The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-30
TEN THOUSAND ENTHUSIASTS APPEAR TO WATCH CONTEST

Ssr Francisco, Dsc- "a rss-cifzi re-
cree probably Ez-sd Edtis E1soa from
b>s-E kzzied By you-E CS-DeEt tonight
rhea he seopped 1hsi- coctez- L the MD
de o< tie sixteenth rouod
For two rozo1s p1sTI1Z Rsts-ee
Grzasy lad beSzed ENion's ssrO-cs 70
take thssr -za CIT Of the rig b1r they
kept the Szns Tozagz-e- AZ Z ard 1-zIiy
Grzrey, fearing thai Z fatality might re-
silt c-6e-e6 lse Eznt stu2ped
No -rzr eye- received SCH 1s--6c pm
sSA-<-t = sz- F-z,cz5co. and probably
Yong Crhezt q tie oalT uzn II TIE
co-ty rtlo cOcIs ad-tniS.e- s1ea . bssc-
ing % Ea-1z
whe- sile san FrzDczsco bog zzz car
rss1 60 lis cogze-, szil CONSCIOUS but III
st5e % -zG his sec9cds vc-Led Tiso--
o<zy TO rsSz-s LIZ
Tas ts-stzy beaten lad. however, con-
1szced - yozsi1 ezood AID things iooicsd
TJ se-zr-s <or hE-n for q sao-1 t<ls Ee
Ezs z-z1fy revived zzE <zs carried foz
the rE< ~ ooe os hss s-oo1dE
h-xa tz5bu.e 70 hss skill and gz1sress and
sstasst LIS sED1hE y<szs azrts- VIII a
= rsrs = sszi1 for Co-Se.. TIA. he vas
"a -s-xezL Eu5er the Circumstances as
he cozs5 - Dz-zz Tia toC--eSo-a zcd
sf-e-1h -oZds he. 100. vzs zrIi0cs 70
bare rhs n<ar s-oPDec IN cEter 70 save
EznI1c ae@zEezs p1alztne-t
SEcER N DANGER
TIE lzt to--sgtf dezoEtrz:sd that
cc-Ee<1 - zzy rsa,s Epe-i0-. AZ his
rez<tI Ii oc time 6rr11g the CONTEXT
szs Ne II any z5yzrsor Danger and whe1
y s-5sd 1tsre was nor rzArk Crsgn htrz-
Hz1s0cs Eos- peculiar z1d vary elective
Se<srss- SzS Al -t-z- saved him from
xao-kcl early n the game
EEez Eaea h beczue ttrsd and could
--Ss rrDseE hUSet Co-pe1 could not
Ezad Ezsckout h30E- II the thirteenth
gan u xbg- What be cozld do Tie men
were allowed 70 Hzht n the czt1che, and
Cor5et1. leaning lis had against Han
s91s stozids- and with bis armz free.
his right AID swing nsrce short left On
his SzE-
Tfzt Ezx tsse beginning os The end.
Al through be id TIE forcing and Lead
INK Cor5s-t was sEInS11g wildly when
EDDIE landed q terrific E5sat On the stoD-
ach-
zzs TOO 51sy 70 think about II. and went
right oo with the game
In The earlier Szr1 Of ths fight when
HznIo1 was protecting his had and
stomach bF crossing his arms and gloves
Cc-hest Eoz1d pGSh his head back with
his geft z1d avpercrf him With his right
These h1oEx id 10 APPARENT harm, but
eventually rbeT tod
Hzniol voud sght Il fbe cifnches. p1t
C.gtett was even more proficient than he
zf Skat style and It was this ability TO
1zn1 hard kao-f-zrm h3oFE that led to his
1trning the dznL
The sixteenth round had lasted but q
mfurca and forty seconds when Referee
Grzney sz6F5ped toe fight
HAz3o1- when eee1 n kfs dresEfrg-roon-
was sefn In g-ezt distress and refused TO
talk much He did cay. however, that
CoYheft cz1 bezt any Of them.
Although defeated. the san Francisco
noy wzz net diseraced and was eyen more
loudly che1et than the champion when
Tbe affcadarice tonight was enornous
for a Se-zther-~Eight 6gfat- The receipts
were between $500 and s1ova The 80
y,er cent Of the receipts were divided be-
tween the fighters. the winner taking 75
per cent Of this amount and the loser 2
peg cent
In addition corbett receives per cent
Of the gross receipts In view Of his draw
snx poxerz The fight VIII go into ring
history as the fastest and hercest ever
seen here
GREAT DRAWING CARD.
The Young Corbett" -HanIon contest for
the feather-veight championship at Ne
cilanics' pavilion tonight proved to be one
OF the greatest drawing cards IN the his
tory Of the fighting game IN this city.
The vast atditorfurn, which has been