The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-08-22
CORBETT NO MATCH
FOR jim JEFFRIES
Largest Crowd Ever Seen at a
Fight In This Country.
Jeffries Played With the Ex-Cham-
piOn And Was at All Times Master
of the Situation.

Len thousand people m IN me-
chanics' Pavilion in San Francisco last
Saturday night to witness the fight be-
TWEEN Jeffries and Corbett which re-
suited in the knocking put of the latter
in the tenth round.
The end came shortly after the be-
ginning of the tenth round, when jeff
ries planted one of his terrible left
swings on Corbett's stomach. The man
who conquered John l.. Sullivan drop
ped to the floor in agony, and the memo
rable scene at Carson, when Bob Fitz-
simmons landed his solar plexus blow,
was almost duplicated. This time, how
ever. Corbett struggled to his feet and
again faced his gigantic adversary.
With hardly a moments hesitation
Jeffries swung his right, and again
landed ON Corbett's stomach. Jim drop
ped to the floor, and then it was that
Tommy Ryan, seeing that it was all
over, motioned to Referee Graney to
stop the punishment.
Corbett's physical condition appeared
to be all that ne had claimed for it. He
stood many of Jeff's terrific blows with
out wincing, and came back swinging
left and right and landing frequently,
but his blows hardly stung Jeffries.
| jeff was not only stronger, faster and
| cleverer than ever, but he used his head
to better purpose, and although Corbett
would hit him hard enough to hurt al
ordinary man, jeff would bore right in
without noticing the blows and would
deliver telling hits that materially help
ed in deciding the result of the fight.
At first Corbett was very cautious,
and apparently was outpointed by jeff,
but later in the fight he warmed up and
showed some Of his old-time cleverness.
From the first, however, it was gener.
ally regarded as a hopeless case for Cor
bett. He made a gallant fight, but he
never stood a show to win.
Jeffries was never in better condition
He looked lighter than usual, and the
way he moved about on his feet and the
frequency with which he encountered
Corbett's leads astonished everybody.
Corbett, in comparison with the big
man opposed to him, looked very light,
but was really heavier than aver before.
He appeared to have lost some of his
old time speed and skill during the
early part of the fight, but this may
have been due to Jeffries' marvellous
improvement.
1869 People View the Contest.
According to the official count, TO-.
500 people viewed the contest between
Corbett AMI Jeffries. The gross receipts
amounted to 500, $40. OF this sum the
fighters received 10 per cent. or $42,.
628. which was divided 70 per cent tt
the winner and 25 per cent to the loser
Thus for his victory Jeffries is enriched
to the extent of $32, 1913. while Corbet
gets $40, 9lO.
There was practically very little mon
ey bet on the fight at the local pool
rooms. The heaviest money wagerei
was by the friends of Jeffries, Wit
came up from southern California t.
see the champion win. Nearly all tn,
money bet went at odds of 2 to l in JEFF
fries favor. The reason given for sc
little betting is generally conceded to b,
that the betting public had very littl'
confidence III Corbett's chances.