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Show trick that made Terry MeGovorn loso hl head and his title. With Keos the Denver lad ptoml loo to toe and exchanged wallop for wallop. That he retains his cyo was evident, for his flats found the mark with regularity, whereas Keyes missed miss-ed frequently. One thing the little fighter demon Rf rated beyond question. If ho will train and reduce his avoirdupois to tho demands of the lightweight division divis-ion he has many a good fight. In him. YOUNG CORBETT IS PHYSICAL MARVEL Dcnverite's I'Come Back" One of tho Most Surprising In Ring History. New York. April 17. One of tho lv.ost amazing things witnessed in si.ortlng circles In a long time Is tho comeback of "Young Corbet I," who; career since he was beaten by Jimmy Biltt. in 1901 and by Battling Nelson the same year, has not been along tho straight and narrow, to put it mildly. 'hen he lined up opposite Keyes, tho tough, fast, slugging East Slder, vho makes the best of the topnotchers travel to beat him, C'orbett resembled the hoy who tore t.he crown from McGovern Mc-Govern on Thanksgiving day, 1901, at Hartford. The paunch Corbett carried for the past few years was missing. The sturdy stur-dy shoulders and arms, beautiful us cfdscled marble, showed ridges of muscle. The 6tocky legs were veritable pillars. He still carries too much ftomaeh to be the peerless fighter of old. but he is able to beat 75 per cent of the lightweights now doing business. busi-ness. With Keyes, he was fast, clever and aggressive. He whipped that great left hook the jaw as snappy as ever, and his footwork showed unexpected mood. Ho can take a punch and como iack, same as he used to. When the goiag is bad he shows his old trlck6 of kidding his antagonist. It was this |