The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1900, Page 2

[ 34 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDA Y, MAY 12, 1900. HITE CASE MUST BE TRIED swone rivime cotumn o VER AGA P+t i K Opinion of Judge Not Held as a De- ‘ cision. ; Attorneys for the Indian Woman Say | They Will Carry the Case Three Thousand Troops' Within Two Days’ March of the Besieged Garrison. S ST number the B J‘mes‘So Strongly Did Roberts Out- oers That He Won an Easy Victory In the Batile at Zand River. o —_—— able to The Call and New York Her- Copyright, 1900, shing. (ompany. to the Supreme Court. ONDON, May seems to be alm reached London The Cant rone ng col ¢ composed of 3000 The Hite caselry awith g battery o o-day. The plaintifl's Lot goot through Vryk terson, and ( This column, which is 1 the written ¢ ed speed day the - abiy this morning with of Mafekin 3¢ i I Th FE A IGHT OF WAY INTO DAKLAND Page I terminal | | mer ¥ t t he by Roberts has g tle Zand Ri t in re tles fou, > that the fie nd wa Roer mounta ound their he i battle Mo swung kwa General 1a railway, m me it wou rked aroun. t eral & 1em in-ck dark tory, wa Thurs on & by the Herald Pub- —Mafeking's relief ost at hand. News last that on. to alry and infant- f six guns, passed yurg on Wednesday. sald nd i be night, two da, is prob- i " march iven his account of ver, which was one ect to the opera- ght during the war. 1d marshal had un- superior in num- and in men that th rs jnually turned and ck from one 80 str for Winburg St of the railway forced the Boers an Hamilton, to the et the strongest op- 1d a r that the i Hamilton's mith-Dorrien’s ¢k there for = definitely sev won be- GENERAL ASWOGON AMONG THE KILLED LONDON 12—The Lourenzo Mar- ue 2 ent of the Daily Mail in ted Friday. May 11. says Boer papers report severe fighting tern border, The facts are very used. probably by design to « al the truth from the burghers, but re is enough to show that the Boers dmit British u ion of Taung: A special dispatch from Christiana (Transvaal) published in the Standard and Vigger News, says: “Six hundred Brit- sh alry crossed the Vaal Frids urteen Streams, and went to Taungs, ollowed by commandoes. A second de- achme British crossed at the ¥ day. The Griqualanders General Aswogon. after being rein- ed. repulsed the British and forced 1em back in the direction of Taungs e Aswogon was killed. The ties were seven wounded. loss was hes Everything cept “asfew tents left to attract the vemy bells. Taungs is ocupied by Sobie about. 3000 British.” th Owing to-representations made by the = which \ched Toreign merchants in Lourenzo Marques E Oakia yd by Herr Poit. the Trans Consul Le & i Genergl ~the question of classifying N E w mpa orpo- | “bully’] blankets and clothing as ugn apit build P o m Oak to the S and Bodie i B = ® 4 But a f les of the | Since then the next Step in the deal has N ain J. | been made and Mr. Grant has secured the St of great | control of Charles H. Smith's bonds. project These are but the first steps in the road minus nd system and F system. The foreclosure proceedings K ectio the | the litigation as to the validity of the € the bond various bond holdings and the several n s different suits now pending will all have | was the town of Jlo and | 1o be settled before any final transfer T 1 h *ablo Creek ( yon to an be made, but the California & Ne- e Orinda Park vada Rallway is now in a position to be i t ealizatior Captain Smith’s | taken by the Santa Fe system whenever dreams pecula was much slower | that system deems that the proper time ! a a pated. While the Cali- | for absorption has come. N Railway had an excel- | Those who know the relations that ex- e ers. For between A. A. Grant and the Santa whi operated the road | Fe road know that the possession of the each direction. but California & Nevada Raliway bonds by ged to supply the o Grant is equivalent to thefr possession £ ex f his own pocket, by the Santa Fe Railway system itself. « time and it became a Mr. € was the contractor who built wian e California and Ne. | nearly all of the Atlantic & Pacific Rail- t two streaks of rust of the Santa Fe system in Southern Cali- £ to make the fornia. He is a man of large fortune and rm s never | influence in the railway world, and his lied in Oakland | associations with the Santa Fe Rallroad | aw of his expecta- | are so close as to leave no doubt as to what his possession of the California & was succeeded in | Nevada R ¥ bonds may mean. Mr. f his estate by his son srant. ‘with true railroad forethought. de- son found the nd Nevada in a He found that ¥ railways of way t-away fre nies that the Santa Fe alifornia & Nevada Railroad, but