The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-24
JAMES ]. EFFRES WINS GUILTY Of MANSLAUGHIER
HOLDS WORLDS HEAVY WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Fight Ended i'm Twenty third Round
Corbetts Science Was Good, But lie
Lacked Strength.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Sun, i'm
! it's introduction to the fight, says:
! Though James y. Corbett was fairly
! knocked out I'm the tWenty-third rOInd
! of the heavy weight championship
! fight at Coney island tonight, and
! thereby failed to wrest the honors from
! James j. Jetfries, who landed the de-
Gliding punch, the former champion de-
monstrated to the crowd of nearly 10000
! spectators that he is the most expert
| boxer in the world; also that he is
game to the core, and that if he had
met Jeftries when he whipped sullivan
| the present champion might have been
! beaten.
AS it was Coibett proved to be big
surprise. Rated by critics all over the
country as a back number and regard
| ed as such by the public, Corbett sue
Ceeded in regaining much of his old
| time form by diligent training and
when he got into the ring tonight he
was a new man to many who had seen
him fight Sharkey at the LenoX club
a year ago. In point of boxing, skill,
| genera lship, blows of every description
and speed Corbett, while he lasted,
made Jeffries look like a numbering
amateur. But Jeffries had strength to
stand all the rapid jabs that were fired
! into his face, even though they drew
| blood from his nose and mouth, and
when Corbett began to tire, the big
! boiler-makeT, with tremendous rush,
wore him down and finally dropped
! him with a left-hand punch on the
! jaw.
! The knockout came unexpectedly 1t
was the result of constant boring tao
tics Jeffries had tried for twenty-five
rounds to get in just such blow and
! had missed his man time and time
again. But with bulldog tenacity and
! perseverance the champion finally sue
| ceeded, and when Corbett got this blow
he was put to sleep beyond any ques-
! ton of doubt. 1t was the old story Of
a magnificent boxer meeting a rugged
muscular heavy hitter, capable of taxi
! ing all kinds of punishment in order to
! get in decisive smash.
Corbett showed one weakness; that
was inability to hit with the power Of
Fitzsmmons and Sharkey. He got to
! Jeffries oftener and better than either
of these pugilsts, but his blows beyond
bruising the champions eyes, nose and
| mouth, did not beat him down. There
was just one point in the fight where
Corbett came near winning. That was
| in the ninth round, when, with a grand
rally of swings, he caught jeff on the
jaw and actually had the big man stag
gering But the champion recovered
so quickly from the force of the blow
| that when the round ended Corbett had
to begin all over again.
Had the bout gone the limit the
decision would have been draw, with
/ fairness to both men. But because of
| Jeffries' superior strength, his incessant
| leading and his marked advantage in
the last half of the fight it would not
! have been fair to have given the de-
cision to Corbett. Corbetts showing was
all the more remarkable because of his
! long retirement from active training
after his defeat at the hands of Fitz-
| simmons.
Jeffries fought Corbett differently
| from the way he handled Fitzsimmons
and Sharkey. Instead of letting Cor
bett force the fight he did the forcing
himself. Had he remained on the de-
| fensiVe as he did with the Cornishmdn
and the sailor, Corbett would undoubt-
eddy have won hands down on points
| When the fight was half over this was
appreciated by Jeffries' seconds, who
saw that Jeff, although he had forced
the fight from the start, had not forced
| it hard enough to make an impression.
Then it was that Ryan sent him out to
beat Corbett down by sheer strength
and resistless rushes, which proved TO
| be the winning combination. JEFF,
| though he was OutclaSsed as to science,
! showed once more that he is a fighter
pure and simple, that he can take pun
! ishment and give it, and that he knows
as much about the game as the aver
age boxer, but against man of Cor
belts remarkable ability Jeff, of course,
appeared to be excelled in respect to
science.
! Considering the weights this fight was
| one of the most sensational that has
| ever been seen in a local ring. 1t was
fast clean and fairly contested There
was no roughing, very little holding in
the clinches. The men obeyed the ref
cree with readiness and kept their
tempers, the fight was ION the level"
as anybody could see. Corbett was
over anxious to win and for fifteen
rounds he was confident of victory. His
| face showed it, for he laughed and toyed
with the big fellow as if he We're merely
his sparring partner or punching bag,
but when Jeffries began to get to Cor
bett with his terrific body punching the
pompadpur pugilists face gradually as
sumed an ashen color, his eyes bled and
the corners of his mouth We're drawn
down in a look of apprehension, for,
though Jim was game, he knew well
what to expect if Jeff landed one of
his big fists upon the proper mark. Cor
bett took hard punishment without a
sign of quitting. When the final blow
came he went down in defeat with
thousands around who sympathized
with him, and who will always remem-
Der that he fought like a man. Jeffries
was unhurt after the battle except for
a swollen left eye and bruised mouth.
Corbett had no marks except a scratch
near the left ear.
NEW YORK, May 15.-The tenderloin
is interested in the announcement that
James ]. Corbett has decided to run fol
Congress on the Democratic ticket. AS
the tenderloin, or the Twelfth Congress
sional District, as it is officially styled
is heavily Democratic all he needs is
the nomination That, his friends and
managers have decided, Shall be secur'
, ed for him. Corbetts friends point as
J a precedent to his ambition to the his
tory of John Morrissey. In the Ian
guage of an ardent supporter Corbet
has Morrissey cheated to death" wheI
| II comes 70 wearing a dress suit Cor