Show 1 T f pavilion san francisco dec 20 robert collapsed at the close of the thirteenth round of abts fight with jack obrien tonight he had fought hard but nature could no longer tand the strain and after the gong rang for the of the thirteenth round he walked his comer and sat in his chair ills head fell over on his breast choie body collapsed and the bonder of the age was all in referee graney saw his condition awarded the fight to obrien while punched in the face and badly cut up and several times in jeopardy fitz always managed to come up and resume the fight just at the close of the thirteenth round ho lauded a lett on OB stomach but the philadelphia man came back with a similar blow anal followed it with a light left to the jaw the gong rang for the close lound and fuz walked to aalst chaar As be sat down he scald to grabey addie he hit me in the stomach and j is all over then his head sank and bob fitz jimmona was defeated after the fight biad been awarded to 0 arlen fitsimmons slipped to the floor and lay prostrate in the ring there was a call for a doctor as it vas feared he was in a state ot collapse he revived however in a few minutes ind with the assistance of his seconds aas abl to leave the rin obrien pave a remarkable exhibition of sparring anal footwork HP ducked and dodged and sidestepped side stepped in a manner that was bewildering ering fitz would swing and find only the empty air and several throes nearly went through the ropes from the force of his samil mows obrien would straighten up and dash in a cutting left which while not possessing force was sufficient to jar oie old gladiator fitz had ih e sympathy of the enormous crowd which jeered and hissed aben ha ducked and ran away philadelphia man had laid out lils of battle and could not be coerced inaco mixing things with the old tighter who was to possess a dangerous dan serous punch san francisco dec 20 when robat fitzsimmons and philadelphia jad obrien enter tt the arena at mechanics pavilion tonight to battle for light heavyweight honors obrien was favorite in the betting at 30 tal 8 alia eh 1 fling of odds forcing the cam rather suddenly up to i late hour tills afternoon the Oom ishman was a pronounced first choice due to many jarge hagera which had been placed on him earlier in the week supporters then materialized in unexpected numbers and at 5 this afternoon the odda were at evens larg clocks of obrien continue d to roll into tho pool sellers boxes and the price was quickly cut to 10 to 8 in OB favor the men had agreed to fight at catch weights obrien gave out his weight at pounds while mons Is said 0 o have tipped the beam lat pounds mechanics pavilion held one of the greatest crowds in its history the sall erics bulged with a congested of humanity and hundreds ware denied admission to the upper part of the house on ahe main floor as early as p ni every seat wius occupied mounted policemen were required to hold in check the crowds which surged the building two four round preliminaries preceded the feature event in ahe round not more than four blows were exchanged brian contented himself with dancing about with following but seldom attempting 10 land in th second round fitzsimmons crouched low and after obrien had missed lett for the baoe he whipped left anil right to the face and altz partially landed a straight left and r 0 o the face and head drove obrien into a corner and obrien clev erly ducked a hard left intended for lie jaw in the break that followed atz got in a light iipp orcut to the ace obrien suddenly shot his lett he face and catching altz oft his Dalan cp drove tight and lett to the face and they clinched obrien was arv quick and had ellz missing him a foot and over at times ionly shot his right and left to the face ond obrien countered with a short arm lett as the bell rang round As OR alen backed away caught him with a hard eft uppercut to the jaw and a moment laici phot his left to the face drow his left hard to the solar plexus and mixing it worked hid leatto the obrien On rien just aa the bell rang shot a straight left that caught altz on the nose and sent him to the floor it was not a clean blow however being more of a push round 4 obrien forced altz nearly through the ropes with a rush and fitz fell heavily on his left knee he waa up quickly and then put a stiff left over OB eye obrien closed in landing several straight lefts to the face drawing blood from pitas mouth and nose it was OB round round 6 obreen planted his left quickly to fitzs sore faco and a moment later dhove two more lefts lo 10 the same place obreen pegged away with his left and fitz again ald pio fuseley from mouth and nose finally fitzsimmons caught obrien avor the mouthy bringing blood from his mouth obrien put in two lefts but fitzsimmons countered with right and left swings to the jaw round S met obrien with a left as the latter ald but the blo wag partly blocked fitz slin mona received two straight left jabs on th eface and and left swings for the jaw landed a right swing 0 o the ear obreen continued to display wonderful footwork but eabert ii considerably on his aggressive gres sive work fitzsimmons arten missel a fearful right forthe jaw ana went to his knees from the force of the missed blow bound 7 obrien planted right over the and quick as a flash worked ight and left swings to the jaw conever ho never went after obreen len sending left to ahe face and a stilt right uppercut to the body fitz sh othis ott to face and followed it with right swing to the body but obrien countered with two wicked smashes 0 o the ace one of which raised a big lump over bobs right ee rounds obrien drove a straight left to he TAW altz ogled or Led his left to the jaw twice and obrien na cautioned for holding on obrien ripped in a nasty left over tha eye and a moment later floored fite with a stiff right to the jaw bob came up apparently obrien then drove hla left to the body and forced his man against tho ropes with two hard lefts to AB therould the round expired fitz appeared to recuperate but went to hla corner brathw unsteadily it was OB round by a big margin round 9 both appeared tired at this btag and fitzs face presented a bloody felcht obrien after hooking A terrific right tx the jaw followed it with 4 wo wicked left uppercuts upper cuts to the ace and as the ell rang fit off the floor with A right hook to tha jaw round 10 obreen met with a straight jab on the race but fitz retaliated with a right over the hem and swung his left to he face ahoff in two lefia to ho face as fitz missed a right swing and quickly jabbed hla aft twice over the mouth suddenly fitz booked his right areat force over tho heart forcing obrien lo 10 a clinch heart punches in this round were the best of ahe fight round 11 altz in a mix drove 0 brien to he ropes witha terrific right to the face obreen ahot two lefts to the jaw another struck rather low fitz complained to the referee anil was hooted in a mix fiz put a bibid to the JAW wd tn turn was forced against the ropes but b did not land fuz chased hla man around the ring landing a straight left to the face round l afta altz into a neutral corner obrien electrified uie crowd with some wonderful foot work during which be shot three lefts lo 10 face all attempts of bob to counter round 13 in a fitz suddenly dhove a fearful right to the body and then a terrific hook with left caught on the jaw 0 brien however with a hard left uppercut to the jaw fitz tuen planted a hard left to the body and they mixed it both landing deft au dright short arm blows over the heart As fitzsimmons went to his broer he suddenly collapsed to the floor blood flowed from hla and nose and it was seen that he was badly hurt A doctor was hastily fitz sl nimons was able to rise unassisted shortly after the doctor had entered tha ring it he was seized with a sudden fainting att and hem orralee as his seconds were working over him conditioning him for the next round thre was nothing to indicate that vaa in when he took his seat abier the round had expired when referee graney saw condition he immediacy awarded ibe con teat to OB |