dces not deny that posses- of the ( ion fon can be taken w m- the laagers ex- transfer of the little raiiroad to the Santa and a large portion of the mileage as taken actual henever the settle- ment of the pending litigation and other se of the prop- | circumstances warrant. Mr. Grant said Mr. Smith had | yesterd: short time, and “The California & Nevada Railway has port of the stock- | been so much talked about that even g t the bonded | the children on, the streets of Oakland ¢ , mith estate. He found | discuss its value and its future. It is un- the stockholders and directors | doubtedly a valuable terminal property, ! d issued additional | bub it ha )t yet been absorbed by the e of about $250.00 for | Santa Fe Railroad Company. What might - = wh claimed to have ren- | happen, 1 cannot It is true that I de . Ire ANl of this cons have taken the position of receiver of the tuted ic en upon the property | road, but I do not think that that h: t lue of the original | any special signification. I am not oper- made by Charles H. | put awaiting the result of pending litiga- throw his raflroad into the | tion, It is true that negotiations have been regeiver. To do this he| jending with the Santa Fe Railroad, but | foreclogure prpceedings in the | jt is ebvious that no conclusion can be courts. In_this fgreclosure spit reached until the title to the road is set- the legality of only his bonds, | tied. Nothing will be or ¢an be done until ting in mumber to three hundred. | the court renders its decision. That will ¥ two hundred and fifty bonds | Settle the exact question of title, and until e | then no more can be done. There are laimed by the officers of the company | many things that may develop, and I am and the former Jessee he asserted to be | not prophet enough to make predictions. iMegal and void in that they had been is- | I think that the Santa Fe system can Sued without proper compensation being | St the road when it wants it made to the road. This drew the fire of | beagpmees o ghe holders of the bonds whose legality ON EASTERN TRACKS. he attacked. They replie - — L kel ahex Teplied In @ counter | g orses That Flashed First Past the fug their two hundred and fifty. be fore- Judges’ Stand. closed the property, but Charles H.| LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1L—Results at & ured advantage and named | Churchill Down: the receiver in the person of C. K. King | ating the railroad and am doing nothing | Four furlonge, selling—Oscar won, Ep second, ©f Oakland former superi ird. Time, oy uperintentent of | arlongs —Unsight] Etta second, 4 | Anthracite third. 1z, v several years the little road has | Six furlongs. handicap—Tragedy won, Bangle. peen involved in this extensive litigation, | second, Foneda third. Time, 1:13%. Many proceedings of many kinds have | Mile. selling—Commonwealth’s Aitorney won, : : . | Indlan second, George B. Cox third. Time, cen had and much bitterness has been | 1y . engendered Charges of frand nave been | Four and a haif furlongs—Box Baker won, freely mage on both sides and the docu- | Jis Eminence second, The Conqueror. third! ¢ s e jous s s . ime, fnents in the various sults are filled with | * jile, selling—Three Bars won, Hurricane sec- allegations of fraud and iliegal actions. It has been this Involved litigation that | has done n to injure the sale of the | road. Possible purchasers have been un- wertain with which side to negotiate and have never known whether they would | gecure the road by the purchase of the Smith estate interests or whether they would be compelied to recognize the ad- ditional two hundred and fifty bonds. The trial of the foreclosure proceedings has been had and the case has been submitted | to Commissioner Heacock of the NCX’II‘ court, and a decision is expected at any time. As these proceedings reached conclusion A. A. Grant made his appearance upon {2 | was the holder of a very few bonds, the validity of which were never questioned. second, Benson Caldwel . selling—Astor won, Rollins second, Til- hird. Time, 1:43%. ; | ond, Clara Meader third. CHICAGO, May 1L.—Weather clear and | track fast at Lakeside. Results: Four furlongs—Money Musk won, Battus sec- ond, Boomerack third. Time, Seven furlonge, selling—! | Insurrection second, Microscove third. Time, 0. 2493 Dutch Comedian won, Six furlongs—Alpaca won, Sam Fullen second, Mile—Gariboo. won, | Rosa Deah third. Time, 1:15 Hub Prestar third. Time, 1:43 ther second, Five furlongs, n!llmfl-~Dlnd)' Jim won, Teon 1 Mile, e Wt — i third. Time, 1 McFadden Fights a Draw. NEW YORK, May 11.