The age-herald., 1900-05-12
BRITISH FORCE IS
 NEARING WATERING
The Pick of General Hunters Mounted Men Hurry
 ing to the Beseiged City,

the body, but lief called him and blocked neatly. lief tried left lead to the head which Corbett ducked, but lief was hard after him and sent right and left smashes to the body, which almost sent Corbett off his feet. lief then got wild, swinging both hands to the body and Corbett sprinted to avoid the punishment. Jeffries landed left and right to body and Corbett, after jump ing back ran into a straight left on the face. The round was altogether in Jef's favor, and Corbett seemed to be weakening at the close.
 Round S.-Corbett rushed in with left to body, which was blocked, and Jef forced him to the ropes with right smash to chest. Corbett landed right to head and lief coun- tered to stomach. Corbett landed left to head and this time got away clean. lief made bull rush sending his left to wind without a return. lief kept on forcing, but was very wild in his delivery as he missed three left hooks for the head. Corbett lodged all three. lief kept on forcing the pace and landed left on neck, Corbett counterng with right to the head Corbett stepped in and got corking good right to the ribs and ducked Jef's counter The bell found them sparring
 Round 9.-Both led lefts to head and clinched Then Corbett hooked left to head and swung right to jaw staggering Jef Corbett follwed up with another right swing to the jaw, but it was not so hard as the previous one. Corbett came In with a left to body and in the break-away swunp terrific right to the jaw which made lief iook groSSy; Corbett seeing his advantage put his left and right quickly to the head and hooked another hard left to the jaw Jef sent back hard left swing to the head oorpett was the cleverer in exchanges which then followed, and he landed his Jeff with provoking regularity on .Taf,s foco much to the latters detriment This was Sornetts round, and the best round thus far. '' 'ii"'
 hound lo-Corbett led with left to tho i ,eau ana tucked the return Again he hooked and countered Jefs left to bodv eeulck as lightning Corhett sent right and leIt to face and had the big fellow ruess Ing before he knew where he was. Corbett kept forcing and with another left to tba nose made the boilermaker's nasal organ bleed profusely. lief was very wild. swing Ing at random, while Corbett kent on landing on the neck and face. lief made several rushes but to no purpose, and Cor petts stock went booming Corbett was loudly cheered at the end of the round
 Round H-Corbett opened with left to the body and lief rushed him to the corner but failed to land heavy. He tried left swing for Corbetts head but Corbett dodged'it and sent right and left to the body. Corbett sent two left jabs to Jefs
 mouth, bringing the blood from the cham pion's lips. lief seems to be rattIed at this stage and Corbett had no difficulty in get ting left to face. Jeffries tried several left swings, but Corbett got under them and hooked his right hard to the body twice lief iabbed Corbett in the face under the jaw Corbett did not seem faxed by this blow and walked to his corner smiling
 Round 12-Even money is the bet ting. lief started out with left hook to head but Corbet ducked 1t and clinch fn1ln cl ha1 thaa ti,,ao. u,ifh out a blow. Jef got right to the body and left twice to face without a return. lief assumed a more crouchng position than that which he usually assumes but Corbett strengthened him up with a right on the nose and a left on the nose, which brought the blood more freely, but in a break from a clinch lief crossed right to the head and at the close of the round Corbett put a light to the chest
 Round 13-Both were careful lief tried left half dozen times, but Corbett got out of range. lief tried right again to head but Corbett got out of range. lief tried a right again to head, but Corbett shifted inside of the lead and clinched. lief hooked left to neck and rushed Corbett to the ropes. Corbett came back quickly and they clinched twice without doing any injury to each other Jehres made bull dog rush, sending left to body and right to head putting Corbett to the ropes stag
 
 forced the pace, which was evidently too hot for Corbett, and the bell sounded none too soon.
 Round 14-Both were fast in answer to the gong, each leading with left but they failed to land, and a clinch followed In a break away Corbett tried to send right over but lief lodged it; then Corbett sent two straight lefts to the mouth, and Jef responded with hard left to body. Jef bled copiously from the nose and 'Corbett sent two more lefts to the organ. Corpett had a little the best at the end of the round.
 Round 15-Corbett was the aggressor, sending left twice to the face. Jef rushed driving pile-driver right for the body, which Corbett blocked cleverly. Corbett hooked to the neck, while lief tried three wild swings for the head lief bored in but Corbett ducked beautifully. At close quarters Corbett tried to evade a left lead for the head and slipped, but the blow landed; he recovered quickly and stood up right, when it looked as if he should have gone to the floor. Corbett's work was won derful and the Jeffries' people looked wor- red.
 Round 16-Corbett was up on his toes at the call of time and sent left to jaw and body. He hooked light left to Jef's face but received a hard setback on the body from Jef's right. Corbett jumped around as lively as a cricket, and when Jeffrles missed right swing he landed left out right in Jefs face. In breaka~ay 1ei put his right to the ear, but Corbett coun. tered on the body. At close quarters Jet again hooked right to the side of the head and the referee was active in separating them from clinch when the bell rang.
 Round 17--Corbett ran into left smash on the face but countered with hard left on the ear. Jeffries looked desperate and rushed at Corbett like wild man. Corbett met his rushes with left jabs to face and the best that Jeffries sent back was right to the ribs. Coming to close quarters Cor bett-drove right to body and hooked left to the face, 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 pluckily and skipped around out of dan ger, when it looked as if he would be bound to lose. This was Jeffries' round.
 Round 1S-They went to q clinch without landing blow. Corbett hooked left to jaw and blocked Jeffries' return for the body. Corbett hooked hard left to the jaw. but was not so fortunate in escaping, as Jeff fries put hard left on the chest Jcffres