Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-01
CHAMPION CORBETT.
MeGovern Goes Down Again In De.
feat Before Him,
eX-CHAMPl0N BADLY DEFEATED.

Mechanics Pavilion, San Francisco.
March Civilian Rothwell, better
known as Young Corbett." of Denver.
showed decisively tonight that his vic
tory over Terry McGovern, of Brook.
Ign, at Hartford q year ago last
Thanksgiving, was no fluke, by defeat
ing McGovern in the eleventh round.
after a fight in which there was not a
second of idleness for either man. In
nearly every round, Corbett. fighting
like a machine, never overlooking an
opportunity to send home his blows.
had a shade the better of the argu-
ment, and when finally in the eleventh
round he got the Brooklyn boy fairly
going, he never let up on him until
Terry sank to the floor a badly defeat.
ed man.
Corbett put McGovern down in the
first round for a count of seven and re.
peated it in the second. There was
some question as to whether or not Nc.
Govern was down at the count of ten.
and for a few minutes it looked as if
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Govern tried to get up, tried hard. and
was on his feet an instant after the
time keeper counted him out.
The Fight by Rounds.
Round l. They rush at the tap of
the bell. McGovern swings right and
left to face. Corbett blocks and re-
turns to body. Terry goes down and
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to his feet. They clinch. They are
hard to break away. Terry lands on
Corbett's eye. The round is an even
break.
Round 2. Corbett swings left to
face. McGovern jumps in and in a
clinch roughs it and pummels Corbett
on ribs. They are hard to break away.
Corbett hooked right to mouth. Cor
bett sends straight left to mouth, an
other clinch and Terry works both
hands on wind.
Round 3. Corbett jabs left to face
twice. They clinch. Terry blocks a left
swing. Corbett gets in a right swing
on shoulder. They clinch and in the
mix Terry has the best of the argu-
ment. Corbett sends straight right to
mouth. Both land right swings on
head. Corbett puts right to ear. They
exchange lefts to face. Corbett puts
right to ribs. McGovern swung stiff
left to jaw. The boys do not rest a
minute. McGovern swung left to Jaw,
Corbett going to his knees as the bell
rang.
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McGovern connected with jaw twice
with left swings. McGovern ducked
left swing, sent light left to neck.
They exchange lefts to body. McGov-
ern blocked straight left to neck. Ter
ry sent straight left to neck, clinch.
Terry brings right up to the chin as
they break away. Corbett ducks left
swing, jabs left to mouth. They swing
wildly with lefts, both miss and mix
it. No a second is wasted, and most
of the time they are exchanging short
arm blows at close quarters. Meow
ern put left to ear, blocked left. Ter
ry hooks left to chin twice. Corbett
sends left to face. Terry knocks Cor
bett down with left swing on jaw and
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to his knees in a fierce mix up and
stays nine seconds. They go at it again
and exchange lefts to face. They ex-
change lefts to head. McGovern had
a shade the best of the round.
Round 5. Corbett sends right over
Terry's shoulder. Terry sends left to
wind. They spar a moment, Corbett
backs away, they clinch and at in
hghting Terry gets In some good work.
Corbett jabbed left to face. McGovern
rushed Corbett half way through the
ropes into a clinch. They exchange
lefts to neck. Terry covers his face
and rushes into a clinch. Terry ducks
a left swing and swings left to Cor
belts mouth. sending the Denver boy
to his knees. Terry puts left to face.
Corbett sends left to wind. In the
clinches Terry is the strongest. Cor
bett is inclined to hang on in the
clinches n Terry's body punishment
seems to be firing him.
Round 6. They exchange lefts on
face, clinch and the referee has to pull
them apart. Corbett swings right to
ear, then puts right to ribs. Corbett
swings stiff right to neck, clinch and
a hard right lands on Corbett's ribs.
Corbett uppercuts Terry on mouth
with left. Corbett jabs left to mouth
and hooks right to ear. McGovern
swings left to mouth. which shakes
Corbett up a bit. Terry is short with
left swing. Terry put left to jaw
twice, Again he swung left to mouth.
Corbett backs away and ducks a left
swing. He is against the ropes with
Terry on top of him when the gong
comes. Terry is stronger at this stage.
Round 7. Terry is short with left
swing. Corbett sends stiff left to
mouth. Corbett swings left to face
twice. Both miss left swings; they
clinch and Terry hangs On. Corbett
swings right TO jaw three times and