Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-05-21

was very wild. Jeffries Kept forcing
the pace and landed a left on the neck.
Corbett countering with right nook
to the head. Corbett stepped in and
got in a corking good right to Jeffries'
ribs.
Ninth round-Both led lefts to the
head, then clinched. Corbett hooked a
left to the head and swung his right to
Jeffries' Jaw, staggering the boilermak-
er Corbett followed up with another
right swing to the jaw. Jeffries came
in with his left to Corbett's body and
in the breakaWay Jim swung terrific
right to the jaw which made Jeffries
look groggy. Corbett put his left and
right quickly to the head anu hooked
another hard left to the jaw. Jeffries
sent back hard left swing on the
head. Corbett landed his left with
provoking regularity on Jeffries' face.
Tenth round-Corbett led left to
the head and ducked the return. He
again hooked a left to the head and
countered Jeffries left to the body.
Quick as lightning Corbett sent right
and left to the face and had the big fell
low guessing. Corbett kept forcing
with another left to the nose which
made the boilermaker's nasal organ
bleed profusely. Jeffries became very
wild and made several rushes but to no
purpose.
Eleventh round-Corbett opened
with 1nf4 IN hn nd Tnffpinc
rushed him to his corner but failed to
land effectively. He tried left swing
for the head but Corbett lodged and
sent a right and left to the body. Cor
bett sent two left jabs to Jeffries'
mouth, bringing blood from the cham
pion's lips. Jeffries seems to be
ratified. Corbett found no difficulty in
getting his left to the face. Jeffries
tried several left swings but Corbett
got under them, and hooked his right
hard over to the body twice. Jeffries
Jabbed COrbett in the face and under
the Jaw.
Twelfth round-Jeffries tried left
to the head but Corbett ducked and
clinched. Jeffries got a right to the
body and left to the chest. Corhett
hooking straight left twice to the
face. In the breakaway Corbett jabbed
his left twice to the face without re-
turn. Jeffries assumed a crouching po-
sition but Corbett Strengthened him up
with a right and left on the nose which
brought the blood afresh.
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dozen times but Corbett got out Of
range. Jeffries hooked a left to the
neck and rushed Corbett to the ropes.
Jeffries sent his left to body and a
right to the head, putting Corbett to
the ropes and staggering him.
Fourteenth-Both rushed to a
clinch. In the breakaway Corbett
sent two straight let's to the mouth
to which Jeffries responded with hard
lefts to the body. Jeffries sent a back
hand left smash on Corbett's face and
Corbett retaliated with a straight left
to the nose. Corbett sent two more
lefts to that organ.
Fifteenth Corbett began as the ag-
gressor, sending 1efts twice to the
face. Jeffries rushed but Corbett
blocked cleverly. Corbett hooked a
left to the neck, while Jeffries tried
three wild swings for the head At
close quarters Corbett tried to evade
left lead for the head and slipped, but
although the blow landed he recovered
and stood upright Corbett's work
was wonderful and the Jeffries people
began to look. worried.
SiXteenth-Corbetts sent left to the
body and hooked a light left to the
face, but received hard setback on the.
body from Jeffries right. Jeffries
missed a right swing and Corbett land
ed both left and right on Jeriffes face.
In the breakaWay Jeffries put a right
to the ear and Corbett countered ON the
body.
enteenth-Corbett ran into a left
smash on the face but countered with a
hard left on the ear. Jeffries looked
desperate and rushed at Corbett like
wild man. Corbett met the rushes
with left jabs to the face while the best
Jeffries sent back was right to the
ribs. At close quarters Corbett drove
his right to the body and hooked left
to the face. A hard left on the body
almost took Corbett off his feet but he
held on pluckily and skipped around
out Of danger.
Eighteenth-Th men clinched
without landing a blow. Corbett
hooked left to the jaw and blocked
Jefries' return for the body. Corbett
hooked hard left to the jaw. JEFF
fries put hard left on the chest.
Jeffries hooked a left to the head and
Corbett drove his right hard to the
ribs. Corbett hooked a left to the
face and blocked Jeffries' counter for
the body.
ineteenth-Jeffries tried two lefts
for the body but they were blocked.
Jeffries hooked a left to the head and
Corbett sent back left swing to the
jaw. Jeffries rushed Corbett to the
ropes knocking him down with