The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-12

without return. JeffTies assumed a
more more crouching position than that which
ne usually assumes, but Corbett
Strengthened him up with a right on the
nose and left on the nose. which brought
the blood more freely, but in a break
from a clinch Jeffries crossed right to
the mead and at the close of the round
SorDett put light to chest.
Round 13-Both were careful. jeff
lfled Ieft half a dozen times. but Cor
bett got out of range Jeff tried right
again to head, but Corbett shifted inside
OF the lead and clinched. Jeffries hook
cd left to neck and rushed Corbett to
the ropes Corbett came back quickly
ana they clinched twice without doing
any injury to each other. jeff made a
bulldog rush, sending left to body and
rlght to head, putting Corbett to the
ropes, staggering him. jeff crowded in
ana forced the pace, which was evident
ly too hot for Corbett, and the bell
sounded none too soon.
Round 14-Both were fast in answer
ing the gong, each leading left but they
failed to land and clinch followed. In
a breakaway Corbett tried to send right
over but Jeff lodged it, then Corbett
sent two straight lefts to the mouth
and Jeffr1es responded with hard lefts
to the body. Jeffries sent a back hand
left smash on Corbett's face and Cor
bert retaliated with a. straight left to the
nose. Jeffries bled copiously from the
nose and Corbett sent two more lefts
to that organ. Corbett had the call at
the end of the round
Round 15-Corbett was the aggressor,
sending left twice to the face. Jeff rush
ed, driving a piledriving right for the
body, which Corbett blocked .cleverly.
Then Corbett hooked left to the neck
While jeff tried three wild swings for the
head jeff bored in but Corbett ducked
beautifully. At close. quarters Corbett
tried to evade a left lead for the head
and slipped, but although the blow land
ed he recovered, and stood upright when
II looked as if he should have gone to
the floor. Corbett's work was wonderful
ana the JenT1es people looked Worried.
+ba eouan anT loee1orpett vas upon n ms toes at
body. He hooked light left. to Jeffries'
face but received a hard setback on the
BODY from Jeff's right. Corbett jumped
around lively as a cricket and when
jeff missed a right swing he landed left
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 sep
aratng them from a clinch when the bell
rang.
on the face, but countered with hard left
on the ear. jeff looked desperate and
met his rushes with left jabs to face and
the best that Jeff sent back was right to
the ribs Coming to close quarters, Cor
bett drove right to the body and hooked
left to the face. Jeffries landed 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 pluekily and skipped around out of
danger when it looked as if he would be
bound to lose. This was Jeffries' round
Round ls-They went to a clineh with
to jaw and blocked Jeff's return for the
body. Corbett hooked a hard left to the
ing. as jeff put a, hard left on the chest
JEFF tried right for the face but only land
ed with his forearm on the chin and there
were cries OF Look out for that elbow.
Then Jeffries hooked left to head and
Corbett drove right hard to ribs. Corbett
hooked his left to the face and blocked
Jeffries' counter for the body, keeping the
big fellow at arms length until the round
Round 1s-Jeff tried two lefts for the
pody, but they We're blocked Then JEFF
back a left swing to the jaw. jeff rushed
and forced Corbett to the ropes, sending
left to the body ard right to neck. Jeff
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
ing in, using his left to the ribs and neck
Corbett countered with straight left jabs
right twice to the kidneys and had all
the better of the round at the close.
Round 29-Jeffries' rushed at his man
like a mad bull. but Corbett sidestepped
and sprinted out of harms way, sending
straight left to the ribs as he went. Jeff
rushed 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 hard left swings. Jeffries sue
| ceeded in landing left on the neck; Cor
bett cOuntered on the ribs. Corbett's foot
work extremely clever in this round
and he surprised everybody who watched
him. Jeff seemed disgruntled at not be-
ing able to land a telling blow.
Round 21-Corbett opened with left on
face. jeff rushed him into corner,
where Corbett slipped quickly and evaded
a right swing for the head. Jeffries kept
boring. in, but Corbett met him at every
turn, blocking cleyerly- Corbett hooked
right to the stomach and jeff sent two
| lefts to head. Jeff jabbed left hard on
/ the chest and hooked to the face, Cor
| bett countering with his right to the ear.
| At close quarters Jeff led right to the
| head and in the clinch which followed lay
! heavily over his opponent. In. the break
| away Corbett landed light right the
| head and sprinted to the. ropes, where
| another clinch occurred without any more
! harm being done.
Round 22-Jeff rushed madly, putting
| left to head and right to body Corbett
| backed away without returning a blow.
jeff still forcing made Corbett go to the
neck. Again Jeff sent his left to the neck
| but Corbett in shifting allowed Jeff'S ell
bow to get under his chin; jeff made a
wild swing, for the head, but Corbett
threw left hard to ribs and evaded the
| blow. In SideStepping Corbett outgeneral-
! ed the champion but jeff put left to
head and a right to the jaw, followed with
| a left the body that Jared Jim con-
| siderably. jeff was very strong at the end
| of the round, while Corbett seemed to be
Round 58-After a couple of passes JEFF
and then rushed him across the ropes to
| a neutral corner. At close quarters,
I OOFDell nOOkeQ 1eIC Twice 10 the 1ace
sending, the blood squirting again from
| Jeffries face. Jeff sent Two hard lefts
into the body and smashed his left again
on Corbett's face. sending Corbetts head
back. Then Jeffries crowded him to the
| ropes, and with a full swinging left
smash on the jaw. sent Corbett rolling
down and out Corbett's head struck the
floor, but moment after Referee White
attempt to regain his feet, but he was too
| far gone to recuperate within the time
call of ten seconds. Corbett lay. like a
log after rolling over twice on the. ring
floor but a meInent after Referee White
! had counted him out he was able to re-
| gain his feet and the seconds had little
| difficulty in reviving him Time of round,
| minutes and IL seconds.
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