The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03

handlers as he was tottering on ms ieet,
Meanwhile Corbett's friends had jumped
into the ring. and surrounded the big fei-
low. and showered CONCENTRATIONS upoh
him when he was announced TIE %l,hs,.
Referee Charley White. when asked ms
opinion OF the fight said:
1T was one of the fastest and cleve.sst
fights I have ever seen. Corhett ana MC-
Coy are two of the clevercst men III Ihc
ling today and Corbett won by superior
feiniing and smuggling. | did not ike jim
In the first round as he was too nervous
and Mccoy was outpointin. him, put ~ ,
ter they came up for the second rouip.
Jim was more composed. and from that
point until he delivered the finishing blow
he proved himself to he the better man.
The work OF both men was wonderfully
clever and fully bore out an tnat ma
been said OF them for some years past
ANY one no matter how big or strong.
would have gone down from those ,aSt
three blows that Corbett landed, as they
were full of strength and were planted III
the proper spot"
Neither Man Marked.
Neither man when he returned TO his
dressing room showed any marks on race
or body. =,
Now. hold on n moment" Corbett said
as his friends surged about. II want 70
ask you something. Was II good hghtI
When a chorus OF voices answered
yes" Jim said:
I'm glad of II and think that nave
and showed that 1 can punch DIT. ui1h !
/? Say. he's a clever fellow. isn't ne :
lie can punch. too.
Corhett continued:
He can hit. tell you, but i droppSo
TO something very quickly. lie can ohly
hit with one hand at time lie can
wallop with both hands. When saw
that / made up my mind that tne pes t
mix IL up with him. And / guess | was
right Now | am ready and Wiling 20
meet any heavyweight hghter IN the
world. Jeffries preferred | VIII rest UP
n bit first and after that VIII 'ahe VA
the best offer"
Corbett passed out Of the building sur
rounded by a bowling crowd. who cheered
him vociferously.
McCoy's face wore n gloomy expression
as he sat I'm his dressing room. He was
in anything but a cheerful humor and
when spoken TO. said CURLY:
oh / don't want TO talk What's the
use2 l was whipped. | thought he was
SO easy In the first two rounds that 1
grew careless and no got home the
punch"
The men battled for co per cent OF the
gross receipts. which was to be divided,
20 per cent TO the winner and p per cent
10 the loser. II is estimated that there
was about $4,000 I'm the house. 50 that
Corbett will receive I'm the neighborhood
OF siS.coa and Mccoy about 5000.
No matter where one went IN greater
New urk DURING the Jay tHt WI
Mccoy night seemed TO be- the only thing
talked about Early I'm the day report
Was circulated that Corbct Was SUFFERING
from rheumatism. hut James 6. kcnne-
dy. the manager of the Twentieth Con
fury Club. as we'll as Of Corbctt hims, III,
sent cut reassuring messages. saying ihat
Corbett was we'll ana sound and had "niS
complained Of a little stiffness when ne
arose this morning AT his training quar-
tiers "A. Bath Beach.
The report Of his indisposition spread
Ike wildfre throughout the city. Ihe
contradiction old not travel nearly 80 tast.
and for a time betting was Influenced IN
certain quarters. Odds OF leo TO ~ and
in some eases loo to 20 with Corhett the
favorite had been obtainable al the sew
eral sporting resorts but when the ru-
NOR spread the odds reccdcd and even
money was the rule. Corhett hettors soon
regained confidence. however. and when
the Twentieth Century club opened the
doors OF Madison square garden they were
Offering ls To ~ on the former heavy
weight champion. Within the next nour
1ea 10 20 was offered and the hackers of
Mccoy nut on some good bets at these
odds
McCoy's Supporters Pleased.
McCoy's people were very well pleased
when their man arrived from Saratoga
this morning. lie looked every inch a
perfect specimen of Il trained athlete
and his having taken on weight during
his training was said TO be greatly I'm
his favor He said he weighed l69 pounds
when stripped. and he certainly looked
tn Toe every pound of Il. lie said himself
that he was III to fight for his life and
was confident OF beating Corbett
Corbett came 10 the city In the after
noon and said he had no doubt that he
would down the kid. He assured every
one that he was IN tiptop condition and
his words were the cause OF his hackers
increasing the odds on him IN order TO
get the Mccoy money.
The s. and SO seats were soon filed
up after the doors opened, but the re-
served seats and boxes did not nil up
rapidly This was because the choice
seats had all been purchased beforehand
and the holders of the costly pasteboards
were in 10 hurry To get into their places,
where they would have TO wait and per
srire FOR "A couple of hours before the
big event would be In order 10y .
o'clock there We're fully 6.oo0 people
I'm tho house.
WALL street was well represented and
many members of the exclusive clubs
who are not usually seen At boxing
match We're on hand 10 see the two ac-
kuowledgcd masters of the art OF now 10
hit. stop and get away face cach other,
As a preliminary TO the heavyweight
bout Whitley Lester, of Philadelphia,
and Jack Gushing. OF Brooklyn, were put
on for a twclve-round bout go at eaten
WEIGHTS Lester proved TO be too good
for the Brooklyn man and put II all
over him in the opening round. In the
second cushing went to the floor twice
and was willing to quit. lie went down
a third time with very slight provoca-
tion and refused TO set up. lie quit in
tn. most miserable manner and Referee
Charley White declared Lester the win
uer.
How the Betting Was.
The betting just before the men entered
the ring was 10 on Corbett
Corbetts seconds were George f. Con-
sidine, Spider Kelly, Leo Pardello and