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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-08-26, Page 7The following description Of the last battle fought by one of the ring's all-time "Greats", Written by an eye -witness and appearing in The Pollee Gazette, %thould be of interest net only to the old-timers, but to some of the modern generation of "long- dlistanoe" boxing fans, * * * Bob Fitzsimmons, then a vete- ran, was hammered by Philadel- phia Jack O'Brien at Mechanics Pavilion, San Francisco, Calif,, en Dec, 20, 1905, until he col- lapsed. Fitzsimmons did not fail to the floor while the fighting was in progress. He reeled feeb- ly o his corner at the end of the thirteenth round. * * * He had reeled, to be sure, but everyone expected he would come up for the fourteenth round, when suddenly a dazed look came into Bob's face, and he slid from his chair until his knees touched the mat, His chest heaved, and his chin was covered with the flood that welled from his lips. He was lifted back into his chair, and Bob tried to pull himself to- gether, It was futile. Again he blipped from the seat. Referee Graney rushed over to Bob's Omer, and the former champion whispered in his ear, "Eddie, I'm all gone." * * * A bracer of whiskey aroused him temporarily and he shook ;hands with O'Brien in a sports- manlike manner, but he then dropped back into his chair and buried his face in his hands. :Fitzsimmons made a pathetic bight in the ring. Old friends were about him, friends who had been him in his prime and gloried in his ability. "It was a left to the stomach that distressed Fitzsimmons," bald Graney. "He held himself together until he .reached his .—"rearner and then he became nau- (seated. He took a terrible beat- ing; finally nature gave out," The fight isn't a hard one to describe, for just as long as O'Brien wished to act on the de- fensive, Bob could not lay a glove on him. When finally Jack elected to take chances and Bob was too feeble to accomplish anything, the far-famed Fitzsimmons wal- lop had lost Its sting, He closed Bob's eyes and pecked at his face until it was gashed and puffed., Bouncy — Carol Jean Abney, a pretty acrobat, makes it look easy to reach back and grab a footful of her hair as she apps-. rently hangs from a beach ball. ax. In the plain, O'Brien did all the damage with straight lefts. * * 5 Fitz was knocked down for the first time in the third round. In the following period he fell twice while rushing at Jack. During all this time Bob's blows either missed Jack by a big mar- gin or were stopped by his arms or shoulders. In the fifth round O'Brien varied his left to the face by smashing Fitz in the body. On the sixth the veteran champion began to reach O'Brien's ribs with right-handers, 5 :4 . 5 O'Brien took to holding and the crowd showed its partiality to Fitz by hooting the Philadel- phian for his clinching tactics, Jack appeared not at al] dis- comfited by the fact that he had earned the displeasure of the crowd. * 4 A bigger crowd gathered at the Pavilion than was locked for by either the fighters or the pro- moters The gallery was filled to capacity at an early hour and hundreds had to be turned away from the upstairs ticket office, Eddie Graney, the referee, got a hand when he appeared for his duties dressed in a brand new tuxedo. He called the fighters to the center of the ring and discussed the rules with them. The candidates for the world's light -heavy -weight cham- pionship posed for a flashlight photograph. Fitz, who was evi- dently in good humor, chaffed the Philadelphian, and the lat- ter returned the compliment. At 9:25 the fight began. 4 * * The Fight—Roland By Round Round 1 — Both men feinted and danced around. O'Brien' landed a left on the throat and then clinched, O'Brien reached the face lightly with left and clinched again. Jack rammed a straight left to the mouth, and instant later received one on the ribs. A clinch. Fitz tried to corner O'Brien, and Jack duck- ed under a right-hander. Bob missed with both hands repeat- edly. O'Brien got in with a left on the stomach and clinched. Then carne the only real blow that Fitz landed in the round, a right to the ribs. Round 2 — Both men feinted and O'Brien got through with a left on the face. He tried again and Fitz countered with a left on the jaw. Jack landed his left on the nose and Bob ducked another left. Fitz feinted with his left and then landed a right uppercut to the jaw that brought the crowd to its feet. Jack then brought forth a ter- rific right that landed on Fitz's temple, but Jack came back with a left on Bob's right eye. Fitz was short with a left. and as he bent down O'Brien cuffed him on the ear with bis right. * 5 Round 3 — Bob rushed and tried his left shift for the body O'Brien blocked him with his forearms, then stepped back and laughed. O'Brien feinted sev- eral times and Fitz missed re- peatedly. A powerful left from Jack's mitt landed square on Bob's nose. He staggered back, then pressed O'Brien to the ropes, scraping the skin from his forehead with a left honk. Fitz then caught him on the head with a right. O'Brien's seconds yelled, "Be careful, Jack" Fitz threw a hard left to the body, while his opponent stood close and jolted him with lefts and rights. A. straight left from O'Brien which landed directly between Bob's eyes sent hien tumbling to the canvas. He raised his legs in the air and grinned. The gong rang when Fitz was down. 5 5 * Round 4 — Bob rushed and Pistol Packer -- Nobody'll ever accuse Mrs. Margaret Culbertson