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Show Made Fitz's Head Swim. ,, "The worst two minutes I over had In the ring," said "luky lkib" Flts-slmmons Flts-slmmons to an admiring acquaintance tho othor day, "was Willi Foter Maher In New Orleans In 18U2. 1 guess I got a little careless and let him punch mo on the head." Fill's head II U a bat. "It seemed like a trip hammer had struck nio. My bead busied and swam and got light. Mr brains didn't work. 1 didn't soem to know what to do. I was on my loot all right, but I had lost all aense of generalship. The only thing 1 did was to Jab at Maher with my loft while I struggled to pull uiy addled brains to their senses. The round was nearly over whon I came to. The first thing I realized was that Jabhlug was Just wha. Maher needed , so I kept It up through the fight and won In the twelfth round without striking soother so-other blow." The second meeting between Fits and Maher occurred at I-antry, Tex., In lslnl. The Cornlshinan declared openly that he Intended to settle the Oiht with one blow. "1 have never lorgotton that time Mnher hit me In the head," he said, 'and I'm going to oaks hi in sorry be ever did IL I'm filing to hit him mice. Hu ll He down then I do It. Listen to what I'm silng. I'm going to hit him once." Alter the battle Frits said to his frlenda: "I nuver saw anything llko It In the ring In niy llfo. Whon Muhcr stood up before me I could see a look of awful fear In his eyes as they aw me put out my loft as It I meant to do turns Jnblilng. His hair almost, rose on end. He hadn't got over that awful punishment In four years. My left must have aturk In Ills craw. He mule a awing at my head. I slopped silde, and as bla own head went down ray right met him on the point of the chin. The floor waa bis, and be stayed there. 1 said I'd hit once, and I did." |