The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-03
THE A|RSH|P DESCRIBED BY FISHERMEN
First Round.

The men step to the center and COM
mence fiddling for an opening. Fitz feints
with his left and Sharkey jumps away;
Fitz feints again and Sharkey jumps
away; Fitz worked easily around and
Sharkey seems little nervous. Fie
swings and gets his right behind the
| head; they clinch; Sharkcy makes
swing at the body and misses; Sharkey
lands an AWKWARD right and left lightly
on the face and the crowd yels. Fitz
feints with his left and Sharkey steps
back. Sharkey tries both hand swings
and Fitz jumps aside laughing. Sharkey
lands his left on the body. Sharkey
again tries both hands and Fitz stops
them. Fitz lands right on back of head;
they cl1nch; Sharkey hits Fitz in the
/ breakaway and the crowd Kisses. Sharkey
talks to Fitz, evidently apologizing.
Sharkey delivers right in the body the
crowd yells Sharkey leads left and right
and Fitz jumps away. Fitz lands with
right behind the head. Sharkey swings
right on neck and Fitz ducks left hook.
Fltz feints and SharKey misses with his
lett. Sharkey swings left on the ear. Fitz
floors Sharkey and he is groggy. Fitz
knocks him down again as soon as he
arises. Fitz swings his lett and misses.
/ The gong sounds, and Sharkey goes to his
corner very .groggy. Fitz goes to his cor
1 ner very cool.
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Fitz on bis feet before the gong sounds.
/ Sharkey gets up very shaky. FitZ feints
! twice with his left and swings left on
face. Sharkey rushes and gets in clinch
| without damage. Sharkey backs away,
Fitz following him and forcing the fight
ing. Fitz swings his right and touches
top of Sharkey's head. Snarkey lands left
and right on breast. Sharkey swings right
and they clinch. They break, Fitz forces
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key ducks straight left. Fitz swings wild
right and misses. They clinch. Sharkey
lands with left on the face. The crowd
cheers. Fitz feinting, swings a wild
right and misses; they clinch. Sharkey
pushes Fitz' head back as they break away
key tries left and right and Fitz stops
them easily. Tries again and Fitz stops
them. Fitz forces Sharkey around the
ring. Sharkey skips away. Sharkey
makes wild swing and just touches
Fitz's face. They ciinch. Fitz lands
right on the head and Sharkey hits him
on the breast as the gong sounds. Sharkey
seemed bit fresher after this round. He
seemed more confident. Fitz went to his
corner laughing.
Third Round.
Fitz on his feet several seconds before
the gong Sharkey comes up slowly
Fitz feints with his left, leads with his
left and Sharkey ducks. They clinch.
Fitz forces Sharkey around the ring.
| Fitz feinting and fiddling. Sharkey rushes
under Fitz's left arm; they clinch. Fitz
feints with his left again, swings his left
and right and lands, and Sharkey lands
on face with left. Sharkey leads with no
effect. Both lead with their rights and
Sharkey lands. Both land body blows.
Sharkey hits Fiiz in the break after
they clinch; the crowd Kisses,
while Fitz laughs. Both feiIit and
land lightly. sharkey runs in with wild
| straight left on Fitz's nose. Fitz feinting
TO get his right in. Sharkey swings his
| lett and Fltz stops it; they clincb. Sharkey
! lands left on the stomach, leads with lett
again and misses. Sharkey again swings
left and misses. Fitz swings viciously and
Sharkey ducks. Sharkey rushes in and
they clinch. They break again and clinch.
Sharkey swings left and grazes Fits face.
! Fitz lands with his left on the nose
| Sharkey hits little low and Fitz tells him
to be careful. Sharkey tries another lett
lead and misses as the gong sounds. The
crowd yelled itself hoarse at the end of
this round. Sharkey looked more con-
fdent. Fitz did not seem to appear
| troubled.
Fourth Round.
The crowd cheered Sharkey during the
| entire one minute intermission. Shar-
keys seconds worked hard over him. Fitz
again arose before the gong sounded and
watched the hand of the clock move
around. Sharkey stepped up more conf
right on body and knocks Fitz down with
| a left-hand blow on the body. The crowd
| yelled as if it were mad. FitZ got up
| quickly and went at Sharkey wickedly
| Sharkey landed on the stomach with left
ten another. then another, all light.
Tries his left again and falls
short. Fltz cool, ana fdding again
| Filz tried his right, and Sharkey ducked.
/! Sharkev acting confident. Fitz, with n
straight lead, lands short. Sharkey caught
Fitz with left on the neck and another
on the body. Eitz hit Sharkey ON the
| neck and Sharkey rushes him to the ropes
| and tries to hit him. Fitz Jumps away,
Sharkey's neck. Sharkey lands left on
body. very light. Fitz tries TO land
| his right. Another left on the body
from Sharkey, and another. FitZ forcing
Sharkey around the ring. sharkey lands
another left on the body. Fltz tries his
right and misses. Both hit hard on the
body. Fitz lands a straight left on the
| Both mixing it. Sharkey very groggy.
Cries of .'Put him out, Fitzp' Sharkey
bleeding at the nose and face. Sharkey
| lands left on neck. They clinch and
| break away as the gong sounds.
Fifth Round.
The crowd yelled during the intermis-
sion louder than ever. Sharkey had lasted
| four rounds. Fitz got up as usual before
the gong sounded. So did Sharkey this
| time. Sharkey walked slowly to the
| center Fltz makes vicious swing and
just missed. They ciinch, and Sharkey
| grabs Fitz by the legs and lifts
him up and then drops him.
| The crowd Kisses and yeils .Foul."
| Blood streaming down Sharkey's face.
| Sharkey lands a straight left on
the body, not effective. Fitz leads with
his left and swings with his lett and
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