Evening star., 1933-05-30
HANGS SF|RST-ROUND
KAY0 ON CORBEII
10000 Amazed as WeIteE
Crown Shifts-SeVeraI
Records Are Set.
BY BRIAN BELL,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

7 OS ANGELES, May 30.-Less
than three minutes after he
- went into the ring to box for
the welterweight title,
Jimmy McLarnin turned his first
cartwheel as champion.
The smiling Irishman from
Vancouver knocked out young
Corbett, Sd, in the first round last
night and Immediately went into
his handspring.
A crowd of approximately 10000
amazed men and women sat in Wrig-
ley Field, the Los Angeles base ball
park, and saw the challenger batter
the champion with two rights and
three lefts, all perfect hits, just before
the end of the round. The bout lasted
only minutes 81 seconds.
For two minutes Corbett was a cham
pion, confusing McLarnin with sharp
jabs and at least two jolting blows.
McLarnin did his work in the space of
a few seconds.
Corbett's deceptive southpaw style
puzzled his opponent at the outset and
Jimmy had done nothing to pave the
way for his devastating attack when it
came.
Suddenly a terrific McLarnin right
hand landed flush on Corbett's Jaw.
The champion went down. He was not
badly hurt and intently followed the
count as Referee George Blake lifted
and lowered his hand nine times He
took the full nine, shook his head and
leaped to his feet.
IRON his neutral corner, his smile re-
J. placed by a grim look of determi-
Ac
title holder lifted his hands, looping
left slipped through and as he stag
gered, two more left hooks followed
with ightninglike rapidity. Corbett
went down again and McLarnin again
trotted to corner.
This time the Fresno lad did not
follow the count, but instinctively rose
to his feet at eight. He was dazed
and almost out. AS McI,arnin charged
in, the champion was half turned and
right sent him sprawling through
the ropes, half out of the ring. There
was no count. None was needed. Every
body knew the bout was over Blake
pushed McLarnin aside and with the
same motion of his hand lifted his
glove proclaiming a new champion.
The fight made several records It
was the first time Corbett had been
knocked out and only his third defeat
a. ~ Doueo. II also was MCbdrnlnS S
flrst victory over southpaw. He had
fought but one-Lou Brouillard-and
lost the decision to him last year.
McLarnin, who has made fortune
in boxing without the aid of a title,
won his first championship after nearly
a decade of boxing. He started as q
lad of 16.
Corbett had held the championship
only three months and week, winning
from Jackie Fields in San Francisco on
Washington's birthday.
IF boxing history repeats itself, smil-
L ing Jimmy will find it was easier TO
win the belt than to keep it. The
last five monarchs of the division have
reigned only briefly. Young Jack
Thompson, Tommy Freeman, Lou
Brouillard and Jackie Fields were barely
seated on the throne when they were
showed off.
After che championship had changed
hands, Gorbett revealed that the last
events of the evening were only blur.
Il don't know what happened" he
said. Il don't know how he hit me, or
what I did after that"
Many OF the crowd, far short of the
ball park capacity, but including we'll
known figures of pugilism, stage and
screen, were in the same predicament.
McLARNIN had only the title to
1'1 show for his fight and Promoter
Jack Doyle was faced with ap-J
proximately $4,000 deficit.
On the basis of State Athletic Com
mission figures, S39. 400 in paid admis-
slons were received. Deductions of
Federal and State taxes totaling Is per
cent left S33,687 or 81 ,313 short of the
cash guarantee to the defending
champion. There were no net receipts
from which to pay the challenger his
22R per cent