—At the Hercules the scene in an active capacity. Mr. Grant | Athletic Club Kid McFadden of 8an Fran- cisco and Eugene Garcia of Brooklyn | fought. a draw of fifteen rounds at 118 He threw his influence with Charles H. [ — ol Emith and then the first indication of the Griffo Fights a Draw. deal which has since been consummated | CHICAGO, May wae given. Mr. Grant was appointed re- reiver of the road, succeeding C. K. King. Lewis to-night. 11.—Young Griffo fought six fast rounds to a draw with Jac be traveling | | right and left to the bo Corbe: 1 twice | with his left for the body, but missed, and then 5 | they exchanged light lefts on the head. Cor- [ e o e o St i o E’. - +-H-0-9-o D e S e S R Rt SORE SRR, SR SN SRR ST SR S S SPUR [ R e SRy SCS traband has been referred back to Lis- | bon o | ROBERTS TELLS HOW | HE CROSSED THE ZAND LLONDON, M 11.—Lord Roberts tele- graphs to the War Office from Rietspruit, under date of May 10, éevening, as follows® | | *We have had a successful day and have driven the ecnemy from point to point. | French, with Porter's and Dickson's brig- ades of Iry and Hutten's mounted in- fantry, d the Zand at, Vermentens ¥ cre Kraal and then worked round in a north- easterly direction to Maatschappy, being opposed continuously by the enemy. Pole- | Carew's division and Bordon's cavalry | brigade, augmented by I° Battery of the | Royal Horse tillery, and by Henry's | and Ross’ mounted infantry, crossed the | river by a drift near the railway bridge. My quarters accompanied this force. | With the infantry portion we are miles north of the river. The caval: eight mounted infantry are at Venters | yoad station, and Tucker's divigion | Deeifonteinnord. Ian Hamilton's forces | !and Broadwood’s cavalry brigade were making for the cross roads near Venter: burg when 1 iast heard from them. Ham- | flton’s column met with stubborn resist- | ance, and Smith-Dorrien’s brigade was | | engaged for some hours in protecting the | | ary v ROPE FERRY OVER THE VAAL RIVER, N It was at this point that a part of General Archibald Hunter’s force crossed on the 9th inst., after some sharp fightin, General Roberts will probably cross is some two hundred miles above and about one hundred miles from his present advanced position. rear and flank of -his force. “The only casualties reported at present Killed, rank and file, 4; wounded, No returns yet received from the cav- alry nor Hamilton's force.” St BULLER IS MOVING FROM ELANDS LAAGTE LONDON, May 11.—According to a Pre- toria telegram, General Buller is moving from Elands Laagte in the direction of Helpmakaar, and the British engaged a Boer patrol of Italians on Thursday. Twelve Ialians are reported as routing fifty British. The dispatch also says that British reconnoitering parties e invaded the Transvaal near Four- teen Streams and that the sides meet frequently with varying re- sults. i 2 x FREE STATERS CONCENTRATING MASERU, Basutoland, May 10.—Free Staters are concentrating strongly on a good position on the Korannoberg lying eastward of the direct line Thaba Nchu to Winburg. President Steyn was with them yesterday, but is believed to have gone northward after inspiring the burghers with predictions of approaching Boer success through the vanguard | couts on both | hills | of the | 400000000000 090 9000900000000 09000000600600046065456066600005000600e sistance of thousands of foreigners who | he said were pouring into Delagoa Bay | General Rundl sion camped last evening: on the banks of the Little Liuw River, between Thaba Nchu and Lady- brand. . | SHOT A BOER PRISONER. | B ! JAMESTOWN, St. Helen May 11.— | Tuesday night one of the guards shot a | Boer prisoner as he was attempting to | escape over the boundary fence. The entry challenged the prisoner, but re ceived no reply and then fires The mat- | ter is being inves | tar. KRUGER'S VEHEMENCE. CAPE TOWN, Ma 11.—At the closing of the Volsraad Monday, May President Kruger cried out: “Gud’of the Volksraad, shall No! not! ( this be the final act? 1t shgll »d will be merciful and strengthen | the right. Ours is the right! | The President added that he had docu- imr-mar,\- proofs of a devilish conspiracy | to annibilate the republics. . BOERS ARE PUZZLED. | | | MASERU, Basutoland, May 11.—B | forces from Thaba Nchu under General | Rundle and General Brabant are reported itish EAR WINDSORTON. igated by a court-mar- | MAFEKING'S RELIEF SEEMS ALMOST AT HAND MWATIAL LW S o 0 ) 1 PROCLAIMED IN ¢ TWO PROVINCES ;| Anti- Tax Demonstrations s Assume Serious Aspeet ) in Spain. — ¢ | At Seville, Valencia and Barcelona . Mobs Have Collisions With . Troops and Several Men ? Are Wounded. ® —— B & | MADRID. May 1l.