The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-12

\ over, but Jeff lodged it; then Corbett sent two straight lefts to the mouth, | and Jeffries responded with hard left to | body Jeff sent back hand left smash on Corbett's face, and Corbett retailat- | ed with a straight left to the nose. Jef- l fries bled copiously from the nose, and | Corbett sent two more rights to that organ. Corbett had the call at the end of the round.
 Round 15-Corbett was the aggressor, l sending left twice to the face, Jeff rush | ed driving a pile driving right for the body, which Corbett blocked cleverly. Then Corbett hooked left to the neck, while Jeffries tried three wild swings for the head. Jeffries bored in, but Cor bett tucked beautifully At close quar- ters Corbett tried to evade a left lead for the head and slipped, but although the blow landed he recovered quickly and stood upright when it looked as if he should have gone to the floor. Cor betts work was wonderful, and the Jef- fries people looked worried.
 Round 16-Corbett was up on his toes at the call of time, and sent left to Jeff's body He hooked light left lO JtlLlito ldCc, Dul ACl Dtll IGttlNtu d hard setback on the body from Jeffries' right. Corbett jumped as lively as a cricket, and when Jeff missed right
 swing he landed left outright in Jeff's
 face. In a breakaway Jeff put his right
 to the ear, but Corbett countered on the
 body. At close quarters again Jeff
 hooked right to the side of the head,
 and the referee was active in separating
 them from a clinch when the bell rang,
 Round 17-Corbett ran into a left
 smash on the face, but countered with
 hard left on the ear Jeff looked des
 perate and rushed at Corbett like a
 wildman. Corbett met his rushes with
 left jabs to face, and the best that Jeff
 sent back was right to the ribs. Com
 ing to close quarters Corbett drove right
 to body and hooked left to the face Jeff landed left to body and then drove
 his right hard for the chest, but Corbett
 blocked the blow. A hard left on the
 body from Jeffries almost took Corbett
 off his feet, but Corbett held on and
 pluckily, and skipped around out of
 danger when it looked as if he was
 bound to lose. This was Jeff's round.
 Round 1S-They went to a clinch with
 out landing a blow. Corbett hooked left
 to jaw and blocked Jeffries' return for
 the body. Corbett hooked a hard left
 to the jaw, but was not so fortunate in
 escaping, as Jeff put hard left on the chest Jeffries tried right for the chest,
 but only landed with his forearm on the chin, and there were cries of Took out for that elbow" Then Jeff hooked left to head, and Corbett drove right hard to ribs. Corbett hooked his left to the fact and blocked Jeff's counter for the body, keeping 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 left to head and sent left swing to the jaw. Jeff rushed and fore ed Corbett to the ropes, sending left to body and right to neck. Jeff knocked Corbett to the floor with right smash to the ear. Corbett get 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 clinch Jeffries | sent his right twice to the kidneys and | had all the better of the round at the l close.
 Round 20-Jeffries rushed at his man | like mad bull but Corbett side-stepped | and sprinted out of harms way, send | ing straight left to the ribs as he went | out. Jeff rushed again, but Corbett got | inside his lead and fooled him. He | threw his body against the champions l chest and blocked every blow. Corbett | stepped to either side every time Jeff ries tried to land and lodged two hard | left swings. Jeff succeeded in landing | left on the neck. Corbett countered on | the ribs. Corbett's foot work was ex- prlsed everybody who watched him Jeff seemed disgruntled at not being able to land a telling blow.
 Round 21-Corbett opened with left on the face. Jeff rushed him into a cor ner where Corbett slipped quickly and | avaded a right swing for the head. Jeff 'ies kept boring in but Corbett met him 1t every turn, blocking cleverly Cor bett hooked right to the stomach and Jeffries sent two lefts to head. Jeffries Iabbed left hard on the chest and hooked to the face, Corbett countering with his right to the ear. At close quar- -ers Jeff hooked right to head and in
 he clinch which followed lay heavily )ver his opponent. In the breakaway Corbett landed light right on the head md sprinted to the ropes, where an- other clinch occurred without more larm being done.
 Round 22-Jeffries rushed madly, put ing left to head and rgh ito body Cor )ett backed away without returning a blow, Jsffries still forcing, made Cor ,ett go the limit of the ring and sent a lard left to the neck Again Jeffries ent his left to the neck but Corbett n shifting allowed Jeff's elbow to get lnder his chin Jeff made a wild swing or the head but Corbett threw left hard 0 ribs and evaded the blow In side stepping Corbett out-generalled the
 champion, but Jeffries put a left to lead and right to the jaw followed with q left on the body that jared Jim considerably. Jeff was very strong at he end of the round, while Corbett seemed to be weakening.
 Round 23--After couple of passes
 effries swung his right to Corbett's aw and then rushed him across the ing 10 the ropes to a neutral corner 1