The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-26
He Knocks Mitchell Out in
the Third Round.
jim FIGHTS LIKE A MADMAN.
He Could Hardly Be Restrained
from Fouling His Opponent.

| thing His Own wny-The EneIishman
| Wa. Euabl- TO Land Effectively ana
| Could Not Avoid the Hurricane Tactics
| OF the ChnmpIou-CarrIed sen-eIes- to
| His Corner-Both In the Pink OF CondItIon
| The Battle Was Decided nt the Jacit-
| -onviiie Arena, and some OF Gov.
| Mitch-H's Troop. Looked On-torbett
| Refuses TO Shake MIchen- Hand In the
| King. and the EnEii-hn Makes mn To-
| SutinR Rcmnrk-BoIh pusui-t., with
| Members OF the Duvai A. e.. Arre-tsd
Arer tue FiEht-Corbet ana Mitchell
Meet aud Patch Up Their Old QunrreL.
JACKSONVILLE. Jan. 2j-James ]. Corbett
! the champion DuRlist OF the world. defeated
! Charles Mitchell. the boxing champion OF
| England, In the third round here to-day. in the
| presence of about2.OOO persons. The light took
| place under the auspices OF tho Duval A.. G.
! OF this city. and was for n purse OF $4,000 and
! a stake OF $4,000. Immediately after tho
! contestants reached their quarters in this
! city after the LATHE they were arrested for
engaging in a prize fight. and 1t will not be the
fault OF Gov. Mitchell OF Florida II the puGil-
| lists do not spend some time in confinement a.
! the outcome Of tho encounter
Tho fight was the IN ch-advertised affair
| which brought John Y. MckRne and his Coney
| Island A. c. 50 prominently before the public.
| Whom it became apparent that the authorities
! OF New York State would not permit the men
| to battle at Coney Island. the Duval A. c. was
| formed. and. Offering purse OF 100000. Sc
| cured the contest Tho readers Of The Sun
| have been informed from day to day Of the
! vain attempts Of Gov. Mitchell to.preyent ths
! contest. OF the duplicty Of the Duyal Club. and
| of the presence in Jacksonville Of the militia
| The granting Of the injunction to the Duyal
| Club on Wednesday. restraining Sheriff Brow
ard from interfering with their property.
spiked Gov. Mitchell's last gun. and although
q motion to dissolve the injunction was for-
| mally entered in Judge Calls court to-day at
| 10 O'Clock. 1t came to naught. and the State
| authorities were powerless.
The fight itself was peculiarly interesting,
| because it was between men who loathed each
| other with a deadly hate. and 1t would bring
! into the prizo ring II man who had made .
| fortune by his lstic prowess yet had fought
| but few battles. This was Mitchell who came
| to America when mere STRIPPING and met
| John L. sullivan when Tho Man from Bos-
| ton" was in the zenith OF his powers. He
| faced sullivan in a glove bout at the Madison
| Square Garden. when, in the third round. the
| police stopped it. The pair subsequently
| fought under London prize ring rules at Cham
tllly. France. the result being draw. This was
Mitchels last meeting of any importance un-
til lie agreed to Tight Corbett and waGered
81 900 that he would he in the ring.
When the two man came to the centre OF the
ring Corbett refused to accept Mitchcll's hand.
Then the latter applied IN epthet 10 tho Cali-
fornian. and the champion as a result lost
complete control of himself in tho Second
round anil fought .oully. It took the united
efforts OF his seconds and the referee TO pre-
vent HE falling upon Mitchell when he
down on one knee and once or twice he did
actually strike Mitchell lightly when in that
position. lie was made u mailman by the
insult.
Nobody following q strict Interpretation OF
the rules could have complained had Referee
Kelly awarded the battle to Mitchell; but the
EnGlishman had nobody al his back who
seemed car able Of compromising the gravity
OF the situation. and the battle went on, despite
the fact that the seconds OF Corbett were con-
tinualy breaking into the ring to control him.
Mitchell seemed like child in comparison
with COrbett. Still in tic Orinlon Of several
good Judges. the Britisher had slight adj
vantage In tho first round. lie was many
pounds lighter than his opponent. and lacked
the reach and height Of the man from CALI
fornin. who has climbed to the topmost runR
OF the pugIlistlc ladder. and lnds himself in
the position OF Alexander. with no new worlds
to conquer. In the second aud third rounds
Corbett showed his superiority, and beat the
plucEy Enslishman into insensibiitE
AT THE BATTLE Ga1UND
As early as IL o'clock this morning a long
string of carriages. some now and others In all
stages of decay. started for tho Fair Grounds.
The sandy roads were deep from the rain OF
the early morning. and showers which fol-
lowed served to MAKE Thorn NJ better. Upon
reaching the grounds which are surrounded
by high board fence surmounted with two
lines OF barbed wire. strangers gaZed with awe
at the rambling collection OF boards called the
arena by courtesy. The doors were closed.
and from within camo the sound OF the ham
mers Of busy carpenters who were placing
side boards in place in the attempt 10 keep out
the wet. The canvas OF u circus tent was
stretched on the west, but those who were un-
fortunate enough TO have to sit ON the soil were
unprotected. and had Hobson's choice. They
could stand up and get wet or they could sit
down and got wet. The ring Was the best part
Of the affair.
Grouped around tho ring sile were many
faces familiar 10 Northerners There were
others who have a national reputation. Fight
ing bob Evans OF the navy occupied box
with Commodore Whiting, who lately married
Miss An MonG Of Honolulu. Seated In row
and seemingly confronted were that game
young sportsman. George l. Smith, better
known as "IittsburGh Phil" Bob Aiken. Joe
MaloneY Fred Cpwah. VIII Smith. and jack
Bennett HoOE makeTs Shipsey. Snedeker. CpT-
bett Mchael-. Mcnamara. and Thompson
seemed to be AS much At home as II they were
in New York at the corner Of Broadway aud
Twenty ninth street Charles j. Buckley OF
divorce court fame was prominent Dave
Johnson. spruce as ever exchanged grips with
Jockey Garrison. and Fred Taral told an adj
hiring crowd how successful he had been as =
starter at the two days race meeting which
ended yesterday.
JACK DEMPSEY FIXING tbs RISg.
sinca Hack DsnusaFis comBlaiut On Wadnes-
daY night four additional posts had been put
in While tho crowd was being ushered into
the seats tho NoRpareu" made tbs Toues
taut aud saw that everything was ship. shape
and secure The platform was OF yellow pine.
but 30 beautifully matched that there was
scarcely a scam observable BiIiy Madden
aud dempsey bound Iil.Ows about the posts