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a oe oe newer - —y “ ' ~ Sy Za oR ' " - W FIGHT he EVENING. EDITION (on iq] FIGHT! A | EXTRA Cleentation Rows Open te Ant | bo kn AEE pace at J ; EXTRA et PRICK, ONE CUNT. NEW YORK, SPT HOAY, Shh rE ry fee PICK ONR CHINE JEFFRIES WHIPS CORBETT IN 10TH ROUND BY PLEXUS BLOW THE VICTOR. THE VANQUISHED Jettries Lands a Terrible Lett and Sends Bae ~ = | . ‘ : ae 14 | His Adversary to the Floor for Nine Seconds and Follows It Up with . " * rrs i | a Right on the Same Spot That q is Put Corbett Out of Business. PIS ere i MECHANICS’ PAVILION, San Francisco, Aug. 15.—James J. Jeffries, cham-| : pion heavy-weight of the world. played with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and a | \ half last night and then Corbett’s seconds motioned to Referee Graney to stop ihe) ] { fight in order to save thelr man from needless punishment. | " The end came shortly after the beginning of the tenth round. when Jeffries’ A planted one of his terrific left swings on Corbett’s stomach. The man who con. | quered John L. Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony, and the memorable scene, at Carson City. when Bob Fitzsimmons landed his solar plexus blow, was almost} duplicated. | This time, however, Corbett struggled to his feet end again faced his gigantic adversary. With hardly a moment's hesitation Jeffries swung his right) and again landed on Corbett’s stomach. Jim dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan, claiming that it was all over, motioned to Referee Graney to stop the punishment. | The fight last night demonstrated beyond all doubt that Jeffries stands alone In his class. . | After the fignt was over Corbett quickly recovered. walked over to Jeff and! shook him warmly by the hand. He said: “Jim. you beat me fairly. You stand alone. No one can touch you.” | Re‘eree Eddie Graney sald after the fight that it was a good heavy-weight contest. | “Corbett was very clever, but Jeff was almost equally so and showed marvelous | improvement. He practically outhoxed Corbett during the fight with the exceptions! of the eighth and ninth rounds. Every blow that he landed told, and his superior) weight and strength was bound to win in the end.” Timekeeper George Harting stated that the blows that won the fight were a left to the stomach followed by a right to the same place as soon as Corbett arose on| a: a, JEFFRIES, his feet. after taking the count of nine, __ VV CORGETT, (ee nN “T PROVED TO-NIGHT THAT I AM “I DID MY BEST AND LOST: JEFF | FE THE CHAMPION”’--JAMES J, JEFFRIES IS TOO BIG.’'— quae J. CORBETT, | , PITHERE AT \ FIGHT “My fight to-night will demonstrate to the public that I am a I did my best and lost. I fought the best I knew. Jefiries sll THAT FINED CORRE | better man than | ever was and gives the lie to the reports which too big for me and he is the best man in the world, If the public ts +} have been circulated in some quarters that 1 am a physical wreck, sitisfied with my fight, | am glad to give Jetiries all the credit that is i $e through drink and other dissipation. 1 trained faithfully for this fight []] due him. 1 have no personal feelings in the matter. I have fought | and the result shows that 1 am the natural champion. I out-boxed }}} my last fight. Had I won I would have ‘been willing to meet aut ‘Ten Thousand Spectators at the Ring] him in every round and carried the fight to him at every stage of [I] comers, Now that I lost | am going to retire {rom the ting onc ell First a Left, Then : a ‘Rigi in the Region. the game. I must say, however, that Corbett put up a better fight []] for all, Jeffries is certainly a great champion. No man who ani | Side When the Two Gladiators Met] than 1 thought he would. But his punches had no steam, and when }]J a fighter can help paying homage to Jeti If, like me, they had {! of the Solar Plexus—Corbett Intro. 1 x ° rh they did land, which was not often, they did not hurt me. fought him twice, they certainly would, zn Hi : A ‘ to Contest for the Champions Ip— —Statement by James J. Jeffries. — Statement by James J. Corbett. |! duces a New Wrinkle 10 Fighting heres Oe a mm 3 5 $54,000 Taken In at the Gate. ers, for they muttered “He can never do it.” And yet they did not let the champion of the world, while Corbett was simply introduced as "4 on I actics by Inhaling Oxygen. ee Corbett, of San Francisco.” Eddie Graney was next introduced and was aspirant for the championship know this, for his every movement was "SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 15.—Jeflries and Corbett last night in Me-| cheered to the echo. chanics’ Pavilion faced ihe greatest crowd ever gathered about a prize (ying. It was an orderly crowd, but silent with expectation, During the heartily applauded. | ine leffries wore a pair of black trunks entwined with an Amerioan flag \ MECHANICS’ PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 15,.