The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-12

from the cnan plonS lips. JeU eeeIns 10 be
ratified at this stage, and Corbett found dit.
lcuty in getting his left to face. JEFF tried
several left swings, but Corbctt got under them
and hooked his right hard over to the body.
Twice JEFF jabbed Corbett under the jaw. Cor.
bett did not seem phased by this blow, and
walked to his corner smilirg.
Round 12-Even money is the betting.
JEFF started out with left hook to head, but
Corbett ducked and clinch followed. They
clincbed three times without blow. JEFF got
right to the body and left TO chest, Corbctt
hooking straight left twice 10 the face. In a
breakaway JEFF tried right swing, but failed
to land and Corbett iabbed left twice TO face
without a return. JEFF assumed a more crouch
ing position than that which he usually assumes,
but Corbett Strengthened him up with a right
on the and a left the nose, which
brought the blood more freely, but in break
from a clnch JEFF crossed right TO the head,
and at the close Of the round Corbett put a
| light left to chest.
| Round 1S-Both were careful. JEFF tried left
| half a dozen times, but Corbett got out Of
range. JEFF tried right again to head, but
| Corbctt shifted inside Of the lead and clinched
| JEFF hooked left to neck and rushed Corbett to
| the ropes. Corbett came back quickly and
| they cinched twice without doing any injury to
| each other. JEFF made bull dog rush, sending
| left to body and right to the head, putting Cor
bett to the ropes, staggering him. JEFF crowded
| in and forced the pace. which evidently too
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| Round 14-Both were fast in answering the
| gong, each landing Left but they failed to land
and clnch followed In a breakaway Corbett
| tried to send right over, but jeff lodged it,
| then Corbett sent two straight lefts to the
| mouth. and JEFF responded with hard left TO
| body. jeff sent backhand left smash on Cor.
belts face, and Coilett retaliated with straight
| left TO the nose. Jeff bed copiously from the
| nose, and Corbett sent two more lefts to that
| organ. Corbett had the call at the end Of the
| round.
Round l5-Corbett was the aegrcssor, sending
| left twice to the face. JEFF rushed, driving a
pile.driving right for the body. which Corbett
| blocked cleverly Then Corbett hooked left TO
| the neck, while JEFF tried three wild swing,
| for the head. JEFF bored in, hut Corbett ducked
beautifully. At close quarters Corbett tried to
evade a left lead for the head and slipped, but
| although the blow landed he recovered quickly
and stood upright and looked as il he should
have gone to the hoor Corbett's work was
wonderful and the Jeffries people looked wor-
ried.
Round 16-Corbett was up on his toes at the
| call Of time and sent left to Jeff's body. He
| hooked light left to Jeff's face, but he received
| hard set back on the body from Jef's right.
| Corbett jumped around lively a cricket,
| and when JEFF missed a right swing he landed
| left and right in Jef's face. In breakaway
| JEFF put his right to the ear, but Corbett coun-
| tered on the body At close quarters again JEFF
hooked right to the side OF the head and the
referee was active in separating them from
clinch when the bell rang
Round 17-Corbett into a left smash on
the face, but countcred with hard left on the
ear. JEFF looked desperate and rushed at Cor
| bett like a wild man. Corbett met his rushes
| with left jabs to face and the best that JEFF
sent back right to the ribs. Coming 20
close quarters Corbett drove right to body and
hooked left to the face. JEFF landed left to body
| and then drove his right hard for the chest, but
Corbett blocked the blow. A hard left on the
body from JEFF almost took Corbett off his feet,
but Corbett held pluckily and skipped around
out of the danger, when it looked as II he was
bound to lose. This was Jef's round.
! Round 1S-They went &c a cnch without
| landing blow. Corbett hooked left to jaw and
blocked Jef's return for the body. Corbett
hooked hard left to the jaw, but was not so
fortunate in escaping as JEFF put hard left
on the chest. Jeh tried right for the face,
but only landed with his forearm on the chin
| and there were cries of ''look out for that ell
bow" Then JET hooked left to head and Cor
| bett drove right hard to ribs. Corbett hooked
his left to the face and blocked Jeff's counter
for the body, keeping the big fellow at arms
length until the round over.
Round 19-Jeff tried two let's for the body
| but they, blocked. Then JEFF hooked left
to head and Corbett sent back a left swing to
the jaw JEFF rushed and forced Corbett TO the
ropes, sending left to body and right to neck
jeff knocked Corbett to the floor with right
smash to the Corbett got up like fash
as if the fall had not taken any OF the steam
out of him. JEFF kept crowding in, using his
left to the ribs and neck Corbett countered
with straight left jabs to the face. In clinch
JEFF sent his right twice to the kidneys and
had all the better OF the round at the close.
Round 20-Jeff rushed at his like mad
bull, but Corbett slipped and sprnted out of
harms way, sending straight left to the ribs as
he went. JEFF rushed again, but Corbett got
inside his lead and fooled him. He threw his
body against the champions chest and blocked
every blow. Corbett stepped to either side
every time JEFF tried to land, and lodged two
hard left swings. JEFF succeeded in landing left
on the neck. Corbctt ccuntered on the ribs
Corbett's footwork extremely clever in this
round, and he surprised everybody who watched
him JEFF seemed disgruntled at not being able
to land telling blow.
Round 21-Corbett opened with left on the
face. JEFF rushed him into a corner, where Cor
bett slipped quickly, and evaded right swing
for the head JEFF kept boring in, but Corhett
met him at every turn, blocking cleverly. Cor
bett hooked right to the stomach and JEFF sent
two lefts to head. JEFF jabbed left hard on the
chest and hooked to the face, Corbett counter
ing with his right to the ear. At close quarters
JEFF hooked right TO head and in the clnch
which followed lay heavily over his opponent.
In the breakaway Corbett landed light right on
the head and sprinted to the ropes, where an.
other clinch occurred without any more harm
being done.
Round 22-Jeff rushed madly, putting left to
head and right to body. Corbett backed away
without returning blow JEFF still forcing,
made Corbett go the limit of the ring and sent
hard left TO the neck. Again JEFF sent his
left to the neck, but Corbett was shifty and
allowed Jeff's elbow TO get under his chin. JEFF
made a wild swing for the head, but Corbrtt
threw left hard TO ribs and led the o.cw.
In side stepping Corbett outgeneracd The cham
pion but JEFF put left to heal and a tight
to the jaw, followed with left the body that
Jared Jim considerably. jeff was very strong
at the end of the round, while Co betr seemed
10 be weakening.
Round 23-After couple of passes JEFF swung
his right to Corbetts jaw and then rushed him
across the ring to the ropes to a neutral cor
ner At close quarters Corbett hooked left twice
to the face sending the blood squirting again
from Jeff's face. JEFF threw two hard lefts into
the body and smashed his left again on Corbett's
face, sending Corbett's head back Then Jef
crowded him to the ropes, and with full swing
left smash on the jaw sent Corbett rolling down
and out. Corbetts head struck the aoor hcav-
lily and he rolled over n a van attempt TO
regain his feet, but he was too far gone 10
recuperate within the call Of ten seconds. Cor.
bett lay like log after rolling twice over on
had counted him out he was able to regain his
feet and the seconds had little difficulty in re-
viving him. Time Of round, two minutes, eleven