Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-01
corner groggy and worn out with til
work of the round.


work Of the round.
RoUSp 3.
The beginning Of the cad, inaugurated
in the previous round, was hero brought |
to y successful finish. Never was man
SO completely, SO signully and, for q |
fighter, SO quickly beaten as Mitchell.
This is probably the last time the
Britisher will ever respond to the call OF
centre, gentlemen" He came up with
his nostrils dilating and his regular teeth
set ON mass of coagulated blood, which
must have found its way upward from
the fearful crashes that had been sent
into the heart. Corbett was unscarred
| There was not q scratch visible on his
face. His hands We're holding out in
admirable fashion and he made up his
mind to decline issues where they in
volyed punches on the hard surfaces OF
Mitchell's body. There were two fights
which Corbett wanted to win-one in
which a personal resentment was the
stake and the other which carried with
1t the $4,000 purse ana side wager. The
former had already been wiped off the
calender and Corhett started in to pass
on the other. Mitchell was slow in
coming up. Corbett going straight for
him. Mitchell led his left in an attempt
TO keep Corhett at arms length. 1t was
the last lead Mitchell made Getting
inside OF the lead the men clinched,
Gorbett brushing the alleged strong man
off as If he were u boy. AS he pushed
him away, swift as flash crossed in
the deadly right of the American clear
to the jaw. Mitchell went down under
the force of the blow. In the tall he
swung across the lower rope, poised
there IN instant and then slipped of to
the rosined floor Corhett turned about
after delivering the blow and noncha-
lantly walked to his corner. He sat
down and watched the writhing form
of his adversary MS towering Kelly
called off the fateful seconds. Mitchell
had not fallen, nor did he remain down
to escape punishment this time. The
powerful right of the American, had it
landed right, might have fclled an OK as
if with u mallct. The idea that Corbett had
no punching power, il not already dis
sipated, vanished six seconds afterwards.
Mitchell writhed about under the ropes,
and finally labored to an upright pos
ture. Corbett thought that the fight
had already been won.
The referee stood between the recum-
bent form of Mitchell and Corbett, and
when the former struggled dizziy 10
his feet Kelly stepped aside so as not to
obstrnct the champions view, calling
his attention to the fact that the English
man was in lighting attitude. Corbett
; leaped from his seat aud with bound
! flew at Mitchell. The latter was 10 feel
/ away, dizzily leaning up against the
j.. ropes. Curbett came at him as if out ol
a catapult. 1t was right-hand swing
: which next was brought into play anc
it was delivered while at full speed
The added weight of Corbett's own run
e ming was lent to the blow, and when i
. landed it fell squarely on the point o
|, the Jaw. Mitchell's head fell forward OF
y his breast, his lower jaw dropped, his lef
a hand fell Imply to his side, his RICH
falling under his body in the descent
/, His body reached the floor, face down
b ward, and he lay there as lifeless as on
+ dead. There could be no further doubts
b There was not one chance in thousant
IS that he would recover inside the pre-
i. scribed 10 seconds. His face turnet
g slightly to the right and from his moutl
n and nostrils oozed the blood in tin,
n streams. When the time had final,
II reached its limit Kelly, with a wave o
n the hand towards Corbett's cornei
n shouted, "Corbett wins" at the sam
1t time reckoning the seconds of Mitchell
d to their man.
r, 9"Pony" Moore, Jim Hall and Stev
is O'Donnell stopped down over Mitchell
4. O'Donuell applying bottle of ammoni
t. to the nostrils of the Englishman. II
d lay there despite this, and the thre
% picked up the limp body and slowl
II carried it to his corner, Here the bottl
d was again put to Mitchell, and ninetee
1t seconds after the last blow had bee
d sent in, the eyes of the man from Ems
IN land opened dreamily.
a g"You are out" said "Pony" Moor
III Mitchell made no response verbally, bl
lie shrugged his shoulders as if he WI
thinking of the spilled milk story, II
Al long English bathing gown was force
le over his arm and he was slowly Ii
,e from the ring to the dressing roor
IN Corbett, in the meantime, was being b
a. sieged by crowd of his friends. The
of fairly wrung off the arms of the victc
r. His first act after the fight had bet
IN won and lost was to throw his sti
le. gloved hands about the waist of Il
IS, little manager and hacker, and the tv
m INDUCED in what sounded very nut
i'll like kiss. Kelly shook Corbett by Il
he hand, flourished the sec, 900 roll of bal
list bills, told him that it belonged to hi
ok on demand and the international bait
nd which has kept the political world,
ell we'll as the fistic world, agog for near
ed year, was over.
lrt THE FIGHTERS ARRESTED.
ao After the fight, just as Corbett's CT
~ riage was ready to drive off from I
~ scene of his victory, deputy sher
". got on top with the driver, and t
" startling announcement was made til
lls the American champion was und
nu arrest. Mitchell did not escape. Sher
S ~, Broward walked owe. to the Englis
nv mans carriage just before it was rea
'us to start and Mitchell was notified II
70 he must again face tho law. lie "
ier taken to the sheriff's office.
w Y. While Mitchell was waiting Corb
no arrived, and the two men, victor a
'en yanquished, met in the court roo
,eu Then and there, mainly through
'h- efforts of Joe Vendig, the long cherish
: hostilities of tho two men toward ca
'ett other were buried.
on Though they had not exchanged
ON usual Misunderstanding in the ring, citl
oui before or after the. battle, they cordia
're' shook hands in the court room.
use Mitchell made u little speech, in VIII
iey he acknowledged having uttered ma
ol bitter sayings against Corbett, but s
70 he regretted them, and was glad he
ny been whipped by a man worthy in ev
Vet way to wear champions honors.
ous There was general applause in
tllu | rAAtfa nunr tho reconciliation