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10 T HE FfA FRANCISCO "ALL, THURSDAY., NOVEMBER 2 1903. el e 'eteran Makes Him Look Like a Novice. RSP LS Stage Fright of Lowell’'s Man Is Pitiable. Does Ngt Make a Showing Until the End. —_— Fitzsi the light eir fight twenty rounds. twe unds. bly suffering from interval until the k shakes water from its back. nth and age seemed to revive an h he ft him sounded the end of hostilities. nd after round it seemed Fitz- _ matters any time held off and let Gard- when the Lowell man to go out. The specta- of these tactics Some men at so far as to intimate ers had an agreement them was to go out and nated failed to live If it were possibie tered-into such an have been impos- have carried it out, as receive a blow which had in it to appear to stop end boxers, HANDS DAMAGED. 1t Fitz showed a pair of explanation f veness in punching. ner down with a ter- h ad in the _fourth s left hand out of Gardner was down e stood up Fitz rushed nd sent right and left pid succession. Fitz hard right to the 4 this with a right Wh that Gardner was flung rer hung on to avoid rent until the end of the ¢ house, which was evidently f! the first, was in an seemed Gardner would *prey for his opponent. was still dazed when he for the Gfth round. Another the head and Gardner went to ces for nine seconds. For the art of this round Fitz played ner as a cat plays with a He' let Gardner hit him and try to hit back. It was at this point that Fitz made the fatal mis- ts which cost him a c¢lean-cut vie- He let Gerdner recover and was lissed for his tactics. Gard- r's right eyevwas badly cut in this T punish tz started to rough it in the seventh giving Gardner the elbow, at the wpectators showed their dis- ~asure. Toward the end of the round er was improving and Fitz was altogether happy. He was better n the eighth and tried all he win GARDNER ENOCKED DOWN. dazed from ind for five seconds. He was hung on to save himself unishment. was wrestled' to the mat early the nineteenth round. Fitz mpl. d that he was hitting low, the claim was not allowed. For e first time Gardner began to rip in rights and lefts to the body and Fitz rely troubled. Gardner contin- se tactics In the last round and seemed very tired. He had ar Gardner in ve. Fitz head, staggering Gardner. When the gong sounded Referee Graney pointed Fitz as the winner. 't disperse, but stood and cheered the reat fighter. They demanded and re- randed a speech, but all Fitz would Haven’t 1 done enough for ght” showed the most consummate neralship. His every move to have been studied out and wasted a blow. He kept the guessing throughout as to condition. He needed but little at- from his seconds and was smil- all times. He was waiting all time to send his right across to the but could not make connections. LOWELL MAN FRIGHTENED. Garéner obviously frightened from the start and did all his fighting range. He was not sure of Ithough he showed gameness in going after Fitz. Ing for the big men to into the ring, Announcer Billy presented “Philadelphia” Jack O'Brien was given a hearty ption, and in answer to cries for a speech told the announcer to say that he was no speech-maker, but was will- ing to meet any man in the world at 158 pounds. “Sandy” Ferguson, the hea sight boxer, modestly rushed into e ring and was joshed by the gallery. Ferguson wanted it known that he was to fight Jack Johnson, but the crowd paid no attention to him, as he is not taiken seriously as a fighter. It was 9:05 when the tall form of Fitzsimmons was observed by the crowd coming toward the ring. A ectat the was at him: Jord OB ons deposed George heavyweight | n boxer of the world last night at Mechanics’ Pavilion, The fight ing, as Gardner made no st his veteran opponent un- outclassed from the start and stage | lows, when they landed at had no sting in | st two roynds they | ect on Fitz, belng shed off by | g freckeled arms or shoulders as| | | | twentieth rounds | {tzsimmons with the body whipped Jack These stung the Cornish- a tired boxer when six | | was down again in the four- | h enough to send his left to the | The crowd did | | i T R ANEW o TE y Bras> | éf::&fl”) ) EveKyorE SO E Fitzsimmons Says He Was Sick and Hands Pained Him | | It was simply an old man against a good young man. Gardner is a tough nut to crack. My hands were gone and I could | do nothing. The first time I | knocked Gardner down I dislo- | cated the knuckle of my left hand. I “kidded” him afl the time and was really ashamed to hit him. I got tired and hurt | my hands, and it dawned on me I would have to fight for a de- cision. I wanted to go in and | finish him, but my seconds begged me to stay away. When I went into the ring I was a sick man. I wrote a letter to George Dawson to-day, telling him I would be lucky if I won. I wanted to fight, although my | | friend, Major McLaughlin, was willing to have it postponed. I was opposed to putting it off, as was confident I would win. His punches never bothered me. The blows he sent in were usually caught on my arms. His | jabs were easy and never wor- | ried me. My hands hurt me | more than Gardner’s punches. | They were knocked-out on Jef- fries ,and they got bad before many rounds. Pretty - good showing for an old man, eh?