Zurich Herald, 1954-08-26, Page 3The 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 Police Gazette,
should be of interest not only
to the old-timers, but to some of
the modern generation. of "long-
distance" boxing fans.
Bob Fitzsimmons, then a vete-
ran, was hammered by Philadel-
phia Jack O'Brien at Mechanics
Pavilion, San Francisco, Calif.,
on Dec. 20, 1905, until he col-
lapsed. Fitzsimmons did not fall
lo the floor while the fighting
was In progress. He reeled feeb-
ly o his corner at the end of
the thirteenth round.
d * *
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
be 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
slipped from the seat. Referee
Graney rushed over to Bob's
corner, 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
fight in the ring. Old friends
were about him, friends who had
:leen him in his prime and gloried
in his ability.
"It was a left to the stomach
that distressed Fitzsimmons,"
said Graney. "He held himself
together until he reached his
corner 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-4410:;wFitzsirnnl I l-
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lop had lost its sting'. He closed
Bob's eyes and pecked at his face
untilit was gashed and puffed.
Bouncy — Carol Jean Abney, a
pretty acrobat, makes it look
easy to reach back and grab a
lawful of her hair as she appa-
rently hangs from a beach ball.
In the main, O'Brien did all the
damage with straight lefts.
• * *
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.
* * * •
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 all dis-
comfited by the fact that he had
earned the displeasure of the
crowd.
• * *.
A bigger crowd gathered at the
Pavilion than was looked 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.
*' *
The Fight—Round 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 came the only real blow
that Fitz lanzkstl. ,,tb,e x.Q.und, •
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 his right.
* * *
Round 3 — Bob rushed and
tried his left shift for the body
O'Brien blocked him with his
forearms, then steppedback 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 hook.
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 him tumbling to the
canvas. He raised his legs in the
air and grinned. The gong rang
when Fitz was down,
k * *
Round 4 — Bob rushed and
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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-
- and in 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
inade the veteran's face bleed
more.
* * *
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. * :k
Round 6 -'- O'Brien was cauti-
ous. He skipped around the ring
and Fitz tried_
t vain to, -,each,-,,
11im, oein_
sn a `)`et and
clinched. 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.
k k *
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.
* ,y
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 down.
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.
k * *
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 mid -
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.
* * *
Round 11 — Jack crouched as
Fitz swung, but came forward
again, crouching. He landed a
straight left and Fit7 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 * *
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.
* * *
Round 13 -- Fitz sent O'Brien
back with a left swing to the jaw
land a moment later scored with
a left to the face. O'Brien blocked
{several lefts and then sent two
lghts to the: face Fitz,sent aleft
t'oebdc�q'aiid fiie�i7'dri`t''tfp;`,
landing short left and right blows
over the heart. It was a hard
rpund 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.
k * :k
Fitzsimmons fought on for 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 Skl
F Use On Stage
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