The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-30

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BACKED By TCREyfEN-
One Of TIE reasons advanced for the sr-
rzrlt unsvelnsss Of The betting Is that
EcE O. the Eastern tartlso and book
makers zttsodtaE ths locA RACES have
pinned tbesr faith n the superiority OF tie
Champion and have backed thei- opinions
freely.
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tioa Of vaght was oees3sd- The articles
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weigh Il AZ - JoEnds al o'clock or for
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scales, znd s1st tipped tie beam AZ al
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tie sczAs-
SPORTING MEN OF RENowN
About 1he -ingss5e xs.e gathered 1Aoy
Eastern sporting rnea & national re1I1z-
ton Jack Munro. WHO met Champsoa
WIS amo1E those present 4 large dele
CATION q Cc-hett man arrived from Den
yer 70 vitnsss fo-niEhts coo.st
Tne Tsrty sss hszdsd o otto fSoso; ;
we're I'd GAYLORD Robert GoocnoS. Judge
Mullins. Julius Achei. County Clerk ot
Denver. sod Harry Dunn Gaylord brought
z bunch Of money 20 bet On Co-bett-
EXCAVATION REJCyENATED.
One feature Of the evening was the
resurrection Of Australian Murphy. the
former feather-veight champion, and the
anybody Of his weight He APPEARED to-
hight IN q iI-Tound bout with Jack Evans.
local boxer
For the first two or three rounds Nar-
speed CT cgeyeruess. but In the kass three
rounds he became retuYsnztsd and the
way he foored the young man oppcssd
TO hin showed that be s-Il had q pinch
left and could land Il effectively.
Evans was almost o1r when the gong
sounded for the close Of the st1th round.
| but the referee called the contest a draw,
greatly TO the disgust Of the big crowd
1hich thought that Murphy should have
received the decision While Murphy can
still make showing against q young
yious that against man Of high-class he
could stand no show whatever.
In the fifteenth Corbett backed Haniol
into q corner, and WHEN the San Francisco
boy sEung feebiy corbett swung two
lightning lefts and Eanion went down
He took The c0I-rt Of eight, but struggled
Ii e. ~-.d Hsz-
risc punishment that Corbett was dealing
out 70 him II was then that Graney
wanted the fight stopped
HANLOS SCORES
In the seventh round things looked a
BIT bright for the Californian. He scored
clean knockdown when he landed a
right swing on the point Of Corbetts jaw.
/ however, and vas apparently not injured
By the blow. In the twelfth round Han
Ion made his last stand
The hght BY rounds:
ROUND ONE
| Corbett tried several times to penetrate
Henlon's guard with right and left swings.
| but failed to get under Hanlon's peculiar
defense Finally he got in his righ; TO the
| nose, right TO the stomach and two lefts
to the face corbett kept pegging away
| relentlessiy and forced Eddie 10 cover.
Corbett got IN q straight left to the body
1 dS ALtJ L1lxeQ L EaGlCl Was niOElly On
| the defensive. In q mix-gp Hanion drove
| his right twice TO the body and followed
u up with right 10 the jaw. Hanlon
missed a left and then sent a right 10
! the face Corbett stood UP to him and
/ tabbed with left and right to the face.
ach-
As the round closed both swung rights
and lefts for the face Corbett did most
| OF the leadtng. poking straight lefts for
the face and rights uppercuts, but Hanlon
/ cd the effective work In the breakaway.
There was no damage
ROUND TWO.
HsnIon swung left and right for the
face, but Corbett put In two straigh.
Iefts to the face. corbett put left TO the
face and Hanion missed a hard right
swing for the head Corbett bored IN,
| peggfns away at HanIon's face with left.
landing several light blows. Corbett put
| in terrific night under Hanlon's heart,
which ratified and hurt Hanion, who
fought back wildly
Hanlon swung right and a left to the
jaw, forcing the champion to the ropes
He then sent a straight right to the face.
but Corbett fought back viciously. forcing
the Californian 10 ciiEch-
Then followed some desu,tory sparring.
| Hanlon made much better showing in
this round. landing several good Iefts The
right that Corbett landed on Eddie early
| In the round feazed Hanlon but momen-
| tariiy. Corbetts straight lefts and upper
| cuts did not seern to do much damage
ROUND THREE.
Corbett tried with left several times for
the face, but could not get in. He
Strengthened Hanlon with right upper
cut and they mixed it viciousiy. landing
| good Iefts to the face. Corbett sent a
straight right to the face and Eddies
|