—Martial law bas 1 n proclaimed in the provinces of Bar- L |celona and Valencia. At Seville, whei the shops are still closed, the excitemer ¢ | continues. There has been further re- & | sistance to the gendarmerie at Valencia b otwithstand e solicitations of tha o | Anti-taxation press there was a completa absence of the labor element in yester- ¢ |day’s ma tations at Barcelona o | Dispatches received here show @ | lencia night o |and ting was eve ¢ where a cr threw S |up ¢ s th trect vl ex « | changed musket with a body of ? | sendarmes. s ere alse fired from verandas and balconies + number of ¢ [houses. Several gendarmes were hit. A © | Bumber of rioters were arrested At Seville a mot ¢+ | building of the Milit sha & |the windows a gas lamps. + | sendarmes “only ded in dispe: the rioters after a hard fight. durir @ | which se I citizens. two gendarmes, a + | police inspector and two members of fha | municipal guard were wounded. A for © | of infantry and cava was summ. A ¢ | which soen cleared and occupied the o | streets. R R e e e The place where ¢ | and strong. rugged and obstinate: Corbert ¢ |is older, quicker. not so strong, and he ¢ | making the effort of his life to regain his 4+ @ |lost championship. {to have advanced toward Colocan and | Platshers. A large commando of Boers PARENTS SLEEP WHILE has returned from the Korrannoberg hills {and is in readiness to meet the British, SON WINS A VICTORY but the Boers are puzzled to know by | which route the British will appear. Special Dispatch to The Call | PRy LOS May 11.—When the | TO THROW OFF BRITISH YOKE. | words wins" were posted on | - | scores of bulletin boards, surrounded by | ACCRA. Gola Coast. May 11.—Serious | thousands of Los Angeles friends of tha reports are current that the Ashantis are | champion, the shout that went up be- determined to throw off the British yoke: | Spoke the admiration in which the cham- | that they have secured the co-operation | Pion is held in the home of his addption. of eight other tribes and that they arc | At the same moment Rev. and Mrs. Jef- | now able to rais 0 warriors. fries peacefully were sleeping at their B se homgstead on the Arroyo Seco. The un- 5 oncern heretofore exhibited by the fam- 0OM PAUL'S ANGER. ily during previous contests was apparent during this latest . battle. When apprisel May 1L.—The Lourenzo Mar- | of the result no o LONDON, inlon was uttered that quez correspondent of the Times, tele- | showed either joy or emotion. John Je | graphing Frie The disqussion in | fries, brother of the champlon, was the Volksraad concerning the sale of un- | only one of the family in town te dermining rights caused an exciting scene. | {he returns He sent a telegram of c President Kruger said the money was | gratulations to Jim. | wanted for the purpose of war. Members | No betting was done here. Less than | retorted that this statement conflicted | $2000 changed hands. Every one fe with the declaration in the Presidential | of the result. Z speech that there were ample funds for prosecuting the war. and they accused the LOCAL BETTORS WERE SOMEWHAT AT SEA Government of squandering money. Final- ly Kruger quitted the chamber in a fit of passion, declaring that he had done his | duty and that he washed his hands of the | | whole business. Although betting on the | fries fight was lighkt in this city, when Corbett-Jef- TECHNICAL ACCOUNT OF . NEW YORK, May i1.—The following is the story of the Jeffries-Corbett cham- pionship fight by round First Round. forced Jeffries | ing grouna ana to the ropes, landing a Corbett with Corbett break- sprinting. He forced Corbett ght on. the body. Cor- | bett sent a hard left to the face and Jéffries landed a light left. Corbett, shifty and break- ing ground, hooked a left to the nose. He kept up his sprinting and sent another left to Jeff's head. Jeffries tried left and right, but Cor- bBett blocked cleverly and hooked another left to the face. Corbett backed away and tantal- ized his opponent by his clever movements. Corbett hooked a left to the face. Jeffries then sent a right to the body and Corbett countered with a left on the head. This was Corbett's round on pointe Second Round. | Corbett was the quicker on his feet and land- ed a left on the jaw. Jeffries sent Corbett's head back with a left punch, but Corbett straightened quickly and backed away. Corbett | kept up his sprinting and hooked another left | 1o the face, but Jeffries got back with a hard | right on the body. Corbett's foot work was a puzzle to the champion, but Jeffries kept crowd- | ing in and landed a left on the body, which | ade Corbett more cautious. Corbeti's foot | srk was wonderful. Jeffries led a left for the head, but Corbett crossed with a right which | sent ‘the