The Washington times., 1903-12-31
.HANLON'S COURAGE
FEATURE OF FIGHT
Sporting Men Discuss Cali
fOrnian'S Great Pluck.
WINNER GOT S169 A MINUTE
Corbett's Share Is S7,755, While 0ppo-
nent Receives Sa,475-Com-
ment on Battle.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. s1.-The great
est battle between featherweights ever
fought In this country or for that mat
ter i'm the world. is now history.
The two diminutive fighters, "Corbett''
and Hanlon, are today none the worse
for their great battle Both boys arc
up and about this morning, and with
the exception of a slight bruise here and
there about the body and an abrasion or
two of the skin. would not seem TO
have been through the grueling fight
which they experienced. The boys have
come back fresh and strong from a
fight that would have killed an ordi-
nary man Of their weight who was out
of condition.
The battle has been the main topic of
! conversation. The sporting men gath
cred about the hotel corridors and
fought the tight over and over again i'm
/ their talks. The conversation OF the
groups showed that each man had his
/ host Of supporters. Men who had held
TO the opinion that Eddie Hanlon would
/ take the championship away from
/ Young Corbett are proud of the fight
/ which Hanlon fought. and are OF the
4 opinion that it was "Corbetts'' superior
/ strength which finally won for him the
/ victory Many men believe that had
/ Hanion the same recuperative powers
| that Young Corbett' possesses the re-
! suit would have been different They
/ do not complain. however, and the
money that has passed from their
! hands into others nc. longer enters their
minds They saw the greatest fight be-
/ tween little fellows ever granted to a
follower Of pugipsm.
COrbett's Share S7,75s.
Both fighters got their share Of the
! receipts yesterday and the bank notes
and shimmering gold coin that passed
i INTO their possession was balm to their
! injuries. such as they were.
For his share of the gate receipts
Young Corbett'' received 81. 755. or $3.50
for every minute that he was actually
! nghting. Eddie Haulon received. S2475.
81. on 30 LOT every minute that he was bat
| ting with "Corbett"
number Of Eastern sporting mon
! VINO came across the continent TO see
the light have left for their homes.
I ~ IS estimated that about One-third Of
! those VINO saw the fight lived a DAYS
/ journey or more from San Francisco.
Inc night between Young Corbctt"
and Eddie Hanlon for the feafherweight
J championship Of the world was closely
watched by lighters, both big and little.
/ They unite in giving "Corbett" All the
i credit that is due TO him for his fine
showing. Winner as he is, "Corbett"
does not, however, get an the glory.
! Every man Of true. sporting instincts
1 gives HanlOn his share OF The glory,
! though ii is the losing end. IL is the
| consensus of opinion that HanlOn is the
only man today in the ring who could
! have fought such a battle with Young
| Corbett Opinions of some of the fight
| ers follow.
Jeffries Expected 1t.
James J. Jenries-For little fellows. it
was the grandest battle every fought.
/ "Corbett' won because he was the
stronger and had perhaps a shade bet
I ter Of the punching. Hanlon, however,
was there all the time, and his hooks
/ and straight jabs bothered the cham
pioni in fact. according 70 the telegraph
I'stories Of the fight, the champion al
one stage Of the game was more than
worried. II was "Corbetts" great quail
| ity Of coming back" that saved the day
Tor him When HanlOn commenced TO
40 there was no coming back for him;
he had shot his bolt. and IL was only a
question Of time when the champion
/ would have landed the blow that would
have stretched Hanlon senseless TO the
floor Graney did right when he stOpbed
the battle There could have been no
other action when Hanlon reached his
distressing condition
Terry aforementioned" won as l
expected he would. / know the force
OF the punches behind the champion.
enough TO know their effect. / expected
that Hanlon would fight hard. but the
fight that he made even passes my ex-
peCtatiOns- His battle was "A grand one
and though the loser he need not be
ashamed Of his effort. "Corbett" is =
coOl-headed, careful fighter, and "a hard
man 20 beat No matter how tired he
might become during the course Of "A
round. the one minute rest brings him
around as fresh as when he started IN
the ring have "A good fight or two
yet left in me and / want another try
for the championship. 1 have chal-
lenged Young COrbett' e. another bat
tie. 20 be fought at his pleasure. ! have
watched the progress Of his recent
fights closely and I think that j would
defeat him If ] meet him again.
Considine Won Money.
George Considine-It was grand bat
tie and worth going the distance to
see. From the result Of the fight even
money betting would have been a good
chance. 1t was anyone's fight to the
last two or three rounds, when Han
ions strength began to give way. Up
| 10 that time HanlOn sent in as good
ones as ne received. "Corbctt" won as
WIS expected but he learned one thing
by his fight-Eddie Hanlon is by no
means an adversary TO be laughed at
won money on the battle
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