Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-22
A SCIENTIFIC BATTLE
Corbett-Jackson Fight Decided
Drawn in the Sixty
first Round
The Colored Champion Meets
His Match in the Ring
at Last
One Was Afraid and the
Other Did not Dare Set
the Pace

| SAN FRANCISCO, May 9I-The rooms OF
the California Athletic club are crowded
with spectators, all anxious to see the
great contest between James Corbett and
Peter Jackson. AS the men entered the
ring they were greeted with cheers. But
very little betting was done.
Corbett's seconds are John Donaldson
and Blley Delaney. jackson was backed
by Sam Fitzpatrick and Bill Smith.
Corbett was accompanied by his brother
Harry and his hacker Charley Stensel
Corbett weighed 1856 pounds and Jack
son 1877
! At 9:2S the gong struck for the first
round. Both feinting with lefts; Corbett
getting In body blow; hard clinching
failing to break; Corbett in fault. Left
leader for body and misses on both sides;
short hitting and continual clinching
Corbett appearing anxious for London
prize ring rules. Corbett leads lightly
with his left on chin; jackson appearing
more confident; Corbett hitting shorter
even than at the start.
Round two-Opens with men getting
quick to work. but Corbett evidently bent
on clinching. A wild lead on the part of
| Corbett with his left but with no effect,
| Jackson returning with right but with
| little effect. Wild right swing by Corbett;
wicked left by Jim but missed. Jackson
! gets in twice with right but no power.
Jim puts in good left body blow and
follows IL up on the same spot. No
| damage.
Round three-Peter aggressive, landing
right on body; clnch follows, which
was ugly for both. jim feints with left,
| crossing, gets into an awkward posi- ti0n,
but gets aaay, leads and receives a weak
| counter. Some pretty body blows by Jim
| but with same lack OF force. A wicked
lead for the body by Jim was neatly
avoided by Peter, who follows him up but
no interchange occurred.
Round four-COntnual feinting, ending
with the usual clnching, which Is re-
| peated directly, the referee enters to
| break them. Corbett gets in a left swing
with little effect; uses left and right on
Jackson's body with some sound but with
apparently little or no effect. COTbett
| gets his right in on Jackson's ribs three
times running with little return, until
the fourth time, when Jackson gets In on
| his left Jaw. The round ended bit in
| favor OF Corbett.
! Round ive-Corbett avoids dangerous
| left by good duck, and Just misses awk-
| ward body blow. Peter reaches Jlm's
mouth lightly, but the latter gets in left
and right with better effect. Some good
interchanges In north corner with little
advantage; Peter aggressive and gets in
! his wicked right over the heart; appears
| somewhat anxious to do some work; Peter
/ leads and receives a neat counter from
| Jim's left. Round ends with light inter-
| changes.
! Round : Corbett leads for body aud
misses a counter by a close duck. Jack
son makes similar lead and barely
! touches Jim. Light sparring and in
eIectual fighting terminated the round.
Round eight-COrbett strikes low and
receives Jackson's right on HIS neck.
Some shOrtarm hitting, with no effect.
and a slight clinch; some wicked swings
| by Corbett, but met by Jackson in the
/ same way; not much damage done. Left
| lead by Jackson avoided by a clever duck,
but jackson lands his right at the same
| time and seems more aggresslve left
swing by jim, which gets home on
Peters neck, and the round closed.
Round nine-BOdy lead by jim, which
| Just failed TO get home effectively; some
| in-iighting and repeated clinching, with
few body blows. Jim leads with his left
and Just reaches body, and repeats same
blow Just as the gong sounded.
| Round ten-,Jim leads for body and
jackson counters with his right on ribs
three times I'm succession; honOrs evenly
divided with right and left for the next
four blows. jackson feints and lands
T.
clever side slip by Peter and Jim lodges
a vicious left lead for his neck COrbett
| leads for body. gets In close quarters and
clinches. Corbett gets fair left In on
Peters heart second time aud hits him
light.
Round eleven-Corbett lands on Peters
chin with his left and gets away; Peter
gets in twice lightly on the same spot, and
some left and right work by Corbett fol-
lowed some rapid interchanges and
clinches, which threatened TO become
wrestling; clever ducklug by COrbett,
with right and left work by both termi-
mates the round.
Round twelve-Corbett receives one on
the chin aud highlander on the ribs,
after leading for Jackson's body, and
seemed to get more cautious for he clov-
erly avoids a lefthand lead with swing but
with no effect Clever ducking by Jim
saves a clinch. Low left lead for body,
| which does not get home and round ends.
Round thirteen-JacksOn leads aud
lands on Jims face and body lightly and
receives light returns. COrbett leads with
his left and gets out OF position, laying
himself open, but Peter could not take
advantage 1t. Corbett still led low for
body but able 10 avoid and awkward
counter. Peter gets In on body and avoids
a nasty left swing. The darky was on the
aggressive all the way through, but light
and cautious lighting Tor heavy men.
| Round fOurteen-.Iim hit low with his
left but repeating was guarded by Jack
sons right elbow Jim leads and lands
with his left on the mouth, starts 10 lead
and cllnches jackson around the neck. A
lead by jackson and the same clever duck
by Corbett ends the round.
Round fifteen-Low lead by Corbett
when two-thrds OF the round was over
. which he follows up with his favorlte
short left arm swing. Six blows were
struck In the entire round.
Round sixteen-Jim feints very low at
the body, but does no damage; Jim leads
and lands heavily on JacksOn's face with
his left; leads Tor body and receives a
hight return IN face, and repeats body
blow twice. jackson lands lightly on
! face; Corbett gets in good body blow,
, which jackson returns on the heart;
1 Jackson lands on face, waking Jim up,
who visits same spot and gets In on body;
. Jim gets in on face with his left with
, more sOund than effect; jackson finishes
the round with left on the ribs.
81 Round seventeen Both men evidently
mean business Jim leads and Is count
/ cred on the chin; Peter on the attack,
but Corbett gets in onshs favorite spot In
! the face without a return; good dueking
by both; Peter leads and gets in a good
. body blow; Jim lands left swing on
! Peters face; both men on their metal;