Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-26

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hoohed his left TO the body and u,lickl.
followed with right and left to The law.
men lhey clinched without damage
,orpctt planted left swing to Britt'+
fipS ana missed a left swing for the
lace. \ moment later. however a
slfalght left caught Britt in the fac.
ihey thcn Went to z miXup without rev.
suit ana tho gong sounded. Careful
hShtlng marked this round, with Britt
having slight lead. Both men Iool-e,l
very determined and timed thei:. blows
carefully.
| Round 2-They closed in and Britt
tried with left and right for the face,
but torbett blocked them. Again they
mixed It, Britt putting his left hard to
the Body. He almost fioored teh cham
| plon with a fearful left to the body.
Corbett fought back wildly and re-
| celVed q left swing to the jaw that
nearly put him to the floor Corbett' s
| face took on worried look. He rushed
i'll but was met with straight left to
| the body that sent him. back to the
ropes. They closed in and Corbett
| missed vicious left and right swings
right hard twice to Britt's kidneys. The
blow was hard one. They mixed it
and Corbett planted his right and left
one Britt's jaw. The bell rang and the
| seconds ran in and separated them
Corbett had all the better of the in
| fighting and Britt was warned by his
seconds to keep his distance. Corbett
had a slight lead in this round.
Round 3-They went to Il mix-up.
both missing with lefts for the head
Corbett swung a left to Jimmy's ear
and Britt was wild with a left swing
for the jaw. Britt jabbed Corbctt to
| the face with a left and in a mix Cor
bett pushed Jim to his knees. Britt
was up quickly and drove straight
left to the body. They again mixed it
with the result that Corbett put in a
hard left to the face. Brit then blocked
| Il straight right for the body. They
came to close quarters and Corbett
swung n short-arm right to the face
and a left to the nose. Britt did not rel
ish this style of fighting and was
backed against the ropes, COrbett get
| ting in good right to the face. They
| exchanged rights to the face and then
teh bell rang. 1t was Corbett's round
| He set very fast pace and did not
give Britt much time to keep his dis
tance.
Round 4-Brtt missed a left swing
and q right swing by Corbett was
| countered with n vicious right upper
cut to the jaw. Jimmy feinted with
right and sent q left hook hard to the
body. c0rbett swung hard right to
| the body and missed a hard left swing
for the face. He kept after Britt. send
| ing right swing ITO the jaw. Britt
| rushed Corbctt tO'the ropes. but failed
to land 4 straight right for the jaw.
Then they mixed it and Britt. in
breakaway swung hard left to the
| head. The champion rptaliated with a
| right TO the head. They mixed it again
and Corhett put 4 hard right to the
| face and then whipped a terrific left to
| the nose that sent the blood spouting
| from that organ. 1t was a hard blow
| The bell then rang. Corbett had much
| the better of the round.
Round 5-They went at it at close
range. Corbett doing much execution
! with short arm right and left SWINGS
| When they broke away Britt hooke
his left twice to tho body. Britt tried
with left for the jaw. but Corbett clev-
| erly brushed il aside. Britt rushed Cor
bctt to the ropes. but the champion
sent him back with n right to the body
! Colbett rushed in, but was met with a
straight left to the body and left to
the face. Corbett retaliated with
fierce right to the jaw, but Britt sent
the champion against the ropes with 4
fearful left TO the stomach. They then
mixed it but no damage resulted. Britt
sent in a straight left to the face and
Corbett stalled until the bell. Britt h:,d
a shade the better of this round and
looked more Confide-' His blows did
not appear to suit the champion, who
lclinched repeatedly.
Round 6-They rushed into mix. in
which Corbett swung right ana left 70
the jaw. but these We're offset by two
vicious lefts that I;litt sent to the
chamoion's stomach. A moment later
Britts left sank into Corbctts stom-
Zach. but COrbett sent right and left to
the face, sending Britt back. Corbett
nearly went to his knees from a miss
right swing. A straight left for the
stomach was blocked by Britt. who
countered with right on the stomach.
Corbctt was wild with left swing.
Britt getting in Il straight left to the
body. Quick as Il fash CoYbett whippcl
his left t. Bri;t'S jaw, sending his head
back. u was n vicious blow and jim
my fought desperately. landing a left
over Cnrhctt's eye that tore that mem
Der open. 1t was hard finish to a
round in which honors were even
Round 1--Eritt missed two lefts for
. the body and received short-arn
\ jolt to the face from Corbett's left
n Corbett missed a terrific right uDner.
Y cut and they clmched, Corbett landing
several rights ove~ the kidneys. Both
men had badly discolored eyes. Britt
sent a terrific right to the jaw and
g followed it with Il hard left to the
t body that made the champion clinch
= They went at it hammer and tongs
h Britt had much the better of a fierce
rally. In this round Britt out-foupht
Corbett in the mixes. Corbett swung
wildly with his right and a momen'
q later landed n fearful right uppercu
, to the jaw. Both men fought fiercely
n giving considerable punishment. 1
was Il comparatively even round. T
ANYTHING. Britt kept his head bette