The San Francisco call., 1905-06-03

in Woodward's Pavilion last night Eddie
Hanlon turned the table on his former
opponent, Young Corbett. and was award
ed the palm of victory by Referee Ed
Homan. While the fight was common
place and spectacular by turns few of the
spectators viii ever forget the sensational
manner In which it wound up
Up TO the eighth round neither had
shown much class and the fight did not
promise much. In the eighth Hanlon had
a decided lead and from that until the
eleventh IL seemed the Californian would
score a decisive victory by the knockout
route. They had been fighting for about
half OF the eleventh round when Corbett
sent a snappy right-hand to the jaw
which, although it travelled but few
inches, caught Hanlon on the vital spot
and he went 10 his knees. Corbett was
almost as much surprised as any one in
the house at the effectiveness of the blow
Hanlon took eight seconds on the floor
and when he stood up he was in a bad
way. Corbett saw his advantage and
went at Hanlon viciously in an attempt
10 stop proceedings then and there. Han
Ion was able 70 stay the round out, and
his seconds worked over him with tre-
mendous energy in the one minute rest
When he came UP for the twelfth round
his head had not cleared and he held on
10 avoid punishment Corbett suddenly
seemed TO recover all his old form and
went at Hanlon at a hot pace. He rushed
him about the ring and landed some hard
left swings TO the jaw and uppercut him
repeatedly Hanlon was game but tired
and put up as clever a defensive battle
as he knew how. From that point up to
near the end Of the sixteenth round Cor
bett was complete master Of the situa-
ton. He landed all manner of blows on
Hanlon, but the one-time decisive punch,
which was his chief stock in trade,
seemed TO be missing. Near the end of
the sixteenth round Hanlon swung on
COrbett and staggered him. In the seven
teenth Hanlon seemed to have recovered
some Of his vitality and landed a lot of
blows on COrbett. but they were all pal
pably weak. Hanlon kept up his speed
in the eighteenth, but Corbett never gave
way an inch, and they stood in the center
of the ring head TO head, like a pair of
game chickens, and exchanged blow for
blow.
HANLON SHOWS STRENGTH.
Hanlon showed his remarkable strength
several times by the manner in which
he showed Corbett away, sometimes send
ing him nearly halfway across the ring.
Corbett opened up the nineteenth with
one right-hand blow TO the head after
another. They did not seem TO stop
.HanlOn, who came back with right and
left TO the body repeatedly. Near the end
Of the round the spectators began to set
Up the cry Of "HanlOni Hanloni Hanlon."
Corbett's friends tried TO start a counter
demonstration, but they were drowned
out by the volume of sound of the Hanlon
sympathizers.
Hanlon came up fresh for the TWEEN
tieth and last round and fought as
If he was just starting out on the long
trip. He never gave Corbett a mo-
ment's rest but rushed him all over
The ring. He landed rights and lefts,
and staggered Corbett several times.
The latter was never able to set him
self, and hardly landed a clean blow
throughout the round. 1t seemed his
vitality, which had stayed with him up
TO that point, had suddenly ebbed
away and left him almost helpless in
the hands of Hanlon.
BATTLE RACED TO THE END.
The fight was still raging fiercely
when the gong sounded the end of the
struggle. Referee Homan at once
placed his hand on Hanlon. declaring
him the victor. Young Corbett stood
near the center OF the ring for an in
slant as If stupefed at the outcome and
then suddenly struck the referee a
hard blow with his right hand The
blow caught the referee almost on the
point Of the jaw. 1t came before he had
any opportunity to defend himself, and
hs staggered back Imply until the
ropes stopped his progress BY this
time the seconds had rushed into the
ring and hustled the boxers to their
corners. Referee Homan collected his
scattered senses and rushed across the
ring at Corbett but the police and the
seconds stopped any further trouble.
As usual after a fight like this, there
was difference OF opinion among
the spectators as to the business of the |
referees decision. Last night many ex-
pressed the opinion freely that Homan |
was unouly Influenced by Hanion's SEN
sational work in the last round They
held that a fight which goes the limit 4
must be decided on boxing points, and 1
that, taking the fight round for round, a 1
draw would have been just decision.
There were the ardent supporters of
each man, who claimed that the fight
could have been given to their man, and /
they had arguments with winch to back
up their contentious. One thing the fight
demonstrated was that neither man in his
present form has a chance in a bout of
any length with Jimmy Britt The final /
round gave the renewed strength adage /
youth will be served" Hanlon, despite /
all the desperate encounters in which he /
has taken part in the last few years. /
showed that his powers OF recuperation |
have been but slightly impaired. While /
1t seemed for several rounds that inevi- |
table defeat stared him in the face, ma
ture came TO his rescue and his fighting 1
power gradually came back to him. The 4
reverse in the situation was so marked 1
and so sudden as TO take the spectators 4
by surprise when Hanlon /
showed he was still full of fight. The old /
power was rot there when Corbett needed !
Il most. Corbett's best blow throughout !
the fight was right 10 the head which /
he seemed able to get past Hanlons |
guard on many occasions. Corbett did /
all the leading. while Hanlon, who is es-
sentially an inhghter, did his best work
when they stood head to head and ex-
changed blows. Hanlon devoted much |
attention to his opponents body. and in
the early stages of the fight did HIS most
effective work there.
Corbett did not have the sharp, snappy |
vigor to his blows which marked his last !
fight with Hanlon or his memorable one |
with Terry McGovern in Mechanics Pa
vilion. He landed some straight to the
head and to the body, but the stopping
power was not there. Hanlon was also 1
1t fault In this part Of the game, as some :