j d-jad, and what they knew of tho Corbett-U Corbett-U ' lTltrsimmons battle died with them. M, k Pittsburg Phil was In San Francisco a few days before Corbett and Fitzsimmons ii, j! came together. That city was In a tumult , of excitement, and betting on tho result -,' ' of the llglit was free. In the poolrooms, I1 which then flourished In an open manner, 'i ' Pittsburg Phil took the Fitzsimmons end y or the wagors at 3 to 2. So much did he ' bot that tho odds gradually shortened, unit un-it i.) til two dayB beforo the fight 7 to R was , . the longest price that Corbott's adherents If , I would offer. Phil then went to Carson I fit,' -nthnr-A T.n. , . 41 , 1.. I had employed In San Francisco. In a ' pgolroom owned and managed by Cor-II Cor-II , ' belt's broLhc),, Phil wagered a largo for- I ii tuno on tho chances of Fitzsimmons. and 1 I ngaln he forced the prices to shorten ma- . i terlally. r Tho first six rounds of tho hattlo were 'I nil In favor of Corbott. Tho sixth round 1,1 ' found Fitzsimmons apparently a beaten ,1 man. Not once, however, did Pittsburg i, , ,, Phil falter. At tho ring side, even at the ! t moment when Fitzsimmons seemed about , ' to sink to the mat helpless, ho Btood cov- .1 1 erlng cverj- dollar of Corbott monoy that hi; , was ofTercd. The frlonds of the cham- , , pion knew thAt all he had to do -was to , It Continue forcing tho flcht and Fllzslm- I if mons must fall beforo liis onslaught. To their surprise. Corbett botrayod bad jtidg- I inent, and Instead of going In to strike , down his battered opponent, ho stood JK ' away and gavo Fitzsimmons timo to rail ra-il ' cunernto his .strength. h , f There was In Carson City tho last few j ' ! days that preceded tho battlo a man who J I "was and continued up to the time of i'" Stuart's death a close personal friend and ll ; business aent of the light promoter. Tills 1 1 i man believed Fitzsimmons had, no chanco .' j to whip Corbett, and wagered a large sum j' i i of monoy In accordance with his views, j .i 1 f wo days beforo tho battlo he retreated . . from his position and bet so much money W ' ' j on Fitzsimmons tliat at tho conclusion ; , , ' nf the fight ho was a heavy wlnnor. U i 1 . When Corbott wont down to defeat Ift V i j "io fourteenth round ho fell In such a ?l .1 if manner as to take him almost out of fo- l 1 f us of the picture making machine. Rals- 1) l m, ing hlmsolf on his hands, he twisted f ' m around so that ho faced tho lens. JTj f it Jaco then took on, an appearanco of in- I pt tense pain. Apparently he was unablo to fii', t Rain his feet during tho count of ten. As ti bQ fatal word "Out!" was spoken Cor- i j: belt sprang to his feet with as much V'!"i slrength as he had shown at any time . durin)? the fight, and declared an Inten- ,!,'' "tjon of whipping all who wero In the ;f ' ' J - (Copyrisht, 1010, by the Is'ew York Herald Co. All rights reserved.) fit . There had been bad blood between the I.k' I w ncavy weight and middleweight champions ' f for several years. Moro than one attempt I to bring- them together had failed. Cor- t j: . botl, It seemed, was more willing than 5!, t was Iltzslmmons to test their relative V 1 1 merltB. finally, howevor, tho two men I i a?ren to ,fleht to a finish under Marquis '! "I or, Queensbury rules for the heavyweight .I i , 1 championship of the world and for a purse , , l of 515,000, all of which went to tho wln- :f I' i l ,ier- Ocorge Slier of Chicago was ugrcod 'l 1 1 upon as referee. ! f ( Stuart picked Carson City as tho scene of tho light, Novoda having cnactod legislation legis-lation favorablo to glovo, contests. Corbott Cor-bott established his quartera at Shaw's Springs, having In his camp varloUH celebrities ce-lebrities of tho prise ring, among othors Jamas J. Jentrlos, then known merely as a husky young bollermakor but now as the ono unbeaten champion of champions. Fitzsimmons began " training at Cook's Grove,' his brothor-ln-law, Martin Julian, being in charge. Uoth pugilists during ihclr period of training aisplayed freaks of temper and peculiarities that wero. beyond be-yond tho power of iholr