Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — CORBETT WAS SWIFT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CORBETT WAS SWIFT.

MITCHELL IS KNOCKED OUT IN THREE .ROUNDS. The Britisher Gets Jim Mad by Calling Him Names, and Then Has to Submit to an Fnmercigol Thrashing Both Men Arrested. It's Now Gov. Mitchell's Play, •Tames J. Corbett, the champion pugilist of the world, defeated Charles

Mitchell, the boxing. champion of England, in three rounds at Jacksonville, Thursday, in the present* of 2,500 persons. The fight took place upder the auspices of the Duval Athletic Club, and was for a purse pf $20,000 together with a

side stake of $10,000,. Immediately after the battle the contestants were arrested for engaging in a, prize fight. And it will not he the fault of Governor Mitchell, cf Florida, if the pugilists do not spend some time \n confinement as the outcome of the encounter. Readers have been informed of the vain attempts of Gov. Mitchell to prevent the contest; of the duplicity of th 3 Duval Athletic Club, and of the presence in Jacksonville of the militia. The granting of an injunction to the Duval Athletic Club on Wednesday restraining Sheriff Broward from interfering with their pioperty spiked Gov. Mitchell's last gun. and although a motion to dissolve the injunction was formally entered in Judge Call’s court it came to naught, and the State authorities were powerless. Before entering the ring, when the men came to the center to shake hands,

Mitchell applied a coarse epithet to the Californ’an and the latter refused to shake his hand. As a result the champion lost complete control of himself in the second round and would have fought foully. It took the united efforts of his seconds and' the referee to prevent him falling upon Mitchell

when be was aown on one knee arid once or twice he did actually strike Mitchell lightly when in that position. Jack Dempsey had to slap him in the face half a dozen times to awaken hitq to the situation and nobodv following a strict interpretation of the rules could have complained had Referee Kelly awarded the battle to Mitchell. But Mitchell had nobody at his back who seined capable of comprehending the gravity of the situation, and the battle went on despite the fact that the seconds of Corbett were continually breaking into the ring to control him. Mitchell seemed like a child in comparison with Corbett, but he gave the champion a good battle, and in the opinion of several good judges had a slight advantage in the first round. He was many pounds lighter than his opponent, and lacked the height and reach of the man from California, who has climbed to the topmost round of the pugilistic ladder and finds himself in the position of Alexander, with no new worlds to conquer. In the second and third rounds Corbett showed his

superiority and beat the plucky Englishman into insensibility. After the victory Joe Vendig approached Corbett and suggested that it would be a graceful thing for him sq pfltch up his quarrel with Mitchell. Corbett hung back irp a moment and then concluding that the victor could afford to be generous approached his late antagonist and said; “There's my

hand. Mitchell, and IH treasure up no animosity toward you. * Mitchell took the proffered hand and wrung it warmly. “I admit, Corbett,” said he, “that I’ve said some pretty hard things about you, but I've often been misquoted. I give you every credit for winning, and will say that you are the only man that ever whipped me fairly and squarely. I want to apologize for what I said to yeti

in the ring, and hereafter I shall bet on you against all comers,” There was a scattering among those prominently connected with the fight when, it became known that the warrants were issued, and each cutgoing train carried fugitives Of Intorn < tirnitl Interest. /'AN things considered, the battle between James J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell is the most important event in the annals of the prize ring. It marks the turning point in fistic athletics. Corbett belongs to the new scientific boxers, representing perhaps the most advanced ideal in the lino of pugilists. Mitchell, while not strictly Identified with the old line, received his earlie.-t impressions and much of his earlier training from the

old bare-knuck!e boxers,and was roared in that fistic atmosphere which was largely responsible for the longevity of the rules of the London prize ring and for the tardiness with which those of the Marquis of Queensberry crept into public favor on either side of the Atlantic. Tho fact that the champions of England and America consented to an encounter under the latter rules and under the restrictions imposed by the articles of agreement is proof in itself that the new school of pugilism has already crowded the old into the rear. There had been no great event in the prize ring since tho defeat of John L. Sullivan by Corbett in September, 1892, and the class and the records, as well as the standing and titles, of the two men gave the contest from the very day that it was first suggested an unusual degree of international importance in sporting circles. Both are young, as yoars are reckoned nowadays, hut they had both been fignting as an occupation almost since they were boys. Mitchell is five years older than Corbett, but he fought his first pitched battle when he was only sixteen yoars of age, while Corbett was eighteen, and had, perhaps, a longer training than the Englishman prior to “coming out" as a lighter.

GOV. MITCHELL

THE ARENA AT JACKSONVILLE INHERE THE HUUT TOOK I’LAtE

CORBETT IN HIS TIGHTING CLOTHES.

CHARLEY MITCHELL, IN THE RING.

OFFICERS OF THE DUVAL CLUB.