Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-02
CORBETT
AGAIN A
WINNER

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Young Corbett is again victor, having
defeated Terry McGovern in eleven
rounds last evening. There was
lively preliminary bout, but the inter
est centered in the above lighters, Nc
Govern being favorite in betting, The
battle by rounds follows:
Round 1-Corbett puts hard right to
body and they clinch. .Corbett tries
with left for face but is short Terry
puts light left to jaw Corbett floors
Terry with hard left to jaw and Nc
Govern came up dazed. clinging to the
champion. Corbett puts left twice to
face and then sends in two more to
face Terry tries with right and left
for face, rushing Corbet 10 ropes, but
fails to land. They mix but Will not
break Both men landing left and
right to body in cinch, Referee Try
ing to separate them. In breakaway
| McGovern puts left to head and as the
| gong rings sends light left to head
| This is Corbett's round
Round 2-Corbetts left eye is
bruised. Terry mixes it up and in the
clinch puts in left and right to body.
| head Corbett misses vicious right
| uppercut for the jaw. McGoyern
| misses hard left for face Corbett put
straight left to face and they clinch
hard Terry lands left to face. He
| gets inside of a wicked right hand re-
| turn. Corbett sends straight right and
left to face and Terry pushes Corbett
through the ropes. He then sends
| righ left to Corbett's face Corbett
| puts Terry through the ropes with
right and left and Terry took 3 sec
onds. Corbett tries left uppercut to
face but is short Terry puts left to
body and then follow an exchange of
blows and Corbett puts in three blows
to face as gong rang.
Round 3-Corbett crossed with left
twice TO head and they mix it up. Cor
bett puts right uppercut 10 face and
then follows with left to head and n
hard right to body In the mix up
Terry comes Out the better. Corbett
sends in two wicked rights to head
and Terry partially blocks upper cut
| for face McGovern playing to get In
close. in which he cxcels, Terry stag
| gers the champion with hard right
swing to jaw. Corbett puts right and
| left to head. then jabs to face with
| left Terry blocks hard uppercut and
puts in terrific hard left to face. Cor
| bett jabs twice with left and Mccoy
ern puts in straight left to face as
| gong sounds. and Corbet slips to
floor but is mp quickly. Corbett's left
eye is badly swollen.
Round i-McGovern hooks with left
| twice to the head and they clinch.
Terry tries left swing for the face but
| is short McGovern misses left for
face and Corbett uppercuts to body
twice Both men fighting fiercely.
Corbett jabs lightly with lett and in
the fighting which followed McGovern
had the better of It, Corbett jabs
twice with left to face. McGoyern
puts right hard to body and right and
left lightly to face. He blocks hard
left for face but the champion puts in
stiff left uppercut to face. Terry
swings hard TO tho head and blocks a
hard right uppercut for the jaw. Ter
rys aim is to keep in close, as Cor
bett outgenerals him at the distance
sparring.
Round 5-Corbett tries right for tho
head but 1t goes over. Terry blocks
right for the body. Terry in-fghting
puts left to body. McGovern puts
right to kidneys three times at close
range. He forces Corbet to the ropes
with left to the head McGovern puts
in left to face and Corhett swung
right hard to the head. Corbet smil
ing McGovern puts left hard to face
which the champion fell into. Corbeit
put straight left to kidneys several
times. Corbett uppercuts with right
to face. Just before the gong sound
ed McGovern put In several good
blows 10 Corbett's body.
Round G-Corbett puts straight left
to face. Corbett lands right on body
but Terry puts in good right to body
Corbett puts two hard rights to kid
neys and Terry comes back with an
other to same place. Corbett tries fol
face but Terry shakes him up with 0
left hook to neck Corbett puts
straight right to face. Corbett SEN
right to body but Terry sent him bach
with a right to head and left to body
Both exchanged light lefts to face ant
McGovern puts left to stomach anf
left TO kidneys. McGovern fighting
with vengeance and as the bel
rings he Kisses at the champion ant
looks confident OF ultimate success.
Round 7-McGovern forcing mat
ters. puts left to the head and Corbet
counters with left to the face Cor
bett followed with two hard lefts t
Jaw and one 10 the wind. which make
McGovern quiver Terry deliberatel.
! clinging to Corbett. but the champion
puts two rights TO jaw and the crow
Kisses McGovern. Corbett tries har'
left for the jaw. which missed, TER.
slipped to the floor in an endeavor Il
} retaliate and took the count plainl
with the object of getting rest. Coz
bet staggers Terry with right swim
J to the head and misses a left for tn
: same place. In the mix Terry get
three blows to body. Terry hits Coz
, bett after the bell rang and is rount
ly hissed. while referee warns hlr
! about such tactics. McGOyern ger