Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 7 | Corbett in a Hard Fight Section

A HARD FIGHT his opponent in the ninth round denver colo hay 24 william al rothwell Koth well better known to the sporting world as young gained the dc cisSon over kid broad of cleveland 0 at the end of A fast arad furious fight broad put up a wary good fight and in the ninth round had groggy but the denver lad came back strong and finished the round fresh at no time waa there any time lost both men being willing to lead and force the fighting whenever necessary the fight last night i the third time this pair has met the contest was for half the gross receipts 75 per cent of which goes to the v inner and 5 per cent to the loser and the featherweight championship of the world the fight was scheduled as a ten round go the first fight between theao men was on larch 22 1901 when broad secured a dean knockout in the fourth round july 26 1001 young corbett pained the decision oer broad in a ten round fight showing a decided superiority perio rity on both these occasions the principals claimed they had not been in first class shape last night however they said they were in fine fettle and confident of winning both men fight in much the same style and are always anxious to mix up at close range they weighed in at pounds at 3 the betting at 8 was 2 to 1 on corbett the coliseum scabs scats people and by p in when the first preliminary was called every seat wa taken and the crowd forced to take standing room gcorge english was selected referee bob stock ton official timekeeper cor licett had bandages on his handa abe attell challenged the winner the fight to take place two weeks from tonight corbett showed superiority in the first second third and fourth rounda broad had a shade the better of the fifth and seventh and had corbett groggy in the tenth but on points the referee decided corbett had won the battle the crowd was divided as to the justice of the decision many holding that broad was entitled to a draw