The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-03

Martin Julian, Fitzsimmons' manager.
| then went to the ropes and addressed the
! crowd, saying: II want to announce that
Mr.. Sharkey's manager, the club officials
| and myself met and tried to select a
referee. l named half dozen. among
whom was Hiram Cook, and several
others. Mr.. Lynch objected to all ofthem.
Tie club then selected Mr.. carp IA
| good man. yelled somebody in the gal
| 1ery; some cheered this sally, others hissed
| it. When we first heard that Mr.. carp
| had been selected he was satisfactory TO
u.s." continued Mr.. Julian, ''but since 6:30
O'Clock this evening several sporting men
belonging to San Francisco have come
and told us that the referee is fixed
| ["Name them,'' cried the man in the gall
| lery again, and the crowd cheered.
| Then Mr.. Lynch took the platform. He
said: Gentlemen, Mr.. Fitzsimmons' rep
sentative and myself, In conjunction with
the officers of the club, met. Mr.. Sharkey
has lived up to every article he agreed to,
and is here ready and willing. to fight.
with the referee selected by the club. !"
The yells that followed this announcement
were deafening. The noise lasted for a
couple of minutes.
Then Danny Needham went to the GEN.
ter of the ring, selected pair of gloves
and brought them over and put them on
| Sharkey.
Mr.. Jordan then announced: "Mr.
Julian is willing to select any referee in
house." ["Wvatt Earpp' yelled hun
dred voices. Manager Gibbs then climbed
through the ropes. making eleven persons
within the inclosure.
Jordan crossed to the west side and
said: MIR. Julian is willing to select
Hiram Cook, or any other good referee"
TIE crowd at the west end cheered and
called for sHiram Cook" Jordan went
!. fov
but he did not appear. Somebody yelled {:
Get Judge Campbell" and the crowd
laughed.
Then Fitzsimmons stood up and raised
his hand for silence, and the house
quieted. He said: 81 have given in in all
my fights, and Will give in in this one. "
The crowd cheered. He con ntinued: There
is one thing he will have to do, though
teke the bandages off his hands. | have
cried: "fake them off, Sharkey." Billy
Jordan announced: 'Mr. Fltzsimmons ac-
cepts Mr.. carp for referee"
With this FitZsimmons pulled on his
gloves, assisted by his seconds. Shar-
key s seconds took the bandages off his
wrists. Hickey, one of Fitzsim mons Sec
onds, walked over and felt of Sharkey' s
and prepared for business, while oharkey
took another gargle of water and Fitz
rubbed his shoes in the rosin- box.
Billy Jordan then announced: This
will be ten-round contest, and the con-
ditions are that at the end of the ten
rounds the man having the best of the
contest will be awarded the decision. The
certified check for $4,000 is now in the
referees hands"
Fitzsimmons stood up and SO did
Sharkey. Their seconds left the ring.
They stepped to the center and shook
hands. Fitz did not look much taller
than his opponent. Fitz put his hands on
Sharkey's shoulder. evidently illustrating
break-away. Both shook again after the
the best man WIN"
Billy Jordan then announced: ''The
men have agreed in clinch to break away
fair and square and not do any lighting.
| Here is the check for $10,000," waving
aloft check-shaped piece of white paper.