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Fitz Finished Hall in
the Fourth Round.
It Was a Crushing,
Knock-Out Blow.
Hall Was Unconscious
for Many Minutes.
No One Expected
Such a Turn.
Fitzsimmons Fought Better
Than Ever Before,
While the Other Made a
Very Poor Showing.
The Result Was Hardly in
Doubt at Any Time.
Most of the Northern Men
Lost in the Result.
A $25,000 Crowd to Offset
a $40,000 Purse
Hall seemed the more confident of the two. He hardly
looked at Fitzsimmons, but the latter eyed him eagerly, with
his usual peculiar stare, his mouth half open like a
child
Hall gave Fitz a slight one on the neck and ran away. Bob
pursued him, landing on the neck, nose and side, the last
being a heavy blow - the first struck during the fight.
Fitzsimmons landed again on the neck. when hall ran, but he
followed him and got in four light blows in rapid
succession...
Suddenly Fritz's right shot out like a piston rod. Hall was
not expecting it, and it landed with a crushing force. The
mass of bone and muscle caught Hall on the point of his jaw.
The blow was heard in the remotest part of the ring. Hall
quivered after receiving the blow. He fell Backwards like a
log, his head striking the cork floor with a resounding
thud.
