Show jc arms STILL CHAMPION BATTLE WITH fitzsimmons LASTED eight I 1 FURIOUS ROUNDS L looked ket RR as athniel Th niel gi tile lie aa had all the clest of r the light ali u tu til u I 1 bucky lies hen I 1 tied the th blattle after fighting fiercely for eight rounds robert wall wa knocked to tile floor by james and counted outi out after lie ha ba I 1 so BO badly punished the cham champion champeon plon that it looked as it the must win via bleeding from a number of gashes gashea in the face apparently weakening and clear ly unable to copo cope with 1 superior BUU jeffries delivered two lucky punches as IlU simmons paused la in hla hl fighting to speak to him md and turned tile the title tide I 1 lie ho battle was brief but noteworthy and will live in pugilistic I 1 tried once to arise from the mat but sank bank down clown again in ia helplessness kielp and heard counted out where but a moment before lie he had ap patently all tile the bouer better of it 1 I will never fight again said the battle scarred of the ring when lie he had sufficiently le ie covered Lovered to talk illie ahe fight was waa won fairly and to thebert the best man belongs the laurels you are the most dangerous man alive said jeffries jeiteles in ichuin I 1 and I 1 consider lucky to hake hae woi when I 1 did 11 had been fighting at a furious gait cool and dellbe inte anti and chopping the champion to pieces with the ter terrific rifle rights nod and lefts that have made him famous it was the draught horse and tile racer it aiom oin the hie tap of 0 the gong the men came together ritz sim moris appeared mathei worried but on the opening of the first round he assumed an air of absolute confidence and fought with tile deliberation of the general that lie Is As earl early y as the second i ou n d I 1 I 1 tz simmons had Jef jefferica ferles bleeding profusely from mouth and nose again und and again lie landed on ills bulky op getting awny in such huch it a clever manner that it bi ought down the great bouse with cheers it seemed that jeffries could bear Lely eath ci out tin gale 1 I come came ter a series of hot e exchanges x b an I 1 I 1 t in moos paus pauson d with baul down aud and spoke to tile cham champion plon hie battel b reply consisted of two tio terrific blows that thai brought back to him film tile the fleeting championship and forever removed the veteran I 1 atom the tha arena I 1 it simmons took ills defeat with good caleer lie ile walked to the center of the ring and raising liis ills hand addressed the multitude saying baying the best beat man has won had find I 1 beaten jeffries tonight I 1 should have conceded him the championship and forever retired from the ring I 1 delire telire just the same now but without having accod my ambIt ambition loo I 1 lain am satisfied Oed the ticket sales salea for the fight aggregated |