The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-26
STORY OF THE FIGHT.
Corbstt Narrowly Escaped Losing the
Contest on u Foul,

Contest on Foul.
JACKSONVILLE, Jan 26.--It was short,
sharp and decisive fight, too brief to have
any OF the clements of snvagery In it. 1t
was a foregone conclusion from the
moment when tho men stepped to the
center Of the ring, and Corhetts hatred
of the Englishman, coming to the sur
face, prohibited him from shaking hands
with the man who had so uniformly
abused and insultcd him. There was all
but murder in Corbett's eyes They faced
each other. and the intense feeling of
hatred almost gave Corbett the fight as
he corncred the Englishman, and as his
long arms shot out with the force of a
catapult there was vengeance in the wind
Mitchell showed wonderful cleverness, in
the heginning in crawling out of the
close quarters into which the superior
size. reach and height of his opponent bore
him, but there WIS no faltering in Cor
belts plan of campaign, and he slowly
surmounted the Briton, raining in upon
his head and sides shower of savage
punches
There was despair in Mltchell's face as
he tried vainly to elude his agile pursuer,
and finally when Corbett closed with his
opponent i'll an of corner Mitchell real
izod that IL was no longer possible for
ann " SSNhiic uhtttl1 VI lHH american.
lie pluckily tried to spar, and failing to
do SO used the clinch, but Corbett finally
beat him Off, and with sharp blow on
the side of the jaw brought the English.
man on all fours. II was then that the
crowd broke into a wild shout of applause
With the cheers of his friends ringing
In his ears, and with the memories of the
past crowdlnR fast upon him, Corbett lost
his head, and with the agility OF a tiger
and the terrible anger of "A lion sprang
toward the pitiable Englishman on the
rough platform and, describing a semi
circle with his right, tried TO land
knockout blow. Twice he tried this, but
MhcEcll's weak md wabbling body saved
the American from foolishlv sacrificing
the honor and the glory that had come to
him from his nov decisive battle with the
Englishman. There were cries Of foul
from the crowd, although the sentiment
of the vast throng was then plainly with
the American.
Corbetts seconds, with presence of mind,
shot through the ropes John Kelly ran
to the side Of the fall en- pugilist, and Cor.
hett WAS dragged away Mitchell was
conscious, and he knew that Corbett was
standing ever him ready to deal withou,
mercy the blow that should end the fight
Then the EnglishmAn finally struggled tc
his fert. CoTbett, without a tithe of pity,
pounded his big gloves into the face of his
foe until the latter staggered and fell
against the ropes and then lay almost
sprawling OIL the floor, the blood smearing
all over his face. When Mitchell had
gotten again TO his feet tho men closed in
Corbett's corner, and there was a savage
exchange. When the gong sounded tine
seconds, the referee and the half dozen In
the corner had to pry the enemies apart
Ii was hard work to bring Mitchell up
again, but Corbett sprang out when the
gong sounded He was conscious of his
strength and supremacy, sure of ending
in the winking of an eye the aspirations
OF his over rated antagonist, while Mitch
ell was all but showed out to meet the on
slanght of his riyal. There was hardly a