The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
immons and that carp refused to notice

simmons and that carp refused to notice
the foul.
Mr.. Kowalsky followed, but the court
ruled the question out.
Mr.. Naughton described the knockout
blows. The blow about the center OF the
body was given with Fitzsimmons' rig t
fist and landed on Sharkey's LETT side,
about the short ribs or the stomach. Then
he struck Sharkey an uppercut blow Win
the left on the chin and Sharkey sank
down to the floor. The blow was not naro
enough to have knocked him down. Fitz-
simmons did not strike foul blow during
the fight, so far as the witness observed:
Mr. Barnes did not cross-examlne Mr..
Naughton.
The next witness was Dennis j. Lynch
of New Hampshire, who for the past eight
or nine months has acted as manager 1or
Sharkey.
Mr.. Barnes inquired into the witness
interviews with Hiram Cook and Martin
Julian, and the witness denied that Julian
had ever named any persons other tnan
Hiram Cook and w. w. Naughton. Mr..
Naughton, who was present at the time.
declined to act as referee and gave ms
reasons for declining. Lynch denied tnat
be had ever spoken to carp about the
fight or that he had recommended carp
to the club. The smallest bet he ever had
on fight was on this fight, and ne never
or the National Athletic Club IN any way.
He never knew of Sharkey ever having
been connected with the club in any man.
ner.
The bulk of Mr.. Lynch's testimony con-
sisted of a denial of almost everything
that had been sworn ag ainst him by the
witnesses on the Fitzsimmons side. He
explained why he barred DR.. Lustlg ana
others from the dressing-roQm by saying
that there were twelve or fifteen persons
in the room. The room was small and
the burning gas made the air OF the room
hot and uncomforta BILE, and he refused TO
allow in any more persons.
The witness denied his acquaintance
ship with DR.. Lee. He told Mr.. Dowdell
to bring some good physician to Sharkey's
room and DR.. Raglan came there and re-
manned with Sharkey until near morning.
Lynch also denied that anything had been
said by him or Cook about what kind OF
q decision Cook would give if be were
refereeing a fight between Cooks brother
and q Chinaman. This denial was made
in face of the fact that Mr.. Cook pub
lished a card in the Examiner few days
ago stating that he had told Lynch that
if his fCook'sl brother and a Chinaman
were engaged in boxing contest he
Cook would give the decision in favor OF
the Chinaman If the Chinaman showed
the most points.
On the cross-examination by Mr..
Kowalsky, Lynch denied that he received
any salary or compensation whatever Tor
acting as Sharkey's manager.
"What interest had you then in acting
as his manager 2'' asked Mr.. Kowalsky.
.sThe privilege of betting on him." was
the reply.
Would you not have that privilege
without being his manager?" was asked.
WELL would have more privileges as
his manager" replied Lynch.
''Oh,'' remarked Kowalsky, ''you could
get inside information?p
1t appeared on further questioning that
Lynch was horseracer and ran his horses
over the same tracks as carp did, and that
previous to the fight he had never spoken
ten words TO carp at one time on any sub
iect. Had never taken drink with carp
and bad never been introduced to him.
The witness pointed to a young man
named Field, who was in court chewing
gum, as having been present In the dress
ing-room with Sharkey after the fight.
There were also present Cooper of the
Chronicle, Smith, Allen, Needham, Hager,
the witness and SharkeY.
When it was announced that DR.. Lustig,
the physician for the National Athletic
Club, was outside and wanted to get into
the dressing-room to examine Sharkey,
Lynch refused to admit him, because he
Gynch) was incensed at the action of the
club, the clubs officers having refused to
place the money in the hands of the
referee until the fighters had shaken
hands at the beginning of the first round.
He had previous to that sent Mr.. Dowdell
after physician, although the witness
did not know the nature of the injury al
legged to have been received by Sharkey.
This very thin excuse for barring out
physicians provoked smile OF incredulity
among the audience.
The witness could not say who the per-
son was that had brought DR.. Lee to the
room. The witness ordered every one out
at the suggestion of Sharkey. He had
never seen DR.. Lee before and didn't
know that Lee was a physician. He
thought at first that Lee had been sent
there by Dowdell. but when DR.. Raglan
arrived he learned otherwise. Lynch
went out of the bedroom into the parlor
and could not see what DIR. Lee did to
Sharkey, but he heard SharKey yell with
pain. lie did not see a hypod ernie sy-
ringe or bottle of iodine in the room.
When DR.. Raglan came DR.. Lea was WORK
ing on Sankey's eye and ear.
Lynch did not accept Hiram Cook as
referee because Sharksy did not want
Cook. The reason Sharkey had was that
score of people who had bet money on
Fitzsimmons and who had visited him at
his training quarters had urged Lynch
to choose Cook. Besides that, Nose Gunst
hal recommended Cook very highly. Mr..
Julian had said that he had never met
Cook, and Lynch discovered that before
Julian made that statement he (Julian)
had visited Cook and had talk with him.
So he and Sharkey thought that they had
no. use for Hiram Cook.
The witness denied that he had said to
Mr.. Benjamin, a Chronicle reporter, Oh the
day before the fight that he and Sharkey
would not agree upon referee and that
the club would select the referee.
After Mr.. Lynch bad denied almost
everything but the fact of his own exist