The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-15
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Round 1e. Jeffr1es tried two lefts for
the body, but they were blocked. Then
Jeffries hooked a left TO the head and
Corbett sent back a left swing TO the
jaw. Jeffries rushed and forced Corbett
to the ropes, sending a left to b body
N a right to the neck. Jenries
knocked Corbett to the floor with a
right swing 10 the ear. Corbett got up
like a flash as IL h fall had not taken
any of the steam out of him. Jeffries
kept crowding in, using his left to ribs
and neck. Corbett countered with a
straight left jab to h face. In 8
clinch Jeffries sent his right twice to
the kidneys and had all the better Of
the round at the close.
Round 20. Jeffries rushed at his nan
like a mad bull. but Corbett side
stepped and sprinted out of harms
way, sending a straight left to the ribs
a. he went. Jeffries ruched again. but
Corbett got inside his lead and fooled
him. He threw his body against the
champions chest and blocked every
blow. Corbett stepped to either side
every time Jeffries tried to land and
lodged two ard left swings. Jeffries
succeeded in landing a left on the
neck. Corbett countered on the ribs.
Corbett,S foot work was extremely
everybody who watched him. Jeffries
seemed disgruntled at not being able
to land a telling blow.
Round 81. Corbett opened with his
left on the face. Jeffries rushed him
into a corner, where Corbett slipped
quickly and evaded a right swing for
the head. Jeffries kept boring in, but
Corbett met him at every turn. block
ing. Corbett hooked a right 20 the
stomach, and Jeffries sent two lefts to
the head. Jeffries jabbed a left hard
on the chest and hooked to the face.
Corbett countering with his right TO
the ear. At close quarters Jeffries
hooked his right to the head and in
the clinch which followed lay heavily
over his opponent. In the breakaYay
Corbett landed light on the head and
sprinted to the ropes, where another
clinch occurred without any more harm
being done.
Round %. Jeffries rushed madly, put
ting a left to the head and a right to
the body. Corbett backed away without
returning a blow. Jeffries, still forcing
matters, made Corbett go to the limit
of the ring and sent a hare left to the
neck. Again Jeffries sent his left 10
the neck, but Corbett in shifting. al
lowed Jeffries' elbow to get under his
chin. JeffrieS made a wild swing for
the head. but Corbett threw a left
hard to the ribs and evaded the blow.
In side stepping Corbett out-generalei
the champion, but Jeffries put a left TO
the a and a right to the jaw, fol-
lowed with a left on the body, that
Jared Jim considerably. Jeffries was
very strong at the end of the round,
while. Corbett seemed to be weakening.
Round %. After a couple of passes
Jeffries swung his right to Corbetts
jaw and then rushed him across the
ring to the ropes to a neutral corner.
At close quarters Corbett hooked his
left twice to the face, sending the blood
squirting again from Jeffries' mouth.
Jeffries threw two hard lefts into the
body and smashed his left again or
Corbett's face, sending CorDett's head
back. Then Jeffries crowded him to tae
ropes and with a full swinging left
smash on the jaw sent Corbett rolling
down and out. Corbett's head struck
the floor heavily and he rolled over in
a vain attempt to regain his feet, but
he was too far gone to recuperate
within the call of ten seconds.