The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-18
KNEW NOTHING BUT THE PAIN
Corbett Tells How He Felt When the Left
Hand Jab Took Him.

KNEW NOTHING BUT THE PAIN
Corbess Tells How he Feat when the Left
Hand Jab Took Him.
Carson, New. March 17.-As Corbet,
staggered 20 mis- dressing room after the
contest. his brothers. Harry and Joe, sup
porting him one on each side. the scene
was a pitiful one. What. 20 him. was
honor. fame and fortune had been IRE
,rievably lost in the brief space OF time
since he had left the room, ccahden. OF
keeping the championship q he world.
A short hour before he had been abso-
iutely certain OF victory without shaoe
OF doubt thar his record would remain
unmarried. and the crushing defeas WAS
almost beyond belief to him. His train
ers crowded into the dark little room az
| ter him and gathered about him as he
sank exhausted IN chair.
II can't realize it. boys" the defeated
champion said. II don't know how e
/ Ia opened I had him almost out and
could have whipped him II ha6 follow
ed it up, bu. wanted 10 show him how
/ thoroughly I could beat him. Oh, II I
can only get at him again. He must. he
absolutely must give ne another chance.
/. can whip him next time"
There was moments silence when
! Jim leaned forward against his brother
Harry and burst into tears.
az can't believe e." he said. st can't
/ believe II. Harry. How can Il be. old
| man. that am defeated %
| The scene was too much for the little
crowd Of heart-broken friends. Billy
Woods shrank into a dark corner and
| with his cap over his face endeavored 10
stife his sobs.
White and McVey chokingiy attempted
to soothe their ex-chief. and Billy De-
| laney. with wet eyes. vigorously famed
the almost fainting man in vain al
tempt to conceal his emotion. Harry
Corbett grufiiy ordered everybody 70
brace up and Joe sank TO his knees
beside his defeated brother and passed
his arm around his neck and said softly:
Its all right. Jim: It's all right Ey
eryhody knows il was a chance blow.
and that you are the best man yet It's
all right, old boy. We know you can
beat him. jim
Corbett's face was as pale as death
and drawn into ugly lines by the physi-
cal and mental agony ne was undergoing.
He little looked the man who whipped
Sullivan, as he lay back in his chair. mis-
hand pressed below his heart where the
blow that had ruined had gone home.
How my heart painsInwvdoneaoatM
How my heart hurts me-" he groaned.
81 thought would die when l went down
1 could not realize that / was being
knocked out. I only know that my side
was killing me The pain was awful
awful. The only place feel any trouble
now is fright below the heart / don't
know how badly am hurt. II may kill
me yet, and what is the difference IL ii
does
mo. It won't either he suddenly said.
a bright look coming into his eyes. Il
will get another crack at that fellow yet
I'll make him fight me again"
There was hardly a mark on his body
to show how the champion had lost
There were spots OF blood upon his
arms and breast. but il was the blood
of the victor. not his own.
Anybody can see that Jim is the clev-
erer man." said Charley White. He sim
ply lost on one OF those chance blows
which are always possibility. He can
whip Fitzsimmons. know
'I advised MIN to fight a generalship
fight, keeping away from Fitzsimmons.
gu. he was so confident he could whip
FitzsImmons. that he would mix up.
Even up TO the round he went down he
was confident. He Is much the better
man. The chance blow did IT,"
Delaney and the other trainers ex-
pressed similar opinions. Meantime. the
work over Corbett was having effect.
and within half an hour he was strong
enough 70 dress and leave the arena He
was driven directly to the train and with
his party was soon started on ms trip
10 San Francisco.
my construction OF rule r." said Ref
cree Siler. permitting hits in the
clinches and breakaways made a fsirer
fight than the general public or the spec
tators anticipated. The general sIppo-
sition was under the rule as interpret
ed It would be a rOugh-snd-;Um5le fEht
that they would hug and wrestle. but
I figured that II hitting IN the clinches
and breakaways was permitted. the men
would be more careful in ciiuches. and
that there would be no punching a. such
times / was correct.
1T boxed for the first five rounds as
II Il was Cor5eti's fight He had Fiiz-
simmons webbing IN the fourth and
fifth and was forced for the first time
% 20 between them % make Fitzsra-
mons break away After that Il sp-
pearei 20 me as II Corbett's blows were
not as effective as before and Fitzzinn-
mons seemed 70 be getting stronger AL
the time. and. barring q Knockout b.
F'itzzimnons. I considered the only SHOW
Co.bett had was to bunch and worry
him by degrees. ard follow him up Until
he was dead. Bat the knockout bio<
came. L was one % ne cieAuest fights
that ever took place IN the ring for the
championship.
4 felt confident all along" ssid I>ou.s
HousemsR. fa- tinlekssper % Fiizs.n-
mons. 'that Fi;zs.nn1ors wo2if Sta.
an glad ne Old wanted 70 see Cor
beft vhipp@1. lie e whipped"
William Nal1oon. TIE veteran Erss-ie-
ard "a zsr. who WAS standing close %
ne n1ea when TIE nEa: s-5ss. sad %
~ Ass5clzfst Press repress- tzflFs.
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=szt c7ruer OF the r.ag Corbe-t insiea1 {
q stepping back. - Re sAog6 have /
done. simply leaned ne Upper par; = /
hls BODY back The movement caused f.
ne bore q. the loEsr part = tas chsEs I
70 pro--rse. FTczs-na-ncus saw his o2- 1
p-or.un.ty saa quick 80 assh delivered !
a rlxat uDpsrrBt. TIE 5l0T csgsaJ Cor !
49, rfzht uaeer ne gr0.ru1lng o3ae s16 4
over re spleen No man living cogie /
aays s,soi % uz5e- ~ pain ma: s1ca /