Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-06-27
CORBETT'S TUMBLE.
Sharkey Had Him Nearly Out
In Their Four Round Go.
FINISH FIGHT LIKELY TO RESULT.
Ex-Champion's Friends Disappointed ut
His Poor Showing Both of the Gladi-
atOrs Talk, and Both Are Ready For
Another Battle-An Expert Writer Dis
cusses Corbetts Condition.

San Francisco, June 25.-Champion
from his pedestal of pugilistic greatness,
and at the same time husky Tom Shark
ey, who was eight months ago mere
blue jacket at the Mare Island navy
yard, mounted to the top notch in the
sporting calendar.
Ten thousand people saw the sailor
give and take blows with Corbett for IL
minutes, and at the end of the fight they
saw an undefeated worlds champion
hanging around his opponents neck,
weak, listless, painting and leaning
against the ropes to prevent himself
from falling.
AS it was, the fight was declared
draw. Had it lasted few rounds more
there might have been a different story
| to tell--a story that would make pugi-
| listic history.
There are those in San Francisco to-
day-and their number is legion-who
say that IL more minutes of fighting
| last night would have made a new
worlds champion.
Corbett went into the ring smiling and
confident. He came out of it trembling
and crestfallen. He had not only failed
and his thousands of admirers conf
IDENTIFY expected he would, but he mar
| rowly escaped being whipped man.
Round after round the champions ad-
| mirers cheered and goaded him on to the
| victory he could not win, and when he
| went to his corner for the last time, the
crestfallen world beaten suffered the
| ignomy Of having the sailor challenge
him to a finish fight for the worlds
| championship.
| Corbett, in the hope of recovering his
| laurels, accepted.
| The surprising feature of last nights
| doings was not so much that Corbett
| failed to win, as the narrownesS with
| which he escaped defeat. For, review
| ing from whatever side one may look at
| it, Corbett had the advantage. In
| statue, he was taller than his opponent.
| His superior reach enabled him to land
with effect.
In discussing the fight, Corbett said:
when l say that Sharkey is a good,
| strong man l tell the whole story. He is
| a bull, but he is no fighter. The people
are mistaken if they think he landed
| serious blow on me. My face is now with
out a mark or bruise. My shoulders are
| a little red from the effects of his blows.
| but that is all. In the second round
had him going, and would have put him
| out if the round had lasted 10 seconds
| longer. The referee stopped us when
had Sharkey in his corner, ratified, in the
second round, and offered to give me the
decision, but would not accept it,
Il had no difficulty in hitting Sharkey
but he can stand more punishment than
| the ordinary man. I could have blinded
him by continuing to hit him on the eye,
| which l nearly closed in the second
round, but it would have done no good
to hurt the poor fellow so much, so re-
Trained from hitting the right eye after
the first blow
| The people seemed to think 1 was do
Ing all the hugging in the last round, but
that is pardonable mistake. Those who
simply saw it could not realize what was
being done as the participants could.
Sharkey Rugged me as often and as long
as he could, and had hard time Of
keeping him from crushing in the top
of my head with his arm. He aimed
blow after blow at my Uranium while we
were clinched, and if one of them landed
+ would have had crushed skull.
| IF my seconds had made the claim I
| would have secured the decision on fouls
Sharkey was continually giving me the
| shoulder and cross bullock. But my
seconds had instructions TO claim no
| fouls.
About the 1000 proposition to fight
to finish, 1 am ready for Sharkey at
| once. Let him cover the money and all
| arrangements will be made at once for
the affair. am going to leave the city
IN few days, so he must act quickly.
Finish fights are what desire, and not
four-round battles, in which man can
not fight scientifically, but must slug and
| wrestle"
The fight itself was good deal of dis
appointment. There was more clinching
imam punching. The gallery called it q
wrestling MATCH in derision.
} After the decision had been announced.
sharkey shouted: "Choynski is the
greatest fighter that / ever met"
With reference to Corbetts physical
condition. the sporting editor of The Ex-
aminer writes: The Corbett 1 saw fight
Sharkey last night is not the same DASH
Ing pugilist whom 1 watched lay low
both John l.. Sullivan and Charlie
Mitchell 1t would be folly to say that
Jim is a wreck, but have no hesitation
In saying that he will require a careful
and extended preparation when he next
Elects to fight to a finish.
Shortly after the fight, Sharkey said |:
I can whip Jim Corbstt in q finish night.
and will be glad when we face each other
sas . aaoAaA ~sAAA n 49, -