The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-15
Sullivan is the aggressor. Sullivan got
the left punch in the nose

bed Sullivan. Both exchanged iefls.
! Both landed hot on the neck. Sullivan,
landed ~ good left Iii COrbctt's fore
| head. Corbett is now Oh tho d4fen.
| sive.
Fifteenth round Sullivan forced
Corhett around. Corbett swung his
right hand on Sullivan's neck. They
cnncetd and were separated. Sullivan
got Il hard one on the ear. CUrbrt land
ed heavy with the left on Sulllvau's
head: Sullivan gave Corbett a hard
punch III the stomach. Beth landed
let's. CorhHtt landed a left on Sulli
vans stomach and jumped away with
out recurn. COrbett landed his left,
hard on Sulhvan's stomach. The crowd
cheered Corbett.
Eighteenth round .-Corbett has
away the best of the fight; not mark
Oh him.
Nineteenth d.--Both men quick.
ly responded. Sullivan landed heavily
on Corbett's jaw. Sullivan is now the
aggressor. Corbett smiles at him and
dances around him sparring.
Twentieth round.-Corbett landed
twice Oh Sullivan's. stomach and fol-
lowed 1t up with a right On the face.
Sullivan rushei at him. Corbett met
him with two let's in the face. Sulli-
Van is winded and has the worse of the
fight up TO this time.
Twenty first and last round That
which marks the downfall Of the great
est tighter of the age is as follows:
Sullivan led with left, but every blow
is weak; sparring for wind. Both ex-
changed lefts Corbett landed left on
Sullivau's stomach. Corbett rushes
Sullivan to the ropes, knocking him
around ,he ring. Corbett knocked Sui
livan down with a terrible right-hand-
ed blow. Sullivan tried to respond
but could lot get up. Sullivan was
then counted out and Con bett given
the fight,
Corbett came out of the fight with
out a scratch. The crowd has gone
wild. Sullivan is badly punished and
is bleeding like beef. The evasion
that Corbeit received was something
tremendous, James E. Corbett was
declared the winter in the twenty first
round. and was declared the champion
of the world
In all respects to-night's fight was
the greatest Of the three In point or
purse, III point OF men and in point Of
crowd, and in point Of excitement, it
excelled the battles already gone into
history. 1t was no wonder, therefore,
that those who could not 60, or would
not go, forsook their beds and crowd
ed around the bulletin boards, eager
for news from the struggle of the gla-
dlators. When they made the match
they meant IL to be decisive Ole IN
its result. There was plenty of money
TO back each man.
The Sullivan people dictated the
terms, and the otl,er side had to meet
the lead. Ten thousand dollars a side
was na as the wager. The Corbett
peopl. agreed to it without demur.
That meant $4,000 as a starter. Then
tnere came the question Of purse.
The Oly na2ic is d Sullivan club, and
wanted the match at all hazards. 1t
offered $4,000 for the mill, and that
prlncely sum was accepted. 1t was
agreed that the winner should have the
whole OF it. The looser would find no
Soiace for his work. The conditions
were brief. They were to fight to a
finish under the Queensbury rules.
That means that the men must stand
up squarely and box, stripped to the
waist, each round to last three minutes.
and ono minute rest. Nothing was
said about weights; each man was
privileged to carry as much flesh as he
pleased.
Along with the purse to the winner
Of the fight goes the championship
title ard 10 each gladiator that meant
more than the com that had been
Wagered on the result.
The Sullivan people went to the club
lrst. They took carriage at the hotel
before I AID drove leiSureley down
with string of hacks. The carriage
was closed and few on the streets knew
it contained the man from Boston.
When ii reached the CLUB there was
an immense bundle Of people fighting
their way into the club. The police
cleared the sidewalks and the champion
and his party went in. Jack McAu-
life, Frank Moran, Jack Ashton, Phil
Casey and lesser light weights were
with them.
Sullivan wore Il dark suit. his heavy
sweater pt enng through his half open
coat. lie looked strong and dttermin
ed. Hewalked with il jaunty air and
came in so easy with line of people
entering at the time that few noticed
MN. lie went to his room, and his
1rlends prepared him for the fraV. "A
policeman s'ood at the door which was
locked inside and no one was admitted
bnt the seconds and the trainers of
the tighter and President Noel. who
came TO see how the champion looked.
Sullivan took the room down stairs
which Sktlley occupied the night be-
fore.
In the toss fer coTLers COrbett won
and chose the lucky one that Dixon
and McAnltfe had.
Big Jim Corbelt followed In the wake
Of the champion. coming in Gftten
minutes Eater. He had remained in his
room until the very last moment that
be could with safety, and then, with
his trainers and seconds and represcn
talives Of the Southern Athletic Club,
ne jumped into a carriage and sped
down TO the club. When Lis party
pulled up in front of the door the street
was cleared and IN avenue opened INTO
the building. Corbett came in first
with light step and face wreAthed
in smiles. lie wore q tweed suit, cap
and yellow shoes. and his hands were
stuck In the pockets of his coat. lie
nodded to friends as he walked ,apidly
to his room, and showed no signs of
nervousness in the face of the battle
before chim. Mike Donovan, Billy Brady
Denny Di'ICn, Jim DAILY and one or two
Others rOLled behind, aud when they
entered the little room up stairs they
went To- work TO strip the gladiator.
The two heavy weights remained in
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