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Show GIVES BOUT TO YOUNG CORBETT.- Tipman Sustains Injury to Thumb; Fight Goes Eight Rounds. BALTIMORE, Oc t. 27 -Jilsl after the bell that closed the eighth round of what was to liuve been a hfteeii-round bout between Young Corbelt of Denver und Joo Tipman of this city, before the Eureka Athletic club tonight, Tipman feemed to have a spavin of lain und almost fell from his chair. U wao nt first i-lulim-d that he had broken a Itonu In his right huud. but nfter his glovo had beuu removed and. he had been almost carried to his di-efidng room. It wus announced an-nounced that the Injury wus the straining of II ligament of the thumb Referee O'Hara gnvo tho rtsht to Corbelt. To all appearances 11 would have been his had the bout gone on. Tipman apparently enti.-rvd the ring scared and Corbelt did his best to ktep him so, being actively on thu nKgros.lve Jloni the alnrt. Corbelt wan hnndl-eaped hnndl-eaped by ikiuiuI of fut that he would havo been much better without. whllo Tipman armiied In the la-st of condition. Tlpmnu showed few murk nt tho end, while Corbelt was cut and raw. Tlpmun showed himself uli adept ut ItieuJng hwh) mid In thy fifth round Corbrtl .eetiit-d tired. In the n-xt round he rt-cuvei-cd und scored henvlly, Tlpmun holding tu nvold punlslunrnt. III the seventh Corbelt Ix.-gHn to beat a lut-100 lut-100 un Tlptuan's rlby, liiudliis: oil them :t will, and the Bslllmoreaii sutTen-d. Except In the flfth round, which wiih fiilrly even, Cur-bMt Cur-bMt had nil the belter of the l)ght. |