The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-13
The Revelations by the Camera
Of the Carson Battle.
STRUCK CORBETT WHEN DOWN
The Kangaroo Let Go With His Left
just After He Delivered the Solar
P1exus Swing What the Promi-
nent Sporting Men in New York
Say About the Affair.

that within the next few days there will
arise clamOr In pugilistic circles that viii
set the entire fistic world by the ears.
When the big crowd gathers at the Ac4d-
envy of Music on Saturday night 70 witness
the Cofbett- FitzsiInmOns fight On canvas
they will see many things that are saFpris-
ing and many things over which they will
| gossip for days.
Some tame ago w. A. Brady, Corbctt's
| manager, told the newspapers of 4 foul
blow by FTtzsinrnons, W flich he had discov-
| cred in the veriscope films. The public vas
| skepticai and the subject was dropped.
The foul blow Is picturedin the yerisCOpe,
| nevertheless. Nobody who has seen the
films can gainsayit When COrbett's friends
see the fight on canvas they will be mp in
| arms. They will see FitzSimmons land ON
COrbett' S Jaw whel the Californian is down.
foul? There is not the SHADOW OF "A
doubt of it, But as TO its effect on the re-
suit Of the fight, there is only one CIIing to
be said
| COrbett would have been knocked out
anyway The Californian himself will ad-
{ init this 1t was the sOIar-plexUs punch
| that did the business, not the foul rap on
| the jaw.
Nevertheless the blow was a foul tecfp-
| cally, and when seen ON the big canvas
| sheet the public will judge for themselves
| as to it's foul intent and the damage it
| occasioned
COrbett is sho wn in the picture apparently
reeling from the impact of the foul bio "
He was already reeling, however. from
| the blow in the stomach His left hand
1
| tells the story palmer than words IL
| was the stomach blow, apparently, that
Corbett was trying to alleviate
| The pictures are n long strips of films
two inches in width and about an inch in
| depth. During the fight they were run off
| at the rate Of about twenty second
| There can be no doubt therefore as to the.
| genuine character of the foul.
| The pictures are Beautifully clear, and
| even the far-away mountains are plainly
| visible The spectators who zee the pin
| lures will be iampered somewhat by the
prominence of the side post OF the ring
| during thelsstrush OF the fighters. but they
| will see enough To set them gcssiping and
| cuarreling among themselves as to the
! relative merits of the two men.
Fitzsimmons has stated that the stomach
4 DuHtu was ttBftiptlSfleti WIN a IlEHl-ldHu
| fcint and a left shift with all due
respect to Mr.. Fitzsimmons, il may be
stated that he is mistaken. The pictures
are as clean cut SO many cameras, and
they speak louder than words.
When the Knockout came Corbett was
on a slow retreat before Fitzsimnons, who
| was sliding forward in a knock-kneed sort
| OF shuttle. He had grown strong since the
A u
Suddenly, ~ the baldheaded man comes
| forward. CUrbett lHnges out with his left.
Then there is trouble FitzdmmOns ducks
to the right. In the pictures you can see
Corhett's left arm like bolt of iron over
FitZsimmOns' LEFT shoulder.
Here is where the solar plexus punch
comes in. The left lead has left COrbetts
stomach comparatively mguarded- Fitz-
simmons steps quickly forward sii ding Cor
belts arm over his shoulder To the elbow.
Then he hooks his left fist into the pit
of COrbett's stomach.
The sight of these pictures ends all dis
cuSsion as to how the coup" was admin
istered. Corbett is seen topping slowly
forward with open mouth His right hand
reaches for the floor. His right knee fol-
lows. He seems to he helpless.
The film pictures Indicate the greatest
excitement about the Tingside The men
in front Of the ring hob up and down and
sway from side to side.
As Corbett sinks to the floor with FitZ-
simmons looming above him, you may see
in the piCt ures the long left arm of the Aus
tralian swing hack then come forward in 4
swift uppeTcut for the left point Of Cor
belts Jaw.
AS the blow starts, it seems that Fitz-
simmons realizes what he is doing He
appears to try with all his might to hold
the blow back, but it lands nevertheless
Corbett's right glove is on the floor when
he catches it Fitzsimmons' back is
turned to the spectators but the pictures
show the sweep OF the glove very plainly
The referee stands beyond both men at a
distance of about six feet
There is an agreement between the fight
ers that when one of them is knOckeddown
the other shall retire to distance of ten
feet
Dan Lynch. the manager OF Tom sherkey,
said yesterday y:
why, it's Il foul. as plain as day Now
I guess that people will believe me when
l say that Fftzsimmous fouled Sharkey
The blow on COFbett's jaw is IS plain as
the nose on your face. He was hit after
he had fallen TO the floor from the stomach |
punch.
Il have said all I care to say about |
the foul said Manager Brady. Il would |
like 10 ask however, how anybod can tell |
Just what effect this blow had on the result |
of the fight We are not going to make |
a fuss about it, The pictures speak for |
themselves All we wants another try at |
FitzsimmOns"
1.-The COrbett men are a lot Of sore |
heads - said Martin Julian. ANY foul that |
Fitzsimmons may have committed would /
not have killed fly II it had been seri- |
Gus, somebody would have seen it at the |
ringside 1 have not seen the pictures, and /
l know nothing about it.
There is a great diversity of opinion
among sporting men as tO the alleged foul \
in the fourteenth round at Carson. ma
iority of them agree that FitZsimmOns !
struck Corbett while the latter was fall
ing or on his knees, but most OF them in
sist that it was a technical foul and had /
no bearing on the result, as the blow in
the stomach settled Corbett beyond 81
question, and an additional blow was I'M
necessary Their opinions follow:
Jack MICA uliffe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cham
uion-Nc, / didn't see any foul blow struck
Fitz hit CorIjett in the pit of the stomach |
Drunk for 20 Years.