frlonds to understand. under-stand. At all times Corbott was sullen, fretful and disagreeable. Fitzsimmons acted act-ed llko a crazy man. Ho was frequently seen tramping barefooted through tho snow. At times ha would Joko In a hysterical hys-terical manner and at other times ho would have moments of sullcnncss equal to those of CoibetL Previous to his battles with Jackson, Sullivan and Mitchell, Corbett had bcn pleasant and confident of success. In Carson City he seomod to droad tho approach ap-proach of the day of the fight. That ho was afraid of Fllr.Blmmono no onu believed, be-lieved, it may have boon that he was afraid of tho battlo. Finally aa tho sun was mounting toward its zenith on March 17 tho two men wero brought together In Carson City Thoro wero the usual preliminaries pre-liminaries and Introduction's. Ono feature of the battlo that marked a precodont wnn tho presence at the ring side of Mrs. Fitzsimmons, wife of Corbott's antagonist. When tho men wore callod to tho contur of the ring to recalvo final Instructions from tho roforco, Corbett advanced and hold out his hand to shako with Fitzsimmons. Fitzsim-mons. Tho offer was refusod. Fltzolm-mons Fltzolm-mons backing awaj', Bhaklng his head and muttering "jMo." Then the ring was clcarod, the gong sounded and tho two gladiators bogan one of tho most remarkable re-markable hattlcs tho prizo ring has known. Corbott, ns In his preceding fights, was a picturo of muscular strongth and agility. Ho was trained to the- hour, his flesh hard and white as marble. The only bad fea-turo fea-turo of his appearanco was to bo found In his face, which was drawn and rather heavily" lined. Ho showed evidences of worn'. Fitzsimmons, novor an object of beauty, shamblod about tho ring on his thin legs, which knocked together at tho knees and spread apart llko tho prongs of a boat hairpin. His largo hands dangled from his long arms far below his thighs. A sneering smile did nothing to improve his facial beauty. As their hands camo up Fitzsimmons mado his attack. The only effect wns to enthuso Corbott, so that the blood, foro-lng foro-lng Its way to his cheeks, gavo to him an appearanco of greater vitality. Corbett maneuvered so as to keop Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons with his face to the sun. The Cornlshman assumod the aggrosslvo and swung violently with his right and left. Corbott dodged and tho two men came Into their first clinch. They parted at a word from tho referee, and Fitzsimmons took up his pace, following Corbott around the ring". Suddenly the champion halted, pushed his way forward and handed to fTitzsImmons a hard right and loft to tho head and ribs. FitzslmmonH countered with a left, then landed without force over Corbett's hoort. All that could bo said of tho first round was that tho two men woro fooling each other out, Corbott using tho greater caution and showing the better ludKmont. Corbett Seems Invincible. Coming up for the second round Corbett Immediately changed his tactics and demonstrated dem-onstrated his willingness to exchange blows. He drew Fitzsimmons forward, bruised asltlo his left lead and then swung a heavy right nlow to the temple and clinched. Fitzsimmons was angry. He endeavored to forco Corbett away, and When they finally broke the Cornish-man Cornish-man was In Corbett's corner, where he was kept for a full mlnuto by the champion, cham-pion, who landed half a dozen blows, none of which, howovor, was damaging-. Fitzsimmons finally fought his way out of this close corner, Corbott giving ground, but doing much tho better work In tho leads. Half a dozen times .Corbett .Cor-bett jabbod Fltzslmmous's hoad back with a light left. Suddenlv he shifted his mothods, dropped his shoulders and shot a heavy left to I1J3 opponent's stomach. Fitzsimmons, hurt, tried to clinch. Corbett Cor-bett pushed him off, repeated his tactlca and tlrovo a socond hard loft hand blow to Fltzslmmons's stomach. Again Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons foil. Into a clinch, and they wore swaying together when tho bel! rang. They met in the third round In the