— Robert Fitzsimmons. EX great cheer arose, and it increased in volume until the Cornishman stepped into the ring. He looked like a rain- waiting spectators. His red hair topped s the ring, landing on | off a sweater that was a cross between | €Xercising great care, | sky-blue and dapple gray. He wore purple trunks and lavender socks. To {cap the climax he started to put on | green gloves, and before the fight had started Gardner was color-blind. | Garaner came in immeaiately after | Fitzsimmons. He¢ had a bathrobe over | his shoulders. He walked over to the | northwest corner of the ring and was | left to the face. Fitz blocked a hard made ready for the fray by his seconds. | Gardner bad Alec Greggains, | Plerce, Dave Barry and Harry Foley |In his corner. Fitzsimmons had Billy Delaney, Sam Berger, Joe Kennedy and f Johnny Croll Jr. in his corner, | Gardner’s eostume consisted of green | trunks and green socks. A green belt was fastened around his waist. Fitz |had a beit of American flags. When | the pair were called to the center of | the ring by Referee Graney Gardner looked small alongside his big chested | opponent. He was pale and nervous. | Fitz looked more rugged than Gardner. Fitz was Introduced as the only mid- | dle-weight champion of the world. Cap- | tain of Police Mooney stepped into the | ring to see that neither fighter had a | horseshoe in his gloves for luck, and | when Jack Johnson made his bow Billy Jordan raised his voice and announced that the battle would be a twenty- round contest, Marquis of Queensberry rules, and the men would protect them- selves in the breakaway and break at the order of the referee. He then yelled, “Let 'er go!” and the gong sounded and the men started on their unsatis- factory twenty-round journey. BOXERS ARE PUNISHED. After the fight Fitzsimmons sat in | his dressing room with a puffed lip and | swollen hands. He complained of bad | “mitts” and Dr. Clarence F. Tillman, llhe club’s physiclan, examined them. | He ‘advised Fitz to keep the adhesive plaster on until he reached his rooms, where special attention could be given him. Fitz recelved the congratulations of his friends in a modest manner. He thought he had done well for an -old man. He gave strict orders that the sil- ver cup presented by F. H. Lynn, W. | Fiske and James Hammersly, members of Local No. 6, Independent Order of Electrical Workers, be taken to his room. Gardner was surrounded by sympa- thetic friends. George did no talking. He was downcast because he had not | won. His face was badly swollen and |he had a cut over his right eye. He | was able to dress himself and went to the Hammam baths. D The management of the fight was ex- cellent. Every seatholder got his seat. There were lots of ushers in attend- ance and Pinkerton detectives saw to it that interlopers were kept out of the boxes. The contests were brought off as scheduled and Manager James Cof- froth deserves praise for the excellent judgment he used. The receipte of the house were a little over $16,000. This fell short of the club's calculation. —_—— FIGHT BY ROUNDS. Fitzsimmons Has Gardner in Hand at All Stages. The following is the fight by rounds as seen by an expert at the ringside: Round 1—The men went to the center { | | | | | + | Billy ! P s PESLLY PR 7HETZCS (£7PcCrais > 7o T OSE e WERE "o Vo SHORT S L 4 { Sl e N e R R £l SN 3 - ¥ ROBERT FITZSIA S. THE GRAND OLD MAN OF THE RING, WHO CLE!RLY OUTCLASSED GEORGE GARD> IGHT IN THEIR TW: TY-ROUND FIGHT IN MECHANICS' PAVILION, UNDER THE A OF THE YOSEMITE'CLUB. | { ¢ o8 2 RS quickly and indulged in sparring. Gard- ner danced around hvely and ducked | a viclous left for the jaw. They came | | together without result and Fitz missed | | @ left swing for the Jaw and then | evaded 2 similar blow from Gardner. | The force of the latter blow | bow. He presented many colors to the | Fitz sent g streight left high on the | | chest. The fighting was slow, both men | Gardner was | | short with a right uppercut for the | Jaw. Both men missed lefts for the | | head and Gardner received a stinging | straight left to the jaw. Fitz followed | | this with another lefr to the jaw and | | a right to the stomach. Fitz sent Gard- | | ner’s head back with a left