The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. 56. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JEFFRIES WINS VICTORY " AND FITZSIMMONS GLORY CALIFORNIAN IS STILL KING OF FIGHTERS Defeats Grand Old Man of Ring in Eight Bloody and Fiercely Contested Rounds AMES ins . JEFFRIES re- is title to t boxing of the the result of ght with Fitz- gether with the rse, is all he glory of the ship van- from er just t with which a blow as t vorld’s championship tt at Carson on that ble 17th of March, 1897. e surprise of the specta- was the ag- Fitzssimmons gressor throughout. He drew bloofi from Jeffries’ nose in the opening round and from that| ime th had the heavy-weight n of the world looking 2 Sioux brave in- full war- He blacked both his eyes, cut him deeply on the right cheek and kept his nose and mouth the | Robert Fitz-| able specta- i bleeding continuously. He out- boxed Jeffries from first to Jast, making a spectacle of him. When Jeffries had land- ed "the one punch wiped out 21l Fitzsimmons’ good work, the latter acknowledged he could not beat Jeffries, and that the only way to whip him was to use a sledgehammer. |All Fitz to Seventh. The fight ended so abruptly and in such a manner as to sur- prise the spectators. Up to the seventh round it was all Fitzsim- mons. He was landing at will and had cut Jeffries’ face to rib- bons. In return he sustained a slight abrasion under the right eye. In the seventh round Fitzsim- mons opened proceedings with a right uppercut and then sent his left across. Jeffries scored | twice with left to the body,which undoubtedly started the Cornish- | man on the down grade. The | blows stirred up Fitzsimmons’ Contirlued on Page Three. that SCENE IN PAVILION DURING CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT FITZ CAN BEAT ANY BUT HIMSELF, VICTOR ASSERTS EFFRIES—Well, I won, but I'll have to. give it to Fitz for being the best old man in the world. He certainly gave me the hardest run for eight rounds that I have had in my career. Gee, but I look pretty well cut up. Say, fel- lows, does it add to my beauty? This fellow Fitasimmons has the right ma- terial in him. He can go out as old as he, is and beat all the. other. heavy- weights in the country. I felt confident that I would win. The blows Fitz landed on me were good and hard, but never made me-groggy.- He-did not knock me down nor did he stagger me. He certainly can wallop some.” If any one wants an aflidavit to that effect I'm ready to swear to it. The blood flowing from my nose bothered me at first, but I got used to it. The jab I got in the eye did not. help me much, but my seconds soon had that paiched up. Fitz is game -and certainly has cleverness. I am pleased that I won such a clean-cut victory. . No time during the fight did I commit a foul. I have always had a name for being a fair fighter and I will always live up to it. I was never in better condition. When I entered that ring I knew I would win. I took my time and at the right moment ended things. The blow I caught Fitz was a left in the stomach. We were about to clinch and Fitz stepped back into his own corner. He never expected me to follow him up and I must have surprised him. The blow was a left rip and as soon as I let it go I knew I was the winner. I took mo chances, however, but followed it with another in the solar-plexus and then walloped him on the head as he was falling. I am now ready to defend the championship title against any man in the world., If Corbett wants a fight he .can have it. While I would like to rest for a while, yet-if Jim is look- ing for a battle I'll be the last man to refuse him. I am in the business for keeps and will not re- tire until_some better man meets me. Again I say Fitz is the goods and I have to.give it to him. . MANY AT PEOPLE FROM STATES RINGSIDE Delegations From Washing- ton,Oregon, Utah, Arizona and the East View Battle OTHING. could still the enthusiasm of the big - contingent - from N champion’s home. They arrived on the ground early with coin| enough to wager on Jeff's . chances to start a national bank in Oklahoma. Among the more noisy “rooters” were John Brink; Tom McCarthy, president of the Century Club; Harry . Stuart, that - organization’s-able referee and noted two-handed mixolo-| gist; Al Levy, the restaurant man. and connoisseur of clams| and mussels; Tom Domody, Mel Kellerman, Tom Vigus; Charley Jeffries, brother of the champion; Al Harder, Eddie Hookstratten, Fred Herr, Seth Keeney; Byron Erckenbrecker, the well-known turfman and capitalist; Tom Fitzgerald and his partner, Black, the bookmakers, and Frank Burch of the Grain Exchange. Frank Mulgrew of Skaggs Springs, an enthusiastic admirer ~ of Fitzsimmons, occupied a front 3 pew. He took along besides a Los Ar\ge]es,the} bunch of short end tickets a costly pair of binoculars, so that there would be no chance of missing the collision- of Fitz’s | right with Jeff’s jaw. | Oregon Coin on Jeff. Judging from the proportions | of the Portland delegation the | reposeful Oregon_city must have worn a funereal look yesterday. Jeffries created a lasting impres- sion on ring-goers on his north- | ern trip some months ago, and !most of the Oregon money was strung on the big fellow’s | chances. Jack Grant, a well- | known sporting man ‘and fight | promoter, and Fred Merrill, who years ago was a performer at old Woodward’s Garden in this city, chaperoned the “tenderfeet” of the party. Grant was busy dur- ing the afternoon trying to ar- | range a match between Young | Gibbs and Tom Tracey, to be Epulled off in the near future at Portland. Included among those capable of taking care of them- Continued on Page Three.