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last half Of the round, and he proved
that he is some game fighter by his
efforts.
Corbett came back much refreshed by
the rest and put up a strong battle for
few moments, but Redmond again
copied him with hard, clean right
swing that staggered the Denver boy
and he almost went to the mat. few
seconds later Redmond took some of
the steam out of him with a hard left
to the wind. Corbett fought gamely
through the round, however.
Redmond kept up his aggressive style
of fighting in the third, and Corbett
appeared not to have recovered from
the effects of the wallopings he took in
the preceding rounds. He showed
flashes of good speed and punching
ability, with some cleverness, but Red
mond was right on top of him all the
time and administered severe punish
ment.
The fourth round was the fiercest
session of real fighting ever seen in
local ring. Corbett's face, which had
been covered with blood in the preced-
ing round, was smeared in the fourth
from the effects of continual left jabs
to the face, yet he gamely kept on
fighting and created great enthusiasm
by his game efforts. Redmond put him
down with a right swing, but he got
up anu kept dllCI IACuIilOtius INOuAiAOAtQ
tired from his own efforts and his
blows lacked steam. but he caught
Corbett with a right uppercut in a
clinch that put the Denver boy down.
Corbett would not allow the referee to
begin to count, arising and continuing
the fight. Both boys were bleeding at
the gong.
After two minutes of fierce fighting
in the fifth Referee Blake stopped the
Htrhf o CnVhaff oil in md another
blow would have put him out. Red
mond caught him with right cross to
the jaw that staggered him, and he
was so weak he could hardly defend
himself and then a rain of blows had
him webbing about the ring. Blake
very properly stopped the fight at this
point, as 1t would have been anything
but right to have permitted the battle
to go any further. The fans hooted
Blake from the gallery, but those
around the ring applauded him for his
good judgment and cool head 1t was
the greatest fight while it lasted that
the fans had seen In a local ring.
The semi-windup was a scheduled
ten-round return match between Frank
Mantell and Jack O'Keefe. In their
previous bout O'Keefe got the decision,
although substituted at the last mo-
ment. Mantell requested a return
match and it was agreeable to all con-
cerned and easily arranged. They met
at catch weights, which gave Mantell
quite an advantage at the beginning.
They spared for a few moments at
the start and then Mantell went after
O'Keefe and landed several rights to
body and an occasional uppercut, while
O'Keefe boxed throughout the round.
When the round was half finished
O'Keefe tripped himself and fell in
sidestepping a lead. The first round
ended with honors even.
Mantell had the best of it in the Sec
ond round although O'Keefe mixed
1t more with him than in the preceding
session. In the last minute of the
round, when they were sparring for an
opening, Mantell hooked his right to
the jaw and staggered O'Keefe half
way across the ring.
Mantell seemed to get we'll warmed
up in the third and took a good lead
until O'Keefe got to close quarters with
him and slipped over left hook to the
jaw that staggered Mantell almost to
the ropes At that Mantell had a good
shade in this round.
Both did some effective work in the
fourth, but O'Keefe very unwisely tried
TO mix 1t with Mantell and took good
beating in return. He put over some
effective wallops for his own account,
but Mantell kept up steady campaign
with his left to face and right to jaw
that increased his lead materially at
the gong. O'Keefe's mouth was bleed
ing at the gong.
O'Keefe fought to better advantage
In the fourth, and while Mantell had
the shade it was not so distinct as in
preceding sessions. Mantell tried sew
eral times to get over the finishing
wallop with his right but O'Keefe used
good generalship and eleverly blocked
or sidestepped most OF the dangerous
leads.
Mantell also had a shade in the sixth,
but he took 1t in the last half of the
round, as O'Keefe outboxed him in the
early moments. A right cross that
glanced from the jaw almost put
O'Keefe down. but he was dazed only
for a moment. Mantell did some good
work in the closing seconds that gave
him the shade.
Two right crosses and a right upper
cut almost in succession In the seventh
made things look blue for O'Keefe, but
again he weathered the storm, and in
few seconds was going at his usual
gait. He boxed out the round and
Mantell had a big shade.
There was nothing to it but Mantell
in the eighth. He landed on O'Keefe's
head and jaw with right swings al
most continuously and varied these
leads with lefts to the face. O'Keefs
did very little for himself except to
sprint, clinch and occasionally open uD
for mix that gave Mantell chance
to wallop him.
O'Fsefe battIed through the ninth
like a man who realizes he IS beaten
and Is determined to stay the limit.
He did very little execution, while
Mantell chased him around the ring