The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-25
CORCORAN PUT OUT
KNOCKED OUT BY zEIGLER AFTER
ELEVEN ROUNDS.
BATTLE A FIERCE ONE.
CORCORAN's EAR HAD TO BE TIED
TO HIS HEAD.

ished-Zei@Ier Cool and SkfIIfaI
Both Landed Hard but ZeigIer the
Harder-The Knock out Blow n
Right Handler to the Left Jaw-The
Sheehnn-Henning Preliminary Not
Put On-Zeigler to Leave for st.
Louis To-day-WiH Second FeItz
i'm His Battle with Harry Forbes.
With his left ear torn half off and
bruises all over his body. Tommy Cor
coran was knocked out by Owen Zeig-
Ter in the twelfth round of what was
to have been a twenty-round bout last
night. The blow that sent him to the
floor, unconscious, and gave the VIC
tory to Zeigler was right swing to
the left jaw, which landed partly on
that vulnerable point and partly on the
wounded ear.
The bout was as fierce as any that
has ever been seen in Savannah, for
there was no time from the tap or the
first gong until Corcoran had meas
ured his length on the floor that the
men were not at each other. Corcoran
was terribly punished, in addition TO
the torn ear, he received a punching
that would have put out of the game
in half the time the bout lasted any
man less game and less determined TO
win, If possible, and at any hazard, TO
make the fight of his life.
Hard Punches All Around.
Zeigler also received some hard
punches, both on body and face, but,
unlike Corcorans case, they left no
visible marks, except a blue welt un-
der the right eye, which was received,
Zeigler says, from blow of Corcor-
ans head in one of the mix-ups.
From the point of view of those that
like the game it was a fine exhibition
determination and grit on the part of
Corcoran, and coolnes and skill on the
part of his opponent. Not that Cor
coran was not clever, too--probably he
landed quite as often as did Zeigier,
but as has been the case in some other
o. his bouts, the blows lacked the force
that wins.
AS in his former bout with Zeigler,
Corcoran's gameness saved his friends
much money, for most of the bets that
were made We're on Corcoran's ability
to go ten rounds. Zeigler knew this
we'll as Corcoran did, and he made
every effort to put his man out in time
to save his friends from loss. He got
repeatedly the opening that he played
for-the blow on the jaw-but the gloves
were so wet from perspiration, water,
and the ciaret from Corcoran' 5
wounded ear that they were too slip
perry to land an effective blow.
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Half a dozen times or more he got
in a blow where he wanted it, but the
glove simply slipped along Corcoran' s
neck with no result further than to
make Corcoran ear a little worse.
Finally that member was so badly
damaged that in the twelfth round,
Corcoran's seconds tied it close to the
head with a piece of tape.
In the first round Coreoran showed
up strong and aggressive and was par
ticularly active on his feet. The round
opened with a light mix in which nc
blows of consequence were struck, then
Corcoran landed his right to the ear
and a moment later got another right
to the face. Zeigler got in a right to
the breast and then Corcoran rushed
him around the ring landing lightly on
face and neck, a performance that
brought cheers from the crowd.
Corcoran tried the same tactics again
in the second round, and in a rush
landed right and then left to the neck
but Zeigler came back with a hard
right to the stomach which he followed
with a left swing to the same place
Corcoran sent a hot right handler to
the ear and Zeigler put another left to
the ribs. A hot right from Zeigler
started Corcorans ear to bleeding and
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sent another right and left to the head
that staggered Tommy.
Hits Began to Tell.
Corcoran was still fresh and aggres-
sive when the third round began and
mixed 1t up bit. Zeigler put a hard
left to the ribs and Corcoran made a
rush that carried Zeigler to the other
side of the ring and against the ropes
Another left to the stomach made Cor
coran vince and he began to look tired
but mixed it up again in a few sec
onds. He got the worse of this, how
ever, for Zeigler landed first a right
to the sore ear, then a left to the head
and again, after Corcoran landed light
ly to the stomach, sent right to the
ear. Corcoran went for Zeigler but
partly from the force of the last one
on the ear and because he slipped he
hard punches to the ribs just
before the gong struck.
The early part of the fourth round
was decidedly Corcoran's. He began
with right and a left to the ribs
rushed and landed twice and to the
stomach and then to the head, sent a
hard right again to the ribs and a left
to the stomach and was too lively on
his feet for Zeigler to get back at him
But before the round ended Zeigler
waiting for his opportunity, sent a left
to the ear that staggered Tommy.
COrcOran's Rushes.
He came up quite fresh in the next
round, though, and rushed and de-
livered a right punch to the stomach
Zeigler came back with left to the
breast and right to the neck. Cor
coran put a left to the face and Zeigler
one to the stomach and then Corcoran
in another rush carried Zeigler back
wards around the ring, performance
that he repeated a few seconds later
In fact some of Corcoran's best work
was done i'm these rushes.
In the sixth round Corcoran made
the best showing that he did in the
entire bout. He opened ii with a hard
left punch to the breast, which Zeigler
returned with a right to the same
place, then Corcoran put his left Ia
the face, and in rush sent a hard
right TO the ear that could be heard
all over the house. and which was
cheered Justify by the spectators. Cor
coran smiled. then sent his left 10 the
face twice, with a right punch I'm the