The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10

them off until Wyatt carp walked over to
Needham and whispered, "Take off the
bandages; it will be all right, anyhow"
At the end of the second round Sha1kev
was considerably dazed from the effects of
the punches on the head administered by
FitZsim mons, and he was very anxious to
know what round it was.
When Sharkey was knocked fat in the
eighth round Smith carried him to his
corner and Lynch came up and whispered,
Now. Tom, keep your hands down and
pretend to be in great PAIN Sharkey re-
piled that that was all right, but he
seemed to be dazed and didn't know what
he was doing and he forgot to put his
hands down, but kept them on his head
and over his ears. where he said he had
pains.
They picked up Sharkey bodily and car
ried him to the dressing room, from
which, by orders of Lynch, everybody was
excluded. Lynch would not allow any
doctors or reporters to see him, nor would
he permit Smith to take off Sharkey's s
trunks. For the period of an hour Shar-
key lay there complaining of pains in his
ear and head, and at the end of that time
hack. In his room Smith stripped Shar-
key, and saw no injury or discoloration
whatever, nor did Snarkey complain of
any injury elsewhere than on his head.
After while a man calling himself DIR.
B. B. Lee visited Sharkey and for about a
quarter of an hour Smith and Allen were
excluded from the room. and they heard
Sharkey shrieking and bowling with pain,
as though the doctor was hurting him.
When they were again admitted to Shar-
keys room several leeches were feasting
on his swollen ear and Smith saw that the
doctor had bandaged Sharkey's body.
Sharkey called the witness TO his bedside
and asked him as to what kind of fight
he had pat up, and on being assured by
Smith that he did pretty well, Sharkey
replied: THAT fellow can beat Corbett
in two rounds. He hits like kick from a
mule
A day or so before the fight the witness
was boxing with Sharkey and struck
Sharkey severe blow on the ear causing
it to begin to swell. Fitz finished the Job,
and at the end of tie fight Sharkey had
what is known IN the pugilistic vernacular
as caulifower ear. AS soon as the peo-
pie left the room Sharkey jumped briskly
ont of bed, lighted a cigar at the gas jet
and walk up and down the room smok-
ing it. He did not walk at all lame ana
showed no symptoms of having been in
iured in the least.
After DR.. Lee lett there was small bot
lie OF iodide OF potassium on the wash
stand. There were no stains on Sharkey's
head or ears to show that the drug had
been used as liniment.
No other physician except DIR. Lee was
allowed to attend him, but the witness
could not say who it was that called him.
Gong back to the fight the witness said
that he and the other man who carried
Sharkey from the ring into the dressing
room had hard job of it. Sharkey being
heavy man, and they had TO double him
up in all kinds of ways in order to carry
him, but he never complained of any pain
by reason of the rough manner in which
he was being handled.
Sharkey told the witness one day that
Lynch got one-third of the receipts for
managing the fight. Referee carp came
up to Sharkeys room between II and in