The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-03

capped. The left jabs always connected.
though, and Tom was decidedly on the
wane. Bob himself was none too strong
and seemed to be a bit tired when the
round closed.
Then came the disastrous eighth.
Fitzsimrnons went at his man with q
will and fairly smothered him with
lefts and rights. First 1t would be the
mouth that suffered, then the nose and
later the eye. Fitzsimmons was work.
ing like a demon. His long arms shot
out with amazing rapidity and Tom s
head bobbed back and forth in re-
sponse. Then Fitzsimmons got up
close to finish the job in a workman
like manner. A rightshalf arm jolt
under the chin sent the sailors head
to one side. A left hook similarly ap-
piled sent him over backwards. Then
came the much disputed foul. Very
few of the immense crowd could be
convinced that Fitszimmons had been
unfair, and it is almost certain that
IL a foul were committed, it was unin-
territorial.
1t was Fitzsimmons' fight from start
to finish. He fought fairly while the
sailor continually used foul tactics He
would clinch and lift Fitzsimmons
from his feet, strike in clinch, though
the men had previously agreed not to
do so, and he was generally unfair.
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mons had the sailor going, but could
not land knockout blow. In the
eighth Sharkey started in to do the
leading but seldom landed. Bob con-
tinually sent in left hand jabs on
Sharkey's face, sending his head back
every time. As far as the art of
fighting goes, Sharkey is not in the
same class with Fitzsimmons. He is
a willing, strong man, but has little
science. A clever man like Fitzsim-
mons had no trouble in avoiding his
rushes and he continually left himself
open to damaging blows.
1t was fully 8 o'clock before the
great crowd began to make an impress
sion on the vast amount of vacant
seats. Outside of the pavilion a crowd
estimated at 10000, commenced to as
semble as early as 6 o'clock. 1t is es-
timated that the National club took in
at least $4,000 at the box office
At o'clock, before three-quarters of
the seats were filled, the preliminary
bouts were called and number of
local celebrities exhibited their prowess.
Harry Stefford, of New Orleans, and
John Howard, Of San Francisco, came
up for a three-round go. Lon Agnew,
of Chicago, and Fred Muller, Of San
Francisco, lightweights, in a ten-round
contest were the next attraction. 1t
was rattling good fight from the call
of time Muller made a good showing
until the fifth round, when Agnew
knocked him down several times. The
call Of time saved him, but he lasted
only about a half minute in the sixth,
when succession of Smashes on the
jaw put him out.
1t was 10 O'Clock when the event of
the evening was announced. The
crowd cheered and the cheers became
roar when the gladiators appeared.
Fitzsimmons showed up fresh and re-
ceived an ovation. Sharkey appeared
two minutes after Fitzsimmons and his
welcome was equally as warm. Fitz-
simmons chatted with friends at the
riEgside, as If a hard fight were not on
his hands When Sharkey entered the
ring Bob walked across the ring and
shook hands cordially with the sailor
and his seconds.
Both men were enveloped in long
black robes which they threw off be,
fore putting on the gloves. 1t was
then that the disparity in the build OF
the two men was plainly seen. Fitz-
simmons. lean and long and sinewy,
locked like a panther, while Sharkey,
stocky and sturdy, with his immense
muscular development resembled a
grizzly bear. Salarkey wore a green
sash with red, white and blue trim
lnings His right hand was bandaged.
Fitzsinmnons was introduced as cham