Arizona republican., 1903-08-15
JEFFRIES' HOLD
On the Heavy Weight Cham
piOnship Further CIinChed
C0RBETT LOST IN TENTH
In the Next to the Last His Showing
Which Had Not Been Good at ANY
Stage Was Rather the Best.

San Francisco, Aug. thames I.
Jeffries, the champion teavyw eight ef
the world. fought with Jim CCrbett for
Line rounds and 4 half tonight. and
then Corbet:s' seconds !notiouad 10 the I
referee to stop the fighting in or.ier 10
save their 1ian from lecIl,,Ss lunch
inE.
The end came shorti.- after the te-
ginning of the tenth round, when JEFF
fries planted one of his terrific let
swings On Corbett's stomach. The n
who conquered John L. Sullivan drop
ped to the floor in agony and the men,
orable scene at Carson, when Bob
titZsimmons landed his solar pleXus
blow, was almost duplicated. This
ting however. Corbett struggled to his
ieef and again faced his gigantic ;id-
veraary.
With hardly moments hesitation
.Ieffries swung his right and again
landed on Corbett's stomach. Jim
dropped to the floor, and then it was
that Tommy Ryan, seeing that it was
all over, motioned to Referee Graney
to stop the punishment.
The fight tonight demonstrated be
ycnd all doubt that Jeffries stands
alone in his class. He showed a re-
markable Improvement in both speed
and skill. CorbctJ, during tie first
part of the fight, was almost outpoint-
ed. and the few blows that he landed
on Jeffries were apparently without Il
sting. Jeffries was never in better con-
dition. He looked lighter than usual
and the way he moved about on his
feet and the frequency with which he
MT or ,icl,o oSI
everybody.
Corbett, in comparison with the big
man opposite him, looked very light.
but was really heavier than ever be-
fore He appeared to have lost some of
his old-time speed and skill during the
carly part of the fight, but this may
have been due TO Jeffries marvellous
Improvement. Corbett's physical con-
dition appeared to be all that he had
claimed for it. He stood many of JET
fries terrific blows without winding
ard came back swinging left and right
and landing frequently, but his blows
hardly stung Jeffries-
Jeffries MAS not only stronger, faster
and cleverer than ever before, but he
used his head to better purpose, and
although Corbett would hit him hard
enough to hurt an ordinary man, JET
fries would bore right in without no
ticing the Llows and would deliver
telling hits that materially helped in
deciding the result of the fight.
At first Corbett was very cautious
and apparently was outpointed by JEFF
fries, but later in the fight he warmed
up and showed some of his old-time
cleverness. From the first, however
it was generally regarded as a hope
fo,-
liant fight, but he never stood a show
to win.
After the fight was over Corbatt
quickly recovered and walked over tc
Jeffries and shook hands with hin
warmly. He said:
Jim. you beat me fairly. You stand
alone. No one can touch you"
Referee Eddie Graney said after tbs
fight that it was a great heavyweight
contest. "CorDett was very clever. bu
Jeffries was almost equally so an(
showed marvellous Improvement. HI
practically outboxed Corbett during tn
fight with the exception of the eight
and ninth rounds. Every blow that h
landed told. and his superior weigh
and strength was bound to win in th'
end
Timekeeper George Harting stated
that the blows that won the fight wer'
left to the stomach followed by
right to the same place as soon a.
Corbett arose to his feet after taking
the count of nine seconds.
1T was the best fight Jeffries eve
made and astonished every one ever
those who had placed implicit faith il
his ability to win," said Harting.
During the fight Corbett talked con
tinuously to Jeffries, and to the refere,
he made a number of facetious remarks
He was game to the end Corbett!
system of training was undoubtedl!
beneficial to him from physical poin
of view.