The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-12-06

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Thompson 1873. Corbett carried a min,
iature punch, and protected it well.
Maurice made a game fight. but the
rapid tattoo of blows rained upon him
by Corbett, kept Maurice so busy that
he could not build a successful Of
fensive. Dune Macdonald refereed the
match. All hands, including principals,
referee, prelim fighters and challengers
were glorified by the s~ilver-tongued
announcer, Abe Cohen.
Buried under a rain of blows land
ing with lightning-like succession on
the head, face and body, Maurice
Thompson of Butte went down and out
toward the end of the 10th round of
what was to be a 20-round bout, pulled
off under the auspices of the Copper
City Athletic club, last night" So writes
the Standard reporter who penned the
story of the contest.
Only a few seconds before the final
rush and the landing of the knockout
blow, which was a hard right jab to
the neck, Thompson went to the mat
groggy. 1t only remained for the little
Denverite to finish the work, and he
did it with the clever dexterity for
which he was justly famous. The end
had been expected from the seventh.
Corbett had no trouble reaching
Thompson. He kept peppering the local
lad, whose only efforts were wild
swings and jabs.
Corbett made it evident that he
could keep his arms going with fine
rhythm. When he missed, he looked
good. Constantly rushing, never per-
hitting Maurice to get set, always
throwing left, left, then a right, Cor
bett set for himself a fast pace that
completely baffled the local kid.
The most effective punches, those
that weakened Thompson, were re-
peated swings to the wind and kidneys
It was mo- so much the sting of the
blows but the number of them that
caused the undoing of Maurice. Cor
belts plan from the first was to sap
his opponents endurance until he could
stand no more, and in this way he won
the fight. Thompson always tried for
Corbett'S stomach, but was seldom
successful in landing.
In the tenth, Corbett sent Maurice
to the floor for a count of eight. He
was down or the floor again in JIG
time. Macdonald counted up to three,
when the sponge sailed through the
ring.
Corbett was featherweight champion
from 1901 to 1904. He amazed boxing
fans by kayoing Terry McGovern in
two rounds. Later he put away Ter
rible Terry" again, this time in the
ranks in 1904, but had only an average
rating in that division. He was twice
knocked out by Battling Nelson, once
by Aurelia Herrera and also by Dick
Hyland, boys who had fought in Mon
tana.
Corbett started his ring career in
1897 and threw away his gloves in 1910
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have enough glamor or magic to suit
the Denver kid when he decided to
become a professional in the ring. He
adopted the name of Young Corbett. -
Young Ketchel and Kid Peabody
stepped five rounds in the prelim.
Three rights to the back of the neck
sent Peabody down to stay. The bout
was billed for 10 rounds. The pretim-
mary was delayed almost an hour, as
someone forgot to bring the gloves. The
1890.
Young Corbett had George Weldon,
his manager; Nose La Fontise, DOC
Flynn and Bud Hauser in his corner.
Fred Began, manager; Young Ketchel
Jack Livingston and Kid Foley popu-
lated the Thompson corner lot.
There were many out-of-town Wis
itors, while the boxes held a number
social circles through the state. The
bout was a profitable one financially
The receipts, according to the still &C
tive memory of Mr.. Cohen, ran above
$1,000.
A kid about the size of a pint of
milk saw the fight. He resorted to
strategy and got away with it. With
crocodile tears in his eyes, he told a
gatekepeer that his aunt was sick and