The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-26
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announced the appearance of Corbett
The
Champion Entered the Ring at 2.O3.
He looked serious and | usi less-like as
he walked across the stage while the
crowd cheered wildly. He tested the
ring ropes by throwing his body against
them in several places, seeming to find
them satisfactory. Then he inspected the
floor OF the stage and busted himslfssin
crushing and scattering with his feet
some Jumps of rosin. Then he walked to
the southeast corner, which his seconds
had won by the toss, remarking that the
place was pretty cold. The seconds and
attendants gathered around the corner
and began making many little prepara-
tions for his attention and comfort.
They made preparations to meet every
contingency of a long, hard battle. The
only one of Corbett's attendants the
spectators recognized was Jack Dempsey,
who bowed and smiled in response to
the cheers with which he was greeted.
One of the attentions to Corbett's corner
which the crowd especially cheered was
the decoration Of his corner post with
his colors, American, tipped with green.
The crowd never stopped cheering and
yelling encouragement to Corbett until
sudden and sharp yell near the arena en-
trance announced the appearance of
Mitchell. The Englishman received a
hearty welcome, although the applase
given in a spirit of fairness Mitchell
was laughing as he entered the ring and
seemed especially to consider it a good
joke when Billy Madden handed him
roll of bills These were the $4,000 stakes,
constituting $1,000 side bet that
Brady, Corhett's manager, had made
that Mitchell would never enter the ring
opposite Corbett. Mitchell passed the
greenbacks to a newspaper friend and
then went to the northwest corner and
sat down. He grinned and nodded as he
looked over to Corbett, and the latter
nodded in return, in
Not Very Friendly Manner.
Billy Madden took advantage of the
vocal exhaust ion of the crowd to make
these announcements: Corbett will be
attended by John Donaldson. Billy
Delaney, John McVey, Jack Dempsey
and VIM. A. Brady. His time keeper will
be Teddy Foley. Mitchell's attendants
will be Tom Allen, Jack Fogarty, Steve
o. E. Donnell, Poney Moore, Harry B.
Darrin and Jim Hall. The time keeper
for Mitchell will be Bat Masterson. The
time keeper for the club will be,
Snapper Garrison. The gloves were pro-
duced from each corner and carefully
inspected. Corbett's set were of brown
leather and MitchelPs of white. They
proved satisfactory all around and each
man elected to wear a pair of his own
set. The gloves weighed five ounces.
Corbett's gloves were on his hands and
he had started to strip when Referee
Kelly called the men together to receive
word of advice about breaking away
and to shake hands; They accepted the
advice, but Corbett declined to shake
hands. When the men returned to their
corners to strip, Billy Madden announced
that Ed. Smith of Denver, challenged the
winner to fight for SO, 900 side. Corbett
smiled and Mitchell looked as if he did
not know who Ed. Smith might be-
When Corbett was stripped to fighting
shape, his whole body was bare except a
loin cloth fastened to his waist by his.
colors. Mitchell was less nearly nude
having on a pair of black trunks, which
covered him half way from the waist to
the knees. When the men were both
ready, the time keepers were still fuss
ing over the watches and sCorbett called
out to the referee: aBetter hurry up,
Kelly, it's getting cold here" Ali this
time, Mitchell was chatting with the at
tendants and laughing. In appearance
and manner he was utterly unlike the
at the leash. At last all the
preliminaries were adjusted to every
body's satisfaction and Referee Kelly
said: sect together, boys The time
gong rang out short and sharp and the
desperate fight began.
First Round
Corbett sprang from his corner. as if
he had been released from restraint,
Mitchell, in a more leisure manner,
walked to the centre to meet him and
then began fiddling, with Corbett adj
vancing and Mitchell giving ground.
Both men were cautiously feeling the
way, but all the disposition to get to-
gether was displayed by Corbett. With
an easy, light action, without SO much
as feint, Corbett worked his opponent
to the ropes and along each side of the
square, Mitchell cleverly escaping from
each corner. After a complete tour of
the stage. Mitchell feinted with his left
and then led with it for Corbett's ribs.
Corbett was elsewhere in flash. Corbett
led with his left and landed a glancing
blow on Mitchell's jaw. The English
man clinched. After the break, Mitchell
landed on Corbett's wind and got Jim's
left on his nose in return. Mitchell then
led twice in quick succession, but failed
each time to reach the shifty Californian.
On the third attempt, he landed lightly
wind and took in pay a
bang on the nose that Redeemed that
organ. Charley's next lead reached
Jim's jaw, but only lightly, and again,
for a mere touch, the Englishman took
another hard one flush in the face that
iolted his head back. Time was called
In this round Corbett had done enough
to make Mitchell take more serious
view of the situation, and before the
round was over, Corbett was laughing
at his opponent. Jim was the reader
and rather nicer in obeying the referees
instructions TO break away.
Second Round.
Corbett's eyes while in the corner were
on the bell rop, and the instant he saw
it pulled, he jumped up and was in the
middle of the ring when the gong
sounded. Work was resumed by Mitchell
leading with his left and catching Jim
squarely on the mouth. Then, for the
irst and only time, he tried forcing the