Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-27
'CORBETr;S BITTER TEARS
ne Cannot Comprehend How the
Deed Was Done.
says lie Must Have Another Trial.
fitzs'ihnlons Pleased but viii
Fight No More---Result
in Minor Contests.

Carson, March 1S.-As Corbett stag
gered to his dressing room after the
contest his brothers Harry and Joe sup
porting him, n on each side. the scene
was "A pitiful one. What. 10 him. was
hohor. fame and fortune, had beer ir-
reNocably lost, in the brief space Of time
since ne had left the room. confident Of
keeping the championship OF the world.
"A snort hour before he had been alb
Splutely certain Of victory, without a
shade of doubt that his record would
remain unmarried and the crushing de-
Ieat was almost beyond belief To him.
ms trainers crowded into the lark lit
tie room and gathered about him as
ne sank, exhausted in a chair.
Il can't realize il, boys" the defeated
champion said, Il don't know how il
happened. | had him almost out and
could nave whipped him If / had fol-
lowed II up. but 1 wanted to show him
thoroughly that | could do him. OH!
II | a only get at him again. He
must, he absolutely must give me an
other chance. ! can whip him next
time"
There was a moments silence. when
suddenly jim leaned forward against
ms brother Harry and burst into tears.
Il ant believe IT," he sobbed. Il
can't believe it, Harry; how can it be
cid man, that ! am defeated"
The scene was too much for the lit
tie crowd of heartbroken friends. Billy
Woods shrank into a dark corner. and
with his cap over his face ~endeavored
10 stifle his sobs.
White n McVey chokingly attempt
ed To Soothe their eX-chief, and Billy
Delaney. with wet eyes. vigorously
famed the almost fainting man i'm a
vain attempt to conceal his emotion.
Harry Corbett gruttiy ordered every
body 10 brace up" and Joe sank tC
his knees beside his defeated brother
and passed his arm around his neck,
saying softly:
IT'S all right. Jim, It's all right. Ev.
elyhody knows it was a chance blow and
that you are the hest man yet. It's al
light cd boy. We all know you can beat
him. jim
'orbett's face was as pale as death and
drawn INTO lines 10y the physical and men
tai agony he was undergoing. lie littld
looked the man who had whipped Sulli.
van as he lay back i'm his chair, his ham
pressed below his heart, where the blow
that mad ruined him had gone home.
"How my heart hurts me. thought I
would die when | went down. ! could not
realize that | was being knocked out. 4!
only knew my side was killing me. The
pain was a~wful-dwful. The only place |
feel any troun.e now is right below the
heart. | don't know how badly | am hurt.
u may XIII me yet, and what is the differ.
enCe if il does?'
NO, IT won't either he suddenly said
a bright look coming into his eyes. n vii
get another crack at that fellow. I'll max,
him fight me again"
There was hardly a mark on his body
to show how the champion had lost
There We're spots Of hood upon his arm'
and breast, but it was the blood of his op.
ponent.
Anybody can see that Jim IS the clCv
Arer man" said Charley White. lie
Simply lost on one of those chance blows
which are always "A possibility. lie ear
whip Fit2s!mmons, | know it,