The San Francisco call., 1904-03-01

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+ ing al his witty badiiage.. The cham
pjcn missed right and left swings for the
body and Sullivan just missed vicious left
/ swing, that grazed: Corbetts face. Sullivan
planted q right swing over the kidneys and
landing a straight Jeft.o on corbett's nose suiI-
Tsn went to the foor for a count of seven
Iie wes up quicklyi however. and previous TO
the SOUND of the bell miKed IL viciously with
the en7mpion but received much the worst
OF the rally. It wss .Corbett's round.
Round 3-Cdrbett swung with his right for
the ear. but IT went wild. He then missed. a
LEFT foz the body, and the referee cautioned
|: !:orbett missing some lefts for rhe body: 4
vicious. left swing by the champion. grazed
lnix'up, Ccrbett missing several lefts and rights
Tor the face. Sullivan made the champion
stop talking by planting a left and right
. hard or the face while in a nix. Corbe;t sent
Sulllvan'S head back with a left. to the law
The latter clinched and in a mix Corbett got
| Ia. two shorteITa rights 10 the body Cor
bett rocked sul1i1an'F head with raidng right
on the Iaee ana. tl5e ben found Sullivan slug
was Corbett's roi1ld.
Round 4-SulliVan jabbed the champion on
the face with straight left and seTne fast in
lighting followed, Corbett planting his left TO
the Jaw and then following ii with left TO the
body. Corbett shot his right viciously to the
Jaw and Sullivan: -Tesorted 10 1nfghting. In
which he was worsted. Sullivan planted two
hard rights on ,the champions car aand the
men refused TO break. They ba4led breast to-
breast both giving and taking hard face
blows. Finally -Cprbed broke and chopped a
vicious right to the jaw sending Sullivan to
the fooF for the count OF nine. Sellivan came
up groggy and left uppercut 70 the jaw once,
more sent him to the floor for the count OF
nine. 1t looked easy for .Cosbett. SulliSans
saved bin from a Knockout. Cor6ett's' blows
were clean cut: a nd it looked If sullivan
would not last another round
Round 6-Corbett drove FEARFUL rights and
lefts on his antagonists. jaw and Sullivan
went to the foor twice for the count of seven.
Corbett met Sullivan with fearful Jolt 10
the. stomach and the latter clung desperately
to the champion. A wild. swing by Sullivan
caught Corbert on the stomach but he waded.
ropes with left and right hooks. to the jaw.
They mixed f., Corbett delivering terrific pun
ishment on the body and face. Sullivan bled
from the nose. Cerbett: drove his left straight
10 the face, but. Sullivan surprised the cham
pion by sending in two terrific lefts, one 10
the body and oHe to- the face. Both fought
the pavilion INTO an. uproar; 1t looked very
much IKE a dying mans effort. however, but
.pevertheless Sullivan inflicted bad punishment
on the champion as the round ended, Il was
Gorbetts round. - e.
7 Round 6-They rushed together without re-
suit Sullivan appeared to have reeuperated
somewhat Corbett swung left TO the Jaw
lightly and was .eountered with left hook to
the stomach Corbett missed a terrific left
went wild. did a straight left by Sullivan.
Corbett missed two left hooks for the body
ana IdlleO IN an attempt to land right
swing. Sullivan put in a straight left to the
face. and followed it with a right swing and
they cinched. Corbett sent Sullivan back
With straight left to the face and in a mix
up they exchanged lefts to the body Just as
the bell rang Cerbett sent in straight right
TO the face Sullivan showed great improve
meht in this round and Cor1bett acted more
cautiously.
Round 7--sullivan was short with left and
they ciinchod. Breaking away both swung In
effectHaily with rights and sCorbett put two
rights over the Kidneys and then a wicked
right swing to the body Sullivan planted a
vicious. left hook TO theo body that made Cor
bett vince. They chnched and Cerbetts afler
Tor the law He offseto this bv a hard rieb3e
swing to sthe head and escaped Counter. Cor
ibett Swung his right to the ear and missed
a swing with his right for the %w. Sullivan,
futced the champion to the ropes, landing left
flush TO the face and right. TO the head
They went to close. quarters, mixing Il WITH
out damage. The beH changed ut this stage
Sullivan continued to show Improvement
Round S-Corbett msseds right swing for
the and they went. together. Emerging
from the. clinch: Corbett Jolted Sullivan with
right 70 the jaw and quick as fash planted
his left hard to; the nose. and moment later
got In. left to the head and a right to the
Jaw. They stood close together and finally as
Sullivan backed away two rights caught him
en- THE. jay and he quickly sought refuge in
a mix-up, in which. he received two fearful
rights to the body. Corbett. missed a right,
swing after receiving a straight left to the
face, drove in straight right on Sullvan's
face. forcing him to clinch. Vicious in
siderably the better Of it, It was easily Cor
belts round. the champions blows having
great force behind them. Sullivan looked a bit
worried as he went to his corner. .
Round 9-They at once mixed it: the cham
pion landing several rights on the body and
lefts to the face. Sullivan was outmatched
in this kind Of fighting and. Corbett had not
much. difficulty in landing. Sullivan backed
Corbett against the. ropes nearly. forcing him
Iefts the body They worked their way TO
the center OF the ring. Corbett finally landing
tue ri Cnf NJ n 1aff cuffr1rr low
van fought back gallantly, but his blows failed
to find q resting place. They again fought