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fourteenth round, after Corbett had landed a left- 

 hand hook on Bob's jaw, Fitz got his right in, and then 

 a little later Fitz gets in what was described by the 

 referee as a " sort of cross between a hook and an 

 upper-cut to a point nearer to the pit of the stomach 

 than under the heart." Jim's face was terrible with 

 the agony he was suffering : he was beaten. " Pitts- 

 burg Phil " won " enough. 



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I could never get away from the idea that I ought 

 to go east. I had been doing so well where I was. 

 I would discuss it with Phil, and in after years it was 

 said that it was he who had brought me to New York. 

 As a matter of fact, in California, after I had ridden for 

 him, and he had said nice things about my bringing 

 him winners, he gave me strong advice not to go to 

 New York. 



" It's a different game there, son," he said. " You 

 are known here, and you have confidence in yourself, 

 but you'll find it a cold proposition there." 



" That's all right, Mr Smith," I told him ; " I have 

 made up my mind to go, and when they begin, and 

 the flag falls at Morris Park, you'll find me on deck." 



And he did. 



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