champion's head back. Corbett made good work of his legs and danced away from his opponent until the end of the round | Third Round. | Corbett again the quicker on the feet. He | hooked a light left Jeffries’ head. Jeffries was cool and deliberate in his movements. He guarded his face cautiously and ed Corbett to make four circles of the ring. Corbett feinted with his left. but did not land and Jeffries sent | bett feinted again, but Jeffries blocked and sent a hard left to the body, driving Corbett to the ropes. Corbett endeavored to feint Jeffries out of position. bui got a right on the body for | his ‘palns. With a quick movement Corbetl | sprung into his own corner, where Jeffries caught him, sending a stiff left to the ribs just as the gong rang. Fourth Round. They rushed to a clinch, after which Jeffries | hooked 'a_left o the head. Corbett iried a right for the body, but fell short. Jeffries gent his right over to the head. They sparred for a time, with Corbett breaking ground, and then Jeffries forced Corbett to the ropes, send- ing his left to the body. A moment later he repeated this blow and Corbett looked worried. At close_quarters Jeffries put his right to the head and as they broke he came back quickly with a right to the body. Then a right and Jeft from Jeffries to the head jarred Corbett. Jeffries followed this up with another terrific left on the neck and Corbett was very tired when the bell ran. Fifth Round. Corbett resumed the contest with evident relish, but he was very anxlous withal. Jef- fries got at him at close quarters with a light left to the body and Corbett failed to rent Corbett feinted with his right, but Jeftr called the biuff and hooked his left to the body. Corbett sparred cleverly, sending his left to the body, and, after a little shifty work, hooked his ‘left twice to the head. Jef- fries attemyuted a left hook for the jaw, but Corbett ducked it and sent another left to the jaw. Jeffries then crowded in and rushed Jim 1o the ropes, putting his left hard to the body. Jeftries forced the fighting and sent his left to the face and body with telling effect just before the bell sounded. . Sixth Round. Corbett sprang to the center of the ring, but Jeffries was ready for him. “‘Don’t let him get set,” said George Considine. ‘‘Watch him, Jim; he can't hit you in a week.” A gecond later Jeffries led a straight left to the face. Ccrbett made an ineffectual try for the head. Three clinches followed. With the honors in Jeftries” favor, and Corbett was compelled to shift continually to avold the champion’s leads. Corbett used his legs for safety to the end of the round without having scored a semblance of a blow. Seventh Round. They rushed to a ciinch. Jeffried got a light left on the wind. Again they went to & clinch, and in the break Jeffries threw his left over to the ribs. Corbett played for the body, but Jeffries calied him and blocked neatly. Jeffries tried a Jeft lead to the head, which Corbett ducked beautifully, but Jeffries was hard after. i and sent right and left smashes to. the body Wwhich almost sent Corbett off his feet. Jeffries then got wild, -wlnnzxg both hands to the body, and Corbett sprinted to aveid pun- ishment. Jeffries landed left and right on the body d Corbett, after jumping back, ran into a straight left on the face. 'The round | breakaway THE FIGHT was altogether in Jeffries' favo: seemed 1o be weakening at the clg Eighth Round. and Corbett Corbett rushed in with a left to the body, which was blocked, and Jeffries forced him io the ropes with a right smash to the chest Corbett hooked his left to the head, and fries counte o the stomach. Corbett ho: & left to the head and got away clean. Je made a bull rush, sending his left to the without a return. Jeffries kept on forcing, but was very wild in his delivery, as he missed three left hooks for the head. Corbett dodged all three in the smartest manner. Jeffries kept on forcing the pace and landed his left neck. Corbett countering with a right hook to the head. Corbett stepped in and got in a cork: ing good rlght to the ribs and ducked Jeffries counter. The bell found them sparring. Ninth Round. Both led lefts for the head. Corbett hooked his left to the head and swung his right to the jaw, staggering Jeffries. Corbett followed up with another right swing to the jaw, but it was not 50 hard as the previous one. Corbett came in with a left to the body and in the ung a_terrific right to the jaw which made Jeffries look groggy. Corbett, ‘see- ing his advantage, put his left and right quickly to the head and hooked another hard left to the jaw. Jeffries sent back a hard left swing to the head. Corbett