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Show GARDNER STAYED THE LIMIT. Fitzslmmons Was Unable to Knock Him Out In Twenty Rounds'. Bob Fitzslmmons proved Wednesday night that he was not a dead ono when ho outboxed nnd outgeneraled Georgo Gardner for twenty full rounds in San Francisco. Fitzslmmons was ns awkward awk-ward and ns cunning ns of yoro, and apparently realizing that ho must foster fos-ter his strength, thoro was not a moment mo-ment when ho was not carefulness personified. per-sonified. Whllo tho old man could avoid punishment from Gardner, ho could not knock his opponent out, although al-though ho landed a number of vicious blows. From his performance Gardner Gard-ner Is not In Fltz's class. Ho landed on tho old-timer onco in a whllo, but Fltz wns always going away from him, and tho blows were harmless. Several times Fltz apparently hnd Gardnor almost al-most out, but ho was cither too tired or lacked his old strength, and' could not land a, knock-out punch. Fitzslmmons Fitzslm-mons wns very skillful In blocking nnd dodging Gardnor's blows, nnd In the clinches and breakaways was very cateful. |