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Show i i JEFFJtl lis VICTORIOUS THE YOUNG HERCULES KNOCKS OUT FITZSIMMUNS. Th rifht Waa rtt an I rrtn nd Lsalxl 1 l.t.n Koun.l.-J.ITrl.. Matt Ih AostrstlsnVtlilppxl rrom lb Mnlh Honnd. New ork, June 10 Jme J Jelt ritt, the young Ilercule from California, Califor-nia, ha lowered the color of the world n former chnmplon In tw o classt Robert Htulmmons, and an American again wrnra the champlonthlp belL The lighting lattetl Jut eleven fist and furious roundt and after the end of the flrtt round there wai but llttla doubt In themlndtnf thote who wit nested the mill that Jeffrie would prove the winner The Hrt round wa erjr tame, not a tingle effective blow being ixilnnge I but In the second JiHrlea downed Mir tlmmont with a atralght left oil the Jaw. Tho thlnl and fourth rounds were fatt nnd In the Cnllforiilnn favor 1 Itrtlmmons mndo hi btst showing during the fifth, when he landed on JelTrlet left eyeandstnt torrent of blood coursing down hit check, after which I lt forced hit op ponent against the rope but tho Call forulan slipped nwn) from him Mtulmmnn tun the nggrcttor In the sixth and that, too was hi round Ho tried all of hit trick with left nn I right, but will unable, tu place tlicm right, lie clotid with a ttrong rlglil rx-ciiAMi'ios nom kt htzsimmossj uppcrcut, bill wna blocked The seventh might be said to have bren I Itulmmon but he did no particular damage with hit piinihe. Tho eighth aaw the beginning of the end, for I llzslmmona never regnlurd hit balance after Hint round JelTrirt began tho round with n atralght lift on the face that again brought the J blood outof hlaupponenlainouth The '. Cornlshman stai'gerid against the -"-" ropes, but came lack fur another facer There wa fear In 1 ltrslmmon' corner ( and Julian ycllultu Htrjlinniout lobe careful Mtulinuiun planted one. of ., hi lefts on JclTrics' Jaw nnd ntnggerc I him ngalnst the rope Mtrttuiinoii looked like n beaten man ' Tho utntli round waa all JelTrle' He sent tha Ausl-allan'n head bnik with a terle of lefts, put hi right on the botlr and avoided any serious pun lihment. Iltrslmmoni kept prilng forwanl, all the time, however, hut tva unable to Uud lit oppontnt Ihe tenth waa in reality whuru the fight ended Jeff rle rushed hi opponent oppo-nent ami downed hlin with a. left awing I Itudmmnn seemed out and there wna a moment of the wildest ex-cltemcnL ex-cltemcnL lultan ran along the aide of the ring and eprlnklut water on lit fallin Idol, At the end of seven second sec-ond 1 Itzalinmona ataggircd to hi feet, onl) to go dots n again He wa up again and JeiTrlea poised himself for the tlnltlilug touch He shot lu hi left to tho body and tried for the head with tils rlghL He wn culm and collected, col-lected, but tho time wn too abort Again did the gong come to the aid of the man whowa then going, stag ' gcrlng and dated, to certain tltfcnt There wata frnntla effort to revive Hie champion of champion, but ho wa cleanly gone and hi second could nut restore htm The gong sounded nnd the eleventh and lntt round commcnitd 1 lit tlmmont wabbled ton ard hlnopponint, there nna a moment of sparring, nnd the giant arm nf the young Lallfor- nlan shot through the nlr It was left and right and over 1 Ititlmmont dronned to the lloor. nnd thn tlmnrs callrd off the econd that called out an old ring hero and hernled a new one A nou a ritulmmon wa carried to his corner the peclolor crowded aver tho benche nnd through the ropes and the oollce had gnat dlfil culty In kteplngthe ring clear The partisans of the Californlnn almost went craty and pandemonium reigned for aeveral atcouda. I III camo to himself quickly and Jeffries walked across to the deflated champion s corner nnd both shook hnnds wnrmlr Judging from Hie ex prcsslon on Mtislmmniia face he did not feet much disgruntled nt hi de RaL |