was the cleverer in the ex- | changes which followed, and he landed his left with provoking regularity on Jeffries' face, much to the latter's detriment, This was certainly Corbett’s round and the hest round thus far, Tenth Round. Corbett led with his left to the head and ducked the return. Again he hooked to the head and countered Jfefiries’ left to the body. Quick as lightning Corbett sent right and left to the face and had the big fellow guessing. Corbett kept forcing, and with another left to the nose made the boilermaker's nasal organ bleed profusely. Jeffries was,very wild, swing- ing at random; while Corbett kept landing hard left-hand Jahs on the neck and face. Jeffries made several rushes, but to no purpose, and Corbett’s stock went hooming. Corbett was loudly cheered at the end of the round. Eleventh Round. Corbett opened with the left to the body. and Jeffries rushed him to the corner but failed to land effectively. He tried a left swing for Cor- btt's head, but Corbett dodged it and sent right and left to the body. Corbett sent two left jabs to Jeffries' mouth, drawing the blood from the champlon’s lips. ' Jeffries seemed to be rattled at this stage, and Corbett found no dit- fleulty in getting his left to the face. Jefiries tried several left swings, but Corbett got under them and hooked his right hard to the body twice. Jeffries jabbed Corbett on the jaw. Cor- bett did not seem dazed by this blow, and walked to his corner smiling. Twelfth Round. Even money s now the betting. Jeffries started out with a left hook to the head, but Corbett ducked it and a clinch followed. They clinched three times without a blow. Jeffries Bot a right to the body and a left to the chest, Corbett hooking a straight left to the face. In a breakaway Jeffries tried a right right swing, but failed to land, and Corbett led twice to the face without a refurn. Jeffries assumed a more crouching position” than that which he usually assumes, but Corbett straightened him up with a right on the nose and a left on the nose, which brovght the blood more freely. In a break from a clinch Jeffries crossed a rigit to the head and at the close of the round Corbett put a light left to the chest. Thirteenth Round. Both were careful. Jeffries tried his left halt a dozen times, but Corbett got out of range. Jeffries tried his right again to the head, but Corbett shifted inside of the lead and clinched, Jeffries hooked his left to the neck and rusicd Corbett to the ropes. Corbett came back quickly and they clinched twice, doing no in- jury. “Jeffries made a bull rush. sending his left to the body and his right to the head, pul- ting Corhett to the ropes and staggering him. Jeffries crowded in and forced the pace, which was evidently too hot for Corbett and the gong sounded none too soon. Fourteenth Round. Both were fast in answering the gong, each leading a left, but they falled to land and u clinch followed. In a breakaway Corbett tried to send his right over, but Jeffries dodged it. Then Corbett sent two stralght lefts to the mouth and Jeffries responded with hard lefts to the body. Jeffries sent a back-hand left smash on Corbett's face and Corbett retaliated with a straight left to the nose. Jeffries bled freely from the nose and Corbett sent two more lef(s to that organ. Corbett had the call at the end of the round. : Fifteenth Round. Corbett was the aggressor, sending his left twice to the face. Jeffries rushed, driving u ile-driving right for the body, which Corbett Bloekea' cleverty. Then Cormert left to the neck, while Jeffries tried wil for the head. Jeffries bored in, but Corbett dugked on the | BY ROUNDS At the close Corbett tried to evade beautifully. a left lead for the head and siipped; but, though the blow landed, he recovered, and stood upright when it looked as i puld have gone to the floor. Corbett’s work was wondcr- ful and the Jeffries people looked worried Sixteenth Round. Corbett was up on his toes at the call of time and sent his left to Jeffries' body. He hooked a light left to Jeffries’ face, but re- cefved a hard setback on the body from Jefliie right. ~Corbett jumped around as lively a cricket, and, when Jeffries missed a right swing, he landed left and right on Jeft:ies’ face. ' In a_ breakaway Jeffries put his right to the ear, but Corbett countered on the bocy At the close of the round Jeffries hooked a right to the side of the head and the referec wa: arating them from a clinch when the beil rang. Seventeenth Round. Corbett ran into a left smash on but countered with a hard left on the ear. Jeftries looked desperate and rushed Corbett like a wild man. Corbett met his roshes with left jabs