The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-23
GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT BATTLE
The Most Exciting Pugilistic Event
That has Ever Occurred on
the Pacific Coast.
BOTH MEN IN The PINK OF CONDITION.
One of the Hardest Fought Battles in
the Annels of the Prize
Ring.
After Fighting Four Hours the Referee
Declared the Men Could Fight
No Longer and Declared
il No Contest.

SAN FRASCrSCo, May q. No pugilistic
event ever occurred on the Pacific coast
that created more interest or excitement
than the great heavyweight battle be-
tween Jim Corbett of San Francisco and
Peter Jackson Of Australia, which was
fought at the gymnasium of the Cali
fornia Athletic club tonight. The points
of the two fighters had been matters of
speculation for weeks and eyer since the
match was made and the men com
menced their training the contest
had been the one topic among
the sporting public, The purse
was large one, $4,000. $500 of which
went to the loser. The wonderful degree
of interest in the match was due not only
to the merits and prominence of the two
principals, but also to the fact that the
contest would open the way TO settling
the question of the championship of the
world, for it was generally understood
the winner would eventually meet Frank
Slavin or any other man that might come
forward for championship honors.
The condition of the men was all that
could be desired. They had trained hard
and carefully and it was the opinion that
neither man had ever before been in bet
ter form. jackson was heavier, but in
every other respect it was generally ad-
mitted that one man possessed little or
| NJ, nlrnntann thp nthar Both
recognized as game fighters possessing
wonderful ability and wonderful quick
ness. Neither belonged to the
'slugger' type of pugilists. The
colorcd mans ring experience
was far greater than Corbctts. and it
was probably this fact that as much as
any other that made jackson the favor
ite in bctt ng during the week before the
: fight at Odds ranging from 6 to 10 to s to
10. Some comment was elected by the
fact that Jackson sprained his ankle
some weeks ago and it was still slightly
swollen tonight, but as it had caused him
no Inconvenience at all during his train
ing there was no real fear expressed
that it would give him any trouble dur
ing the fight. A large amount of money
was wagcred on the contest the past two
| days. The pool rooms and other sport
ing resorts were crowded and there
seemed no end of either jackson or Cor
bett money. The contestants were re
quired to be in the club rooms at
o'clock, though the fight was set for an
hour later. The California club last
night appointed Hiram Cook referee
jackson was seconded by Sam F'itzpat
rick and Billy Smith. COrbett's seconds
were John Donaldson, Billy Delaney and
Harry Corbctt. The appearance of the
California Athletic club rooms was the
same as on other occasions when similar
contests have occurred there. The floor
ing within the ring was covered with
padding, over which a heavy, dark color
ed felt was stretched. A new feature OF
this contest was the 10 seconds clock
which was called into use whenever q
knockdown occurred. Soon after {
o'clock the crowd commenced to gather
1t was some minutes after Q o'clock
when jackson and Corbitt with theil
seconds entered the ring. Both principals
were received with cheering Durin n"
the few minutes that followed while tfc
gloves of the men were being adjusted
every eye in the building was turned on
the men and there was a general ex,
preston of commendation at the ex.
cellent form they presented. The weights
as near as could be obtained were Jack.
son l9l, Corbett 1S5, though ii was
claimed by some that the difference was
even greater than that. After the gloves
were adjusted the men advanced and
shook hands. Tine was called for the
first round at 9:30
First round-Fcw seconds were spent
in preliminary sparring. Jackson led
lightly and clinch followed. The men
broke away slowly, jackson led with
right and missed; another clinch fol
lowed and Corhett seemed 10th to bread
away. Corbett touched Jackson lightly
on the Jaw and as the round closed he
received "A lander i'm the ribs.
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