The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-01
muscles playing like bands beneath his skin, cofbett looked the perfect athlete.
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skdn, Corbett looked tho perfect athlete.
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 At s:52 there was . mighty roar from the crowd. and Mc0ovsrn climbed through the ropes. accompanied by Sam Harris and his seconds, Charlie Mayhood. Eddie Cain and Joe Angelo.
 Terry turned around once or twice, rub bed his nose refiectively then walked to Ccrbetts corner and solemnly offered his hand. Corbett took 1t, but 1t was evident there was not the friendiiest feeling in the world between the two fighters.
 Both had their hands heavily bandaged. As McGovern stripped off his sweater his perfect condition was apparent. He claimed he was trained to the hour and he looked it. Corbett looked at least three or four pounds the heavier of the two and probably there was that much difference to their weight as they answer ed the gong.
 Eddie Graney of San Francisco was an- nounced as referee.
 Round 1. Both came quickly to the centre. Cortstt put left to head; Terry bored with left to ribs and got away from a left jab. McGovern lodged a left, but 6 moment later got right on the jaw and went down for seven seconds count. He was evidently very groggy when he got up. and Corbett put three lefts to the nose. McGovern rushed desperately and. swinging his right opened cut over Corbett's eye. The men fought ferociously in the clinch. As Graney broke them, McGovern sank his right in Corbett's ribs. Corbett retaliat- ed with two lefts to the jaw. McGov- ern put his left to the ear as the gong sounded. McGovern recovered very quickly from his knock down. his good condition being apparent.
 McGovern Goes Wild.
 Round 2. McGovern rushed like wild bull. In an instant Corbett's eye was open. but Corbett put right uppercut to Terry's chin. The blows were 90 fast 1t was hard to keep track of them. They exchanged rights to jaw. McGovern put left to nose and got right to ear. Mo- Govern blocked right hook and put lefl to ear. McGovern slammed right. left and right to stomach. and Corbett was groggy. As they came together again, Corbett put right to jaw and McGove-n went down and half way through the ropes for a second count. Corbett rush. ed as McGovern got up and put left and right to the head. McGovern swung right to head. Both showed the effects of the furious hammering as they took their corners.
 Round g. Corbett put five straight lefts to Terry's mouth. He repeated 1t and then put a right hard to 'McGovern's ribs. In the clinch that followed, Me- Govern put right and left to head. Cor bett swung right to jaw and uppercut right to stomach and chin. McGovern hooked two rights to stomach and got a right uppercut on the ribs. Corbett up- percut to the stomach. McGovern swung right to Corbett's eye and nearly put him down. Corbett hooked his left to stomach. missed right to jaw and got left in the stomach. They exchanged lefts to face and clinched. Corbett put two straight lefts to nose. Both swung themselves off their feet just as the gong sounded. The pace was terrific. Corbett, if anything, seemed the stronger.
 Round {. Corbett put two lefts to the nose and hooked one to jaw. getting left to jaw and right to stomach as a return. They exchanged left Jabs to face Cor bett polxed his left twice to McGovern'G face and got left to stomach. McGov- ern seemed unable to avoid Corbett's left Jabs, but fought carefully nevertheless, Corbet hooked left to eye McGovern kept coming but got into clinch. Mo- Govern got two lefts to jaw and put 6 hard right over heart and another hard right to jaw. Corbett missed Terry with right uppercut by half an inch. Then he resumed his jabbing. McGovern swung left 10 jaw and put three rights to the ribs. Both were tired. Corbett s mouth was bleeding as he took his cor- ner.
 Corbett Heavely Punished.
 Round 5. Corbett missed a right hook and got three lefts to the ribs. A clinch, and Corbett jabbed three lefts to Terrys mouth. Terry rushed and planted two rights to Corbetts stomach, getting a right hook on the jaw. McGovern block ed right uppercut McGovern got a swung right on nose, bringing the blood Corbett put in a hard left to the mouth. He missed 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. Cor bett put a right to the ribs and Mo- Govern put in two rights to stomach. In the rush that followed McGovern put left to the jaw. This was decidedly Mo Governs round
 Round 6. Corbett jabbed two lefts to the face and hooked a right to the stomach. McGovern put right to kid neys. Corbett swung right to ear. Cor bett swung a hard right to kidneys and got two in the same place. He missed right swing and got a hard right to stomach in return. McGovern put a left to the throat and got a hard right on ear. A clinch and McGovern put right to stomach and ribs. Corbett broke ground. but rushed a moment later and put left to stomach. McGovern put right to ribs and got left in mouth twice. In the clinch rights were exchanged to the stomach. Another clinch and McGovern had the better of the exchange. Another, and McGovern put a hard right to the kidneys. Corbett was rather weak as the bell rang. McGovern. too, showed the