The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-08
A BRUISER BUSTED
John l.. Sullivan Gets 1t in the Neck
and Elsewhere.
Jim COrbett Does Him Up Oh the 2lst
Round.
MEN BET TO / ON JOHN AND LOST
Sullivan Says That He Tried Once Too
often and Then He Fails
for Good.

for Good.
Fully 5000 people were present when
the prize fighters at New Orleans went
in at o'clock. Sullivan weighed in at
Pig, Corbett at 1S9. The pools closed at
s o'clock, to l against COrbett.
Corbett won the choice of corners
Charley Jonston, Sullivan's backer, and
Jack McAuliffe seconded Sullivan. John
Donaldson and Billy McLaney seconded
Corbett.
The time keeper for Corbett was Bat
Masterson; for Sullivan, Frank Moran
for the club, r. M. Frank. The gloves
weighed five ounces. Professor Duffy
instructed the men on the rules.
There were twenty one rounds fought
and the report reads in this manner:
Twenty-frst round-John up o. k
again. John leads with weak left Cor
bett watching an opening. The house is
now all CoIbett, though Sullivan was
prime favorite here. John spars for time
Jim gets him as he pleases. Sullivan
knocked out. Jim the winner. Corbett
fights him to the ropes and right and
left; Sullivan falls three times he tries
to rise and falls supinely back again;
blood is pouring from his mouth and
nose as he is lifted into his corner.
Corbett was showered with bouquets,
his friends embracing him and the widest
scene of excitement eyer seen in the club
ensued. Corbett had positively not
scratch on him and lie stood smiling and
bowing modestly, while poor Sullivan
was back in his chair the picture of des-
pair. He recovered and spoke to his Sec
onds. He arose and Corbett crossed
quickly over and shook hands with him.
Sullivan tried TO address the crowd. His
voice was very hOarse as he said Gen
tlemen, all have to say is that stayed
once too long in the ring, and that | am
glad America has SO good a champion"
He was warmly cheered.
| There was a great, wild and wOollY
| West, southern yell when COrbett
knocked John L. Sullivan out, but that
noise was not marker to the wild, mad
house demonstration that the gang made
when John l. said those manly words.
| Twenty one rounds: Time, one hour
and twenty three minutes.
In regard to this trifling minute and a
half which decided the heavyweight
championship of the world, great deal
might be said even in that short space.
That the contest would end in that round
no man present believed. Sullivan came
from his corner in the same shape that
he had shown for a dozen rounds before.
He had the same cross expression on his
face, and seemed to be as strong as at
any time during the fight. He continued
to do the "edging in and Corbett fol-
lowed his original tactics of 'edging
away" This sort of trade was not going
on very long, not more than ten seconds
when Corbett jumped back, rushed for
ward, and hit John on the nose and John
was dazed. Corbett went at him further
and the same old nose was again smashed
until the blood came out. John looked
| SOIDCNb JUMP OaNn "AtAA
the merry smile of a school boy with a
big apple. Suddenly he returned to the
fray and before Sullivan knew what was
the meaning of the Californian's happy
look he got crack on the side of the
head that made him close his eyes. With
this Corbett was on top of him in little of
no time Left hand on one side of the
head and right hand on the other, poor
John L. Sullivan became an unconscious
! beaten man. He staggered about on bis
pins for second or so, and while dis
playing this fatal weakness COrbett went
down on him again. A right on the ear
and left on the jaw settled the business
and the championship. The last blow
sent the great John l. Sullivan to the
floor with a thump, the second time in all
the long career as a fighter that he had
ever been knocked down. II was a clean
and clever knock out blow. Sullivan
: doubled up his legs as though in pain,
and in another instant seemed to collect
his senses and made an effort 10 raise.
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