hook to the | | Jaw. Gardner then planted ja straight | left for the stcmach as the bell rang. | The advantage was slightly with Fitz- simmons, who received absolutely no attention from his seconds as he went to his corner. Fitz appears to be both- ered with a cold. Round 2—After considerable sparring both missed left swings for the body. and Gardner landed twice on the Aus- tralian’s kidneys with right. Gardner drove his right twice to the body and received a left to the body and a right to the jaw in return. Gardner sent his right to the body and Fitz slipped to the floor as he backed from a right swing. Bob drove a straight left to the stomach and missed a right for the | jaw. Bob then planted his left to the body and a right swing to the jaw. Gardner sent In a right and left force- fully to the body and Fitz retaliated | with a right and left to the jaw as the | bell.sounded. This was a comparative- ly even round, the advantage if any being with Gardner. There was not much force to most of the blows landed. Round 3—Gardner was short with a left for the hody and a moment later | drove a hard right to the Cornishman’s ribs. They then exchanged light lefts to the body. Fitz missed a left swing for the face and was met with 4 straight right to the.body. Gardnery followed it with a right swing to the ribs and two rights to the kidneys. Gardner sent In left and right to the jJaw. Fitz was trying occasional swings and did not do much sparring He sent a straight left to Gardner’s face and missed another for the same place. Fitz swung a terrific right to the jaw and rushed Gardner to the ropes. Fitz put left to the face and a right to the body, Gardner fighting back hard. Fitz gave a flash of his old fire in this round and ¢rew Gardner on. This was Fitz's round. He again re- ceived no attention from his seconds at the end of the round. SENDS GARDNER DOWN. Round 4—Fitz immediately swung a right to the jaw and they mixed it, Bob ducking and blocking cleverly. Fitz stoodbackand then tried left and right for the jaw, but was blocked. He re- peated the attempt a moment later, but Gardner met him with a straight left to the jaw. Fitz then sent Gardner down for seven seconds with two straight lefts to the jaw. Gardnmer came up fighting wildly. Fitz forced him to the roves with a straight left to the jaw, sending Gardner against the ropes. Fitz then hooked a vicious right to the jaw and Gardner went to the floor. He came up and Fitz plant- ed several frightful lefts and rights to the face and body that sent the Lowell man to his corner groggy. 'The tumult for Fitz at this stage was tremendous. Fitz very cool. He nearly had Gardner out twice. Round 5—Fitz landed a left swing to the jaw and Gardper went down for the count of nine. Fitz chased him around the ring and had Gardner 1k Fitz got in a light right to the head [ Graney Declares Fight Was Very Unsatisfactory The fight was the worst I ever | refereed. Fitzsimmons was justly entitled to the decision, as he had Gardner in distress throughout the battle. Gardner did no fighting until the last | three rounds, when he sailed in and tried to win. Gardner fought like the veriest amateur. He was cither mortally afraid of Fitzsimmons or had a very bad case of stage fright. I could not make it a draw. I am sure my decision was a good one. Even “Billy” Pierce, manager of ‘Gardner, was satisfied. Gard- ner was lucky to stay the dis- tance. =itz was too big and strong for him. In the middle of the fight I told the two to go in and fight. I could see that Fitz was troubled with bad hands and that Gardner was in fear of a heavy punch. Fitz in my opinion was out of con- dition. He showed it repeat- edly. He was as slow as an ice wagon and had no steam in him. Had he been the old-time Fit: he would have won in three rounds. Personally, I was in ill health and was depressed by the death of my good friend, Mr. Rainey. I did not want to referee the contest, but had to do so to prevent a_ postpone- ment.—Edmupd M. Graney. * - stalling. Fitz forced Gardner to the ropes with a left to the jaw and a right hook to the body. Fitz looked a bit tired, but put in a stiff left to the body. They came to a mix-up, Gardner be- ing desperate and rushing. He was bleeding from the nose. Fitz swung left and rivht to the face and forced Gardner to a clinch, Fitz laughing and stalling and trying to create an im- pression of being tired. Gardner drove in two lefts and a right to the body. As the gong rang Gardner put in left and right to the body without appar- ent damage. Fitz had the crowd guessing as to whether he was sham- ming or actually tired. ¥ Round 6—Fitz missed a right swing for the head and backed away from Gardner. Fitz missed another left for the head