The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-24
Gets Decision Over Kid Broad
and Holds Championship
CORBETT WAS FAVORITE
After Ten Rounds of Hard Fighting the
Denver Lad Has His Opponent
Going and Was Declared
the Winner.


world as young Corbett," tonight gain
ed the decision over kid Broad OIL
Cleveland. O., at the end of fast and
furious fight. Broad put up a very good
fight and in the ninth round had Coroett
groggy. but the Denver lad came BACK
strong and finished the round fresh The
contest was for half the gross receipts.
IL per cent of which goes to the winner
and % per cent to the loser, and the
featherweight championship of the world.
They weighed in at 126 pounds at
o'clock this afternoon. The betting was
. to on Corbett. Four thousand people
were present
Abe Tttel challenged the winner TO
fight two weeks from tonight. ueoree
English was selected as the referee
Both men stripped In fine condition Cor
bett had bandages on his hands.
Round 1. The men shook hands and re-
ceived their instructions from the reteree'
They SPARED cautiously. Corbett dane
ing around Broad. They exchanged right
and left to the face. They exchanged
right and left to the body and clinched.
Corbett taps Broad on the cheek Cor
bett misses left swing Broad ianos iele
on the law. Broad ducks left JAP Ihey
rush To q. fast exchange of right and lefts
to face.
Round 2. They come up strong Cor
hett landed A right on the cheek. Broad
put left to the jaw. corbett Janus oh
the ribs Broad ducks left swing lhey
come together In fast mix-up. Coroete
lands on Breads nose. They eXcnahse
rights and lefts on the head III ciiiien,
Corbett lands hard left JAP 10 hose anu
Broad follows suit a second later. pi oau
fans Corbett on the nose Corbett DUCKS
a left jab and clinches. Corpe.l pu's
vicious left to Broad's ribs
Round g. Broad lands left. Broad Japs
Corbett on the nose twice. Corbett )abs
BROAD on the nose. Broad counters
right swing Corbett lands right on
Rroad's ribs. They mix it up at close
range. with honors even. Corpett lanos
right to ribs Corbett lands haru one
ON the ear. Broad misses right FOR the
wind Corbett lands a stiff one on the
ear. corbett lands two left jabs on the
law and has Broad on the defensive,
They clinch, with some in-hghtlng, put
no damage Corbett lands LETT jan anu
Broad counters on the nose Corbett lands
a stiff lab on the nose as the gong souno-
ed. This was Corbett's round
Round T. Broad puts a hard left TO Jaw
and In a clinch lands two hard rights
They exchange right and left to race
The Kid puts a hard left jab to Corpet
face. Corbett sends stiff right 10
Broad,s ear. Corbett lands left on wind,
Broad blocks a strong left swing. Corbett
nuts lipht left to chest. They clinch and
a hot mix-up follows. Corbett is on the
defensive, but Broad Is blocking cleverly.
Corbett lands left to wind. Broad ducks
a vicious right swing. Broad lands a light
jab on nose.
Round 5. They mix II up at the tap or
the gong. Right and left jolts follow each
other In quick succession. Broad lanos
two hard left 1abs on the nose Corpe.t
puts right to wind. Corbett lands lett
lab on nose. Broad blocks right ana iett
for the face. Broad lands hard LETT jap
on the nose. They are smuggling Win
plenty of steam in their blows. Broad
lands on Corbetts nose. Broad 1aps Cor
bett In the face with left. Corbett ducks
right swing for the Jaw. In clincn Cor
bett lands left jab. Corbett put ielt on
Broad's nose as the round closed. Broad
is showing up In fine form.
Roun. 6. They clinch. Broad puts left
to Corbett's ear Broad lands two right
labs on ear In a clinch and repeats the
dose. Corbett misses a left swing but
puts hard right to wind. Broad puts
hard left tab to Corbetts nose. Broad
ducks a right swing. Corbett rushes TO
clinch and they mix 1t up. Corbett lands
a vicious left jab on nose and hard right
to ribs. Broad puts two jabs to Coroett
nose. Corbett lands on stomach and
Broad counters on face. Corbett 1abs
Broad on the nose.
Round BROAD lands left jab on nose
They clinch. Corbett lands stiff right
to wind. Broad lands jab on the nose
and Corbett counters with right and left
to law. Corbett lands a stiff left punch
on the law. He lands left three times
on the Jaw and has Broad on the de-
fensive Broad jabs a light left to jaw.
sroad ducks a savage right swing. Broad
lands left to Corbett's ear and gets away
without a return. They land left and
right on head. Broad lands stiff one
on Corbett's jaw. Cofbett puts left to
Broad's jaw They clinch with rapid in
fighting at the gong.
Round 8. Corbett lands left jab on nose.
He leads right swing for the head but
misses and falls. Broad puts hard left
TO COrDeII nOSe Dloou puto iiBht W
Corbett's ribs and gets away Broad puts
hard left jab to Corbetts face. Broad
is on the aggressive, but both men seem
confident Corbett puts right to wind
Broad lands left on jaw. Broad ducks
a left jab and puts light right to ribs.
Corbett is blocking Broads lead cleverly.
They mix 1t up with right and left to
head. Broad lands left to ribs and Cor
bett puts left to ear.
Round 9.-Both men come up fresh ana
anxious to mix 1t up. Corbett lands left
lab to nose. Corbett puts two left Jabs on
the ear They clinch. Broad ducks left
swing. Broad puts two lefts to Corbetts
face. Corbett ducks hard r1ght. He
leads a right swing that Broad ducked
cleverly Broad puts three left jabs to
nose in quick succession. Broad Is land
ing his left jabs on Corbetts face with
regularity. Corbett puts left to jaw Broad
is aggressive and lands stiff one on the
Jaw Corbett puts light left to nose and
Broad retaliates with a stiff right to
ribs. This is Breads round.
Round 10.-They land left and right TO
face. Corbett lands a hard left jab to
nose. Corbett gets inside two of Broads
leads. Corbett Is weakening and on the
defensive. Broad puts four left jabs to
Corbetts face without a return. Corbett
is groggy after several hard jabs on the
nose. Corbett rallies and comes back with
right swing twice on nose. They are
fighting fast and furious at close range.