The San Francisco call., 1904-03-01

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-. y ou1g. :Cofbett, the ellampion*feath-,
=. .6ryvetgIt: boxer of The world, gained an
+. fnaYlyeSsiTe victory: over. Dave Sullivan
last night IN Mechanics Pavilion. AT:
The. fnstanc6 of Referee Eddie Graney,
:: .Sgflivaps SECONDS tossed a towel into
3, he: ring in the. eleventh round as "a
.:.llrl1eA signal that they acknowledged
. defeat: J.. 49, :.
Z. To have left the bout proceed fur
:ther would have beer: courting. a. trag-
.eCty@. as sullivan had been beaten. to
; = sian dstlli,: while the :marveIDus little
? fighting. -nlae.hine- in front of: him re-
.,1lsined an hrs terri BILE hitting power. -.
There y.ere*u ugly. .Tumors. flying about
before. the fight that Sullivan was to
fli ale''s stand for q time and. then lose
/. .or a.. FOUL. Tho New Yorker denied.
: stoutly. that. he .ha15- any such pro-
-;graTnille- in view. and the fight bore out
his lconretitie9n. = He took an incredible
: ar5ount of punishment, as his. dilapf-
dated appearance after the fight
showed. and: did his best throughout.
: His head was puffed. and. swollen after
!. The contest. while his m0uth WAS cut
and b1eed1Ug severely. -: -.
The .engagenaeht was remarkable
for the amount. Of. innghufg= which
took. place. the men being locked. .to-
gether- and punching for minutes at.
a time: in eEery, round. Sullivan was
the .offerder in: the hanging on, the.
little champion usually trying to fight
himself clear. He seemed able to hit
from any position in which he found
himself and with great force. When
he vent at -SulliTan IT was like a ro-
tery: .'plow. going. through..a a bank: Of
LOSERS BLOWS LACK FORCE. !.
Ven. Sullivan: landed his blows
seemed: to. have. no force. as they. did
not seem to'bother Cerbett:in the least.
The latter seemed positively fat and
not muscle showed above the sur
face on bis plump little body. He was
undoubtedly we1l-trsfned. however; as.
he dsd' not breathe hard. and the most
violent exertions. aid not tire him:
When the men. faced each other in
the ring Corbett seemed as plump as
partridge, While Sullivan had the. SIM.
ewy muscular appearance Of a highly
trained athlete: Sullivan was first to
lead and sent a right and left Jab to
the head: CQrbett* came back with
left and right to the head He ran
Sullivan into Corbetts, corner, where
Sullivan slipped down Cerbett was
busy in. the. second round, scoring. re-
peatedly with. right and left. 10 both.
head. and. body. He. sent "a hard right
to the heart :aild then. knocked Sullivan
down. With a: left 10 The head. .Corbett
was Tgbting 1ffereeiX when the round
ended; -: ~.
!. Corbett- sent. over a. hard 1eft: TO the
back OF -Suslfvar.st head. followed with
right, as they ~eauie: out of a clinch,
SulliEan made. CDrbett look serious
with a right. and: left to the head, but
got a left in return that staggered him.
Corbett staggered Sullivan early in the
fourth rouns. with. Alright to the back
or the head. "a .favorite blow with him
last night: *Sullfval. was knocked down
with a right to: tine head, and stayed
down Efne seconds. : He was knocked
Gown again near the end of the round
1T Seemed he'could hardly recover ::
SULLIVAN KNOCKED DOWN
suliixan.ve knocked down earsy in
the fifth round. with a shower of hard
hiows. He was down again for eight
seconds and Corlett tried his best to
stop him Corbett leaned against him
with his head. on his chest and was
winging over his right and left, doing
terrible execution. He staggered Sui
Ivan with right TO the head and
the latter hung on to AVOID punish
ment. There was a great mixup at the
end Of the round and Corbett came out
Of it. unscathed.
The men slowed down noticeably in