to the face, and the best that Jeffries sent back was a right to the ribs. Coming to close quarters, Corbett drove his right to the body and hooked his left to the face. Jeffries | landed a left on the body and then drove his right hard for the chest, but Corbett blocked the blow. A hard left on the body from Jef- fries almost took Corbett off his feet, but he held on pluckily and stepped around out of danger when it looked if_he would be bound to lose. This was Jeffries’ round. Eighteenth Round. went to a clinch without landing a Corbett hooked his left to the jaw and the face, They blow. blocked Jeffries' return for the body. Corbett hooked a hard left the jaw, but was not g0 fortunate in escaping, Jeffries put a Jeffries tried his right landed with his forearm on the chin, and there were crles of ‘‘Look out for that elhow.”” Then Jeffries hooked his left to the head and Corbett drove his right hard to the ribs. Corbett hooked his Teft to the face and blocked Jeffries’ counter for the body, keeping the big fellow at arm’s length until’ the ronnd was over. Nineteenth Round. effries tried two lefts for the body, but they wore blocked. Then Jeffries hooked his left to the head and Corbett sent back a Jeft swing to the jaw. Jeffries rushed and forced Corbett to the ropes, sending a left to the hody and a right to the neck. Jeffries knocked Corbett to the floor with a right smash to the ear. Corbett got up like a flash, as If the fall had not taken any of the steam out of him. def- fries kept crowding in, using his left to the ribs and neck. Corbett countered with a straight left jab to the face. In a clinch Jef- frics sent his right twice to the kidneys, and had all the better of the round at the close. Twentieth Round. Jeffries rushed at his man like a mad bull, but Corbett sidestepped and sprinted out of harm's way, sending a straight left to the ribs as he went. Jeffries rushed again, but Corbett got inside his lead and fooled him. He threw his body against the champion’s chest and blocked every blow. Corbett stepped to either side every time Jeffries tried to land and dodged two hard: left swings. Jeffries succeeded In landing a left on the neck, Cor- Dbett countering on the ribs. Corbett's’ foot- work was extremely clever in this round, and he surprised everybody who watched him. Jef- fries seemed disgruntled at not being able to land a telling blow. Twenty-First Round. Corbett opened with a left on the face. fries rushed him into a corner, where Corbett slipped and evaded a right swing for the head. Jeftries kept boring in, but Corbett met him at every turn, blocking cleverly. ~Corbett hooked a right’ to the stomach and Jeffries sent two lefts to the head. Jefiries jabbed his left hard on the chest and hooked to the face, Corbett countering with his right to the ear. At close quarters Jeffries led a right to the head and in the clinch which followed lay heavily on his opponent. In the breakaway Corbett landed a right on the head and sprinted to the ropes, where another clinch ensued with- out any harm being done. Twenty-Second Round. Jeffries rushed madly, putting his left to the head and right to the body. Corbett backed away without returning a blow. Jeffries, still forcing, made Corbett go to the limit of the ring and sent a hard left to the neck. Again Jeffries sent his left to the neck, but Corbett, in shifting, allowed Jeffries’ elbow to get under hig chin, Jeffries made a wild swing for the head, but Corbett threw his left hard to the rits ‘and evaded the blow. In sidestenping Corbett outgeneraled the champlon, but Jeffries put a left to the head and a right to the jaw and followed with a left on_the body that Jarrea Jim considerably. Jeffries was very strong at the énd of the round, while Corbett seemed to be weakening. . Twenty-Third Round. After a couple of passes Jeffries swung his hard left on the chest for the face, but on compared with previous heavyweight contests, the meeting of the two Califor- attracted right to Corbett's jaw and then rushed him across the ring to ihe ropes in a neutral cor- ner. At close quarters Corbett hooked his left | Hians widespread _attention. to the face, sending the blood spurting | The streets were thronged with men from Jeffries’ nose. Jeffries then put | eager to learn the outcome. Market two hard lefts into the body and smashed his left again on Corbett's face, sending Corbett's | Street was blockaded to such an extent head back. Then Jeffries crowded him to the | as to bring the cable cars to a stop. The Topes and with a full. swinging right smash on | various poolrooms were packed with men. Lot aT s e corest s 47-;:\’\1;"&4“'::\ Before the