The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-26
C0RBETT
EARNED A DRAW
WITH BERT kEYEs
Rothwell Had Opponent WabbIy
in Tenth-keyes Handed
Out Hard Ones.

Young Corbett showed some of his
old-tir1e form last night in his ten
round llght with Bert Reyes at the
Whirlwind A. G., New York, and by
clever work in the last three rounds
easily earned a draw. Once during the
ninth he had Bert in bad shape and
took all the latter's steam away and
made him vince. In the early rounds
Reyes did the leading, bu found the
Denverite willing to take punishment
and swap wallops.
The crowd was with him all the time,
and in the eighth and ninth rounds
stood up and called for his famous
hay-maker, when he had Reyes against
the ropes covering like "A clam for a
short time. In the seventh Bert pound
ed Corbett hard with right jabs and
right and left swings to the jaw, and
carried the fight to him all the way, all
the time working hard for a knockout.
Atterward Corbett took a little oxygen.
Kcyes in Good shape.
keyes was in fine condition, but was
worried by the way the Denver boy
stood up to him and exchanged swings.
Packey Mcfarland and Frankie Neil
We're in his corner to give encourage
lnent, and lie followed out their in
structions to the letter, paying par
ticular attention to Keyes's body, and
soon had him Redeemed up and ready
to clinch. They broke fair, but Reyes
had to be cautioned several times by
Referee Charlie White to- stop bucking
with his head. Both jollied each other
while fighting hard, and every tint
Reyes reached Corbett's jaw in the
early rounds he told him about it.
Reyes had the best of the two first
rounds. showing a better ability to step
in close and hand them over, but the ner-
verite did not retreat and tried hard to
get over the punch that made him famous
when he put Terry McGovern to sleep.
kcyes had Il dandy right jab. and in a
short time he opened Corbetts right eye
and the claret began to- flow. He also
succeeded in doing the same trick TO the
left optic. He hooked the Denver boy
hard, and it was thought there would be
n quick ending to the bout, Corbett vas
clever when they worked into a clinch,
and punished Bert with body blows AID
he would slip over his right to the jaw
keyes had all the best of the seventh
round. and made Corbett work hard to
Under instructiors, he worked haril to pat
.Corbltt out. vet he found the latter al
ways willing tn mix it. Corbett's two ewes
were bleeding hard. and every time Bert
hit ether he would get Corbett worked
up and fighting savagely. but keyes had
all tn hest OF the period. while Corhett
was tired and seemed to lose much OF his
steam.
That Eighth.
1t was in the eighth that the Denvagis,
began to show his old form. He caught
Bert CT the nose. drawing the claret, and
succeeded in punching that member about
six times. causing distress to the blonde
haired Eeyes. When it came to exchan9-
ing swings in this round Corbett had al
tho best of the milling. and he drove Cert
To the ropes with bulldog PUSHES an
showed that he is still capable of hitting
hard.
Repeating his tactics in the ninth, Cor
hett looked rs il he was going TO get over
strength IN mixing often, but the ~resolutt
Denverite was after him and drove sew
ernl clean iabs to the jaw, following then
up with swings. and Bert looked worried
The crowd got excited, and with the en-
enlargement he received, the Denvcrltt
made a punching. bag out of Keyes. lr
his round Bert's right eye was closed.
They went after each other like demons
in the final round, and there was an ever
miX-up. Science went to the winds. ant
they stood in the centre exchanging blows
they were strong boys. Toward the closC
they increased their pace. but neither
could get over the winning punch. After
the bell sounded the two weres still ex'
| changing swings in the centre of the ring
land Packey Mcfarland had to pull then
apart. The eXertion showed the boys
reing almost completely tired out.