The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-18

let's take a swipe at each other them" Corbett's cooIness amazed even his best friends who were skep- ticaI of his chances with the won derful black.
 Jackson and Corbett put up the greatest exhibition of clear strain boxing cleverness ever seen in a ring. Ccrbett, the youngster matched his fistic knowledge with the best of his day and at the end was .. moral vic tor although the bout was decided NO contest The two struggled for sixty-one long rounds until both were too tired to lift an arm to strike each other. When the referee stepped the battle Jackson was in <. pitiab!e plight. Exhausted he flop ped into his chair his chin resting on his bIood-spatteredc chest. He was bitterly chagrined at nis inability to triumph over the practically un- known Corbett, and continually nut tered Well. Well! Just think Of it, Six1y-one rounds. Think of it!'
 About a year later Corbett fought his most famous battle with the mighty Sullivan at New Orleans. Scarcely any one conceded him a chance with the redoubtabIe Sullivan but Corbett himself was all cOnfi-
 
 every one when he finished with the Boston Str111 Boy. Shortly after the Jackscl uoUt Corbett spared a friendly exl. .i5.-i,n with Champion Sullivan. It was :r this four round setto that Corne.I picked up points on the great gla diator's style which eventually conlpa ssed Johns Gown- fall.
 Corbett told his friends after the exhibition that he was certain he could beat John L. in a genuine fight. For his own safety's sake they tried t. dissuade the confident youth from running afouI of the jaw-breakine s1ugger.
 Corbett revealed by his actions be- fore the gong that he had little fear of the greatest warrior in all chirs- terIonl, while the ponderous John L. glowered over at his slim adversary Jim affected not to notice his foe. Instead he skipped about the ring testing the newly-laid canvas. Then he walked over Xto the ropes and pulled them to ascertain if the posts were properly braced for a swift bat tie. Sullivan snOrted his annoyance at his rivals indifference. IIither- tofor he had been accustomed to see ing his opponents in state Of para
 
 him. Not so with Corbett, however.
 Corbett's confidence was well founded. From the very start of hostilities he fotled he champions bull-Iike rushes and blocked his s1edge-hammer blows with ease. When the onslaught became to heavy Jim "hot footed it around the ring to keep out of harms way. The crowd used to tOe-to-toe siugging to determine superiority "booed" the actions of the youngster and ordered him to stand up and fight So did Sullivan. But the phantom-1:Ne Cal ifornian had his campaign all map ped out and disregarded all outside advice. It was bIcck, jab, cHnch, and get away without variation. Dur ing the whole battle John scarcely landed a solid smack on his shifty antag gonist. SulliVars condition, sap ped by years of dissipation. at last crumbled before the rapid fire Jab- ping from Corbe.t. In the twenty first round the veteran, punch-dr reeled to the ropes and collapsed in the black sand before the relentless prodding of his unmarked foeman.
 The passing of John L. Sullivan marked the end of the dynasty of brute force in the roped arena. The Corbett piston-rod jab and delft foot work became the popular style in pugdom. Corbett remained on his newly constructed throne five years before he went down in the dust un- der the blows of F1tzsimmons, a cagey ring general who combined, also, the hitting powers of Sullivan. Copyright 1919, The Wheeler Syn
 dicate, Inc.)