The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26

valley section of San Francisco, and as each progressed pugilfstically they became bitter rivals for the admiration of the city's fight fans. They fought five times, but fcur of these feuding engagements were minor meeting compared to that laundering melee on the barge.
 The feud started when both were amateurs, Corbett boxing for the Olympic Club and Choynskl for the rival California Athletic Club. Brothers of both boxers worked in the city hall. They argued and their arguments spread to admirers of Irish Corbett and Jewish Choyn- ski. After various "incidents", Jim and Joe fought with their bare fists In the sand hills outside the city one Sunday morning in 1883. Cor bett> knocked out Joe in the first round.
 A year later they met in an anna teur tourney and Corbett won a three-rcuild decision. Choynski turned professional and enjoyed such success that he decided to tackle his arch enemy again. Mem- bers of Choynskis club goaded Corbett. through the newspapers, irto accepting Q match for stakes or professional bout with Joe. Cro- bett, instructor at the Olympic Club quitting his job as bank teller, was Gn amateur. It required much per- suasion before his father. Pat, con- scented to the professional match, but he did 1t out of family pride.
 Corbett and Choyrski met for a finish fight in a barn near Fairfax, Cal, on May 90, 1889, with $2,OOO side bet at stake. The sheriff and deputies stopped the bout in the fourth round. Hence 1t was shifted to barge, anchored in the Strait Of Carquinez, near Benecia, on June s.
 , A broilirg sun beat down on the barge as Corbett and Choynski were rowed out from shore. More than 200 spectators were aboard. Corbett fought with two-ounce gloves, and Joe used teamster's gloves because he had lost his two-ounce mitts. Corbett cut-weighed Joe, 17s pounds to TO, and had advantages of height, reach and speed.
 Corbett won the opening rounds with fnasterly boxing, but injured his left hand in the third round. He already was handicapped by a broken right thumb, suffered in the brief barn engagement. Choynski, the harder puncher, kept boring in with his scanned gloves, and by the fifth round, both were bleeding profusely.
 Tn the 14th, Joe exploded left hook on Corbett,s right eye, almost knocking nim out. Corbett staggered about the deck but didn't go down. Jim rallied in the 18th and they continued fighting furiously.
 As the deck became slippery with blood and some of the spectators sickened at this sight of the gore, Referee Patsy Hogan wanted to stop the hrawl and call 1t Q draw, but neither principal would permit it. Both men were in terrible shape in the 18th. Corhett,s eye was com pletely closed and his hand injuries forced him to hit with his wrists.
 In the 28th Corbett summoned all his strength and drove right to Choyngkis jaw. Joe went down for the count, and Jim almost tainted from the pain in his right hand. He didn't know the fight was over when his brothers helped him to his cor- ner.
 (Corbett always described the ending of this barge bout as a full- count knockout in the 28th round However. Nat Fleischer's ring record book. in listing Choynski,s fights, says t ended in the 27th when Choynski was unable to contlnue)
 Chcynski and Jim met again on July IS thet year in four-round bout at the olympic Club, with Jim taking the decision. But this was aE anti-cllmactic engagement.
 As ooFbett went on to become heavyweight champion and Choyn- skl also carved out a career with his fists, their feud apparently passed Into history. But the ombera gtlll Hnlouldered iii Ch0ynslgl's heart. even when he was an old man. Al llsneG he would oxprenH great nd- mlratlon for CoFhett, but on other oecnfion he would unleash withers Inn blasts against ''Nbmpadour jlin and be would snafl il|lo Jop of ihs