The herald., 1896-12-03

| to the ropes. Fitzsimmons clinched.
Fitzsimmons tried left for head twice
and missed. Sharkey tried for the wind
and missed Sharkey landed left on
wind and got left on the head. Shar-
key landed left swing on head, stagger-
ing Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons swung
| right and left staggering Sharkey.
/ Honors even.
Fifth round-Both men stand up be-
| fore call of time Sharkey tried right for
head Sharkey clinched and threw Fitz-
simmons. Sharkey bleeding from a cut
over left eye. Fitzsimmons landed left
on face. Fitzsimmons tried left swing
but missed. Fitzsimmons swung left
on neck and left on wind. Fitzsimmons
! landed left and right swing on head.
| Sharkey ducked and clinched. Sharkey
landed left on face twice lightly. Fitz-
| simmons landed right on head Sharkey
tried right and Fitzsimmons clinched.
Sharkey landed. In a scrimmage Fitz-
simmons landed right on face twice and
knocked Sharkey down. Eitzsimmons
tried left for face and Sharkey clinched.
Sharkey clinching to avoid Fitzsimmons'
swings. The round ended in clinch.
| When Sharkey fell under the ropes Bob
kindly assisted him to his feet.
Sixth round-Fitzsimmons rushed and
Sharkey clinched Fitzsimmons landed
left on face twice. Fitzsimmons tried
right for jaw and Sharkey clinched.
| Fitzsimmons landed left on face twice.
Sharkey clinched. Sharkey landed light
left on the head. Fitzsimmons swung
right and Sharkey ducked and clinched.
| Sharkey ducked into a left upper cut.
/ Sharkey clinched Fitzsimmons landed
right and left swing. Fitzsimmons
| landing left on wind. Sharkey landed
| left on the face. Fitzsimmons landed
right andleft on jaw and Sharkey duck
ed. The round ended with Sharkey
clinching. Sharkey appeared tired at
the end of the round.
| Seventh round-Fitzsimmon swung
| left on head. Tom landed left on wind.
Bob swung for head and Sharkey duck
| ed. Sharkey swung right for head but
missed. Fitzsimmons landed left on
face. Fitzsimmons swung left on face
twice and got left and right light on his
head. Sharkey struck Fitzsimmons in
a clinch and is hissed. Fitzsimmons
| landed left over the damaged eye. FitZ-
! simmons staggered Sharkey with right
and left on the head. Sharkey swung
wildly for the head with right and left.
Fitzsimmons jabs Sharkey in the face
twice with left. Sharkey clinched to
avoid punishment. Sharkey punched
Fitzsimmons in the wind twice with left.
Bob jabs Sharkey twice in the face.
| Fitzsimmons appeared tired and not
| forcing the fighting. Sharkey appears
fresh.
Eighth round-Fitzsmmons led with
left for face and missed, but moment
later landed right swing on head twice.
Sharkey clinehed and pushed Fitzsim-
mons to the ropes. Fitzsimmons tried
| left on head, and Tom countered with
right on the head Fitsimmons swung
right and left on the head. Sharkey
! landed left swing on head. Fitzsimmons
swung right on head, and Sharkey came
back with left on the wind. Fitzsim-
mons jabbed Sharkey in the face with
left and swung right on jaw twice.
After two and a half minutes of the
eighth round Fitzsimmons landed right
on jaw and put his left hook on the chin,
which put Sharkey on the floor with a
smash. Sharkey was carried from the
ring amid great excitement.
YET SHARKEY WINS.
The referee gave the decision to Shark
ey- claiming that while Sharkey was
| falling from Fitzsimmons' left hook on
! the chin, Fitzsimmons struck Sharkey
| in the groin with his knee. The foul, IL
| foul it was, could not be seen from the
press stand, but Referee carp gave his
| decision in spite of Fitzsimmons' pro-
test. 1t was Fitzsmmons' fight from
start to finish. He fought fairly, while
the sailor continually used foul tactics.
He would clinch and lift Fitzsimmons
from his feet, strike in a clinch, though
the men had previously agreed not to,
and was generally unfair. Several times
during the fight Fitzsimmons had the
| sailor going, but could not land knock
out blow. In the eighth Sharkey started
| in to do the leading, but seldom landed.
Bob continually sent in left-hand jabs
on Sharkey's face, sending his head
back every time.
FitZsmmons soon had his man going
and went at him ferociously. A right
hand swing staggered him, and then
came a left half-arm punch under the
| chin, which sent Sharkey over with a
crash. While the marine was falling the
| referee claims that Fitzsimmons struck
him in the groin with his knee thus
committing a foul. Sharkey was un-
| doubtedly badly hurt. He was unable to
move his legs, though he clutched spas
medically at his groin with his gloved
hand. His seconds rushed into the ring
and raised him up, but he tainted away
and was borne from the ring uncon-
scious. Hardly any one of the spectators
saw the foul, and the decision was re-
ceived with Kisses and groans
AS far as the art of fighting goes,
Sharkey is not in the same class with
| Fitzsimmons. He is willing, strong
man, but has little science. A clever
man like Fitzsimmons had no trouble
in avoiding his rushes, and he continual
ly left himself open to damaging blows.
At first the crowd did not seem to
| grasp the situation, but when it dawned
upon them that the decision had gone
against Fitzsinmons such a howl of in
dignation a g went up has seldom been
heard in this section. Kisses, curses.
/ sroans and boots split he air. On the
! platform of the ring Bob Fitzsimmons
and Martin Julian were jumping about