Arizona republican., 1904-03-01
Sullivan Made a High Bid
 for the Championship
A MATCH FOR CORBETT
Only in Gameness - His Face Beaten to a Pulp, He Was Still Fighting When in the Eleventh Round the Referee Stopped the Contest.

Pavilion, San Francisco, Feb. 29-- The champion featherweight, Young Corbett," had no difficulty in retaining his laurels tonight, defeating Dave Sullivan of New York in the eleventh round of q scheduled twenty round contest.
 Corbett left the ring without a mark while Sullivan received a terrific beating, only the merciful action of Referee Graney in stopping the con- test, saving the New Yorker from having his face beaten into a pulp. Sullivan put up a game fight and while out-boxed, out-fought and out-gener- aled, gave the champion cause for worry in one round.
 Taking another feature out of the fight, Sullivan's excessive gameness, the contest was neve~ in doubt Cor bett held his man safe during ali stages of the contest and it was but a question of time when Sullivan would have to quit. The fourth round nearly saw the end of the contest and only by taking the full count four different times. did Sullivan manage to pull through. The main feature of the fight was the great amount of in-fighting.
 They hung together for a minute at
 
 get free. Corbett proved himself very much superior in that style of fighting and seemed to punch harder from a shorter distance. After the disastrous fourth round Sullivan's ability to come up in the succeeding round was a sur prise. He seemed 10 have taken q new lease Of life but it was only a flash in the pan and did not prove of any bene- it to him as he received punishment without any chance Of ultimate sue cess The contest on the whole was ore sided
 Jimmy Britt was an interested spec tator at the ring side. figuring on his chances to beat the champion feather weight. The general opinion of the sporting element which saw both men in action is that Corbett will he the favorite in betting and Britt. while giving him a great fight will not prove to he the winner.
 Round 1-After the sparring Sulli- van led twice with the left. falling short. Corbett then swung fnenectu- ally with the, right for the jaw and tried a left cross, which failed to con- meet. Corbett missed a left and right swing for the face; Sullivan neatly i blocked a similar attempt. Sullivan landed lightly with the left on the ear, and they closed in. Both men dis played great cleverness and Sullivan again blocked a left and right swing for the head. Finally Corbett got a right to the body lightly and a left jab to the face. Sullivan tried a left swing, missed and slipped to the floor. Upon rising Corbett chopped a ! right to the face and as the bell sound ed sent a straight left to the face. No damage and but little fighting of con- sequence was done. Sullivan made Q favorable impression by his cleverness and was cheered.
 Round 2-They went to a clinch. Sullivan missed a left for the face, and the champion countered with left and right swings to the face. CCrbett | began his usual game of talking and jollying his antagonist and quick as a ! flash drove his right to the body, fol- | lowing it with a light left to the 1 face. Corbett has Sullivan laughing 1 at his witty badinage. The champion missed a right and left swing for the body and Sullivan just missed a vi- cious left swink that just grazed Cor i bett's face. Sullivan planted a right swing over the kidneys and re- ceiVed a straight left to the face. After landing a straight left on Corbett's s nose, Sullivan went to the floor for a count of seven from a well directed | flush on the jaw, He was up quickly, ! however, and previous to the sound of the bell mixed it viciously with the