The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-03
EARP's THE ONLY FOUL.
Fitzsimmons Simply Robbed by
the Decision on the San
Francisco Fight.


Fitzsimmons was last night robbed of a
victory which he had clearly earned by
punching Tom Sharkey into fnsensibility.
No one in the audience saw the foul com
planned of. but all saw Sharkey strike the
Australian in clinches and wrestle him
all over the ring a score of times. The
call of time saved the sailor at the end of
four rounds and the referee finally saved
him in the eighth after Fitz had laid him
low with a couple of left hooks, both of
which struck the jaw. Fitz finished with
out a mark on his body and did not re-
cefve a single fair punch from the sailor
in the entire contest.
AS Sharkey rolled over on his back,
Wyatt carp, the referee. announced that
F5tzsimmons had struck him foul with his
knee and that the decision should go u
Sharkey. The decision was received with
boots and jeers and carp disappeared just
in time to avoid rough handling. Fitz
put up a clean, hard fight and though he
was fouled repeatedly n wrestled all
over the ring he never murmured.
Whether or not Fitzsimmons did or did
not foul Sharkey viii furnish more talk
in this city than Is necessary to elect a
President.
Sharkey has the, none but Fitz certain
~ has all the honor. From the time the
two men shook hands at 1926 last night
until Sharkey dropped like a tenpin be-
fore a terrific upper cut In the eighth
round, Fitzsimmors outgeneraled, out
punched and outwinded his antagonist.
Experts in pugilism swarmed around the
ringside, but the boxer who saw Fitz-
IN, -, o,r~ +r;1x~ 80 f0.,J hi1ur Sc not
to be found. Jack MeAuliffe,
Jimmy Carroll, Johnny Herget (Young
MitchelD, Lon Agnew, Eddie Greaney and
scores of others declare that the decision
Of Referee Wyatt carp was a plain case
of robbery. Major Frank Mclaughlin,
Chairman of the Republican State Gem
tral Committee. who was probably in a
better position to see the alleged foul
h anybody, says hat the knockout
was as clean an uppercut as he ever
saw. Earp's selection as referee came
about in a peculiar way. For many days
Martin Julian has urged Danny Lynch,
Sharkey's manager, to name a satisfac-
tory man, but Lynch has invariably re-
fused to do SO, claiming that there was
plenty of time. Yesterday morning the
managers ~wrangled over the question for
hours. Julian named man after man, but
AlIcu WdS QDQuIdlG dlQ WIlCil Tilt iOCil
hour arrived President Groom, of the Ma
t.onal Club, was called upon to make a
selection. He fixed upon Wyatt carp,
and Julian agreed to accept MIN. Rather
than leave ~tZsimmor open to the
charge of c~oWardice, Julian took the
short end of the stick.
That Sharkey has improved as a boxer,
no one who saw him perform last night
win deny. That he is greatly overrated
and entirely outclasSed in a contest with
Fitzsimmons ID also not disputed. The
men were about evenly matched in weight,
there being less than two pounds differ
ence between them.
Il was simply robbed of sl0,o coo by tina
decision" said Fitzsimmons after last
nights battle. 81 felt sure / was going
against the worst of it when carp was
named, but my reputation was at stake
and l took chances. l never struck a foul
blow in my life and no one knows better
than Sharkey that | won last nights fight
fair and square. Look at me. Do you
see a single mark or scratch? Did I get
q good, solid punch during the fight?
Why that dub is simply a strong young
wrestler, and one Of the foulest boxers I
ever saw. Nobody can get "a square deal
from the thieves who andle fight IN this
town. I now believe Coroett was robbie
of the decision here in his jackson fight"
Sharkey asserts that he had the best
of every round and would certainly have
won had he not been fouled. Sporting
writers are unanimous in saying that the
sailor is the luckiest man that ever
stepped into a ring. Snarkey announces
his willingness to meet all corners for the
worlds championship.
Julian will ask for an injunction re-
strain.ng the nj from paying Sharkey
the check for the purse of $40, 900 and the
matter will be aiken into the courts.
Another Blackguard OutburSf.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 1S96.-James j.
| Corbett today sent a message to Shar-
key, expressing regret at the foul tactics
of Fitzsimmons in his contest with him
and which prevented him from obtaining
a decision in a full ten-round contest
without a foul.
Corbett expresses his readiness to meet
Sharkey IN or before January 1.
Rough and Tumble, Says John 4.
BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 8, 1s96.-John l..
| Sullivan, in a card published today, de-
clares there was little or no science in
the fight between F-ftzsimmons and
Sharkey. He says from the reports he
read he concludes hat the fight was on
the rough-and-tumble order.
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