The age-herald., 1900-05-12
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were cries of Look out for that elbow" Then Jeffries hooked left to head and Cor bett drove right hard to ribs. Corbett hooked his left to face and blocked Jeffries' counter for the body, keeping the big fel- low at arms length until the round was over.
 Round 19-Jeffries tried two lefts for the body, but they were blocked. Then Jeffries hooked left to head, and Corbett sent back a left swing to the jaw. Jeffries rushed and forced Corbett to the ropes, sending left to the body and right to the neck Jeffries knocked Corbett to the floor with a right smash to the ear. Corbett got up like flash, as if the fall had not taken any of the steam out of him. Jeffries kept coming in, using his left to the ribs and neck. Corbett countered with straight left iab to the jaw. In a clinch Jeffries sent his right to the kidneys and had all the better of the round to the close.
 Round 20-Jeffries rushed at his man like a mad bull, but Corbett side-stepped and sprinted out of harms way, sending left to the ribs as he went. Jeffries rushed again, but Corbett got out of 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 succeeded in landing left on neck. Corbett countered on the ribs Corbetts foot work was extremely clever m this round and he surprised every body who watched him. Jeffries seemed dis gruntled at not being able to land a telling blow.
 Round 21-Corbett opened with a left on che face Jeffries rushed him into a 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 cleverly. Corbett hooked right to the stomach and Jeffries sent two l.. I.~Ff Rl1 hard on chest and hooked to the face. Cor bett countered with right to the ear. At the close Jeffries sent right and left to the head, and in the clinch which followed hit his opponent over the heart. In the break away Corbett landed right on head and spIinted to the ropes where another clinch occurred without any more harm being done.
 Round 22-Jeffries rushed madly, putting left to head and right to the body. Corbett backed away without returning a blow Jef- fries, still forcing, made Corbett go to the limit of the ring and sent hard left to the neck. Again Jeffrles sent his left to the neck but Corbett in shifting allowed his elbow to get under Jeffries' chin. Jeff fries made a wild swing for the head, but Corbett threw left hard to the ribs and eVaded the blow. In inside stepping, Cor bett out generalled the champion, but Jeff fries put a left to the head and right to 
 that jared Jim considerably. Jeffries was very strong at the end of the round, while Corbett seemed to be weakening.
 Round 23.-After couple of misses lief swung his right to Corbetts jaw and rush. ed him across the ring to the ropes to a neutral corner. At close quarters Corbett hooked left twice to the face, sending the blood squirting again from Jef's face. JNf threw two hard lefts into the body and smashed his left again on Corbett's face. Then lief crowded him to the ropes, and with a full swing, left smash on the jaw, sent Corbett rolling down and out Cor bett's head struck the floor heavily and he rolled over in vain attempt to regain his feet, but he was too far gone to recover within the call of ten seconds. Corbett lay long time after rolling twice over on the floor, but a moment after Referee White had counted him out he was able to regain his feet and the seconds had littledifficuty in reviving him. Time of round, two min utes and eleven seconds.