The herald., 1896-06-27
In the Mill Between COrbett and
Sharkey
THEIR AGREEMENT SIGNED
And an Mud" Will Decide the Time and
Place
The Ex.0reat Puggist Sullivan Ventures the
Opinion That Sharkey viii Be rost
Unpieasantly Mangisd
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.--Cbrbett
and Sharkev have signed an agreement
for a fight to a finish. They had an en-
gagement to meet today at noon but
when d. ]. Lynch, Sharkey's backer,
and Danny Needham, his trainer, went
to the appointed place Corbett was not
present. Lynch sent for him and in half
an hour Corbett appeared accompanied
by Billy Delaney and Green.
Corbett submitted the articles of agree.
ment as drawn up by his attorney. The
agreement provides for a finish contest
for the worlds championship, to be
fought under the Marquis of Queens
berry rules at some place in the United
States or Mexico within six months. The
fight is to be under the management OF
any club or organization offering the
best inducements. Five ounce gloves
are to be used.
In addition to purse offered by the
club each pugilist is to put up ten thou
sand dollars; the whole twenty thousand
dollars, with the purse Of the club, to go
to the winner Corbett had also In
serted clause prohibiting hugging.
break away on order of referee, and
failing to obey such order to be consid-
cred as foul by the contestant refusing
or neglecting to break away.
Lynch, on behalf Of Sharkey. objected
to this, but Corbett said Sharkey had
accused him of clinching and fouling.and
he wanted to make such fghtingrim-
possible. A long wrangle ensued. FL
nally it was agreed to let the newspaper
men present decide the point. The
sporting writer's said If Sharkey wished
to show his good faith and his desire
for sportsman-like contest he should
acquiesce in a condition like the follow
ing, which was agreed to:
ut is agreed that Marquis of Queens
berry rules prohibiting clinching ana
hugging shall be enforced by referee"
JOHN L. TALKS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-John L.
Sullivan does not believe Corbett was in
condition when he fought Sharkey
Wednesday night. Sullivan. who Is in
Pittsburg has sent the followingAstate-
ment to the Examiner:
"The public may get a false notion
about this man Sharkey because' Cor
bett failed to knock him out in four
rounds or IL minutes fighting. AS far as
I can understand the contest from the
published reports of it,. do not think
that Sharkey is anything like a, first
class fighter. He did not show itat all.
and he only made an effort to fight when
Corbett's wind was gone. Now, in un-
dertaking to knock strong man, out in
four rounds, there are many things to
consider. The man who undertakes tho
task has to be in the best possible con-
dition, both in wind and limb He has
all the rushing and fighting to do. while
the other man Is trying to keep out-of
the way. Four rounds of this kind OF
work is equal to half an hour of good
fighting of the ordinary kind. I have
tried it and know exactly what am
talking about. 1 had an experience with
Tug Wilson and 1 failed to knock him
out because he was avoiding punish-
ment by dropping down. When Cor
hett had his wind Sharkey wouldn' flight
and did little else but foul. But Cor
bett evidently lost his wind. I am not
surprised at that because he was not in
condition for such a tremendous task.
The first two rounds proved that Cor
bett is not the kind of fighter to knock
as it requires tremendous hitter. When
| he had expended all his best hitting
powers Sharkey was still there and was
| strong-probably stronger than Cor
| bett.
"In short II it was a case of Corbett
| properly trained he would simply butch
| er Sharkey. 1 have no doubt on this
| point at all. I have met men similar to
| Sharkey and know that in a finish fight
| Corbett would either close up his eye
sight or knock his wind out gradually
| and then knock him out very easily. 1t
was certain Corbett would fail to knock
a man like Sharkey out in four rounds.
| The latter is remarkably tough to finish
as was shown in his fight with Choynski.
| The latter was cruelty fouled by Sharkey
in the very first round of their contest
and still Sharkey failed to make any
headway against Choynski.
"It seems to me that Peter Maher
would have knocked Sharkey out. This
! does not mean that think Maher bet
| ter man that Corbett. have no opinion
| to express on that matter, but Maher Is
| powerful hitter, and can knock any
man down he fairly hits This means
( that Maher would have knocked
| Sharkey down and would therefore
| have soon knocked him out, as it does
not take many knockdowns to settle
| fellow. Corbett's style of fighting Is
| different from that of Maher. The for
mer needs time to defeat his men, while
Maher can soon polish off his opponents
when he can get at them. In short,
Maher is a knocker-out and Corbett is
not, as the term is commonly UNDER
! stood"
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