center of tho Ting. Corbott, standing straight, stepped In closo and swung a damaging left to tho stomach. Fitzsimmons Fitzsim-mons drove his left for Corbott's head, but tho blow was ducked and they camo to clinch. Corbett showing that he possessed pos-sessed tho greater strongth, pushing Fitzsimmons about with ease. Nevertheless, Neverthe-less, the Cornlshman was willing to forco matters, and he drove the cliamplon back to the -ropes, taking in payment a hard left hand blow to tho face. Immediately Immediate-ly after that Corbett camo back with I'ls right and caught Fitzsimmons under tho Jaw, and as the Cornlshman raised Ills guard Corbett sent a hard left to the body. Fitzsimmons was eager to clinch, and as thoy camo together gavo Corbott a short arm Jolt to tho riead. Is'o damage was dono and Corbett more than evenad matters up by letting his right fall heavily heav-ily on liis opponent's kidneys. Th" body blows wero distressing- Fitzsimmons, a fact that did not escape Corbett's attention. atten-tion. Ho started in to demonstrate Ids superiority over his opponent, and ho had little difficulty in accomplishing his object, ob-ject, Corbett exchanged rights to tho ribs and then sont two hard punches under the heart, getting away without p. return. Tho round belonged to Corbott Cor-bott beyond doubt. Those who predicted his victory were confident ho could not bo defeated. Corbett took un his victorious marnh again In tho fourth, which Fitzsimmons opened with an attompt to taku the lead. He forced Corbott for a few seconds and received a smashing left In the face for his pains. There was a clinch and FllzHlmmons goaded Corbett In the ribs, to which tho champion responded with a light right to tho Jaw. -Fltr-slmmons smiled but backed away, Corbett following follow-ing rapidly aftor him. Corbett danced in and out and snapped a hard left to tho cJiln Fitzsimmons was angry and swung wild, falling out of position. Corbett Cor-bett took quick advantage and landed tho heaviest blow of tho fight up to this tlmo on Fltzslmmous's right ear. It was a distressing blow and Fitzsimmons did not steady himself for several seconds. Then ho led with his loft and clinched. Corbett was the mastor of the situation, situa-tion, and as ho forced his opponent away ho Joltod ono of his oyos with his rl'jht. Fitzsimmons mado no attempt to conceal his distress. Ho rushed Into a clinch and ondoavorod to beat his opponent at infighting. in-fighting. But at this ho found Coroett right at iKimo with a knowledgo of wrestling- that was surprising. Playing Witli Lanky Bob. Corbott was playing with Fitzsimmons much an n. rat nkivn wlfti n innnun .,,.,) as they broko away he rapped his opponent op-ponent with a hard right to the heart and, immediately stepping forward. wlUpped his right into tho ribs with all his force. Swinging Fitzsimmons half around, ho drovo his loft to tho Jaw and, , working liis ariDH llko piston rods, repeated re-peated tho blow. FltssImmon3 staggered as ho went back to his corner, while Corbett Cor-bett showed absolutely no sign of distress. dis-tress. Julian and his other seconds worked hard over Fitzsimmons during the minute's min-ute's intcrmlsolon and sent him out for the fifth round somewhat refreshed, Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons rushed and ran Into a left Jolt to tho ohin that caused him to clinch. Corbott drovo a heavy right to tho region of the heart and Fltzslmmous's at'ms foil to his side. A second blow to FitzslmmonH's body seemed to walre hint up and ho landed a heart punch that failed to do much damage. Tho best that could bo Bald of Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons waa that ho took his punishment punish-ment with great gamencou. At every point of tho gamo Corbett was demonstrating demon-strating his superiority. In tho clinches with his forearm against his opponont's throat ho forced his head back, and then as soon as free, drovo his fists through to tho body or to the face. Fitzsimmons was bleeding- freoly, a foot that caused the spectators to clamor ror a knockout. Twice Corbott Jabbod