Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-19
JEFFRIES IS
THE CHAMPION
Giant Heavyweight Easily Holds His
Title In a Fight With James
J. Corbett.
coRsETT OUT IN THE TENTH
Ex-campion Not as Fast as Formerly
and Jeffries Beats Him at His
Own Game.

Mechanics Pavilion, San Francisco,
Cal, Aug. Thames J. Jeffrles, cham
pion heavyweight of the world, played
with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and
a half tonight and then Corbett's Sec
onds motioned to Referee Graney 10
stop the fight in order to save their
man from needless punishment.
The end came shortly after the be-
ginning OF the tenth round, when JEFF
fries planted n of his terrific left
swings on Corbett's stomach. The
man who conquered John l.. Sullivan
dropped to the floor in agony and the
memorable scene at Carson City when
Bob Htzsimmons landed his solar
plexus blow was almost duplicated.
The fight tonight demonstrated be-
yond all doubt that Jeffries stands
alone in his class. He showed re-
markable Improvement in both speed
and skill. Corbett, during the first
part Of the fight. was almost %outpoint-
ed and the few blows that he landed
on Jeffrles were apparently without
any sting.
Jeffries was never In better cOndi-
ton. He looked lighter than usual and
the way he moved about IN his feet
and the frequency with which he
countered COrbett's leads astonished
everybody.
Corbett, in comparison with the big
man opposed to him. looked very light,
but was really heavier than ever be-
fore. lie appeared to have lost some
of his old-timc speed and skill during
the early part of the fight, but this
may have been due to Jeffries mar
velous improvement. COrbett's ply
steal condition appeared to be all that
he had claimed for ii. He stood many
of Jeffries terrific blows without wine
ing and came back swinging lefts and
rights and landing frequently, but his
blows hardly stung Jeffries.
Jeffries was not only stronger, fast.
er and %cleverer than ever before, but
he used his head to better purpose,
and although Corbett would hit hard
enough to hurt an ordinary man, JEFF
would bore right in without noticing
the blows, and would deliver telling
hits that materially helped in decid.
ing the result of the fight.
After the fight was over Corbett
quickly recovered. walked over to JEFF.
fries and shook him warmly by the
hand. lie said:
Jim. you beat me fairly. You stand
alone. No n can touch you
Ten thousand men were seated
about the arena in Mechanics pavil-
ion AT . O'Clock tonight, representing
an expenditure for seating accommo-
dations aggregating $4,000. This Is
the largest crowd that eve assem-
bled at a ringside in this country and
a third the largest sum In dollars and
cents ever contested for. Two that
exceeded il In receipts were the Cor
bett.Jeffries fight at Coney Island,
sec. 900, and the Corbett.McCoy fight
at Madison Square garden. New York,
s63, 900.
The scene about the big pavilion
from s p. m. until the men stepped in
to the ring was one Of confusion.
Gallery ticket holders formed in lines
on Hayes, Larkin and Grove streets
in three large rows. and although
there was a lot of crowding and scrim'
images in the attempt to gain admit
lance, 100 policemen kept perfect or.
der once the doors were opened. Pa
vilion ticket holders were more leis-
urely about coming to claim their
seats. Not quite until 9 o'clock were
the chairs. boxes and benches full.
About the ring were many pugills-
tic celebrities that have graced every
encounter during the last decade.
The aesthetic features of "Parson'
Davies were prominent along with the
veteran referee. George Siler. Sandy
Griswold. OF Omaha: Harry Hough-
ton. the fistic promoter of st. Louis;
w. w. Naughton, the authority on
boxing matters; Harry Thaw. the
Pittsburg millionaire, and scores Of
lesser lights. Over on the south side
of the arena more than 400 Of Jeffries
admirers from Los Angeles, the home
of Jeffries. sat in a group. Official
San Francisco was largely represent
ed. The bench and council and sup
ervisors, in fact every branch OF the
executive administration were at the
ringside. There was less trouble In
handling the big crowd than has been
experienced on similar occasion.
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