Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-01
CORBETT WINS.
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to the face and clinched. Corbett put
two straight left to the nose. Both
| swung themselves off their feet just as
seemed the stronger.
Round 4-Corbett put two lefts to the
| nose and hooked one to the jaw, getting
| a left to the jaw and right to the stom-
ach as a return. They exchanged left
! jabs to the face. Corbett poked his left
| twice to McGovern's face and got a left
to the stomach. McGovern seemed un-
able to avoid Corbett's left jabs, but
fought carefully nevertheless. Cor
bett hooked a left to the eye. McGov-
ern kept coming, but got into a clinch.
McGovern got two lefts to the jaw and
put hard right over the heart and an
other hard right to the jaw. Corbett
missed Terry with light upper cut by
half an inch. Then he resumed his
| jabbing. McGovern swung his left to
! the jaw and put three rights to the ribs.
Both were tired. Corbett's mouth was
| bleeding as he took his corner.
| Round 5-Corbett missed a right
hook and got three lefts to the ribs. A
clinch and Corbett jabbed three lefts to
| Terry's mouth. Terry rushed and
planted two rights to Corbett's stom
ach, getting right hook on the jaw.
Terry blocked right upper cut. Nc
Govern missed a right swing, nearly
sending Corbett through the ropes. Nc
Govern swung his right on the nose,
bringing the blood. COrbett put in a
hard left to the mouth. He missed the
next one and Terry caught him on the
jaw as he turned. McGovern got in
three rights to the kidneys and Cor
bett bent under the punishment. Cor
bett put a right to the ribs and McGoV-
ern put in two rights to the stomach.
In the rush that followed Terry put his
left to the jaw. This was decidedly
McGoverns round.
Round 6-Corbett jabbed two lefts to
the face and hooked right to the
stomach. McGovern put a right to the
kidneys. Corbett swung right to the
ear. He missed a right swing and got
right to the stomach in return. Nc
Govern put a left to the throat and
got hard right on the ear. A clincn
and Terry put right to the stomach
and ribs. Corbett broke ground, but
rushed a moment later and put left
to the stomach. McGovern put q right.
to the ribs and got left in the mouth
twice. In the clinch rights were eX-
changed to the stomach. Another
clinch and Terry had the better of the
exchange. Another and McGovern put
a hard right to the kidneys. Corbett
was smiling, but rather weak rs the
bell rang. McGovern, too, showed the
effects of the terrific pace.
Round Terry hooked a light left
to the Jaw but got hard wallop in the
mouth and a right in the ribs. Cor
bett put lefts to the eye and mouth
Corbett put a hard left in Terrys
stomach. Referee Graney had difficulty
in separating them. Corbett swung a,
right to the jaw.and put right up
percut to the jaw twice. Terry was by
this time in distress Corbett missed
left twice. McGovern got in a left
to the jaw. He slipped down and took
count of nine or his knees. Thu
crowd hooted vigorously. Corbett
missed Il right uppercut, but swung a
right to the back of the neck Nc
Govern put in two hard rights to the
ribs, ducked a left swing and put in
left to the stomach. Corbett put left
to the stomach and Terry a right to the
ribs as the bell rang.
Round S-They rushed into a clinch.
Terry put in two rights to the stomach.
| They were low and Corbett'S seconds
| claimed foul. McGovern hooked
| right to the chest. Corbett hooked
right for the jaw, but it was blocked.
| His left found its mark on the jaw.
Terry's right went to Corbett's kidneys
| twice McGovern forced and put a left
to the pit of the stomach and right to
| the kidneys. Corbett hooked q right
to the jaw twice. Again he did it. Nc
Govern hooked a right to the chest and
eye and got a right on the jaw.
Round 9-Graney warned Terry not
| to hit so low. Corbett hooked right
| under the heart. 1t struck Terry and
he rushed but did not land. Corbett
put a right to the ribs, and getting Nc
! Govern IN his own corner he punched
him with right and left to the jaw and
stomach and the referee had difficulty
| in separating them, Terry holding on.
| Corbett hooked right to the chest, but
got two hard rights in return. Corbett
uppercut right to the ribs and got
! a right to the jaw and ribs in ex-
change. Corbett put in a hard left to
| the neck. He tried a shift but it did
not work Terry forced, but Corbett
coolly retreated and then came In like
a flash with right uppercut. which.
| however, missed its mark. The next
| instant he put his left to the jaw. This
was Corbett's round.
| Round 10-Terry rushed and put in