Fitzsimmons on the nose with his left and tho Cornlshman Cornlsh-man was almost ready to tako tho final nap. Then name a sharp admonition from Corbott's corner. Dolaney, grasping grasp-ing one of the rones of tho rlnx, leaned with his head far forward toward tho two contestants. "Jim, Jim," ho shouted, "tako your time! Don't lot him fool youf This cry from his corner for a mo-menL mo-menL seemed to anger Corbett. He stopped back, looked at Dclaney, and thon rushed forward and In quick succession landed two lofts and a right, Jarring Fitzsimmons from tho top of his head to his feet. Fitzsimmons, attempting to drivo in a punch to tho heart, fell Into a clinch. His oyos woro half dazed he was so distressed that his broath was hissing through his teeth. Mrs. Fitzsimmons had sprung to her feet and was shouting Instructions to tho men who wero handLlng her husband. As tho bell sounded and gave to Fitzsimmons another chanco she sent a messonger to his corner and told him to chango his method of lighting. Corbett stood In tho middle of tho ring, showing no distress. Ho walked to his comer without a mark on his face and without a red spot show-fng show-fng on his body. Fitzsimmons came up for tho sixth round still showing tho effects of the punishment recoivod In tho oarllor .sessions. .ses-sions. His first move looked as If he wero willing to loso the light on a foul. He rushed to a clinch, throw hl3 forearm across Corbott's throat, and, exerting all his power, forced Corbett's head back until some at the ring sldo feared that his neck would be broken. Tho referee sprang forward and parted tho two antagonists, an-tagonists, while the cry of "Foul!" wont up. Slier evidently thought no great damage dam-age had been done and motioned for the men to get Into action. Corbott was enraged, and with his first lead got Fitzsimmons with a heavy right to the chin. They cllnchod and aa thoy broke away Corbott again sent his opponent's op-ponent's hoad back with a fearful right uppercutu Fitzsimmons was dazed and Corbott had no difficulty then In landing a socond right full on the mouth, spat-toring spat-toring Fitzsimraons'H blood all about the ring. Again Dclaney sprang to his feet and again tho warning cry was glvon, "Toko your tlmo, Jim I Don't bo In a hurry!" As he shouted Corbett drove In a right and left to tho faco. Fitzsimmons was too weak to make a fair defense, and he was utterly unablo to assume the offensive. offen-sive. All ho could do was to save hlmsolf hlm-solf In tho clinches. "When ho was forced to break ho stood with his legs far upart, assembling- all his strength to keep his feet. Mysterious Warning. Corbett landed a right to the chin and Fitzsimmons fell to the floor. Ho rested on his kneo while tho referee Blowly counted tho seconds. Corbett walked u Httlo distance away and again camo tho mysterious wanting from his corner to take his time. Theso suggestions wero beyond tho powor of the spectators to understand. Fitzsimmons. unable to protect himself, apparently could have been knocked out at any tlmo Corbett wished to land tho final punch. InBtcad of tolling advantage of his long lead Corbett kept away. He drew back whenever an opening prosent- cd, landing only tho lightest of punches. FItzslnimonn cllnchod and hugged and Corbett mndo little effort' to forco him off. Wlien tho round was nearly over Fitzsimmons again began to swing his lists, but was unable to give forco or direction di-rection to his blows. Corbott latighod at him, but stood without making an effort to do damage. Thon tho gong sounded and Corbett walked to his corner, apparently appar-ently the most discouraged man In the houso. Thosu who saw victory ahond for him failed to undorstund lu'H attitude. Fitzsimmons came up for the seventh round, dazed and weak, and though It appeared certain that Corbott must win, ono of Fltzshnmonu's backers stood at tho ringside taking even' dollar of Corbett Cor-bett monoy that was offered, asking no longor odd;) than 10 to G for his wagers. Whon the men advanced for the bov-onth bov-onth round a different Corbett was scon. Up to that momont ho had been able to handle Fitzsimmons much as a full-grown man handles a boy. "VTet In the seventh Fitzsimmons drovo him all around tho rlnf. IIo was forced against tho ropes whenever thoy bumped together. His blows, that had been well timed and accurately ac-curately placed, lacked power and precision. pre-cision. Just beforo tho round ended Corbett apparently camo to his senses, and for a moment ehowod a flash of his earlier ability and sont In sorao smashing blows. The eighth round waa a repetition of tho seventh, except that Fitzsimmons camo to tho front much refreshed. Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons fought as W tho axlvantago were all his, Corbott contented hlmsolf . with straightening his loft and jabbing Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons in the nose. On one occasion thd two mon exchanged words in the. ring that wero understood by no ono but thomsolvos. Corbett. apparently enraged, mot his opponent with a right hand blow that flattened his nose. Then he forcod matters and placed two lefts to the face and a hard right under tho heart. Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons weakened and clinched and thon again assumed- the aggressive, thoush he did llttlo damage to his opponent. Corbett Cor-bett contented hlmsolf with a defensive atUludo. Just before tho ninth round closed, Fitzsimmons, covered with blood and log weary, received a hard blow on tho chin. Ho foil against tho ropes and Corbett drow bock his right to send in what might havo been a doclslve blow. Fltz-almmonB's Fltz-almmonB's hands hung by his sides and ho was utterly unablo to protect himself, whon from Corbett's corner camo tho cry: "Look out for him, Jim, ho'3 shamming! Ho Isn't as weak as ho looks!" Corbott smiled in derision at his opponent, but mado no further move until the bell sont them to their corners. Fitzsimmons opened tho tonth in a determined de-termined manimr. Corbott dodged a heavy left and Fitzsimmons stumbled lo the ropes. As ho turned Corbett stepped In and drove his right to tho car. lie had full swing for tho blow, but there was no force behind It. Fitzsimmons clinched and thoy wero In the mlddlo of the ring when they broke. Corbett waited wait-ed and Fiti-.Blmmons swung a failure for tho face. Corbott countered on the nose and Fitzsimmons again clinched. As thov broke Fitzsimmons tried a left jab for the ribs, but Corbott stopped it with his glovo and laughed. Punches Are Stingless. In the meantime Fitzsimmons was not uhiiih jiuiueuuu aovoruiy iuiu nw sircugui was returning to him. Corbott showed no desire or ability to distress his opponent. op-ponent. Ho landed at will, but thero was no atlng to his punches. Clinches wore frequent in this round and Fitnulmmons made good use of his left, which reached Corbett's head repeatedly, but, bo far as tho spectators could see, did little dam-ago. dam-ago. There woro some who judged from Corbett's lack of forco that he was tiring, but ho went to his corner without a fal-tor fal-tor being noticed In his stride, Fitzsimmons turned up for tho eleventh round as if he realized that vlotory was assurod. He drovo Corbott about tho ring, Inflicting little punishment and talcing talc-ing a few left blows to the face and lights to tho body. Onco Fitzsimmons hookod Corbett on tho chin. Tho champion cham-pion seemed to become enraged, and, bracing himself, drovo first his left and then Ills right to FitzslmmonH's face, spattering spat-tering tho blood in every direction. This surprised Fitzsimmons and they cllnchod. In tho break Corbott drove his right to the ribs absolutely without roturn. Again Fitzsimmons seemed to bo at tho morcy of Corbott, and Dohinoy shouted: "Jim, look out for that right." Corbett kept away until Fitzsimmons had recuperated. Then In tho lost ten seconds of tho round ho landed on Fltz-slmmons's Fltz-slmmons's face at will. They woro in a clinch as the bell sounded and Corbett apparently was much tho fresher of the two, Corbett opened tho twelfth round by feinting. Fitzsimmons was Ineffective In his leads and Corbett poked his left to