Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1899 — JEFFRIES THE VICTOR. [ARTICLE]

JEFFRIES THE VICTOR.

He Knocks Out Robert Fitzsimmons in *• leven ouads. James J. Jeffries won the championship of the world Friday night from Robert Fitzsimmons. A knockout blow in the eleventh round ended the big fistic battle in the Coney Island Athletic Club’s arena. In almost every round Jeffries had the better of it. The result did not come suddenly. The Californian had outfought Fitzsimmons from start to-finish, and the Australian was fast weakening when the blow on the jaw put him to sleep. Fitzsimmons, as he frankly admitted after the battle, found his opponent too big and strong for him. Time and again a blow from his opponent knocked him n, and when it was all ended he had no excuses to make. The con test* was pulled off without wrangle and was probably as devoid of the brutal elements as would be possible in a prize fight. Jeffries fought from a crouching attitude that was hard to get at. He held his head low, his back was bent down and his left arm extended. He kept jabbing away with the left, and found no trouble in landing it. It was there that his superior reach told. That giant arm served as a sort of human fender to ward off danger. He showed an excellent defense and the ability to use both hands with skill. He is game, too, for he never shrank from his punishment. Those who saw it claim it was a great fight to watch.