The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-14
ECHOES OF THE FIGHT.
Credit and Glory GO TO the Loser and Not
to the Winner.
COpBEII'S FINE SHOWING TALKED OF
More Than the Fact that JcfYrics
Knocked Him out--Jim liz TO
Keep in Condition.

New York, May IS.--For the hrst time In
I the history OF modern pugilism all the credit
and glory are taken from the winner and
given to the loser of battle II is not be-
cause Jefrips fought foul in Friday nights
contest nor for the reason that he wrested
victory from the Jaws OF deicat, that the
public refuses to wrsathe his brow with lau-
lrcls. The champion roughed Il 60 no great
extent. his work being cleaner than 1t was
/ in either Of his t@o previous great battles,
lie was in no distress, and though outponted
was not seriously threatened,
1t was corbett's marvellous defense his fair
ness and his general attitude before and after
his defeat that brought TO him admiration
and praise, with sympathy.
In its many aspects the battle OF Friday
night was the most remarkable that was ever
fought in any arena in this State In its re-
suit IL was remarkable, for the reason that
while the better man Won, the victor was
much the worse punished of the two. He loft
the ring with both of his eyes puned his
7 lips cut and bleeding aud his nose battered
lcorbott showed not single scratch. The
Flow that sent him Keeling into dreamland did
mot break the skin or mark his jaw. The
canvas that covered the floor of the arena was
lunsuliied by a drop OF Cofbetts blood At the
fin sh the champion, to all outward appear
anee, was uniniured, but during the twenty
thrts rounds Of the fight he took enough pun
ishmsnt to prove that he is possessed of cour-
age In plenty.
Two things were demonstrated by Corbett
The first is of little consequence to any one
but the fighter himself il is that he tod
the truth when he said that while using JEFF
fries as training partner at Carson City he
was able to hit him when and where he
pleased. In tho Coney Island arena Corbett
at times made SO bold as TO tell 1effvies Just
where he would land his next blow The
youngster could only grin, confident that while
Cothett would do az he said the blow would
lack force enough TO do him much damage.
Hui Coihott should have assured himself at
least draw. He had made a wonderful
showing. and II waS not necessary for him
to take the chances that he did He could
have stayed away from Jeffrles and finished
the twenty-five rounds uuwhpped. Instead,
he tried 10 do too much. The left that tho
champion had been swinging wildly about
finally landed, and there was much OF chance
in the blow that cut short Corbett's aspira-
itions.
But the better man, the better fighter, won.
These little things don't hurt" Jeftrlcs
said in answer 90 the correspondents quos-
tlon about his condition. why, those little
Itabs were Just hard enough TO break the skin
and get my ighting blood IN, As for knock
ling ME out there is not power enough in
Corbetts left hand and arm to do IT, He
lean hit hard enough with his right, but In
'order to do so he must set himself for the
swing, and that makes him as slow MS any
body else. could see when his right WAS
coming over with force behind L aud each
tine but one got away once II landed
fairly on my check. Sud II SHOOK me worse
than ali the rest Of his blows combined
saw 10 1t that It did not happen again
"Corhett is a wonderful fighter, aud | give
him credit for troubling me moro than any
man ever met IL was surprise. too / can
toll you. Tom Ryan told mo he could go the
distance but did not believe IT, and when
touno after round went by and Corbott's be-
wildering speed continued and the expected
collapse did not come, began 10 think that
there was something In the story that he was
re1uYenated. Each time ] went back 10 my
corner they would tell me now to get him.
but | knew how to do IT myself. You say
missed that blow over 100 times. Well
expect ] did The left hand had 10 do it,
because his position was such that under tho
rules my right was practically useless.
When | would hook my left | could sec
his Jaw within what seemed to mo to be two
inches OF my glove and the next thing
knew NV hst would be a foot the other side
Of the landing place knew would hit
him at last, lie could not duck Just AT the
right moment all night long and J was so
sure Of II that would not adopt any other
style AT last he missed his calculation. and
landed the blow that for twenty-five rounds
had been striving for
Corbett will continue to train lightly and
will enter at once into negotiations for an
other match