The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-26
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70 tho ground. COrbOtt crouchOd over
4 hia proGtrale, though conscious foemnn,
who was looking Mt him through q half
open loft oyc. SGCouds from both
aides bounced inside tho ropos and
tho confusion wa OF tho most exciting
kind. RoiOreo Kelly tried to force Cor.
belt away from his man, but no was
bent on maintaining his position. From
Mitchelps corner, shouting foul" as no
ran, camo his iathar-in.law, Pony
Moore, Jim Hall and Tom Allen, Tho
houae was In an uproar. Dempsey, Do.
lanoy and Donaldson rushod 10 tho sid0
& OF their principal and begged him not
TO hazard tho chances OF n suro victory
by losing on foul. Full eight seconds
had elapsed from the timo whom Mitch.
! oil went to grNsa until h0 regained his
foet 10 n stopping posture, and, Corbctt,
stlllstruggling with his seconds to get ut
him, foil over OH his aldo and sat oil tho
boards. It looked like II deliberate in.
&vitation for CorbOtt 10 commit tho foul
and It proved irrCsistNble for tho cham.
pion. Ilo jumped ut his iOoman
and swinging his right struck Mitchell
while tho latter WINS still In sitting
posture. llo hRd evidently !cgretted
sending tho blow Tor rs It landed he
had so varied fits course that instead OF
hcinH planted firmly grazcd MitChells
head on top. Again the Mitchell cor
(, ner sent up n cry Of foul, but tho
referee diSallowed It, claiming that 1t
. had done no harm. Mitchell fell in on
Corbott as no got to HIS feet to cacape
,nnp
Garrison pounded tho big gong for
time. Corbett heard 1t aud turned and
went to his corner. Instead Of going to
+ his, the Englishman bounded for Cor.
bett, catching the latter Just as he was
getting into his chair. 1t was right
handed swing and tho warnings OF Cor.
I belts seconds did not stay 1t. II
landed on Corbett's head and glanced
J. of 3harmlessly. Foul cried Brady,
J, but Corbett shook his head and Nit
chell was carried to hia cornor groGgy
and worn out with tho work Of the
round. lg
ROUND 8 AND LAsT-The beginning OF
tho end, inauauratod in the previous
round, was hero brought to successful
( tinish. Never was man so completely,
80 siGnally, and, for 6ghtor, go dis.
gracefully, bea.en as was Mitchell in
( this. probably the last time the BFitishcr
will over respond to tho call OF center,
gentlemen" lie came up with his nos
trils dilating, md his regular teeth sot
on mass OF coagulated blood which
( must have found its way upward from
2 tho fearful crashes that had been sent
q into tho heart Corbett was unscarrcd.
His hands were holding out in admira-
I Bile fashion. and he made up his mind
to decline issues whore they involved
Z punches on the bard surfaces OF Mitch
ellis body. There were two fights which
4 Corbett wanted to win. One in which
4 q peraonal resentment WAS the stake
and the other, which carried with it q
good sized purse and aide wager The
former had already been wiped oil the
I. calendar, and Corbett started in to pass
on the other. Mitchell was slow in
q coming up. Corbett going straight for
him. Mitchell led his Loft in an attempt
"A to keep Corbett ut arms length. 1t
was the last lead Mitchell made. Get
ting inside OF the lead, the men
clinohed, Corbett brushing the alleged
s strong man off as II he were boy. As
he pushed him away swift. as flash
. crossed In the deadly right OF tho Amer
: lean clear to the jaw. Mitchell went
4 down under tho force OF tho blow. In
] the fall he swung across the lower rope,
i poised there an instant and then
Z clipped of to the rosined floor. Corbett
turned about, alter delivering tho
s blow, walked to his corner. He sat
down and watched tho wri.hing form Of
2 his adversary as towering Kelly
: called off the fateiul seconds. Mitchell
had not fallen, nor did he remain down
q to escape punishment this time. Tho
powerful right OF the American, had it
j landed right, might have felled an OK as
2 II with mallct. The idea that Corbett
= had no punching power, II not already
dissipated, vanished six seconds alter
wards. Mitchell writhed about under
i the ropes and finally labored to an up
right position. Corbett thought that
e the fight had already been won. Tho
referee stood between tho recumbent
form OF Mitchell and Corbott, and when
the former atrugsled dizzily to his feet,
L Kelly stepped aside so rs not to obstruct
( the champions view, calling his atten-
was in o fighting attitude. Corbett,
&lcapcd from his seat, and with bound
y flew at Mitchell. The latter was fifteen
feet away, dizzily leaning up against the
f ropes. Corbott came at him as il out OF
V catapult. It was right hand swing
which was next brought into play, and
it{was delivered while Mt full speed.
Y Tho added weight OF Corbett'a own run
ming weight was lent to the blow, and
4 when it landed it fell aquaroly on tho
point Of the jaw, Nitcholls head fell
on his breast, his lower Jaw
~ dropped, his loft hand foil Imply TO his
ri side, tho right falling under his body in
tho decent. His body reached the
floor, face downward, and he lay thore as
x liieleas as ono dead. There could be no
further doubts. There was not. one
chance in a thousand that he would re-.
81 cover inside the prescribed ten, sec.
onds. His face turned slightly to tho
right and from his mouth and nostrils
oozed tho blood in tiny streams. Kelly
If had counted the ten seconds slowly
n enough and in his deliberRtion about
N tho matter there was much Of mercy.
when the time had finally run Its limit
a Kelly with q wave OF his hand towards
~ Corbett's corner shouted: "Corbett
WINS" at the same time beckoning tho
seconds OF Mitchell to their man.
Pony" Moore, Jim Hall and Steve
Ss 0'Donuell' stopped down over Mitchell,
5s0'Donnell applying bottle OF am.
II monia to tho nostrls OF tho English.
man. He lay there despite this, and
IL tho three picked up the limp body and
alowly carried it to his corner Here
D the bottle was again put to Mitchell.
and nineteen seconds after tho last
IN blow had been sent IN the eyes Of tho
BEl M a ~ Tram Ennln nd nnnnnd ron M Il Z.