The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26
knuckles. corbett as yet has not covered
THE BATTLE REVIEWED.
Said to Have Been Lucky for Cor
bett That 1t Was Not a Six
Round Co.

ROunO 10.
Now that the smoke of the Corbett-
Sharkey battle has cleared away some of
its points of attack and rally can be more
clearly seen.
1t was a proud smile that "the unde-
feated champion of the world,' as Billy
Jordan announced him, wore when he
stood up before the new Sullivan at the
beginning of the first round. The smile
was there still at the opening of the second
and when the gong sounded for the third.
but by the end of that round it had lost all
of its condescension, and in the fourth it
had entirely vanished. Even before the
third round Corbett had discovered that he
had all the hard work he wanted and that
Sharkey was not only setting the pace but
cutting out the shape of the cloth. He
whispered to his seconds that it was roast
beet and hominy instead of a French dinner
menu that was being served and tha. the
b Ill OF fare was unexpected.
Close observers and many old-time pa
irons of the ring thought they observed
signs OF 'grogginess" in Sharkey as he
walked to his corner at the end of the sec
ond round. His right eye, where Corbett
uppercut him in the first round, had
swelled up and he seemed little bit dazed
Up to the beginning OF the third round
Corbett clearly had the best of it. His
vastly superior science and generalship
was apparent to the most inexperienced OBJ
server
But at the end of the second round the
champions trolley was off. He was out
of wind, and it could be discerned that he
was rapidly losing breath and strength,
though he tried to smile and hide it and
deceive the spectators. Sharkey made the
ha C0r rhoft
was really on the defensive and using the
best tactics at his command to prevent be-
ing knocked out.
The programme had suddenly changed.
1t was Sharkey stopping the worlds cham
pion in four rounds instead of Corbett put
ting out the sailor lad at any stage of the
contest.
The champion had made mistake
His superior sparring ability rose above
Sharkey as an elephant towers above a
mouse, but his staying qualities, his ener-
gy, were soon gone and then be began to
devote himself to his own salvation.
1t was plain to all that had the fight
continued but two more rounds, and prob
ably only one, that the champion would
have been PROSTATE and Sharkey would
have been his conquerer.
The mistake that Corbett made was in
making so little preparation for the battle.
He underestimated his opponent and
trained for only an easy four-round con-
test where he would have it entirely his
own way. AS matter of fact Sharkey had
the best of the battle.
Notwithstanding his virtual defeat last
night the judgment of the best sporting
men around town is that with proper
training for a finish fight Corbett would
win out, though ShaTkey would have a
chance and give him as much work as he
would want, Marquis of Queensberry rules.
But at London prize-ring rules, where
wrestling goes, Corbett would meet his
Sharkey just as Sullivan met his Corbett
at New Orleans.
In an interview with Sharkey yesterday
afternoon as to whether he was dazed at
the end of the second round, he said:
mot for second! l was not 'groggy.'
/ would not have got the blows [ did had
not Corbett uppercut me in the break
away. Outside of that he never landed on
me so that it affected me bit. I'll fight
him to finish right now."