of leading an aimless Ilfe. Here she is practicing to defend her title as 1953 National Woman's Pistol Champion at this year's National Rifle Association matches. Large -Scale Effort — Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers makes like a human fly as he scales the center field wall at Ebbets Field in a vain attempt to grab the high -flying ball (arrow). It was a double by Ralph Kiner of the Chicago Cubs. swung his left and right so furi- ously that he lost his balance and went to his knees in a cor- ner. O'Brien danced clear round the ring with Fitz a close sec- ond tri the race. Jack then stood his ground and pounded in lefts and rights. Bob's nose was bleeding. O'Brien put in two punishing blows, a left and a right that were hard ones, and made the veteran's face bleed more, , N * Round 5 — O'Brien got to work with a straight left. He scored twice and they clinched. O'Brien kept right along with his straight left, slamming it into Fitz's face. Bob tried stiff arm punches, but Jack avoided them, and still con- tinued his straight lefts which brought more blood, Fitz scored with a short right jolt to the neck, but apparently there was little steam behind it. O'Brien seemed to have no fear of Fitz. He slash- ed hard rights into the veteran's wind. * ;r Round 6 — O'Brien was cauti- ous, He skipped around the ring and Fitz tried in vain to reach him. Jack poked in a left and cinched. Then he ran away again and Fitz missed several times with his right. O'Brien stood in again and poked. Fitz tried repeatedly with an overhand right, but kept missing. He fell to his knees at the ropes while swinging. * 5 Round 7 — O'Brien danced around with Fitz after him. Jack put in one straight left and cluck- ed repeatedly as Fitz swung with both hands. O'Brien jumped in with four straight lefts in suc- cession. Fitz caught him with a right on the body and a left on the side of the head, and there were roars from Bob's adherents. k 5 . Round 8 — O'Brien used a straight left until Fitz sent a right to the stomach. Then Jack was cautious. They swung their rights at the same instant. O'Brien landed first and Fitz went clown. He staggered when he got up, O'Brien struck several body blows and Fitz overreached while swinging his right. Apparently Fitzsimmons was in a bad way. 5 * * Round 9—O'Brien landed a left on Bob's right eye, He ducked and clinched when Fitz tried with his right. O'Brien jabbed him in the face with a left and ducked a left which was started at the same time. Bob rapped Jack-rnid- ships with his right, but there was no force in the blow. O'Brien's face wore a confident look as he skipped around the Cornishman. Jack smacked Bob with a right to the body, and then nailed him with a straight left and two hard rights to the jaw. Bound 10—Bob blocked a right and they clinched. O'Brien duck- ed away from a left hook. Jack caught him with a straight left on the nose and swung his right to the cheek after avoiding a wicked swing. Bob rammed his right to the ribs as Jack came toward him, but it did not seem to have the usual weight behind * * * it, O'Brien kept shooting his left O'Brien with a right on the ribs. 5 * Round 11 — Jack crouched as Fitz swung, but came forward again, crouching. He landed a straight left and Fite caught him With his right in the wind. O'Brien hung on in the clinch that followed, and some of Fitz's blows passed over him. Jack again re- sorted to straight lefts to the face and the crowd hooted. k ('w * 'Round 2 — O'Brien was there again with his straight lefts, He forced the veteran to the ropes. Fitz rushed O'Brien with rights, and the crowd hooted the latter for running away, He then stood his ground, pummeling Fitz with straight lefts that hurt. O'Brien side-stepped and broke away when Bob tried to corner him. The crowd hooted him. k * e Round 13 — Fitz sent O'Brien back with a left swing to the jaw and a moment later scored with a left to the face. O'Brien blocked several lefts and then sent two rights to the face. Fitz sent a left to the body and they mixed it up, landing short left and right blows over the heart, It was a hard round and one, surprising as it may seem, in which Bob seemed to have the upper hand. * * While resting in his corner Fitz suddenly collapsed and the fight was ceded to O'Brien. .5 * Fitzsimmons fought on tor nine years after this defeat, but was never his old self again. His last fight was a no -decision affair with K.O. Sweeney in 1914. He died of pneumonia on Oct. 22, 1917. Left His Skull. lI Fara' Use On Stege A pathetic story of long -frus- trated ambition fulfilled at last was related by I an American actor when he lectured recently to New York audience. John Reed, he said, was a stage electrician with a great love of the stage and everything connected with it..For years he longed secretly to appear in some role in a play, however humble, although in his heart he realized he had no real acting ability. As he grew .!der he yearned more aad more to play one par- ticular part, that of the Prince in Hamlet. This ambition even- tually dominated his whole life, But his wish was never ful- filled. He died a most frustrated, moody and very unhappy old man. But when his widow read his will, she had a surprise. He had bequeathed his skull to a Phila- delphia theatre with the solemn request that it should be used in every future production there of Shakespeare's tragedy "Ham- let" as the skull of Yorick to which Hamlet addresses an im- mortal soliloquy. 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