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Show G0RBETT SHOWS FLASH ' OF OLD-TIME FORM NEW YORK, March 2. Young Corbctt of Denver, formerly featherewlght chain- i plon, signalized his reappearance In the . ring here tonight by defeating Johnny Mario of New York in a fast ton-round bout, before the members of the Fairmont Fair-mont Athletic club. Although Corbett disappointed his friends by falling to knock out his opponent, oppo-nent, he surprised them by his wonderful spocd and agility. Corbett now weighs fully 140 pound.-. Both men received a lot of punishment. Corbett closing one of Mario's eyes in the second round, and tho latter drawing blood from Corbett's nose In the third. Both men adopted aggressive tactics from the first. Marto helng warned repeatedly re-peatedly for using his head. In most of tho rounds Corbett forced the fighting. It was only In the last minute that Marto took the offensive; even then, however, Corbett cleverly held him off, finishing the fight nearly as fresh as at the beginning. |