The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-01
NELSON WHIPS CORBEfT.
DENVER MANS SECONDS THRoW
 UP THE SPONGE. r

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 equal to the Chicago Boy-NeIson
 Lands at Will from Fifth to Ninth Round When Contest Ends.
 San Francisco. Feb. 2S.-'.Battiing
 Nelson of Chicago made Young Corbett
 of Denver appear the poorest tyro at
 the fighting game tonight when he
 practically knocked him out in the mid-
 de of the ninth round. In order so save
 their man a complete knockout the sec
 onds threw up the sponge. In the early
 part of the fight on several occasions
 Corbett strengthened Nelson up with
 rights and lefts on the jaw, but when it
 came to following up his advantage his
 swings were wild. He seemed to be
 over-anxious while Nelson at all times
 was cool and confident.
 In the seventh round, when it ap- peared as if Corbett was practically
 gone, he showed flash of his old time
 speed and landed several severe punch
 es on Nelson's ribs and jaws. It was only a spurt, however. and Young Cor bett soon lapsed into his semi-groggy condition, which lasted until the end of the fight. Nelson's plan of battle was to force Corbett around the ring, keep
 ing close to him all the time. When
 ever Corbett missed swing, Nelson
 was there with d return which general
 ly landed. From the fifth round on Nell
 son kept Corbett on the ropes and land-
 ed at will. Corbett in some way man
 aged to protect himself from knock, out blow until the middle of the ninth.
 Then in a rally Nelson swung his right
 over the jaw and Corbett went down on
 his back. He remainded down and
 then stood up against the ropes with his hands lowered, unable to protect
 himself. Nelson partly toppled him
 over with a swing on the jaw, but be- fore Corbett was fairly on the mat his
 seconds threw up the sponge The round lasted two minutes and thirty five seconds.
 In the eighth round Nelson had Cor
 belt against the ropes, and the Denver
 man claimed d foul and lowered his hands. No foul was apparent and the referee did not allow it. Nelson to night demonstrated that he is Corbett's superior in speed, accuracy and aim, ability to take punishment, and stiff punches.
 After the fight was over Corbett had very. little to. say. He had no excuses to offer Nelson. of course, was very happy that his next effort would be to obtain a fight with Britt, who has once defeated him. The fight tonight
 was heavily played by the betting ele-
 ment.
 Fight by Rounds.
 Round 1--Corbett danced about look | ing confident, while Nelson wore more
 serious air Corbettl continued to dance flor fully minute, trying to draw Nell 1 son on. Then he quickly shot astraight right over the heart, and missed sim liar attempt.
 Two lefts for the head went wild, and
 a straight right landed high on Nel-
 sons chest. More sparring followed, and Nelson planted left to the stomach,
 and Corbett drove his left hard to the face, bringing thin stream of blood from Nelson's mouth. Corbett put two lefts to the body, and then drove his
 right to the body. Nelson then sent Corbett back to the ropes with a straight right to the forehead. Then they mixed 1t fercely Corbett landed 9 vicious left to the face and a right
 high on the body as the bell changed.
 The gang was with Corbett. Nelson
 throughout acted mostly on the defens- i've.
 Round 2Nelso1l crouched low. Cor bett waded in, mixing it fiercely, but did not land. They kept at close quar- ters, Corbett landing left and right, short arm rights and lefts to the jaw. They fought desperately at csose guar, ters, Corbett resting, his head on Nell sons chest, but failed to worry Nell
 son. The crowd yelled, "Breaki" and the referee separated them. Again they went to close quarters, Nelson | uppercitting Corbett on the Jaw with
 right. Corbett then planted a fierce
 right to the body, but Nelson kept aft
 CT the Denver boy and forced him to
 cover. Corbett jabbed two Iefts to the face, and just previous to the gong swung a hard right to the face. It was @ desperate round, both men roughing
 it considerably, with Nelson the chief
 offender. Corbett had shade the best of the round. Round 3.-They spared carefully. Finally Corbett bored in, trying left for
 the face, but was blocked. They rough. ed it, Nelson putting Corbett. Nelson swung right and left to the body as Corbett was trying to work to clinch Nelson then planted his left hard on Corbett's face, and Corbetts right
 went wild. Nelson put in two heart punches, and left swing seint Cor bett to his knees. He was up quickly
 and shot his left to Nelson's face and
 hard right to the body Corbett then staggered Nelson with right and left swings to the jaw, Two more swings
 went wild, and the injunction came from Corbett's corner, steady" Cor bett's swings at the close of the round
 were wild, and Nelson, finding an open
 ing, shot in two lefts to the body. The
 round closed with honors in favor of Corbett.,
 Round 4-Corbett waded right in and they fought in a mix to the center of the ring. Separating, Corbett sent left to the head and right to the ribs. Then
 they exchanged light lefts to the face,
 and Corbett, backing away, swung left