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SUPS FIGHT IIIJihe Hi dollarFEUSr miREFEREE INTERFERES TO PREVENT KILLING OF PUGILIST.CORBETT BESTS HANLONnarrow eatiOD; tia w ’ra ihrce Ilona e I oil intc 1 ume U ] \vouId The wider older ; oapae-ior it 2old brFurious Gbitecr*-round Fistic Battle in Which Seconds of Hopelessly Defeated Lad Refuse to Take! Their Man Out of the Ring—Vom-its Blood After Decision.San Francisco, Dec. 30.—A mereiiul referee probably saved Eddie Hanlon 1:0111 belns Killed by ■‘Young Corbettthirds s-war rr. Yet tt by $3, less h; the m and e: The 7,200 : deCkei dred : water hundi U'olle; trains and ahundtthreeNew dead ages ! compmatciBroollast night when te stored the con-test 111 tiie middle of the sixteenth pound. For two rounds previous the referee had begged Har.Ion’s seeouds to take their men out of the ring out they kept the game youngster at it and finally Graney, Tearing a fatality alight result, ordered the fight stopped. No man ever received such terrific punishment in a San Francisco ring. When the San Francisco boy was earned to his corner, still conscious but urmblc to walk, his seconds worked vigorously to revive him. The terribly beaten lad, however, commenced to vomit bloud anuj the thing looked pretty serious lor him for a short time. He finally revived and was carried from the ring.The sight last nisrht demonstrated that corbeLt is any man's superior at his weight. At no time during the contest was lie in.any apparent danger and when it ended there was not a mark upon him. in the sixteenth and final .round, Corbett missed a hard right upper cut for the fact out a moment inter sent the California !ad to the liooi with a right and letl to the jaw. Hanlon took the count ■of uinc. He then dung to Corbett, the latter trying vainly to knock bim: out. Corbett sent in a bunch of rights and lefts to the face. Corbett veiled to Hanlon’s seconds to stop the conLest. They refused. Corbett delivered an avalanche of blows on the .law sending Hanlon back against die ropes. The crowd yelled to the l-cieree to stop the contest. Hanlon was game and refused to be knocked out. Graney then lntcrferred and awarded the decision to Corbett. After the fight Corbett went over re Hanlon and kissed him. Hanlon Said You tau licit them all,” When Hanlon. went to Ills corner he was seized with a severe Sit of vomiting and we:: carried from the ring weak but con-1 Great Drawing Card. ,The contest proved to be one of the greatest drawing cards in the history of the fighting game ia this city. The auditorium was taxed to its capacity long berore Hie bell summoned the principals to action. Interest in the outcome was intense. Corbett was the pronounced favorite in the betting. Opening at odds of 10 to 8, a few days ago, the odds gradually shortened, owing to the weight of Corbett, money. When the lads entered the pavilion 2 to 1 was offered in favor of Corbett. There was plenty Hanlonmoney in sight. Under the articles of agreement the men were to weigh in at 129 pounds at 6 o'clock or forfeit $1,000. Corbett tipped the beam at even 129. Hanlon evidently was under these figures, as he failed to give the scales*Young Corbelt was first to enterthe ring. His seconds were Tim McGrath, Harry Tuthill and Billy Otts.: Hanlon entered the ring and at once went to Corbett’s corner and they shook hands. Hanlon's seconds were Harry Foley, Fred Handers, Ted Woif anil Toby IrwinIn the first round, Corbett tried several times to penetrate Hanlon's guard with light and left swings, but failed to get under Hanlon’s peculiar defence. Finally ho got a right to the nose, a right to the stomach and two [efts tc face. Corbett kept pegging away relentlessly and forced Eddie to cover. Corbett got in a straight Soft to the body as they mixed it. Hanlon was mostly on the defensive.EX)Ciia I*’wbo crinn-rh.e £sun ;Steelran;orhei the imilli' solid way,tourquartoon.brid*lookneat.theachi'Eaci7,G9lt;sepaonenui?war..steeIon J;factneaton;fomtreewira uionpraruni■■piSIiI rry«ccbiaLShiisiro
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Marshfield Times
Marshfield, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jan 01, 1904
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