Show I I r f I I Jt 1 t I i I j l iw f. f i V. V r jf It I J I ii i l i It 1 f Jt fl At h I dY f isi A I t Vt S t 5 5 i j S. S t. t ti r RUBE SMITH JIM Jill HAll TEllS Of O fAMOUS 61 TILE WITH flown They The taut about bout old Bob Pits Flu lying down Jim Hall the time old-time scrapper who Is now now- living In Sn Toledo said the other otner oth- oth er cc day to a reporter but let me tell you that hat in all my eX experiences erlen ell In the In-the the ring with him he d didn't nt act like a man who was was l in taking It n the count for the th money there Since the Johnson fight there ha has been much talk about F tz 1 lying Ing down before be be- fore the son of ot Ham and also a rumor that Ruby Robert stretched for tor the benefit bene bane fit of Hall Hal when the they fought in Australia February 10 JO 1890 more than seventeen years ago Hall won that mill mm knockout route and when he learned that the sports were calling Fits a faker for floppIng flop f ping old dr drI Jim I lg became reminiscent e Say he said In Jn those days there were fights that were were fights Fits and andr I were matched up to go at Sydney Y A Australi Aus Aus- f ti J r for pounds o sterling and d the gate receipts I wasn't Just right In the way of ot condition and the old Cornishman Cornishman Cornish Cornish- man worried me considerably but buti I finally final final- ly got him in the fourth round But what's the use of talking about it I have a II copy of the Sidney Referee which paper published an account of the battle That shows the nature of the scrap You'll notice that there isn't much to Indicate that there was any lying down It was a square standup stand fight and the blow that sent Flu Fits to the floor was I think about as fast a one one oneas as I ever landed during my career Flu Fits un- un coveted co his Jaw for a moment and I Ilent sent lent one over that had more behind it than I could send lend in today It was a a. ac knockout c clean and S simple if ever there fl f was one Fits fe fell so o oS full that i he dropped under my feet teet I had hard work to get out of his way The Sydney Referee referred to by Hall had the following to say relative to the encounter The first round was chiefly noted for Halls Hall's long and effective left leads and heavy rights on the ribs one of ot these nearly bringing Fits down and for Flu FItz's clever countering and determined de de- attempts with the right at the jaw Hall e evaded these se easily his quick and edn neat guarding serving e l him well Fits got his shoulder well up to Halls Hall's attempt at the point Round two was similar though Hall did much more execution than Fitz lm- lm mons mona and discolored hi his left peeper with witha a hot right He also stabbed the New Zealander in the mouth heavily and vie vis tte his ribs hard and straight with the right fight Lands Knockout Punch I Coming up to the third Han Hall carried out his avowed intention of taking all Fits could give and giving him a quick quietus if he could He lIe fought furiously but FItz's FItzs cleverness with his head caused the champion to beat the air and Bobs Bob's shoulder de a lot and he soon pumped ut utterly ut- ut terly Neither e t could ld hed do much ml damage a but Hall got awfully groggy and nothing but his level he head d saved him He kept his long left poking out or came in with his forearm across Fitz's Fitzs throat and so was wa-s just able to last the round recover recover- recovering Ing a bit by walking around and dashing a good left lett in the mouth and a hard right righton on the jaw that shook Fitz up bad just at corners Busy Indeed were both mens men's attendants attendants attend attend- ants during the minute spell and nd they came up middling well for round four Fitzsimmons looked confident and advanced advanced ad- ad smilingly to meet his antagonist He feinted with his left to draw Hall and laid his jaw bare for one second Rising on his toes Hall brought the right smashing across cross hissing through his teeth like Uke a blacksmith welding hot Iron It dropped with all Its weight and strength on FItz's FItzs jaw W just about the tf t m 1 point ri and Bob fell 1 in a heap p under fr his conquerors conqueror's q legs as the impetus carried him 1 on Right on n his back c gt ne he rolled lI r and law screwing up his hie face and looking cronk Hall subsequently was knocked out by Fits Fitz at New Orleans March 8 8 1903 In four tour rounds I |