The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-18
THE BATTLE
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wns far superior 10 that pf Fitzsim-
mons, ana he got away and came IN
agaln with marvellous speed He was
tlhng rapidly. however. and was far
from having the stamina that Bob
howed Tho latter had been punished
rrarfully throughout all the preceding
rounds, but hr was Btiil strong AMI
game 10 the core. The round opened
with loft swing by corbett, hc miss.
ed. but tried again with better success.
reaching the jaw good and hard, Bob
WAS all there, however. and he sent
his loft 10 the body with terrific force,
The blow sent Corbett staggering Lnck-
ward several feet. and evidently hurt
him badly. Bob lost no time and fol.
lowing closely he sent his right TO Cor
belts face. causing him 10 ,ottsr ageiH
lIe then put his left hard on tho body.
and was hard after his man. but Cor.
beit gave ground 20 get away Corbeit
came up strong. however. and put his
lrfi hard on BOb's body. The latter
put In a right hard on the head. Cor.
bott was looking tired. his nj engtb
wna going aud he clinched. After the
brcakawny Fliz put hard right and
irft on the Inw and the men ciinched
again. Corbett fghtiBg Bob into 'hr
aouthweAt corner ~ the ring. corhe
put hln left on the Jaw and Bob Acnt
his nshl 10 the chin with awful f"irr.
Tn. blow made Corbeit ham backward.
and turned him partly round. H.
raised his guard n trinc and quick 90
lightning Bob shot his lefi glove upon
curbett's body Just below the heart.
The blow was one that would have
shiyercd plank. and Corbetrs face
pAied Instantly His arms fell 10 his
sides his Dyes closed and he fell for
ward TO the ropes. catching at them
with his right hand His face bore
"A look of agony aud he was evidently
nuffering the most cxcruciatiug pain.
ne trlrd TO rise. but Sob was right
upon him. and caught hlm Win right
lab ON the chin Corbctt Was not
knocked out In the common acccpta.
ton of the term He was not uncon.
sclous. but the pain resulting from The
blow under his heart was 81 grer; hs
to make him careless of ever thing
else. lie tried several times To rise.
but was unable 10 do 50. and was
counted out by the referee
HAWKINS WINS.
Carson. Maruh 1.-THE Flnn iy-
Hawkins night. the FIRST Of the two MI
nor contests. vas soon over. Their
was one exchange OF blows. q clin.h
and a Knockout. F'iaherty going down
~ II he had been Shu.. II was nll
over in one minute and four .econds
At the call Of time HIuwklns lost no
time In going at his msn lie swung
left hard on the Jaw. and tn latter
counicrcd on the body Then they
clinchcd hanging 10 eacn other for n
few seconds After the brraKAway
Hawkins landed right sW,ag on Fla
hcrty's jaw and followed the sum, with
a lcft swing on the sa.ry place Fla
hcrty fell over backward his head
striking the hoor with great force.
~ sr,uads .y.is'. M :'am the ring
GREEN GETS THrGE.
The nghI between Mysterious Billy
Smith and George Green. the wclter
d ,lghts. f""owvd Immediately Smith
had all the worst of 1t an AZ the end
Of the eleventh round he CAV thr fight
up, saying that his arm had been bro
ken In the fourth round
Hogan, OF Chicago. 0l. ryf,rer. and
had his hands fun The men chnched
repeatedly and were loath to break
s mith devoted most or tls attention
10 in.fghting and In the ciinches would
hct Green around the ncct ann with
his rgiht arm free play TAFT on
Green's ribs, Green constantly iabbcd
with his left and soon had Smiths
nose and mouth in a pulty condition,
II was noticeable that Smith refraincd
from using his left arm, which had
been broken three months ago. and
he could only land occasional right
swings