Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-01

Both had their hands heavily band aged. As McGovern slipped off his sweater his perfect condition was ap- parent. He said that he was trained to the hour, and he looked it. Corbett looked at least three or four pounds the heavier of the two and there was probably as much difference in their weight as they answered the gong. Eddie Graney was announced as ref cree.
 First Round-Corbett landed lightly with the left on Terry's neck and they clinched, Terry trying to reach his man with short right hand blows. Ter ry rushed but received hard left on the jaw which hoored him. He took the count for eight seconds. -s.: Corbett followed this with a left straight on the nose. This angered McGoyern. McGovern in, rage rush. at Corbett and landed left and right, then he clinched and got in some sav- failed to part them and Corbett got the worst of this. After the referee broke them Terry hit Corbett before he had chance to turn. Second Round-McGovern rushed in again clinched. getting in some short arm blows When the referee separat- ed them Terry got in a heavy blow on Corbett's jaw again. Terry clinched and tried short arm work, getting in savage blows In a fierce rush Cor bet pushed McGovern to the ropes and landed heavily with the left on the neck ga, McGovern took the count of nine seconds. In an exchange of blows at arms length Corbett hit McGovern no less than three times squarely in the mouth. But in the infighting Corbett had the worst of it.
 Third Round-Corbett led off with three straight blows for the head, with out return. He followed this with a savage left uppercut. Terry responded 1 by clinching and getting in severe body right and left on McGovern's neck. McGovern's whole play is to get l in close and hammer Corbett in the wind. Tn a fierce rush McGovern de- 1 livered the first heavy blow at long range that he has landed. In a minute after Corbett slipped. He fell, but be- fore he could rise the gong sounded. Fourth Round-McGovern rushed in, l landing right and left and in infighting he scored heavily. In an exchange of blows at long range Corbett landed twice and in a rush Corbett landed heavily with the left on McGovern's s wind.
 Tn the clinch that followed, NIcGov-
 ern had the better of it. Tn a rush Nc
 Govren got in heavy punishment on
 Corbett's body and i'll return a stiff up percut. Tn the clinch that followed
 McGovern played for Corbett's wind
 and kidneys, evidently distressing him Fifth Round--A left lead by Terry
 drew blood from Corbett's nose again.
 McGovern continued his tactics of | punching at close range. He forced l Corbett against the ropes and when he
 had him at the ropes he rained kidney
 blows. causing the spectators to hiss.
 Tn the series of rushes McGovern
 rained in blows at short range on Cor
 bett's stomach and in breaking away on his kidneys which weakened Cor
 bett.
 | Sixth Round-Both rushed at eact l other savagely and Corbett landed or Terrys neck and received blows in tho
 wind and kidneys. In return Corbet1
 landed twice on Terry's kidneys but re
 ceived a hard left hook on the necl
 which shook him up.
 Tn the rally in the center of the ring
 Corbett received punishment in th'
 stomach and over the kidneys, spots ol
 which McGovern has played from tht start.
 Seventh Round-Terry forced thu
 fighting, following Corbett around thu
 ring, but in several exchanges the hon
 ors were even. Corbett set Terry go
 ing by straight blow in the moutl
 and another ill the wind.
 Tn the clinch McGovern hung on ant
 Corbett showed by loose arms that nc
 Govern was hugging. Corbett retail l ated by a heavy swing which missed and McGovern in an attempt to return . fell to his knees and to get rest tool
 the count.
 Corbett showed in several exchange that he was faster than McGovern il long range fighting. He landed tw hard blows on McGovern's wind, ant in return McGovern tried his old tao l tics at infighting when the gong sound ed t
 Eighth Round-McGovern trie rough tactics striking low in 2 cline and the house showed it's disapprova by hissing him. McGovern played fo clinches and infighting. He hammere l Corbett again and again just over tn belt. McGoyern followed Corbet
 around trying for short arm blow: l Ills fighting was extremely rough an g the referee again protested against hi : tactics. 7 Ninth Round-Corbett started out i r same rough tactics as McGovern ha s used hammering him over the kidney 9 and above the belt. He also uppercu
 Terry with two left jolts. Corbett fo Q lowed this with another uppercut an e a fierce left in the stomach.
 Il Corbett rushed and landed a punish e ing left on McGoverns mouth. Afte d feinting Corbett landed another uppe @ cut on McGovern's chin and followe S this with hard left on McGovern' l. body. It was Corbett's round.
 t Tenth Round-The referee peeled o