tho nose as ho pleased. Fitzsimmons was bleeding. Corbett then drove a heavy left to the body and took a Jolt on tho chin In return. Thoy clinched and Corbett Cor-bett landed two moro right banders to tho jaw as they separated, FItzsImmonB's head rocking heavily. Corbott. was again talcing a long lead and his friends were confident he could end the light when It pleased him. Corbett, who had missed hardly ouo of his" blows, swung a terrific right upper cut JuBt before tho gong ended end-ed tho round. Tho blow missed Fltzslmmous's Fltz-slmmous's face by a full foot, and there wero those In the arena who expressod tho opinion that tho blow had not been well Intended. Fitzsimmons always regarded tho thirteenth thir-teenth as his lucky round, and ho hustled out of his corner ns if ho expected to settle set-tle matters. Corbett drove a hard right iSi tl,e. bexirt and Fitzsimmons slowed up. That lasted only for a minute, however, and tho Cornlshman then bogah to drive Corbett beforo him around tho ring. They sparred rather cautiously and then Corbett Cor-bett wns forced against tho ropes. Corbott Cor-bott scored repeatedly, but with no force. A moment heforetho gong Corbott mado v. awing that landed a right upporcut and two lefts, all three blows reaching b Itz-slmmons's Itz-slmmons's face, covering him with blood. As the men camo to tho mlddlo ol tni rinc for tho fourteenth round Corbett placed a hard left on tho mouth, shaking Fitzsimmons thoroughly. Tho Cornlshman Cornlsh-man rushed and rocolvcd a second blow of the samo kind. Theso two blows scorned to damage tho giver more than they did tho receiver. FltzHlmmous passed an overhand right that caught Corbott on tho oar. .They clinched and Fitzsimmons worked Corbott clear across tho ring. Fitzsimmons landed two heavy blown on tho chin, neither of which distressed Corbott. Cor-bott. , Then tho champion stepped forwnrd. crouching slightly. Fitzsimmons straightened straight-ened up and drove his left to the body, catching Corbott hard directly under thu heart. Few of those around the ring saw this blow as It was actually delivered. deliv-ered. Fitzslmmons's flat after landing continued In a half swing and caught Corbott on tho jaw. Corbett fell to his knees, and as ho did so Fitzsimmons landod another left to tho Jaw. There wero cries of "Foul!" of which tho rof-eroo rof-eroo took no notice. Corbett gradually loppled over until hln hands rested on the floor. Then with his left hand ho grasped "the flesh ovat his heart. It wus at this moment that Corbett. Cor-bett. who was half out of focus of thn camera, reached forward with his right hand and caught ono of the ropes. Then he swung himself around directly facing the camera. He was In this position whon counted out. "So sooner had tho word been uttered taking tho championship from him than Corbett was on hln foot. He threw both hands In the air abovo his head, then rushed over to where Fitzsimmons was standing near tho ropes. His brother Joe caught Corbett by tho arm. but Jim easily freed hlmsolf, and, dodging past others in tho ring, struck Fltzslmmona, who was waving two small American flags. There was plenty of forco In that blow tho blow that his friends thought might havo been delivered In any round after tho fifth. Fitzsimmons fell to tho floor and his friends wero compelled to carry him to his corner and place him In hl chair. . ' Slier raised his voico abovo tho din at the ring and shouted, "Fitzsimmons I 71 Team coursed down Corbott's checks. "I'm not licked," ho said. "I am strong and full of fight. I am willing to fight 1 on If ho 13 willing. Tho championship is . fs. The bets J TlE: said ho was sC ftB ire asked FlffitH light ogaln." ""PondetfiM challenge to iSH fight for SlO.OOo? rairfB smiled and shook hkipBhH in order to .sH should bo said fsdiH iorlty of those hn ssH the great majority0 dtfjOiH discussed t in niJV HH not doubted ttat th?t.PBl fought, honosuy io,e.JsH There are niajJB them some of thn WiissH in America could have won th 'LTsB sixth "ventre FltzBlnmiona fouBhf ?,?aiB winning from 'cS3benH consent to give I turn match: |