The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-08
SHARKEY WON THE FIGHT.
Miller of the San Francisco Club
Stood for Nine
Rounds.
THE SHERIFF STOPPED IT.
Eight Hundred Sports Saw the Cham.
plon Amateur Whipped by the
Navy Demon.
THE SHERIFF STOPPED IT

1i'A ".Ao AlHeTlCan naVleS, at the COMA
Athletic Club last night, was not sur
prise to the sporting fraternity.
Miller had whipped the champion anna
teur boxers of this City and the fight of
last evening was his first professional ap-
pearance in public. He stepped into the
ring IN splendid condition and wore a look
OF confidence on his face, and particularly
was THIS noticeable when he estimated his
stocKy opponent, who by the way could
nave been In much better itrm.
oharkey evidently thought that in
Miller he would find an easy victim and
trained accordingly. A large boil which
hao taken possession of his right forearm
proved that the champion of the navy had
not no trained very carefully for the mill
Inc betting was to l on Sharkey and
at these figures Miller money was not
easily procured.
The San Francisco Athletic Clubs mem
DerS were present in force, and many of
them expected to see Miller put his big
rlght INST on Sharkey's jaw when the OPP
portunlty offered, but in this they met
with disappointment, as Miller either did
not know how to handle his treacherous
duke or else he was afraid of raising the
sailors Ire by smashing him hard blow.
When Sharkey took his seat in the
northeast corner Of the ring the first OBJ
lect that attracted his attention was lit
tie wren which had perched Immediately
over ms head on one of the rafters.
Smll!ngly he turned to his second, Billy
smith, and said, Il am sure to win this
hght, Billy, as the Irish wren the king of
all BIRDS, has come all the way from the
Old country to see the scrap and wish me
good luck
Smith smiled also, and Sharkey kept his
ha ~ l. \ 4
tlme FOR an exchange of iistic compliments.
1t was exactly 8 AS o'clock when the two
gladiators were ordered to meet by Referee
Young Mitchell. Miller. who scaled 200
pounds and stood over six feet in his slip
pers, looked down at his powerfully built
opponent, who tipped the scales at 185
pounds before entering the ring.
Are you ready, gentlemen?" asked the
referee, and as both fighters answered
Yes" the gong sounded again and the
fight was on. Sharkey fddled around his
opponent looking for an opening, as it
We're, and then rushed in. Miller met his
rush by Strengthening out his left hand,
the glove on which caught Sharkey's de-
CldedIy hard-to-mark mouth.
Good for Miller" shouted some one in
the audience, and in the next second
Sharkey caught his opponent good stiff
left punch on the chin. Again Sharkey
tried rushing game, but was met by
heavy left which sent him back few feet
Miller remained on the defensive appar-
emily satisfied to meet the rushes of the
demon of the navy" with his left. Shar-
key had by this time got his fighting blood
boiling and he made a desperate rush at
Miller, took glancing blow on the ear,
got under Mlller's guard and rushed the
big fellow to the ropes, where some hot
punching resulted.
The gong sounded the end of the first
round, and Miller retired to his corner
with the first appearance of "shanty''
raising over his left eye.
In the second round Sharkey opened the
game by rushing at Miller and getting a
good stiff left on the nose. Three times
Miller stopped the rushes of his opponent,
and Sharkey, being somewhat winded after
the lively rally in the first round, moved
round Miller and turned his attention to
the big fellows long stomach, which he
found good target Tor hot shot, it being
unprotected.
The third round opened with Sharkey
playing for Miller's stomach. Time and
again he get in his right and left on that
delicate part of Miller's anatomy until the
latter grew weary and essayed to land his
awkward right on the sailors neck.
Sharkey had much the best of the round,
which, although leaving no marks, made
the recipient think that the game was not
so easily mastered.
The fourth round was exciting. Sharkey
made a wild lunge at Miller and missed.
The latter got back and landed the first
good right smash of the evening on Shar-
keys neck. Again Miller tried to plant
his right but missed an easy shot. Sharkey
tried infghting, and rushing Miller to the
ropes he gave him one, two, three in quick
order. Miller staggered back, but Sharkey
followed up and caught the big ex-amateur
champion Highlander on the ear which
sent the recipient to.the floor.
Pandemonium followed, but order was
regained when Miller got to his feet and
gamely fought his opponent to the center
of the ring, where, after hot rally, the
fighters clinched and were quickly separ-
ated. Miller had by this time raised two
shanties, one over each eye. Sharkey had
bellows to mend when he reIired to his
corner.
Condition told on Sharkey in the fifth
round. He was weak from the previous
hot rally. and remained off, occasionally
jabbing Miller on the nose. The latter,
who was also tired, was satisfied to make a
waiting fight.
Very little fighting was done in the
sixth round. Toward the end of it Miller
landed two good let's on Sharkey's face,
which, however, did not leave an impress
sion.
In the seventh round Miller's second
tried hard to get his champion to go in
and exchange blows with Sharkey, but
the big fellow was afraid of the gaff, and
played the usual game of stand off and
wait.
When the eighth round was called Billy
Smith told Sharkey to sail in again and
smash the big fellow good and hard.
Sharkey followed instructions and the
most exciting round of the evening re-
suited. The demon" made a plunge at
his opponent the instant Miller reached
the center of the ring, and it was give and
take Tor half minute. Miller was driven
to the ropes and grand bit of slogging
which highly delighted the spectators fol-
lowed.
Miller was punching big holes in the
smoky atmosphere in the vain attempt to
land his sledgehammer right on some part
OF Sharkey's head or face. The sailor was
uppercutting and underwriting and swing
ing right and left, regardless of what part
or Mliler's head his fists landed upon.
FINALLY Sharkey caught the big 'un a
right,hand jolt on the point of the chin
ana down went Miller against post
Inc seconds were counted and when the
eighth second was called Miller struggled
to his feet and the gong sounded to the
chairs.
In the ninth round Sharkev sailed in to
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