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Show j JEITBIES victorious I j THE YOUNG HERCULES KNOCKS OUT FITZSIMMONS. The Fight Was hast and furious ani I-asted Eleven Hounds .Jeffries Had the AustrallanWhlpped From the Ninth Round. New York, June 10. James J. Jeffries, Jeff-ries, the young Hercules from California, Califor-nia, has lowered the colors of the world's former champion in two classes, Robert Fit.sirnmons, and an American again wears the championship bell. The fighting lasted just eleven fast and furious rounds, and after the end of the first round there was but lit'.le doubt in the minds of those who witnessed wit-nessed the mill that Jeffries would prove the winner. The first round was ver3' tame, not a single effective blow being exchanged, but in the second Jeffries downed Fitz-simmons Fitz-simmons with a straight left on the jaw. The third and fourth rounds were fast and in the Californian's favor. Fitzsimmons made his best showing during the fifth, when he landed on Jeffries' left eye and sent a torrent of blood coursing down his cheek, after which Fitz forced his opponent op-ponent against the ropes, but the Culi-fornian Culi-fornian slipped away from him. Fitzsimmons was the aggressor in the sixth and that, too. was his round. He tried all of his tricks with left and right, but was unable to place them right. lie closed with a strong right EX-CHAMPION ROBERT FITZSBIMONS.' uppercut, but was blocked. The seventh might be said to have been Fitzsimmon's, but he did no particular damage with his punches. The eighth saw the beginning of the end, for Fitzsimmons never regained his balance after that round. Jeffries began the round with a straight left on the face that again brought the blood outof his opponent's mouth. The Cornishman stapgered against tha ropes, but came back for another facer. There was fear in Fitzsimmons' corner and Julian yelled to Fitzsimmons to be careful. Fitzsimmons planted one of his lefts on Jeffries' jaw and staggered him against the ropes. Fitzsimmons looked like a beaten man. The ninth round was all Jeffries'-He Jeffries'-He sent the Australian's head back with a series of lefts, put his right on the body and avoided any serious punishment. pun-ishment. Fitzsimmons kept pressing forward, all the time, however, but was unable to find his opponent. The tenth was in reality where the fight ended. Jeffries rushed his opponent oppo-nent and downed him with a left swing. Fitzsimmons seemed out and there was a moment of the wildest excitement. ex-citement. Julian ran along the side of the ring and sprinkled water on his fallen idol. At the end of seven seconds sec-onds Fitzsimmons staggered to his feet, only to go down again. He was up again and Jeffries poised himself for the finishing touch. He shot in his left to the body and tried for the head I with his right. He was calm' and col- I lected, but the time was too short. I Again did the gong come to the aid of the man who was then going, staggering stag-gering and dazed, to certain defeat. There was a frantic effort to revive the champion of champions, but he was cleanly gone and his seconds could not restore him. The gong sounded and the eleventh and last round commenced. Fitzsimmons Fitz-simmons wabbled toward his opponent, there was a moment of sparring, and the giant arms of the young Califor-nian Califor-nian shot through the air. It was left and right and over. Fitzsimmons dropped to the floor, and the timers I called off the seconds that called out an old ring hero and heraled a new-one. new-one. As soon as Fitzsimmons was carried to his corner the spectators crowded over the benches and through the ropes and the Dolice had great difficulty diffi-culty in keeping the ring clear. The partisans of the Californian almost went crazy and pandemonium reigned for several seconds. Fitz came to himself quickly and Jeffries walked across to the defeated champion's corner and both shook hands warmly. Judging from the expression ex-pression on Fitzsimmon s face he did not feel much disgruntled at his defeat. |