The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-15
JERFRIES WINS IN TENTH.
HAD CORBETT AT HIS MERCY
 ALI THE TIME.

ALI THE TIME.
 Merely Played With the Former char,-
 pion Whose Seconds Threw Up the
 Sponge to Save Their Man Needless
 Panishnent-scene at Carson City
 Almost Duplicated-Corbsts Sent to
 fhe Floor Twice in the Final Round With Heavy Blows on the stomach. Mechanics Pavilion. San Francisco.
 Cal, Aug. 4.-James J. Jeffries, cham
 pion heavy weight of the world, played
 with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and
 a half tonight and then Corbett's sec
 onds motioned to Referee Graney to stop the fight in order to save their
 man from needless punishment. The
 end came shortly after the beginning of
 the tenth round. when Jeffries planted
 one of his terrific left swings on Cor
 bett's stomach. The man who con- quered John L. Sullivan dropped to the
 floor in agony and the memorable scene
 at Carson City when Bob Fitzsimmons
 landed his solar plexus blow was almost
 duplicated. This time, however, Cor
 bett struggled to his feet and again faced his gigantic adversary. With l hardly moments hesitation Jeffries
 swung his right and again landed on Corbett's stomach Jim dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan, seeing that 1t was all over, motloned
 to Referee Graney to stop the punish ment.
 The fight tonight demonstrated be- l yond all doubt that Jeffries stands alone in his class. He showed remarkable improvement in both speed and skill
 Corbett during the first part Of the 1 fight was almost outpointed and the few blows that he landed on Ieffries were apparently without sting. Jeffries
 was never in better condition. He looked lighter than usual and the way he
 moved about on his feet and the fre-
 quency with which he countered Cor bett's leads astonished everybody. Cor bett, in comparison with the big man opposed to him, looked very light but was really heavier than ever before. He appeared to have lost some of his old time sDeed and skill during the early part of the fight but this may have been due to Jeffries' marvellous improvement
 Corbett's physical condition appeared to be all that he had claimed for it..
 He stood many of Jeffries' terrific blows without wincing and came back swing ling left and rights and landing fre- quently but his blows hardly stung EJeffries. Jeffries was not only strong CT, faster and eleverer than ever before | but he used his head to better purpose and although Corbett hit hard enough
 to hurt an ordinary man, Jeffries bored right in without noticing the blows and
 delivered telling hits that materially helped in deciding the result of the | fight. NH
 At first Corbett was very cautious and. apparently was outpointed by Jeffries,
 but later in the fight he warmed up and showed some of his old time clever ness. From the first, however, 1t was generally regarded as a hopeless case for Corbett. He made a gallant fight,
 but he never stood a show to win. After the fight was over Corbett quickly recovered. walked over to Jeff ries and shook him warmly by the hand. He said. Jim, you beat me fairly. You stand alone. No one can touch you.
 Referee Eddie Graney said after the fight that 1t was a good heavyweight contest. Corbett was very clever. but Jeffries was almost equally so. and showed marvellous improvement. He practically outboxed Corbett during the fight with the exception of the eighth and ninth rounds. Every blow that he Handed told and his superior weight and strength was bound to win in the end
 Timekeeper George Harting stated that the blows that won the fight were a left to the stomach followed by q right to the same place as soon as Cor | bet arose to his feet after taking the count os nine. It was the best fight Jeffries ever made and astonished even those who had placed implicit faith in his ability to win.
 During the fight Corbett talked con tinuously to Jeffries and to the referee made a number of sacetious remarks.
 He was game to the end and whenever
 Jeffries landed blow would make a testing remark. In the sixth round during a clinci just after Jeffries had punished him severely he remarked to the referee:
 watch him Eddie; he's trying to. knock me out"
 He also said: He can't knock me out; go ahead and try it.
 Jeffries only grinned and waded into his man all the harder. Corbett's sys- tenn of training was undoubtedly bene- icial to him from a physical point of view, but it apparently detracted from F his speed He did not keep away from Jeffries in the manner that was antici- pated, but closed clinching at every op- portunity. He also did some clever ducking, thereby avoiding deadly blows but all this cleverness was of no avail. He fought his fight, and when the time came Jeffries delivered the necessary blows and installed himself more firmly than ever on his pedestal as champion heavy weight pugilist of the world. The crowd that witnessed the fight was undoubtedly the largest that ever assembled at a similar entertainment in California. There was S54,000 in it. Corbett was the gallery favorite, and every tap that he landed on Jeffries was l Il zt.a .1