The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05
TIE FIGHT AFTERMATH:

~
,,lrp, the most talked Of man OF the
,,rr ,akes a philosophical vlcwsof the
rtt!tl.ms that Nro being hcapad upon
him for his dtcIsion Wednesday night
and says he will wait for time to set him
right with the public, ."
III had nny fears that | crnIln my
decision, they would awe disappeared
yhcn saw Shar&ey to-day. Shnrkcy
Ll not strike foul blow TO my mind,
A .he break he struck MS soGp ~ his
,rn was trre, hu; that Is following
OuNrslmry rules, 1t n true that II
Was agreed tina; there was 10 bcno light
Irs A, Che break. bat my Instructions
nom the club were not TO be technical,
bu, to give the audience a good fight for
their money,
Fl have one rcgrCt about the whole
mN;rr, and that II that did not, leave
n, rims when Julian objected 10 me,
thought Or dcinE II, but II occurred to
me that il would be showing yellow to
do that. would be quitting under fire,
and | made up my mind 20 stay until
crlcrcd on by the club. am sorry that
acted as referee at all" Hr1r
The only Inconvenience Fit1sLmmons
{, suffering as u result OF his meeting
wish the sailor Is painful SWELLING OF
the ilIa;s OF the hands. u.-E
81 have nothing more 10 say In eNpla-
saiioa." he said. except we know for
certainty what we only surmlsed ycster-
DAY. and that IS that the mcmbhrs OF the
National club were In the deal with
Lynch and Shnrkcy TO rob us and what
lsmOra we arc going to prove tln court.
HLi |; not been that | was saving my
lands ~ much as possible, would have
Put Shnrkey out In the second round.
His head Is hS hard rs L bullet and |
mus; have landed on him thcCc, fGlly for
u tines M!tl my fight with Corbcit
II view | did not think It worth while 10
punsh my hands out Of shIpr. In
cough and tumbl" scrap SharAcy might
40 4 man some damage. as he Is strong
and stQcky, but In boxing contest or 4
r!Hg battle no sane man would ever bet
1 dollar on him IL thece was Il referee
present who knew his bus!ncss.'
P5liC2 Commissioner salts
fed that the Hght was ''johbed." So dis
EuS;ed Is lie with the general result that
" has announced that thGre will be no
ro7c prize fighting In San Francisco !:
Ms Influence can prevent X.
The mystery Of Shlrkey'S injury has
~: vel been satisfactorily solved. and /:
= animated that Sharkey submitted 10
aaoNegat!on for the purpose otmanutlc-
curing the evidence necessary TO back up
Tie claim OF foul. Certain II is that
vixen SElrkey was taken 10 his room az
the Windsor hote! no one was allowed to
even speak 70 him uni! pr, Lee had
worked on him. When DR." Lee COM
l. l..
p1ftl"rrGs We're closely drawn across the
he'd nom door and pinned. So that no
1as could See In. In a few minutes later
after sIme Low talk was heard. Sharkey
ae=ia - crUAn as II IN pnln. Many be-
l.eye that the ''!njury" received was Civ
en- him At this time.
Thomas Sharkey. knocked out by Fitz-
simmons on Wednesday night, Is still In
bed. watched over by three physicians.
They say he is improving. but that IL
"'ll be at lrust week before he RECEIVERS
rom the effects OF the injury he says he
fecfired ,r1m FItzSirMorS iR-the eighth
FOUND. AZ least Two Of the physicians
who have examined Snurkey since the
:Sbt do not believe his injury was caus-
- by FltZsimmOnS, or that Il was cluS-
u by blow al all. hut the general be-
LIEF now Is that h. was accidentally foul
- by FitzSimm0ns
.. J. LyEch. Sharkey'S hacker made
s"2ther attempt 70 have his certificate ri
atpns!t for $1,000 clsheG by. the Anglo
California bank to-day. The bank man
ger told Lynch Of the superior court in
lGat.!on restraining the bank from
chshl1g the certificate pending the effort
,;Fi,zsimmo7S to prove fraud and CON-
sp,-aCy,' and declined TO pay the money.
i.YncH threatened to bring suit against
the bank End the manager for the
amount OF the certificate and also for
DANA Srs tDr refusal 10 cash IT..
Saarkey has ten days In which 10 an
svsF the complaint filed by F!tzsimmons
md It Is not expected that the legal fight
VIII ne hurried. Fi;zS!mmons is taking
matters quietly and Is making engage
a.aats !or hts appearance Mt various
i.lces Of entertainment in the city und
vicinity. where he vii! give boxing sxhi-
l.a5HS. The pool rooms ana book-mak-
'fS decided 20 cash the bets ;O-day md
I'drs OK wagers on Sharksy were made
happy.
! sensational s;ory Is being told In
spsftinS circles chuctrH!g an alleged tel.
gram sent east. It Is said. b. Danny
N"sthlm. advising the placing Of large
amounts on Shlrkey. with an !nt!mltl0R
TIA. the Tip was valuable. r