Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-01

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IDENTIFY very groggy when he got up
and Corbett put three lefts to the
nose. McGovern rushed desperately
and, swinging his right, opened a cut
over COrbett's eye. The men fought
furiously in the clinch. As Graney
broke them McGovern sunk his right
in Corbett's ribs. Corbett retaliated
with two lefts to the jaw. McGovern
put his left to the ear as the gong
sounded. McGovern recovered very
quickly from his knock-down, his
good condition being apparent
Round 2-McGOvern rushed like a
wild bull. In an instant Corbett's eye
was open, but Corbett put right up
percut twice to Terry's chin. The
blows were so fast it was hard to
keep track of them. They exchanged
rights to the jaw. McGOvern put a
left to the nose and got hard right
to the ear. McGovern blocked right
hook and put left to ear. McGovern
slammed right, left and right to the
stomach and Corbett was groggy. As
they came together again Corbett put
right to jaw and McGovern went
down and half way through the ropes
for seven count. Corbett rushed as
McGovern got up and put left and
right to the head. McGovern swung
his right to the head. Both showed
the effects of the furious milling as
they took their corners.
Round 3-Corbett put five straight
lefts to Terry's mouth. He repeated
it and then put right hard to Nc
Governs ribs. In the clinch that fol-
lowed McGovern put his right and
left to head. Corbett swung right to
jaw and uppercut right to stomach
and, chin. McGovern hooked two
rights to stomach and got a right
uppercut in on the. ribs. Corbett up
percut to the stomach. McGovern
swung right to Corbett's eve and
nearly put him down. Corbett hooked
his left to stomach. missed a right to
jaw and got a left in the stomach.
They exchanged Iefts to face and
clinched. Corbett put two straight
lefts to nose. Both swung themselves
off their feet just as the gong sound
ed. The pace was terrific. Corbett
if anything seemed the stronger
Round 4-Corbett put two lefts to
N.
getting left to the jaw and right
to the stomach as a return. They eX-
changed left jabs to the face, Cor
bett poked his left twice to McGov-
ern's face and got left to stomach
McGovern seemed unable to avoid
Corbett's left jabs, but fought care
fully nevertheless. Corbett hooked a
left to the eye. McGoyern kept com
ing, but got into a clinch. McGovern
got two lefts to jaw and put hard
right over heart and another hard
right to the jaw. Corbett missed Teri
ry with right uppercut by half an
inch. Then he resumed his iabbing. |
McGovern swung left to jaw and put |
three rights to the ribs. Both were
tired. Corbett's mouth was bleeding |
as he took his corner.
Round 5-COrbett missed a right |
hook and got three lefts to the ribs. |
a clinch and Corbett jabbed three |
lefts to Terry's mouth. Terry rush |
ed and planted two rights to Corbett's |
stomach, getting a right hook on the |
jaw. McGovern blocked a right up
percut. McGovern missed a right |
swing, nearly sending Corbett through |
the ropes. McGovern swung right on
nose, bringing the blood. Corbett put |
in hard left to the mouth. He miss |
ed the next one and Terry caught him |
on the jaw as he turned McGovern |
got in-three rights to the kidneys and |
Corbett bent under the punishment. |
Corbett put right to the ribs and |
McGovern put in two rights to stom- |
ach In the rush that followed Nc |
Govern put a left to the jaw. This |
was decidedly McGovern's round.
Round 6-Corbett jabbed two lefts |
to the face and hooked right to the |
stomach. McGovern put his right to |
the kidneys. Corbett swung a right |
to the ear. Corbett swung a hard |
right to the kidneys and got two in
the same place. He missed a right |
swing and got a. hard right to the |
stomach in return. McGovern put a |
left to the throat and got a hard |
right on ear. A clinch and McGovern |
put rights to stomach and ribs. Cor |
bett broke ground. but rushed a mo-
ment later and put left to the STONE
ach. McGovern put n right to the
ribs and got a left in the mouth
twice. In the clinch rights were ex-
changed to the stomach. Another
clinch and McGovern had the better
of the exchange. Another and Nc
Govern put a hard right to the kid
neys. Corbett was smiling, but rath-
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