The evening world., 1894-01-26
.CORBETT IN THE CONFESSIONAL.
Admits that He Got Mad and
Pitched In to Finish Him
Up Quick"

Producing the contestants. Corhett : name was
Justify cheercd aud 80 was Mitchclrs, although
there could be no doubt ns to the symrathics OF
the crowd. The enthusiasm lOr each man wa,
about on n par with the betting. corbett poS!-
lively refused 10 go through the formalty OF
hand shake and when Mitchell heard this his
British blool boiled. At2 - the gong rang
and us the men fncrd each other in the centre
OF the ring Mitchell applied vile crithct to
his opponent in tone only audible to Corbett.
Mitchelrs face wore rather pleasant expires
sion, very much In contrast with the wicked
and decidedly serious dcmcunor oi the cham
piOn.
FIRST ROilND-Both men seemed onth to
take the initiative, They iddlcl about the ring
for fully II minute without n blow Icing StrLcE.
Corbett, however. kept backing Mitchell against
the ropes, every now an then icintims, cvi-
IDENTITY with the intention oi tempting Mitchell
into making n lead lie edged the EnglShmun
NIL around the ring, trying TO draw his fire, but
Charley was too wary and put in most OF his
time getting out of the big fellows way.
Finally Jim ran him into corner and let 20
with half. swinging left at hi. face. Mit,ncl
neatly duckcd and Slipped him, aud there was
loud cheering from the Establishments adhcr.
cuts. A second later Mitchell made lead
with his lett for Corbctr wind. He landed
lightly, but caught i'll return hard right.
. handler on his left eye. which LETT red mark.
They got together again IN the centre and
| Mitchell was the nggrc,sor This time he got
: his right nome rather hard Oh the American 5
ribs but Jim went 10 n cllnch ami III the
breakaway put his left hand against Mitchell 5
iace and showed him away.
FIRST BLOOD FOR MITCHELL
II was apparent that besides the other advnn-
tageS possessed 10y Corbett he was much
stronger man than the Briton. Mitchell now
set about TO force the pace. lie made a neat
lungc forward and brought his LETT flush against
Corbctr mouth. craving blood. Just the lea t
little stream OF blood triCklcd from Corbett :
lils, but II WIS enough 10 set the iicnd> OF ,hc
| Englishmnn Wild with JOY, and the cheer that
went up could have been heard almost by the
citizens ot Jacksonville, who remained nj home
in large numbers.
while there wa, no Official claim of first blood
from MitchclFs h"nclnncn, We; II was ulscrva.
| nc to nearly everybody III the box seats, aud
the cry Went round the ring: d" First blood for
the Englshmnn, Again Mitchell tried with
his right and fell into clrch. bearing Cor
Octt before MIN 10 the ropes near his own cor
ncr.
Mitchell made splendid showing in thi.
round, nut TO close observer It was apparent
lnht 'Op'V was npl'lllS bltk uOl making
himself n foil 10 draw leads IN order TINT hc
m,"ht size ~ the Engliohmau' ) style Of fight.
iig The blow that started the Clarrt from Cor
le.l mouth 1t j. said. VS. the first one ever
| landed on the American : iuCc in finish fight
but had COrhctt not bceu the aggrcsSor duriu:
the greater part Of the time 1t is duuht!ul
whether Mitchell would have had the plru>ur,
OF introducing this novelty to the champion.
SECOND BOUND Both were qulrA IN r..
Spending 10 the gong. They got 10 the centre IN
short ordcr, and Mitchell, rmholdcncd 10y hi'
IgNs 4. tlNA flN..R "A
make the running. He luugCd iurWurl, and nIl
his left clean and hard on Curbrtt hrv,,.t II,
got away without return, aud Il second later
tried the trick again. Tni> time he was NO
: suCcc >slul CurhCtt measured him M and d
straight left hand lab in the face met his r,.Sl
, ana sent his head backwards Eurh hrok,
man ny 10 the corner aud tried with hlS lett
Again the iotrigncr slipped under II and cam,
out without damage.
Corbctt would not he denied, however. II,
I walked right into Mitchell IN forced him int,
, the southwest corner tins tune. Mitchell L.,
with his lett, but was short ana n hot right
, hand uppcrcul on his ribs mndc T." American
! followers yell Justify. They got Ia a uliuuh
: and after the brcakaway Mitchell wake,
around to point near hi, own corner.
Here CoTbctt corsalled him, and, in the rail,
that followed, sent lett and night in ON the fac
in rapid succession. lie also put his lett ON hi
wind III this rally, Mitchell finally got to
cllncE, and ut the command ui the referee the
= broke away. COrh"tt now seemed savage an,
!, determined. There was an expression ON hi
u face which no man ever bchCld before III any q
e his ring engagements. When he met SulliVnl
the Young Californian wore smile almost con
tinuously after the first round hut ne did n
smiling during to day engagement. His fac
was positively dCmOniaCul All the demon tina
was In the man cane To the surface.
MITCHELL CLEANLN KNOCKED DOWN.
He kept Mitchell stepping uacGwaru an
= | running around 10 keep out OF his way
Finally, near the ropes in Corbetts own col
ner Mitchell made stand, He again lunge
he was short He was over balanced by III
force OF the blow and left himself open
and this gave Corbett a splendid opportunit
= 10 bring his right hand Into play. lie sent
: laefosp uiiR .effine force 4 lanead 9