The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-14
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBKTT

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 the face. As the round ended Jeff looked very much unlike 5 to l shot in the betting and those who had wagered that Corbett would last up to 15 rounds were ready to double their bets.
 ROUND SEVEN.
 They started with a clnch. Coming out of it the clever and far faster Cor bett worked left to Jefrs face. AL most every Corbett lead with the left was finding it's mark and the defensive tactics of the former champion were so masterly that the Jeff adherents were becoming worried. Jeff shot a left for the face, missed and got a left to his own face as a reward. Corbett's judg. ment or distance was becoming more su- perb as the fight progressed He was side-stepping with great skill and speed and never missed an opening for Jeff S race. His left continued it's tattoo on the champions countenance. Jeff finally landed hard right to Corbett's stomach Jim winced as though it pained him greatly. Jeff, tricked, rushed in at Cor
 bett and then Corbett straightened up and met Jeff with lefts to the face and was sending more of them in as the
 round ended. Corbett's round. ROUND EIGHT
 "Corbett opened with left to Jeffs s
 nose. He repeated . second later and
 then as Jeff came in at him Corbett sent
 third jab to Jeffs nose. Jeff swung a
 vicious left to Corbett's jaw and it land ed, It propped up Corbet's head and
 for fraction of a second Corbett' s
 friends feared he had been hurt badly But he showed no effects from the punch dancingl around again like a rubber ball. iabbing Jeff almost at will and laughing
 ly avoiding Jeff further leads for the head. Near the end of the round the bear once more rushed the panther and finally damned him against the ropes and succeeded in sending home left to the ribs as the bell changed. Corbetts round.
 ROUND NINE.
 They rushed into the clinch, but in the breakaway the shifty Corbett nailed Jeffries with left to the jaw that near ly swept the champion off his feet 1t jared Jeffs whole body. While Jeff was swaying from side to side Corbett rushed at him and hooked another to Jeffs head. Jeff wobbled dizzily and the
 crowd broke into wild cheers for Corbett Then came a clinch Corbett broke from it and went at Jeff again. The cham pion still was groggy, but succeeded in keeping Corbett far enough away so that Corbett couldn't send home a finishing DiOW. COrDetI, however, kept dIter JeII in furious fashion and worked short punches to the head and body and made
 the champion look like a selling platter
 in stake horse race. Corbett finally feinted Jeff into shifting his guard the slightest degree and then drove home an- other staggering left to the jaw, jus!
 as the bell rang and gave the webbing champion respite.
 ROUND TEN.
 ~to rta off uyit ha made Jeffries look as if he had been left at the post Corbett continually fented Jeffries and then, landed vol ley of lefts and rights. Corhett looked like an easy winner. But he couldn't resist the temptation to keep in close to Jeffries He had the champion in a bad way several times, but kept boring in and Jeffries saved himself with i clinches. In all of the clinches Jeffries put all his weight on Corbett in an ef- fort to tire him and take the steam out of Corbett However, in each break l away Corbett hit Jeffries when ana where he pleased and won the round by mile. As the gong sounded with Cor bett not only on his feet but a victor in I practically every round of the first ten,
 the crowd jumped up and gave the pam | ther a tremendous ovation''
 Gro be continued tomorrow.)