men entered the ring Jef- rolled over in a vain attempt to regain his | fries was favorite at odds of 10 to 3%. As feet. but he was too far gone to recuperate | the reports came over the wire telling of within the call of time of.ten seconds. the brilliant showing made by Corbett Corbett lay like a log, rolling over twice on the ring floor, but a moment after Referee White had counted him out he was able to re gain his feet and the seconds had little difft culty in reviving him. Time of round, 2 min- utes and 11 seconds. | JEFFRIES RETAINS i THE WIUNSHIP the latter gained in favor. gradually until he with the champion. | The mutuels at Harry Corbett's $16.40 for each dollar invested. For once the wise division was all at sea, as a | glance at the figures on the mutuel board | shows. The majority of the bettors thought Jeffries must win before thirteen rounds had been fought. They overlook- | ed the later rounds of the fight entirely, | hence the big returns on the amount in- | vested. The tickets sold were as follow He picked up was at even money paid Jeftries. Cosbett. Continued from First Page. 320 1% and is so thickly built that he doesn’t B look his height until another man stands near him. Corbett looks like a boy beside him, yet Jim weighs 183 pounds and stands nearly 6 feet 1 inch in his shoes, Jeffries is as rugged as a young bear. If he had not such a good-natured face he would look like a grizzly. His long, thick arms and broad, deep, rugged chest, BASE HITS PLENTIFUL. 0ld-Fashioned Game Between Phila- delphia and Cincinnati. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. covered with black hair, and his enor- | philadeiphia i3 & mous legs, all add to the resemblance. | Brooklyn 0 1 You can see what a kind disposition he | Cincinnati .. 9 7 has by watching his brown gyes. They | Fittsburg ...§ & . never look fierce, even when he is slug- | CINCINNATI May 1. —Cincinnat! and Phila- ging for all he is worth. Jeffries looks | delphia played an old-fashioned game to-day. trained to the minute. I never saw him | Hahn and Donohue lasted but three innings and look so well as he does to-night. He looks | Phillips and Orth were not effective. 'The lo- " B 4 cals’ poor flelding st them the game, At s strong as a big stone wall. His skin 1s | {35 poor, felding ! as brown as an Indlan's. — e Jim Corbett is a picture of a man In | cincinnati . n 11 3 perfect condition. He is smoothly modeled | Philadelphia . e 20 b d 5 and slender, except at the neck, shéulders Batterfes—Hahn, Phillips and Woods; Dono and chest, where he is very ruggéd. He hue, Orth and McFarland. Umpire, Swart- is thicker up there than I ever saw him. | ¥o0d- He looks every bit as big as 183 pounds. | PITTSBURG, May 1l. — Boston-Pittsburg His flesh is as white as marble, except | game postponed; wet grounds. where the hot sun of Lakewood has | A DS tanned his face and neck. Every move | Good Sport Promised. he makes is a picture of ease and grace | VALLEJO, May 1l.—Vallejo's coming and power. He weighs twenty-seven or | fair is an assured success. Premium lists twenty-nine pounds less than the cham- | for prize exhibits of stock and products plon. He is going to try to offset that | are prepared. There will be a race meet- difference in weight and strength by su- 'lng during fair week, and purses amount- perior quickness. His long, smoeth arms, | ing to $10,000 will be placed. Honest racing compared with Jeff's husky arms, are lfke | will be assured, the Speed Assocfation small swords against bludgeons. Com- | having joined the National Trotting Asso- pared with Jeff’s bristly black hair Cor- | ciation. All gambling will be regulated ett's fine, soft brown locks are like silk. by the State law, and none will be per- }{'l! e}'eisr arethile:“and his look flercer named di the tair grounds. Many prizes A ook more than g5 o> 01d. but does- | Ty S, ftered in a Belgian hare exhibit. | The fair time will be July 16 to 21. n't look more than 26. To sum the men up—Jeff is young, big Brain-Tired Body-Weary This condition of lassitude is positive proof of poor or impure blood. You cannot think, your. nerves are unstrung, it is hard work to walk or work, you have no endurance, no staying power —simply be- cause your blood does not furnish the required vigor and vitality. The very first thing you should do is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to drive away the bad in the blood; vigor and strength will follow, bringing color to the cheek and firmness and elasticity to the step; the head will become clear, the brain active and the muscles steady. Hood’s Sarsaparilla will make you feel at peace with all the world. Try it