The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-28


The Seaside A. g. at Coney was packed
that Friday night At least 5000 people
turned out Corbett was hrsJ in the
ring and I didn't keep him waiting
! George COnsidine. Billy Madden. Gus
Rubin and Leo PerdellO were in Jim s
corner, and Brady, Ryan Jack and
DunkhOrsJ were behind me Charlie
White. the referee. came In ten minutes
later
As soon as Jim and I met ne shook
hands, and 70 was Ike meeting an Ole
friend We were going 10 night, al
right but that was a business PTOposl-
4 ton COrDet smiled as II he was half
tickled TO death 90 see me again, and
guess he was jim was the only man
IN The whole place who knew what kind
Of lighting condition be was ia that
night He knew he was nj 70 ngnt L0f
Billy Brady kicked about the tape on
CorDetr-s bands. Jim jumped right Up
. and came over 10 my corner 20 snow ~
~ me. ulL ne look on ile ott--l t@- ---
Then He went back and we both stripped
for the fight AIy nTst look at LoToetL
surprised me lie had developed bigger
shoulders and neck Shau he ever ha-d
/ before and greyhound couldn't nave
been in Euer condition Every rib and
muscle stood out This fellows there
I said TO Brady, over my shoulder
Don be IN hurry take your
/ time, % said Billy
Tie bell rang and we came together
slCsvly in the middle Of the ring had
plenty OF time 20 size COrDetr up his
skin was white as marble. except around
I his wrists and his neck and head, where
he was tanned 20 a sort Of a mahogany
color Anybody could see that ne q been
doing a lot Of work out in tnt sun
ny recollection Of this nslt -
little confused It wasn't Ike any
night I'd been IN before Right al the
start C1rbert began dancing AROUND
light As feather III and o@ts reacA-
ing for me with the left and Setllg
away from ms rUshes ia way Iua+
made INC Lcel so foollsn / hasd 70 stgR
and laugh Then when 1 grlnned ne @
-18 again and jump away IKE q Ta1-
biL The crowd was cheering CorDelL
the cheering Le got I landed on nlH
now and Then, but he was always going
away so fast that the blows dlcn do
-uuCl damage It's lot easier %
Than one VINO runs away and picks his
1Eu time % trade punches with you
I kept on chasing Jim as East as
could S-arlluinG pLHcleS az lln Nle---
ever he was in range Most 1r them he
blocked. and some got tlrJ1 Zl 10 the
marx in the meantime he was peck
stopping except for a print q hen i got
too hot on his Trari- Now and then be
came 70 "a c.iEcr,. and as White broke
rs away snapped LEFT and right TO my
face almost before 7 could move lie
was the fastest man and the greatest
boxer 7 ever saw that night Along IA
tl.r. or TDEsELL EI.lU l.Hr.FetL
AROUND ana around me lI- clEc-eSr Nll-e
7 stood and pIEg-sI % face Ei7u- when
3 finally .GE-s0 out 90 set MIN fo-oerr
laughed and ran away untouched As
the G-Er went along He grew more and
mere s1EI.eDr- and used his right hand
now and rEe1- sending IL over as hard
as he could
Iu the ninth round Jim thought be- was
winning Re raped me "a couple on The
.Efr- and then swung his right 60 the
same spot 50 hard thar The force ~ The
blow showed me back on my l-aeiS-
could see his eyes blaze as he thought
Bio Rad me staggering and fo- ~ minute
. "a rushed and took Wild chance mix
ms E.-- me tu the hope Of landing
blows and walked right i--0 him with
out starting punch in Sc next
round he went a- me Just as hard Il
was wonderful how thar fellow could
land and Es- away. chased him
around and around the ring until j was
-l-el, and stu he Sprfutel or dashed iu
nose WAS bleeding and r1y right eye was
badly swollen
The fzrJ was EaIr over now AT
along Tommy RYAN kent telling me TO
T walked oGc az the beginning Of each
round Brady yelled Instructions after
me so loud that to-hetr couldn't help
hearing 7 asked Brady ~ he was -rF-
iU- m Ee- me licked. and he kept quiet
after that Ryan was still telling me
ro iah ard box and taiZe NY time hs.
U
yelled "C0rhetr. Corhelr Cor5et---
louder and louder and T began 20 think
what the decision might be - T 6lf---
Ee- him why should I be changing
my SrE.e 20 suit Tommy RYAN and he
boxing a man ike CoTherr instead OF
cutting loose as hard and fast as I
could until 7 landed The right TuUch- /
began 10 suspect that Ryan was a little
more interested ir Corbert than he was
iu me + told Ryan 90 keep stu. and
went out % fight my uTu fight Round
after round E chased Corhatt and landed
whenever , could get him into q corner
Even then he blocked most Of the blows
with his elbows. or his crossed arms
But one Of my swings glanced from his
shoulder and nix him on the jaw and
shook him haS5y. and after that J
landed oFteutI- IN the nineteenth Jim
looked tired He tried TO duck under
a left and 1CsE bis footing and fell He
Jumped NJ Quickly enough, but he
never would nave stumbled like that
ir his legs ha.Iu.- given away
Through tins nineteenth round RYAN
kent Yelling TO- me and telling me ~
stick the left OUT Near the end OF
the round there was q fuss in the corner
and when ] walked hack for the rest
before the twentieth Brady was IN the
corner and Tommy Ryan had d5SaD-
0eaTei- Brady told me afte-war5 that
RyaD's advice made him more and more
suspicious as the SIGHT went on Ee
began 20 suspect that RYAN vas irving
70 make me lose 50 he fu0-ne6 I'd and
{ told RYAN 10 get out of my corner