—Tha, | | $54,000 IN THE HOUSE. THE G There was very little LDIATOR GI MEET | hlow that put Corbett out was practically the same one that lost him the: ay in geting the two men together As they , Ter thousand men were séated about the arena, representing an | s; P Brae ROnCetheycornenedct Randel ' Seren ns en ba Flee \ preliminary bouts conpparatively little interest was manifested in what the a BS : eet ey _ | Stepped to the centre, amid an intense allence, they grasped hands and sur-| chompionship at Carson City—a solar plexus, so called—but this: time’ if a \ expenditure for seating accommodations aggregating $54,000. This was] veyed each other calmly. Corbett looked at Jeffries from head t lvastarrepentort ieeaer fa ‘ dovthe business i} ia small fry was about, for every one was waiting for the big fellows. ine tareest (crowd ever asseribled’atlx ringeide invthis country and the Jeffries's glance at Corbett was auick but keen, ‘They then nd to] NAS A repeater, because the first one did not do the business. ie | \ Promptly at the advertised hour the contestants made their appear-| ‘i ; . sss | their corners, and cach said some word to the men in thelr respecvive ¢or-/ In landing the blow Jeffries had evidently followed the advice of 1% uva'in the ting: the champion preceding his rival by a little over'a minute third largest sum in dollars and cents ever contested for. The two that} ners. in | | } 'A\ Jeffries eae od He clea looked at ana twasterected exceeded it in receipts were the Corbett-Jeffries fight at Coney Island, 4 ie A omunt Ray heard in the big amphitheatre as the men arose to Fitzsimmons, who used the blow on Corbett at Carson City. It is true g a » st. . . 5 vegin the battle that meant so much to each, Jeffries, crouching low j; e : . . = ,€00, and the Corbett-McCoy ‘ight at Madison Square Garden, New . 4 that Jeffries won over Corbett at Coney Island with a blow on the jaw, { pf wih long applause, but it was as nothing to the uproar which greeted Cor- tas ‘ ye auArE Ge CW his wont, feinted. and Corbett danced atound him, si up the ¢ eel a ‘ | s i . ap, | York, $63,000. Suddenly Jeffries's great left arm shot out, but Corbett duc + | but it was landed with his left after a glancing blow on the stomach, \{ bel. It seemed as if the sympathy of the vast crowd was entirely with The scene about the big pavilion from § P. M. until the men stepped| t #© calmly over his head, while he clinched. ‘Tie break wa AFaie) \ thesmaller man, and cries of “It’s your fight, Jim!” were kegrd on every], i B pa . ie . : ppee Jeffries put a light left to Conveit’s ribs, and as they broke tim put his| When Corbett was a bit tired out shot Jeffries’s powerful left. It { side linto the ring was one of confusion. The gallery ticket-holders formed in} »:znt over Jeffries's heart and then clinched. caught Corbett fair in the pit of the stomach, Corbett gave a gasp; he * i A ' line on Hayes, Larkin and Grove streets in three large rows, and although Corbett stayed tlose to the big fellow and kept battering away with bh : . r : ‘ { Corbett was clad in a long white robe and his face looked deathly th y i ding andiscrimmaging inthe Sia tt an et right fist, but did not appear to be hurting the champion. On the t bent forward; the breath was half out of his body, Everything grew: : P ‘ rae ere was much crowdi ‘0 gain admis- E ; . / pale But when he had disrobed it was seen that his pallor was-artificial, |, pa ay { 7 , ATED DOU RMen exersined ereei care, Dili: fehripa-alowly forced “Biaiimakn cn plack before him, He dropped to the floor and stayed there while the for b d to be! id physi ate, sion, a hundred policemen kept perfect order once the doors were opened.| the ring, and landed his left on C a boay ‘ : ¥ appeared to be in splendid physical condition. a 4 . i i ps q It ticed with amailidexreolof surprise that Conbett:h clocks ticked nine, when he staggered to his feet ;: 4 . The pavilion ticket-holders were more leisurely in coming to claim their was noticed with no small degree of surprise that Corbett had adopted j ‘ : it 4 er \any comments were made as the two men stood up to talk with the} coats Not until 9 o'clock were the chairs, boxes and benches full. About| {teties different trom those he employed when he met Jem at Coney Island | Jettries, having his man as sure as anything mortal is sure, swung’ ay i i i i " tor { d of indulging in footwork, he persisted | ying close. Twic A here He A i) “and limense, burly legs, while Corbett was the slight, "graceful athlete, | during the last decade, (nflcting glancing blows. . , finishing touch of the solar ae invented by the long, redcheaded man with Its that looked almost too thin to bear him up against a rush of his! Cornett was pecans oy Roa ENe aes Bere: eat Dare and As Corbett put a third right to the champlon’s heart Jef laughed and_ in the champion’s corner—Bob Fitzsimmons. n Tomm: , ow effries was loked after b; is brother Jack, H. ‘ “Ah, tg rt bu e } did net foag for a nstan y { | ee aatarcoalst: eee os ee sale and Joe Kennedy. H Lag ea Semis ay vas Te ga It was the Fitzsimmons solar plexus that killed Corbett in San } tay r cormpariion seemed to somewhat dishearten the Corbett suppor-| Bt Jeffries walked to the centre of the ring he was introduced (Continued on Sccoad Page.) cisco, as it killed him in Carson City. 4 ‘' ij