Victory Avenges an Earlier Loss to Corbett Pittsburgh, Nov. 9.
Billy Conn, a Pittsburgh boy, made good to-night when he defeated Young Corbett III in a return ten-round bout.
The youthful Pittsburgher was cheered by thousands of wildly excited spectators when the verdict was announced. Young Corbett III, the southpaw, bounced right into the middleweight limelight in September by taking a ten-round decision over young Billy Conn. The veteran Italian-American, formerly welterweight champion of the world, came out of semi-retirement recently, branching out into the heavier division.
His victory over Conn, rated as a leading contender by the N.B.A., resulted in a display of favourable comment by the sports scribes. Conn, prior to meeting Corbett, had scored some thirty odd consecutive victories, conquering such luminaries as Teddy Yarosz and Babe Risko, former world middleweight champions.
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