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which Jeffries hooked left to, the head. Corbett tried a right to the body but fell short. Jeff sent his right ovel 1 to the head. They spared for a spell
 with Corbett breaking ground and then
 Jeff forced Corbett to the ropes, send ing his left to the body. A moment later he repeated this blow and Corbett | looked worried. At close quarters Jeff
 put his right to the head and as they broke he came back quickly with right to body. Then a right and left from | Jeff to the head jared Corbett. Jeff followed up with another terrific right on the chin and Corbett was very tired when the bell rang.
 Round 5-Corbett resumed the contest with evident relish, but he was very anxious meanwhile. Jeff so to him at close quarters with left to body, and Corbett failed to reply. Corbett feint- ed with his right, but Jeff called the bluff, and shook his left to the body. Corbett spared cleverly, sending left to body and after a little shifty work hooked left twice to head Jeff attempt ed a left hook for the jaw, but Corbett ducl1ed in and sent another left to the
 jaw. Jeff then crowded in and rushed
 Jim to the ropes, putting left hard to
 the body. Jeff forced the fighting and
 sent left to face and body, with telling
 effect, just before the bell sounded.
 Round 6-Corbett sprung to the cen
 ter of the ring, but Jeff was ready for
 him. Don't let him get set,' said
 George Considine; watch him, Jim;
 he can't hit you in a week." A second
 later Jeff led straight left to the face.
 Corbett made an intellectual try for the
 head with his right. Three clinches fol-
 lowed with the honors in Jeff's favor,
 and Corbett was compelled to shift to
 avoid the champions leads. Corbett
 used his legs for safety to the end of
 the round without having scored a sem
 blance to blow.
 Round 7-They rushed to clinch
 again. Jeff got light left on the wind
 Again they went to clinch, and in the
 break Jeff threw his left over to the ribs. Corbett played for body, but Jeff held him and blocked neatly. Jeff tried left lead to the head, which Cor bett ducked beautifully, but Jeffries was hard after him and sent right and left
 
 Corbett off his feet. Jeff then got wild, swinging both hands to the body. and Corbett sprinted to avoid the punish ment. Jeffries landed left and right to the body, and Corbett, after jumping back, ran into a straight left on the face. The round was altogether in Jeff fries favor and Corbet seemed to be weakening at the close.
 Round S-Corbatt rushed in with a left to the body, which was blocked, and Jeffries forced him to the ropes with right smash to the chest. Corbett hooked left to head and Jeff countered and got away clean. Jeff made bull rush, sending his left to wind without a return, Jeff kept on forcing, but was very wild in his delivery, as he missed three left hooks for the head. Corbett lodged all three in the smartest man. ner. Jeffries kept on forcing the pace and landed left on the neck, Corbett with right hook to the head Corbett stepped in and got in a corking good right to the ribs and ducked Jeffs counter. The bell found them sparring.
 Found 9-Both led lefts to head and clinched. Then Corbett hooked left to the head and swung right to jaw, stag gering Jeff. Corbett followed up with another right swing to jaw, but it was not so hard as the previous one Jeffries came in with a left to the body, and in the breakaway swung a terrific right to the jaw, which made Jeff look very groggy. Corbett seeing his advantage, put his left and right quickly to the head and hooked another hard left to the jaw Jeff sent back hard left swing to the head. Corbett was the cleverer in the exchanges which followed, and he landed his left with provoking regu- larity on Jeff's face much to the latter's detriment This was certaily Corbett's round, and the best found of the fight thus far.
 Round 10-Corbett opened with left to the head and tucked the return. Again he hooked left to the ear block ing Jeff's attempt for the body. Jeffries then was on the aggressive, but Cor bett, quick as lightning, sent left and right to the face, and had the big fel- ow guessing before he knew where he was at Corbett kept forcing, and with another left to the nose made the boiler makers nasal organ bleed profusely | Jeff was very wild, swinging at random while Corbett kept landing left hand abs on neck and face. Jeffries made | several rushes, but to no purpose, and | Corbetts stock went booming. Corbett | vas loudly cheered at the end of the | 'ound.
 Round 11--Corbett opened with left to | ,ody and Jeff rushed him to the corner | ut failed to land effectively. He tried | left swing for Corbett's head but | corbett lodged it and sent right and eft to the body. Corbett sent two left abs to Jeffs mouth, bringing the blood | rom the champions lips. Jeffries eemed to be rattled at this stage and | 1orbett found no difficulty in getting his eft to the face. Jeff tried several left ! wings but Corbett got under them and looked his right hard over to the body vice. Jeff jabbed Corbett in face un- Ter the jaw. Corbett did not seem ,hazed by this blow and walked to his orner smilingly. Even money is now he betting.
 Round 12-Jeff started out with left look to head but Corbett ducked it and clincb followed. They clinched three ines without a blow. Jeff got right to