Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-18
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
How the Big Battle Wased From Start
to Finish.

to Finish.
1888 p. m.-They shake hands per-
functorily.
Round They came to the center
Jeffrles feinting and Corbett stepping
lively. Jeffries swung left over jim
mead. Jim came in quickly to clinch
and they were very slow about break
ing. Jeff put light left to Jim's ribs
and they refused to break. Jim put
right over heart and clinched. Corbett
stayed close in and put hard short
arm right on the body. They were ex-
ceedingly careful in the break. Jeff
forced his man across the ring and
put left light on the body.
1t was noticed that Corbett did very
little foot work, but stayed close in
and put two rights solidly over the
heart. Jeffries missed right for the
body, but put it on the chest lightly
As they broke Corbett quickly tried
for the heart, Jeffries laughingly re-
marking, "Ah." The first round indi-
Gated that Jeffries is very fast and
that Corbett did not do any fancy
work.
Jeffries forces Fighting.
Round 2.-Jeffries came up quickly
with left for the head and they came
to a clinch. They would not break,
Jim claiming Jeffries was holding on.
In the break Jeffries swung left on
back of the head lightly. Corbett had
failed thus far to land single felt
hand blow. He attempted it at this
stage, but was too close in. Jeff fore
ed him to the ropes, coming danger
n1Jc1U no hn Id
They Immediately came into clinch,
in the break of which Corbett hooked
a smashing left to the jaw. Corbett
sent his left and right to the body, but
got left hook on the head Jeffries
came on quickly but Corbett elinched.
Corbett sent in a peculiar right hand
half uppercut for the jaw, but was a
trif1e low. They fought carefully to
the end Corbett had shown very little
speed so far, while Jeffries showed i'm
proven ent in speed and cleverness.
"Sunny jeff"
Round Both men came to the cen
ter, jeff missing a left and Corbett
jeff hooked to the neck and
Corbett iolted him over the ribs with
short right. Corbett increased in
speed somewhat and began to run to
avoid a rush. He turned quickly and
put right over the heart hard. There
was little of clinching, neither taking
a chance in the break. Jeff barely
missed right for Corbett's jaw and
forced his fighting fiercely. Corbett
began using left hook on the jaw,
landing three times and left to the
stomach. The blow did not hurt JEFF
fries and he only smiled and forced his
man about the ring. 1t was a rough
round in which honors were even, as
to the matter of blows landed, but Jeff
gave indications of forcing matters at
inighting.
Saved BY clinch.
Round 4.-Jeff went after Corbett
but clever clinching and breaking pre-
vented damage. Referee Graney stop
ped the fight to look at Jeffries' glove
which was bursted. but told them to go
on with the round. Jeffries fought
hard in clinches but Corbett got in
too close to get any damage Jeffries
swung hard left on the chest and got
left on the mouth and right over the
heart. There were calls that Jeffries
was fighting foul but the proceedings
did not warrant any such claim. Cor
bett got in close jabbing Jeffries with
left several times but the blows were
SO light that Jeff laughed and came
back. Corbett slipped to his knees
from left in the stomach. Jeffries
came back with another but Corbett
blocked it. Corbett was strong and
ran to his corner at the close.
Changes Glove.
Round 5.-Police Captain Coney en-
tered the ring to look at Jeffries' glove.
Fitzsimmons and Ryan went to JEFF
fries corned and cut the glove off. An
other was Immediately substituted, but
not until thirty seconds of the fifth
round had expired. Jeffries fought for
the body. Corbett doing some fast
stepping to get away. Corbett did not
seem to have bit of force behind his
left hand hooks and alternated with a
light right over the heart. which seem
ed TO be the best he had. Jeffries
stood up straight and hooked Jim twice
in the stomach. Corbett put the best
blow thus far on Jeffries' ribs, but got
a left on the neck in return. Jeffries
put a hard left hook on Corbett's jaw,
following it up with left and right
for the body. Corbett held On and the
gong rang. Corbett seemed tired He
did not seem to have any force behind
his blows. His old cutting left stabs
We're not in evidence.
Round 6.-Jeff took his crouching
position for an instant and put left on
the head. He then stood straight and
put left on the chin. Corbett went
down for nine seconds. He got up and
stalled for moment and then clinch.
ed. He took left on body and another
on the head but fought back. He
crossed Jeffries with right to jaw but