and then sent in a straight right to the head as Gardner was go- ing away. Fitz took a couple of left jabs to the face in order to get'in a right, but he was short. Fitz cleverly evaded several rights and lefts for the body and they mixed it in a corner, fighting _ tamely. Both ~ exchanged straight lefts to the face, and Gardner drove a straight right to the body. The crowd hissed at the tameness of the fighting. After a mix-up Fit#caught Gardner with left and right to the face, cutting George's eye open. Gardner got in a straight left to the stomach with the clang of the bell. Round 7—Fitz rushed in and swung hard with right to the head. They fcught flercely in a mix-up gnd Fitz was hissed for holding on. Gardner missed a hard right swing for the jaw. Fitz swung left hard to the jaw and Gardner countered with right to the Jew and left to the body. Gardner missed a right upper-cut for the jaw and chased Fitzsimmons to a corner without landing a blow. Fitz then missed a left swing for the jaw. Both | men looked very tired. They got to close quarters and both tried lefts and rights for the body, but the efforts were futile. fighting tamely, { and urging them on. Fitz appeared to be losing his speed and seemed content with acting more on the defensive. | GARDNER USES LEFT. Round $—Both were short with lefts (for the face. Fitz feinted with right and put a good left to the face. The 3 Australian was backing away, allowing Gardner to do the leading. Gardner fin- ally planted left and right to the stom- ach and a left hook lightly té the face. jaw and sent a straight left lightly to the face. Fitz missed left and right swings for the body, and they came to a clinch in Gardner’s corner. Fitz sent Gardner against the ropes with left and right to the jaw, and then put a left to the jaw and a right to the body. Gard- ner then clinched and blocked a right and left upper-cut for the jaw. Fitz im- proved again in this round and the advantage was his. 3 Round 9—The Cornishman backed away, allowing Gardner to do the lead- ing. Gardner was short with left for the head and missed a right swing for the body. Fitz then met him with a left hook to the jaw and danced away as the Lowell pugilist chased him around the ring.’ Fitz missed a hard left swing for the body. Gardner con- tinued to chase Fitz around the ring, but did ngt succeed In landing. Fitz finally waded in and forced Gardner to the ropes, but more from wrestling than by blows. Gard- ner swung a good right to the kidneys and swung a right to the jaw as the bell sounded, but it was a glancing blow and Fitz only smiled. Fitz has slowed up considerably, but is evidently laying for his farmous knockout punch. Round 10—Fitz missed a flerce right hook for the head and Gardner was wild with a right swing. Fitz backed away and contented himself with blocking Gardner’'s leads. Fitz jolted Gardner with a left to the jaw, but Gardner retallated with a hard right to the jaw. Fitz hooked his left to the face and they came together. Fitz broke the clinch with a left hook hard to the stomach and Gardner jahbed Fitz's mouth three times with left, drawing blood. Fitz crossed left to the face. Gardner kept jabbing with left to the mouth and tantalized the Austra- lian. Fitz, however, took the blows with a view to getting in a good punch. They came together with considerable force at the close of the round and Gardner slipped down. He was up quickly and went at once to his cor- ner. Round 11—Fitz caught Gardner with right to the stomach and then hooked him viclously with a left on the wind. Fitz fought hard, but Gardner blocked him. Gardner's punches seemed to lack force. Gardner swung his left to-the body and backed away from two left swings for the face. Fitz joited Gard- ner with a straight left to the stom- ach, and Fitz cleverly blocked Gard- ner's attempts. Fitz took most of the light blows, but blocked the harder ones. Gardner sent a straight right to the face, but Fitz sailed in with a left swing to the jaw, staggering Gardner. The gong rang at this stage. Fitz had the advantage of the round. Round 12—Fitz, as usual, backed away. They came together in a mixgup but no damage was done. Gardner Jabbed a left into Fitz's face and closed The gong found both men | with the crowd jeering | Gardner blocked a vicious left for the | GreorER Fovert 77 LIKE Ary @iD NAONT DS - e ———N E3 Gardner Believes He Was Entitled | 1 to the Decision | . | I think I should have had the | decision. Fitz is the hardest | propositon I ever went up | against. I did all the leading | and " forcing throughout the | twenty rounds and outpointed | him. The only time I was in ! distress was in the third round and his punches made me groggy. He is very tricky and | kept me