The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-25


| into a rage even before the battle began
| that it means paving the way to victory
for him. 1t is history that Young Cor
bett, in his efforts to rattle McGovern
and make him furious, raped on the
| door of Terry's dressing room as he was
making his way to the ring, and yelled III
| a sneering tone:
| Come out into the ring, Terry, and
get your licking"
/ McGovern heard and McGovern went
white with rage. He hardly could wait
until the battle started. He waved aside
practically all of the preliminaries and
| impatiently demanded the tap of the
first gong. He was wild to avenge the
insult And when the bell sounded
Terry flung himself at Young Corbebtt
| like an avalanche
Before me is a bowl by blow story of
the battle one that tells the tale of ter
| rifle action, of whirlwind punching, and
the dethronng of king that million
fight fans had figured would reign in
definitely.
| Here ii is:
ROUND ONE
Terry came out rushing, swinging a
| ieft and then right for the face. Young
| Corbett tried left for the face, missed
and Terry shot home a right to the body.
Young Corbett responded with right to
the head and Terry swung a snappy left
| handler to the jaw. Young Corbett
rushed Terry and drove a terrific right
handler under Terry's heart. But Terry
/ never stopped. Like a tiger he hurled
himself at Young Corbett and the two
men stood in the center of the ring
| flashing at each other with all the power
in their bodies Terry had landed half
! dozen blows to Young Corbett's body.
but the westerner never back away. He
| shot in lefts and rights to the head and
stomach of his opponent, eagerly meet
| ing Terry toe-to-toe and gladly slug
| ging with the far-famed slugger. Terry
landed hard right to the temple and
! then missed several leads for the head
Young Corbett swung four times without
finding his mark, his eagerness to smash
MeGovern to the mat being mainly re-
| sponsible for his faulty timing.
/ "McGovern drove Young Corbett to the
ropes and landed stiff body punch with
his right. Terry drove right to the
ribs and Young Corbett landed two labs
In the face. Neither man was making
any effort at defense. Both bere letting
the blows landed as they were intended,
each intent solely on putting over a
| 'havmaker 1t was slug, slug, slug.
! Toward the finish of the round each
| man got home a dozen punches that
would have put away any ordinary OPP
ponent. Eut the bulldog courage and
the wonderful stamina of both men
showed itself in the fact that neither
WINGED under the punishment. Several
times they got into cllnch. accidentally.
but on each occasion both men broke
away without action by the referee. They
didn't want to clinch; they wanted to
| stand out in the open and smash away
at each other.
| "As the round ended, Young Corbetr
| hoped iauntily to his chair. smiling and
seemingly happy. McGovern walked 70
his corner and then turned and looked
| at his foe The fury OF Young Corbett's
| attack and his willingness to slug with
McGovern certainly surprised the cham
| pion. as it had surprised the crowd
Terry at last had met a man of his own
| kind. End Terry. by the look on his face.
showed that he knew he was in for the
most terrible battle of his career.
ROUND TWO
Terry rushed with the gong and
missed a left for Young Corbetts face.
! The westerner drove blow to the tenn
| lse but Terry retaliated by backing MIN
to the ropes. with bombardment of lef.s
and rights. Young Corbett covered up,
braced himself and landed left on
Terry's face. Young Corbett then took
the aggressive and with series OF lefts
and rishts to Terry's face drove the
champion to the center of the ring. they
clinched and broke and then began one
of the fiercest rallies ever witnessed ~
a prize ing.
Roth boys stood there smuggling with all
the power they could command. The
blows flashed hack and forth with so
1 much speed and skill that 1t was impos-
siblc Q follow them. In the heat of tho
rally Young Corbett was seen to steady
] himself and before Terry could cover I'm
| the westerner shot a tremendous right
handler to the champions jaw Terry
1 staggered. fell to the floor and rolled
over. For few seconds he lay there
! Then he jumped to his feet and the sight
OF Young Corbett coming at him cleared
the haze from his brain. Terry leaped
at Young Corbett coming in and landed
ft-hander on the mouth. Young Cor
bett w)obled. Terry. in attempting to
follow up his advantage. forced another
toe-to-toe smuggling match. Both hoys
abandoned the left jab and each used the
right hand almost exclusively.
The vollev of blows that each landed
upon the other soon reduced both to 4
stasgering condition. and 1t became ap-
rarent that it was anybody's fight, and
mat the end was likely to come any sec
ond O. sudden. McGovern shot 4 !ef.
to Young Corbetts neck and the west