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JEFF AND FITZHERE LAST NIGHTGO THREE SLOW ROUNDS BE FORE CROWD AT THE BINDLEY HALLTHE AFFAIR WAS VERY TAME |IATTRACTED A LARGE CROWD j AND THE PUGILISTS WERE | WELL RECEIVEDPRELIMINARIES WERE HEATEDThe Big Fighters Talk Freely of Their Plans and Seem to Enjoy Present Method of Collecting Easy Money.iiJeffries and l itzsiinmons. - these arc;itho beacon lights of the spoiling world. J and their advent in Terre Haute. was marked by. the display of move curiosity, on the part of sonic apologetic;, and J on the part of others enthusiastic, than j would be the coining of tin* greatest j men in inauv of tin* higher walks« cof life. From 7 oVlovK until It last night, the lobby of the Terre Haute house, where the two men were staying,was one perfect jam of people, waiting for just a glimpse of the champions, and on the streets, in the hall, and rvorv where they went, the sune in-ijuisitiveness was manifested.The boxing exhibit ion on the program of which these men took the most, prominent part, commenced at th‘»0 o'clock, hut in pitc of the high prices.I ne hall was comfortably tilled, and all were eager to catch a glimpse ot the bio- men. long before that. Ihore was j one lady in the crowd, and she with ail l»sccmI, sat on the stage at the north •mi of the ling.The fight commenced with a four-lound bout, between Andy Bezenah, and Waiter Jones, both of Cincinnati, and resulted in a draw, lul Johnson rel- j •reed the match and Abe Revels acted I •* time keeper. Both men weighed in j it 120.the bout commenced lively from the ir*J, with the honors about equally dialed. In the first round Bezomili bayed mostly for the other man's wind, varying that style of lighting with at - jcnlpted uppercuts. W liile Bivenah un- ilowbledly was quicker, llis other man j iid not by any means lack in clever- ( less, and successfully counte’cd nearly j -very blow, while 011 his part he man- | iged several times to land on his open cut's head. The excitement was veil worked up at the end of the first uund. and when they stepped into the •ing for the second, there was the feel- j ng that the bout might end in a knock- j nit. The second was fast as the first, ;1 ml Bezenah managed to land several Jveil executed body blows. IBoth men appeared perfectly fresh :vhen they returned to their corners, j \ It hough quicker, Bezenah did not seem o light in his usual form, refusing at jnomen ts to follow up advantages gain- | d. The upper cuts of .Bezenah wcie *he fea ares of the third vouiul. but none j ,{ them landed with very damaging of- \ eet. Bezenah in the lirst part of the ouiid. seemed to have his man going, mt in the latter half the tables were j cversed. In the fourth round Bezenah j orced bis opponent to the ropes and j nice, for a minute, it seemed that he .ad him al his mercy. Jones immedi-iielv righted himself, and the bout wasiimily declared a draw.The second go consisted in a six round ontest between Bert Collins of Coving-011. and Gus Bezenah of Cincinnati, (dh featherweights, weighing in respect-ully at 118 and 120. While this go was egarded as not lively enough by the rowd, the only hard fighting occurring vhen the two men were clinched, there vas really some clever work done, in a »oxing way, and in the last round the ioJit could be termed decidedly fast. In he third round both men went down, nd this led to some excitement. The csult was a. draw. Bert Collins has a eputation of being one of the cleverest iglitweights in Kentucky and his work list night would give the impression hat the young fellow could make good.It* received notice today that he hadeen matched to fight Jack Gilligan at Iihvaukee, but the date or the purse has lot yet been fixed. Collins is one of the iroteges of Terry McGovern.The last of the preliminaries was a six ound go between Kid Baig of Boston nd Kugene Bezenah of Cincinnati. This mttle was a farce from start to finish, Iczenah having the advantage through he whole contest, and most of the time mving his opponent at his mercy. The nan stayed the six rounds, however, and f the end there was no decision on the round that Paig had gone into the fight vith absolutely no training.The last bout was between the cham-■ions, Jeffries and Fitzsimmons. Theght showed some clever work at sparing. There was of course no attempt t a knockout and the two men did not md their blows, with all of the force, vhich one would believe the arms of the
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Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sun, Feb 22, 1903
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