away by his dangerous swings. I tried to finish him the | | last three rounds, but he stalled | all the way through.' I tried hard to knock him out, but my blows seemed to land on his arms and shoulders. He is too | | big for me, I guéss. I have no | | complaints to make. My condi- | tion was good. I went in to get him, but he was able to take the punches I landed. The short lefts I landed bothered him very greatly. I kept poking it at him in the hope of getting close enough to land my right, but he avoided me. I made him sideste; and break ground throughout the contest. I know I did not put up my usual bat- tle. It must have been due to the peculiar style my opponent had of boxing. Fitz used rough tactics. - He -proved stronger than I and was able to keep me back. He had me “buffaloed” early in the fight. After I got | over my nervousness I went | | | right at him and kept after him for ten rounds. Fitz had the best of it for ten rounds, but I think I was the better man in the last half of the fight. That | is why I think the decision be- | longed to me.—George Gardner. 3 the jaw. The pace again slowed up ants. left swing to the jaw. He tried to fol- low it with a right, but missed his mark. Fitz then swung clear around from a missed right upper-cut. Gard- ner landed a few light blows on Fitz, but Fitz took them, at the same time trying to bring his right to play. Gard- ner's blows were very light. As yet he had failed to land a telling blow on the lanky Australian. Round 13—Fitz missed a left swing for the jaw and received a straight left on the mouth. Gardner then poked Fitz in the stomach with a straight left and chased Fitz into a corner. They ute without a blow being landed. Gard- ner kept pegging away at Fitz, but the latter easily got out of harm's way. Finally Fitz brought his left to the body and a left to the nose. Gardner sent in two straight lefts to the face and a light left to the body, byt there was little force in the blows. Just as the round closed Fitz swung a hard right to the jaw, sending Gardner to the floor. He was up within two sec- onds and showed no effects of the blow as he took his chair. Round 14—Gardner was short with a straight left for the body. Fitz feinted with right and sent two left to the Jaw. He followed it with a hard left hook to the jaw and a hard right to the body. Swinging flercely, he sent the Lowell man to the floor for five seconds. for the jaw and chased Gardner against the ropes, trying to-put in a finishing blow, but his efforts were wild. Gard- ner looked groggy and stalled repeated- ly. The blood was streaming from his nose, and as they went to a clinch the crowd hissed Gardner for hitting. Fitz swung his right to the jaw and sent @ardner against the ropes. He followed him around the ring and missed a right swing that would have ended the fight, had it landed, as the bell rang. Gard- ner went to his corner groggy. Fitz appeared cool and smiled at his friends. Round 15—Fitz missed a left swing. Then they went to a‘clinch. Emerging, Fitz missed a hard swing for the jaw | Fitz's stomach. FITZSIMMONS PROVES GARDNER'S MASTER Fitz Injures His Hands at the i Start. —— Betting Is Even Money During Fight. Contest Is Good and Bad in Streaks. + ducked it. Gardner mixed it, but Fitz caught him with a short-arm left to the | face. Gardner then hooked his left to Fitz caught Gardner on the head with a hard right swing | Gardner swung right to the jaw at the Pend of the round, but the blow was g T | | which the Australian did | Yery weak. Gardner has been putting up a very disappointing fight, possesses | | no strength and boxes very clumsily. { BOTH MEN WEARY. | Round 17—They spent much time in | desultory sparring, Fitz looking for an i opening. Fitz got in a light left to the | face and both missed rights for the | body. Fitz was short with a straight left for the body and Gardner put in a right to the head and a left to the face, forcing Fitz to the ropes. No harm was done, however, the blows being weak. Fitz missed a hard left hook for the body, but they went to a mix-up, in some clever blocking. Gardner got his left high on the body and Fitz missed a left swing for the jaw and another for the body Gardner sent in a hard right to the | jaw at the end of the round. It was the hardest blow Gardner had turned loose during the fight, but not hard enough to worry Fitz, who went to his corner smiling. Round 18—Gardner forced Fitz about the ring, missing left and right swings for the jaw. Fitz tried a left swing for the jaw, but Gardner got inside it and tried a right hook for the body, but Bob blocked it. Gardner swung right to the face lightly Bob feinted with right and swung a vicious left for the jaw, but missed. He then swung hard