Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-03

timing himself for a recoll, causbt
Mitchell on the cross counter to tba
side Of the Jaw. 1t was not a vital
point he aimed at but the force Of
the blow was sufficient to send Mitch
ell to the ground and under the lowe,
rope Corbett crouched over his pros
trate though CONSCIOUS Zoe. who was
looking at him through a half opened
left eye.
The seconds FROM both sides bounced
inside the roped enclosure and eonfu.
sion Of the most exciting kind FOL.
lowed. Referee Kelly tried to force
Corbett away from his man, but he
was bent on maintaining his position
From Mitchelrs corner, shouting
foul" as they ran came Mitchelrs
father-inlaw, Pony" Moore Jim Hall
and Tom Allen
The house was in uproar. Demp
sey, Delaney and Donaldson rushed
10 the side Of their principal and
begged him not to hazard his chances
Of sure victory on foul Kelly
stood over Mitchell his time occupied
in about equal parts in counting see
0nds and paving off Corbett.
Full eight seconds had elapsed from
the time when Mitchell went to grass
until he regained his feet in a stoop-
ing position, and as Corbett was still
struggling with his seconds to get
ut him, he fell over on his side and
sat on the boards.
It looked like deliberate invitation
for Corbett to commit a foul and 1t
proved irrisistable for the champion.
He yaulted at his foeman and, swing
ing his right, struck Mitchell while
the latter was still in a sitting posture
He evidently regretted sending in this
blow. for, as it landed, he had so
veered its course that instead of plant
ing it firmly, he so raised his fist as
to Craze Mitchells head on the top
Again the Mitchell crowd sent up a
cry of foul, but the referee disal
lowed it, claiming it had done no
harm.
Mitchell fell in on Corbett as he got
to his feet to escape another swing
aud then snapper Garrison pounded
the big gong for time. Corbett heard
it and turned to 90 to his corner In
stead of taking to his the Englishmau
bounded for Corbett, catching the lat
ter just as he was getting into his
chair. II was a right hand swing and
the warnings of COrbett's seconds did
not stay #. Ii landed on Corbett's
we'll rounded head and glanced of
harmlcssly to the shoulder. Foul,
cried Brady, but Corbctt shook his
head and Mitchell was carried TO his
corner groggy and worn out with the
work Of the round.
ROUND 3-rhc beginning of the eud
was inauguratcd in the previous round
which was here brought to a success
full finish, Never was man so COM
7letely, 50 signally and, for a fighter
so disgracefully beaten as was Mitchell
in this, probably the last time the
Britisher will ever respond to the call
-"ccnter gentlemen" He came up
with his nostrils dilated and his rec
agulated blood which must have founi
its way upward from fearful crashes
that had been sent into his heart
Corbett was unScarTed There was
not a scratch. visible on his face. His
hands held out in admirable fashion
and he made up his mind to decline
the issues where they involved punches
on the hardened surfaces of AIitchelrs
body,
Mitchell was slow in coming up, Cor
bett going straight for him, Mitchell
led a left in an attempt to keep Cor
beft at arms length Mitchell made
a lead and the men clinchcd, Cor0ert
the alleged strong man off
as if he were a boy. AS he pushed
MIN away, swift as a flash the deadly
right of the American crashed in and
went down under the force
OF the blow In falling he fell across
the lower rope, paused there an instant,
then slipped off to the door. Corbett
turned about, after delivering a blow
and nonchalently walked to his corner.
He sat down and watched the dor
mant form Of his adversary as Tower
ing Kelly called the fateful seconds.
Mitchell had not fallen, nor did he
remain down to escape punishment this
time. The powerful blow of the Amer
lean had landed just right, and might
have felled an OK. rhe idea that
Corbett had punching power, if not
already dissipated, vanished in six
seconds afterwards. Mitchell writhed
about under the ropes and finally Ia
bored to an upright position. Corbett
thought the tight had already been
won. The referee stod between the re
cumbcnt form of Mitchell and Cor
hett when the former struggled dizzlly
to his feet and Kelly stepped aside So
as not to obsuuct the champions
view, and called his attention to the
fact that the Eaglishman was in tight
ing attitude.
Corhctr ieapcd from his seat AMI
with a bound few at Mitchell The
latter was fifteen feet away and dizzily
leaning UP against the ropes. Corbett
came at him as If out Of catapult
Tt was a right hand swing which ne