The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-12
|JEFFRIES is
CHAMPION.
lie Knocks Cor5ett out In
the Twenty Third
y. Round.

rounds OF scientific fighting. 1t was
clean knockout. came so quickly that IL
dazsd the thou ands of Keen, ner intent
spectators, aud left lhsm in doubt Il, to
just how the winning blow was delivered
s4i " was avuwad that 1t was loft hand
jolt to the jaw, but Jefftles bimself and
Referee Charley White. who stood ut his
side, say II WAS right hand swing. There
Is credit for the victor and credit for the
vanquishsd III this cleveest of ring bat
tles. Jeffries must be awarded the laureis
Of victory, yet his opponen, is entitled TO
all honor for his most wonderful lighting,
~ THAT feature OF tho contest stands out
An relief as the must Striking one of the
battle.
Al 10 80 o'clock they shook hands aud
tight was on. Jetfrtes Went in his Old
crashing style. Seemingly, lie was deter
II mined. He led for tho body, but short.
They Ul'nched and br1ko on tho order Of
/. the ,eferee Jetfries .ushed in with lef5
ind Corbett ran around the ring. Cor
hett returned left 10 the head, but had
~ wy ~ Ivy. vu~y ~---. -.-- 49,
head to foot. ,ih+ss tactics Weys TTuTsu6i
for the remainder of BIZ round. There was
y whirlViud OF applause when he men
y wont to their corners.
y CorbeLt opened the second round with
\ sharp left. Jeifres jumped in with Il
brace of wicked Lofts, which drove Cor
bstt to the ropes. There he steadied him.
self and got to II clinch. WheD they were
IN the centre Corbett sent in IA left hook
Il aud got away without return. 1etfries
! pushed him to the ropos and planted IL Vi.
N rious left on the ribs. They clinched and
the referee went be. ween them.
"a il fries again ru she'd his man to the
n ropes aud drove his left to wind with kill
ing force. I hey c'inched but broke at
order of referee. Thea Cogbott surprised
Inffp ma
his left and landing his right heavily On
the Jaw, q performance which won loud
chser for him, After this COrbett devot-
q Cd most of his time to sprintin-, Both
"A men were cheered lou lily at tk5 SQUAD OF
gong
Corb4 1T started off well in the third. lIo
put a left TO tho lw and got away. He
Tried to rereat The blow, bat Jgtftios got
1t In bis guard. Thon jeff rushpl II left
ana right to the body Corbctt ran when
lie got out OF a clinCh Jeff drove him to
a ptlrner. and tried vicious left uppel-
cut that woud have done the work II had
landed, bat Jim got under IT, Just be-
fore the sound OF the gong Jctfre5 sanJ
4. his right to he body heavily, CoboUt vim
ming from he blow.
When tie four,h round cIelcd there was
plently OF even noney that Jellrles
would win in ton rounds jeff hal land
ed the only effective blows, lu this round
the champion went all oyor CDrb IT., who
plainly was distressed by the body punch
ing. jeff never gave him moments
rest He had him on the run all the limo
To those who Know Corbott best there
was nothing encouraging about his sp-
ptnrunce when he cnino to the centre of
tith round ,lefTries, CrOaC!lsd aud deter
mined, was after his man all the time, lie
drove him to the ropes, repeatedly and land
eli heavily on his body. About the mid
dis OF the round Corb8it landed lott mud
hal ..n1 l,lIft an la, sol lnI 10
smile
Corbett was tired man when the gong
sounded, INT he smiled lis he u'nel AMI
to his corner. Coz bett tried riTh'. just
after The opening OF the sixth round and
get in to the heal The blow had no Ter
rors for Jei1ries, who rushed his man to
the ropes and played tntt,u OIL his bnly,
When they broke from the clinch Cor
bett raced around the ing like Splinter,
4 Alwayt-hQWoyeE, Jhttries Yas nt:er. him..
GArhe,t showed the grsATe sh'lI III duck
4 Ing and guarding, and led moro frequant-
ly than the champion, but the effective
fighting was done by ,ieffries Corbett
was not so quick on his feet nor 81 fast
with his hands in the SevGnth as he had
been, Jotries kept right after him from
gong to gong, paying strict attention to
bis wind aud not forgetting his jaw, Cor
bait got left and right to thu fNte and
raised u swelling under each Of the
champion eyes.
S#r The former champion came mp in sur
isingly gooi conditlGn for tho eighth
round. He jumped in with LEFT to tho
faee and got away. Jeltrles rushed hihi
10 lhe ro,ea, bat could not land effective
" When they again came to tho cent RS
SuNett shot loft and right to the Jaw and
aga u got away Then he returned with
aG,iving right to the 10 and his adj
mirrors chroluu loudly. THIS was Curbctt s
. best round.
The ninth round was fast and furious,
Coghett uDrneu with ett To the mOut h,
and bringing his iIxJt NJ 10 the Jaw
4 quickly, staggered tho champion. Tbs
Nv heuse was in an uptuHr. Men not on Is
chvored but stuod on their seats and Wa
vel heir hats wildly,
Encouraged by his success. Corhet
fumnca in with Il fus!llale VI blows FoI
y (1lii minuts all the hup0gs wcrr witt
Cvrtett. Then he begun to tyH. but Jus
before the close he rallied AMI fought las
and well. There WAS great applause FOL
him When tho gong sounded.
EDrbGtt started OFF lie tcEth with "A lef
t. tho I'VE bat JEFF sieaGiut HIN with
lettto the law. CurOult h!urkuu half 4
dozen blows ard then tigUYe right ant
left 70 face without Il RETURN Tho rHll,
Disconnected ,yelrn.Il who sw,lUE wildly
and Curbett easily cyaNcd his biuw4. Ih
former champion WAS lighting In hi, bus
stygo although he tired Il hi at the end
thouors were all iIi-
(Drhet, weuI TO the centre ul!cnly whcl
the gong sounded ior the eleventh rounl
Hr tried a lolt foI thc face and landed
,Jefer;us rushed Ii I'm across the ring bl
could not land Cortctt stu Il up an
Tough, fast and fu%yl. Left and rlEII
he Iroyu to the taco, dr4W!ug blood frUl
mcnth aud lJ.c.
ma rally made COrLct S friends be
Isiys tbat lie had . chance To VIA. md the
chcprea him wildly, lie put 1t al owe
I.ari,, Iub,, ,.,.,,,rl Jaw and lyI I-urI l,o