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


 ------------- Jeffries was grim and resolute, and kept at his man reentlessly. Corbett kept his wit and strength and avoided him It was youth and strength with a fair measure of skill pitted against the mas ter of the sport. The exhibition was a fine one, and the pace that would have told against any man not perfectly pre- pared.
 By the seventeenth round, Jeffries, maddened by the danger of marring his reputation, began a series of desperate rushes in which he mixed it fiercely with Corbett.
 He seemed angered by the jabbing at his face, and wanted to end it with a swing from left or right. Corbett had begun to show the pace, but while his punches lacked force, he was still speedy on his feet. He contented himself with avoiding punishment. It became simply . a question of how long that sort of game would be kept up. At the twen- tieth round it looked as if Corbett would stay the limit, and popular judgment awarded him the victory He had so far avoided any serious punishment. His defense was still perfect and he was smiling and confident. He either side-stepped from Jeffries' terrible rushes or ducked into cinches Jeff ries was hammering away, however, and game. The end came with the sud- denness of shock. The men had had two fierce rallies followed each time by long range sparring, and Were In to- gether again. They were both fighting fast and hard. Suddenly there was a report of a sharp blow, and Corbett dropped It needed no count to tell that Corbett's hopes of the championship again were vain
 The excited spectators sprang to their feet, and for a moment there were roars and calls. The confusion was but mo- mentary, however, and in a silence that was most remarkable Corbett was car ried to his corner. Some one called for three cheers for Jeffries, but the crowd refused to give them When a moment later a friend of Corbett put the ques tion thousand throats echoed kindly response. It was in the corner of the defeated man, too, that the crowd gath cred, and there were more solicitous of- fers of aid for him than there were congratulations for the victor.
 The Fight by Roumds.
 Round Jeff forces Jim with Corbett breaking ground and sprinting. He forced Corbett to the ropes, landing right to the body. Corbett sent hard left to face and Jeff lands light left on body Corbett still shifty and breaking ground and hooked left to nose He kept up his sprinting and sent another left to Jeff's head. Jeff tried left and right, but Corbett blocked cleverly and hooked another left to face. Corbett backed away and tantalzed his oppo- nent by his clever movements. Cor bett hooks left to face. Jeff then sent right to body and Corbett countered with left on head This was Corbett's round on points.
 Round 2-Corbett was the quicker on his feet and landed left on jaw with Jeff sending Corbett's head back with left on head, but Corbett strengthened quickly and backed away. Corbett kept sprinting and hooked another left to face, but Jeff got back with hard right on the body. Corbett's foot work was splendid. The champion was slow but kept crowding in and landed left to the body, which made Corbett more eau tious. Corbett's. footwwork was won derful. Jeff led left to head but Cor bett crossed with right, which sent the champions head back. Corbett made good work of his legs and danced away from his opponent until the end of the round.
 Round 3-Corbett again the quicker on his feet. He hooked light left to Jeff's head. Jeffries is deliberate in his movement. He guarded his face eau tiously and forced Corbett to make four circles of the ring, Corbett feinted with his left but did not land and Jeff sent right and left to body Corbett tries twice with left for body, but missed and then they exchanged light lefts on,the head. Corbett feinted again, but Jeff l blocked and sent hard left to body, driving Corbett to ropes. Corbett en- deavored to feint Jeff out of position, but got right in the body for his pains. With a quick movement Corbett sprung into his own corner, where Jeff |