with right, but received a left hook to the jaw that made him wince. Fitz backed away and rdner got In a glancing left to the fa Fitz got in two rights hard to the jaw as they closed in and blocked a right uppercut for the law. Round 19—Gari.er forced Fitz to the ropes, but Fitz came back with a left to the head. Gardner then slipped to the floor, but Fitz asisted him to his feet. Gardner sent a straight left to Fitz’s nose and followed it with two more weak lefts to the face, Fitz smil- ing. Fitz swung a left for the head, but it went around rdner's head. | Fitz missed a swing for the head and { | right on the body. in as the latter tried a straight left for | and the crowd yelled at the contest- Fitz shifted and brought a hard | | missed. Fitz then missed a fearful right swing | and Gardner succeeded in getting a| glancing left to the jaw. Fitz drove his right to the body and then shifted it to the head and cleverly evaded counters. Fitz fought carefully and made his blows count when he reached the Lowell man's anatomy. Fitz landed a left and right swing to the jaw and just missed another for the same place. Fitz Jarred Gardner with a hard right swing to the jaw and a left hook to the body. Gardner again stalled. Fitz missed an- other right swing for the jaw and as they came together Gardner got in a straight: left to the face lightly. This was Fitz's round. = Round 16—Gardner got in a left and I l in and got left and Gardner then hit Fitz rather low ‘and was cautioned by the referee. Gardner then got In sev- eral good rights to the body and Fits gent him back with a right swing to the head. The bell rang with Gardner fighting fiercely and he succeeded in Gardner rushed landing several short-arm lefts to Fitz's stomach. As usual they were weak. | Round 20—Fitz missed a straight left for the face and they went t# a clinch. Fitz tried with right for the head and In a mix-up Gardner aimed many blows at, Fitz's stomach, but the blows were well blocked. Gardner got in a light left to the stomach and blocked two left swings for the bedy. Gardner swung a right to the body | and in a mix-up landed several rights and lefts to the body. They clinched and the referee could hardly separate them. Fitz sent a straight left to the face and both clung to each other, | Gardner doing most of the holding.on. danced around the ring for fully a min- | Gardner was clinging to Fitz and Ref- eree Graney could not separate them as the gong Trang finally. Graney promptly gave the decision to Fitzsim- mons, which was greeted with cheers. RS PRELIMINARY BOUTS. Manager Coffroth carried out his promise to have the men in the ring on time The first preliminary, be- tween Mauro Herrera and “Billy” Welch of Portland, proved a farce. Herrera was afraid and Welch knew nothing whatever about the art of box- ing. The first round was slower than a funeral and the crowd wondered what the two men were trying to accomplish. Herrera put on style and Welch imag- ined he was trying to hit a friend in the gallery. The first round was so bad that Referee Kreling wanted to | call in the police to haVe the men ar- rested for obtaining money on false pretenses. He gave them another trial and allowed them to bore the specta- tors for half a round more. Herrera tgied shifts, upper-cuts and wild | swings in his endeavor to make an Im- | pression on the atmosphere. Welch was lwomA He could not punch and did not know how to step around. After half a round had been wasted Kreling tap- ped Welch on the shoulder and in- vited him to go “away back and sit down.” Welch was glad to do so and Herrera was given the long end of the purse, which was enough to buy him a few lessons in boxing. John Ritchie, a has-been, was trotted out to go four rounds with Georgie Curran, an ex-amateur. After Ritchie bhad been knocked down a few times the crowd wondered how he had nerve enough to come out here and seek a battle with Frankie Neil. Ritchie may have been a good man in his ttme, but his clock has stopped. To use a ring term, he is “all in.” He seemed to be bewildered and woefully out of form. He thought he had a snap and went at Curran with that thought in his mind. This idea was suddenly lessened when Curran let fly a “hay-maker” and Ritchie hit the carvet. He then tried * his left and caught Curran on the jaw. right on Bob's face and forced him to a | In the second round Ritchie held on corner. Fitz came back with a stinging straight left for the face. Fitz nursed his strength caréfully and made no un- - moves. - Fitz swung hard andputleftsand right to Curran’s body. Curran liked the game and came back with heavy punches on Ritchie's head. necessary- 4 S R R T e~ . with right for the jaw, but Gardner! Continued on Page 11, Column 4. %