The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
koMMEN1s OF SPORTING MEN ON FRIDAY NIGHTS BATTLE

7REPUBf.IC SPECIAL.
=, San Francisco Cal, Aug. 15.-victor and
.iranqushed alike. the referee and the great
crowd that witnessed the Jefries-Corhett
fight all are agreed that James ]. Jeffries
IL IN fact, as well as name, the champion
.dheavy- weight pugilist Of the world. Corbe:t
Shas no excuse for his defeat, and admits
.shat Jeffries is his master.
Do never Lad any doubt of the result
;eeid Jeffries to-day. "Corbett looked easy to
shtpe. and hardly felt 1t necessary to train
-hard for many months. l knew could get
m good enough condition to make short
Inork OF him. provided 1 had the speed to
bEeach him. He would never have made the
;showing he did against me at Coney Is
fand If could have got to him. BE was like
N. cat in that fight. He had me puzzled. and
ZEN in distress. at one time, but / was q
y ing way from being groggy,. and knew /
vHould land him in time. Fad he stayed
away in the last rounds OF that first fight
bhe might have won. but the championship
ssfitle would have come back to me.
iso"Ee was game in this fight and did not
try to make it altogether a dancing and
Ebrinting contest He had new muscle. all
snight for 1 felt it more than once. But 1
.Was only too glad to feel IT. provided he
away from me much this time. anyway. I
knew how to follow him, something did
not know how to do two years ago-and
guess he realized 1t.
HAD BAG FULL OF TRICKS"
IT don't believe any fighter ever had to
contend with a shiftier opponent He had
bag fun Of tricks. and sprung q good many
Of them upon me with success but a few
old-fashioned punches evened matters up
between US He did about as well al / ex-
pSrted him to do. He had worked like
I&S5an for the night, and his style of ac-
Ia IN the start showed It / never expected
tss contest to 60 to the limit. for felt ab-
solutely certain that could land on him
hard before we had gone very FAR
II guess this win dispose Of Corbett for
good. 70 far as I am concerned. he Is
grand fighter, but nature did not endow
him with strength enough TO stand a
efrThe talk that disispated while prepar-
Ing for the fight Is all bosh. 1 was In fairly
good condition when ! started training for
this fight. and 1t did not take me long to get
into first-class shape. took It easy then:
with the idea OF developing the snap and
agility / needed to meet man like Cor
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coRBETrs. MANLY WORDS.
Corbett's acknowledgement OF defeat is
complete and manly. He said: lfi
There is little for me to say about the
na The sporting world knSws b h9w co 6Gas
dlhce I went into the battle. 1 have no
e,Jcuses o offer for my defeat Ny cam,
kent my head ali during the contest / can-
NOT say made a serious fifsta ke.- went
into the ring in q. great deal better condi-
Island. Had he been the same Jeffries then
am sure would have won an easy VIC
HE owes this second victory over me
to his remarkable all-around Improvement
La his fights with, Rubin and F1tzstm-
mons he showed conclusively that he had
pickedtup q great deal about the game in
two years. I went into the ring knowing
islm to be as strong as ever and twice as
clever, but never expected to see him dts!
riay the form he did.
Jeff was practically as quick as vas as
~ the first rounds. but thought he would
and go back to his old style Of fighting, He
dIa s s,ed Of he
Sns er ssnnls o Enabled him to stand the
strain. - - -
JEFF HOLDS TITLE SAFE.
81 must acknowledge that am no match
- the Jeffries Of to-day. No man Of my
:. be he ever 50 strong and clever. Will
&ASs uuch of a chance to beat him Il
Is wrest the Championship from him.
NOUS strength and cleverness. II would
living him any kind of . fight. DO not
think that win ever ask, Jefriss for an,
'iiis phyriqus was too much of a handi-
cap for me to overcome. several OF me
SnG .hem could o muster While they had
considerable erect on Jeff they were not
foreefu enough to make him groSssy 10 70
try to win the fight on points, but l did
not cease frying for Knockout; ! am IN
stay that way. for II is just possible that
I may do little more hghting before
retire for good"
DELANEY WAS WORRIED.
Billy Delaney, Jeffries's trainer. said:
u must admit Corbett. had me worry
IS ali during the fight. He turned up in
shch remarkable good condition and seemed
Sd bull Of life in the early part Of tho
c6htest that was afraid he would man.
age to stay the limit and get the battle
on points; This is the only way could con-
ceive Of his beating Jeffries.
.Corbett certainly had more power in his
Blows than he ever had before and. TO my
esP, he seemed also to have all his oldtime
with ali his muscle, however, he stiIl
the championship from Jeffries. This was
rtraesed Jeffries tosfsht as he had always
Scorbett pleased the crowd by the way he
biSw. fhe fact was, Jeffries has learned
so much about the game and has acquired
such speed that Corbett often found It i'm.
possible to avoid a hard exchange OF blows
Sin several sof, the early tmix-ups IT was
only Corbettss remarkable ability to dodge
and block blows # saved him from being
seSst to the floor. As soon as the knock.
ouk power was go from Corbett's arms,
tod ,JefIries to cut loose. Corbett was
game to the last; and certainly died hard.
.CoRBETT SURPRISED GRANEY.
Eddie Graney, the referee, said:
- was certainly one Of the greatest
h y-weight battles have ever Witnessed
C0.Qett fought differently than ever before
FDm the start he showed a genuine ahxi
etgeto mix IL with Jeffrtes. His right hand
body punches were really wonderful
ssThe majority Of the spectators were no
ns fortunate as in being able to see iue
wat happened in the ring, must say tina
was thoroughly surprised at the wonder
FIJI manner In which Corbett used his RICH
FOR the body. His long hard training un
oIestionably affected his speed.
RI have Witnessed most OF his battles. bu
1 newer saw him take a beating as willing
II as hs I'D last. night. Never have seer
him so anxious to mix 1t. In the secon.
round he received terrible punch-mnci
thu same sort cf o blow as the enc Fftz
effI1ynofia landed ON him At Carson. die