| Show WHEN JEffRIES WINKED It Was When Corbett Landed His Pet Haymaker Flush to the Jaw The story of Jim Corbetts punch Is Interesting In view of the fact that Gen Gentleman tieman Jim Is to coach Jeffries for his fight with Johnson The story Is told by Harry Tuthill trainer for the Detroit Tigers who got the yarn arn from Corbett direct It deals wIth his first fight with Jeff In which he stood the Californian off for rounds and a bit more As you know and as Ive always been free to admit Tuthill says Corbett said Ive almost always managed to have one good punch for each of my battles I never claimed to be a 11 real slugger lugger but Ive always managed to do the damage with that punch when I got ready to let It go goI I goIn In my tight fight with Jeff I held that punch for several rounds until I had made Jim miss with a loft left I stopped stepped back as he let It fl fly and It whistled past my face Then I stepped In and let go gothe gothe the punch that Id saved up II Jeff was wide open just at the right distance from me and the whole side of his jaw was turned to my fist I swung what I have always believed to be the heaviest blow I ever hit In my life Then 1 stepped back to watch him drop Jeff straightened up Instead and faced around again I guess he saw the astonishment that my face must have showed He rals d his guard and took tooka a step toward me Then ho he looked locked me squarely In the eye a l belleve grinned just a bit and did this As Corbett got to this part of the story he looked at me and deliberately closed his left eye let It Quiver a minute and then masked again with his fighting face Corbett admitted that if some friend had opened a trap door right underneath him hed have been willing to sacrifice his share of the purse to drop Into It ItHe ItHe He had worked Jeff exactly as he had hoped he had let go the punch that hed been carrying for the emergency hed seen It land right where the doctor or ordered ordered dered and then hod hed seen Jeff tip him hima a roguIsh wink and start forcing again |
