The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-23

.R0MANcES OF THE RING
True 7ates or Haed- Hitting Herc
 The Phsf- o4fad Present


Young Corbett was born in Denver, and picked up his first knowledge of boxing in the training camps of me diocre boxers. The game looked good to him, and in 1897, when he was seventeen years old, he entered the professional ring. He went along de- ifeating most of the good little boys
 of the West. Early in 1901 he re- ceived a setback. Kid Broad, the Cor
 nishman, knocking him out in the fourth round in Denver. In spite Of this reverse, the fans of his native city remained firm in their faith that Young Corbett was a coming cham I pion, and their belief in him was soon Justified. In a return engagement in Denver with Kid Broad, Young Cor
 bett won the honors. and he also knocked out Oscar Gardner and Ed
 die Santry, both in Denver.
 Terry McGovern then reigned over
 the featherweight division, and the eastern sports believed him unbeat- eble. Sam Harris took the Denver boy to New York in the autumn of 1901, guaranteing him $1,5oO to fight McGovern.
 Terry had scant respect for the westerner, and stuck with his show
 until two weeks before the battle, which was set for Thanksgiving Day in Hartford. The fans who invaded the Nutmeg State capital saw a fast and furious battle, and received the
 surprise of their lives. The Pride of Denver wsa not awed by the reputa- tion of the ferocious Brook1ynite, and stood up to him, toe to toe, from the
 beginning of the combat. Both boys slugged savagelyj and in the second round a hard right on% the chin sent Terry to the floor and made him re- alize that he was up against a stiff proposition. McGovern rushed Cor bett to the ropes. but the Denverite i1, Ioae ef Hurried. Cool as an icycIef and calm as Kid Mccoy, he awaited his chance. Before the second round had passed the chance came. A terrific over hand right landed full and fair on the chin of the pugnaciouse Terry, and he went down, dead to the world, knock ed completely out.
 In 1902 Young Corbett defended his new honors against Kid Broad, Joe Bernstein, and others, and in 1908 he gave Terry McGovern. a return
 match. This time they fought in San Francisco, and Terry lasted elev- en rounds, when he was again knock ed out.
 Young Corbett's battle with Jimmy Britt in San Francisco early in 1904 marked the beginning of the end of his pugiIistic career. More than 30,- fans witnessed the contest, establish ing new record for bout between
 
 rounds Referee Eddie Graney raised the Native Sons hand in token of victory. Young Corbett always de- c1ared that he was. robbed of the de- cision and that he could have knocked Britt out except for the referee'st in terference. The fact remains, how ever, that not long after Battling Nell son knocked the Denverite out in the tenth round at San Francisco, and repeated the trick in nine rounds a little later.
 Young Corbett and Terry McGovern were long enemies out of the ring as we'll as in it, but Jim Corbett finally brought them together and held. a dinner in honor of their reconcilia- ton in a Scranton hotel The boys got along nicely for a, time. but dis cussion, of their old differences arous- ed Terry's Irish temperament, and he suddenly smashed his right to Cor bett's chin, Knocking him down. Cor bett and the others interfered and peace was finally restored. and the I1ads became friends.