Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12

bull rush, sending his left to the body
and his right to the head. putting Cor
bett to the ropes and staggering him.
Jeffries crowded in and forced the pace,
which was evidently too hot for Corbett,
and the bell sounded none too SOON.
Round 4-Both were fast in answer
they failed to land. A clinch followed. !
In a breakaway Corbett tried to send
his right over, but jeff lodged it. Then
Corbett sent two straight leA-: to he
mouh and Jeffries responded win hard
lefst to the body. jeff sent a back hand
left on Corbett's face and Corbett retail /,
ated with a straight left to he nose. JEFF
: tries bled freely from the nose and Cor
bett sent two more lefts to thai organ.
Corbett had the call at the end of the
! ound. |
Round 15-Corbett was the aggressor
sending his left twice to the face. JEFF
fries rushed, driving a pi%le-driving right
for the body which Corbett blocked clev-
erly. Then COrbett hooked his left to the
neck, while Jeffries tried wild swings for
the head. At close quarters Corbett tried
to evade a left lead for the head and. Slip
ped, but, although the blow landed, He re-
covered and stood upright when 1t looked
as If he should have zone to the floor. !
Corbett's work was wonderful n the]
Jeffries people looked worried.
Round 16-Corbett was on his tOeS at
the call of time and sent his left to Refs
body. He hooked a light left to teff's
face, but received a hard setback on the
body from Jeff's right. Corbett jumped
around as lively as a cricket and when
Jeff missed a right swing he landed a left
and right in Jeffs face. In a ~breakaway
jeff put his right to the ear, but Corbett.
countered on the body. At close quarters
again Jeff hooked his right to the side
of the head and the referee was active
in separating them from a clinch when
the bell rang.
Round 17-Corbet ran into a left smash
on the face, but countered with a hard
left on the ear. Jeff looked desperate and
rushed Corbett like a wild man. Corbett
met his PUSHES with left jabs on the face
and the best that Jeff sent back was a
right to the ribs. Coming to close. quar-
ters Corbett drove his right to the face
and hooked a left to the face. Jeff landed
a left to the body and then drove his right
hard for the chest, but Corbett blocked
the blow. A hard left on the body from
JEFF almost took Corbett off his feet but
Corbett held on pluckily and skipped
around out of danger when it looked as If
he would be bound to lose. This was JEFF
fries round. -
Round 18-They went to a clinch with
out landing "a blow. Corbet hooked a left
to the jaw and blocked Jeff's return for
the body. Corbett hooked a hard left to
the jaw but was not so fortunate in es-
caping,a as Jeff put "a ard left on the chest.
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with his forearm on the chin and there
were cries of 'look out for that elbow"
Then jeff hooked his left to the head and
Corbet drove a right hard to the ribs.
Corbett hooked his left to the face and
blocked Jeff's counter for the body, keep
ing the big fellow at arms length until
the round was over.
Round 19-Jeff tried two lefts for the
body, but they were blocked. Then jeff
hooked a left to the head and Corbett sent
back "a left swing to the jaw. jeff rushed
and forced Corbett to the ropes, sending
his left to the body and right to the neck.
Jeffries knocked COrbett to the floor with
a right smash to the ear. COrbett got up
like a flash, as if the fall had not taken
any of the steam out of him. Jeff kept
crowding in, using his left to the ribs and
neck. Corbett countered with straight
left jabs to the face. In a clinch Jeff sent
his right twice to the kidneys and had all
the better of the rounda at the close.
Round 2O-Jeff rushed at his man like
a mad bull, but Corbett sidestepped ana
sprinted out of harms way, sending a
!, straight left to the ribs as he went. JEFF
: fries rush again, but Corbett got inside
., his lead and fooled him. He threw his
: body against the champions breast and
, blocked every blow. Corbett stepped to
!, either side every time Jeff tried to land
: and lodged two hard left swings. jeff
> succeeded in landing on the neck, Corbett
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work was exceedingly clever in this
!, round, and he surprised everybody who
! watched him.. Jeffries seemed disgrunt-
! led at not being able to land a telling
{ blow.
Round 21-Corbett opened with a left on
. the face. Jeffries rushed him into a cor
e ner, where Corbett slipped quickly and
. evaded a right swing for the head. JEFF
y fries kept boring in, but Corbett met him
a at every turn, blocking cleverly. Corbett
: hooked his right to the stomach and JEFF
I fries sent two lefts to the head. Jeffries
r iabbed a left hard on the chest and a
. hook on the face, Corbett countering with
I his right to the ear. At close quarters
Jeff led right to head and in the fight
: ing which followed lay heavily over his
n opponent. In the ~breakaway Corbett
= landed a righto on the head and sprinted
:. to the ropes, where another clinch occur
o red without any more harm being done.
n Round 22-Jeffries rushed madly, put
q ting his left to the head and his right to
: the body. Corbett backed ava without
o returning a blow. Jeffries. still forcing
made Corbett go the limit of the ring ar6
. snr+ = hard left to the neck. AA4lU Jeff
: sent his left 10 the unnN D-. 'orbett In
!. der his chin. Jeffries made a wild swing
! for the head, but Corbett threw his left
y hard to the ribs and evaded the blow. In
= side-stepping Corbett outgeneraled the
! champion, but Jeffries put a left to the
i head and right to the jaw followed with
a left on the body that Jared Jim con-
= siderably. Jeffries was very strong at the
y end of the round while Corbett seemed to
. be weakening.
= Round 23-After a couple of passes jeff
= swung his right to Corbett's jaw and
then rushed him across the ring to the
:. ropes. At close quarters Corbett hooked
: his left twice to the face, sending the
4 blood squirting again from Jeffries' face.
. Jeffries then put two hard again into the
!. body and smashed his left again on Cor
belts face, sending Corbett's hea back.
Then Jeffries crowded him to the ropes