The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-19
Goddard Knocked Down I'm the Sixth
Round, and So Dazed by the Fall
He Was Unable to Continue.
FEW PEOPLE SAW THE FIGHT
SHARKEY'S METHODS DESCRIBED AS
ROUGH AND UNFAIR.
Young GriffO Injured in a Collision
and Unable to Spar with Tracey
mt ST. Louis Last Night.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S-Tom Shar-
key has won another questionable battle,
his victim this time being old Joe Goddard,
the decrepit Barrier champion. The fight,
which was scheduled for twenty rounds,
terminated in the SIXTH when Sharkey, aft
er landing a stiff right on Goddard's jaw,
rushed at his man and knocked him to the
floor literally by force of impact falling
heavily upon him. Goddard's head struck
the canvas with an awful smash, which
daZed him. He arose at the end of three
seconds and staggered to the ropes, Referee
Macarthur meanwhile holding the excited
sailor back. Amid great confusion McAr-
thur awarded the fight to Sharkey. The de-
cision was just, but Sharkey's victory is far
from creditable, it being the popular i'm
preston that Goddard was hurt more by his
collision with the floor than from Shar-
keys blows which were at all times wild
and miserably timed.
Popular confidence in the genuineness of
the projected fight was so slight that a
mere handful of spectators paid admission
to the Mechanics Pavilion tonight. When
time was called two small wedges of hu-
manity, culled from Sharkey's partisans at
Vallejo and Mare island, huddled together
on either side of the gallery adjacent to
the ringside and family cheered the sailor.
On the main floor of the pavilion the
ushers and policemen almost outnumbered
the few isolated occupants OF the reserved
seats and boxes.
After looking over the house and count
ing noses Goddard concluded that it was
not worth while to risk a beating for the
meager box receipts. The Australian was
deaf to all entreaties, asserting that he
ardl'' shouted the crowd. The taunt was
more than Goddard could stand. 'In
fight" he shouted back, ''even though l
Sharkey was the first to appear, attended
by his brother, Jack Sharkey, Eddie Con-
nelly and Spider Kelly. He was quickly
behind him Teddy Alexander, Henry Baker
and Jim Gallagher. Sharkey WIS apparently
in his usual excellent condition, while God
dard looked drawn and low in flesh.
When time was called for the first round
the men came up and fiddled for a few mo-
ments, Sharkey jumping about. while God
dard waited for the sailor to lead. Finally
Sharkey swung his right, catching Goddard
squarely on the jaw, and the big Australian
went down, Nothing was S done done, f9r the, the re, e.
take advantage of the lead.
Before thirty SECONDS of the second round
had expired Sharkey put in another clean
right and Goddard went down again. Joe
made several wild lunges at Sharhey, but
the sailor was quick in eluding nim The
third and fourth rounds We're series OF
wild rushes and clinches, without any real
fighting.
In the fifth the men did all kinds of fight
ing little smuggling and plenty of huggIng,
butting and elboWing. The sailor was the
aggressor, and had little the better of
the rough work.
The sixth round proved to be the last
Sharkey rushed at old Joe Goddard like a
football player bucking the line. Goddard
seemed disconnected at the sailors tactics
and got the worst OF the wrestling. Final
ly, in rally at close quarters, Sharkey
landed right somewhere on Geddard's s
features and the big fellow went down, his
head striking the floor with resounding
thump Sharkey tumbling on top of him.
The sailor was up quickly and waited for
Goddard to regain his feet He was so
much excited that the referee had to re-
strain him from actually fouling Goddard
before the latter had got up. Goddard was
plainly in no condition to make a fight,
when, after several seconds, he steaded
himself with the aid of the ropes, and the
referee gave the decision to the sailor. Like
all of Sharkey'S fights 1t was very un-
satisfactory affair. Goddard made poor
showing, and is not the man he was a few
years ago. Sharkey's methods of fighting
were as unfair and rough as could be toll
Grated without actually committing a foul.
In the preliminary ten-round bout between
Tom Lansing, of Kentucky, formerly kid
McCoy's sparring partner, and Joe Kennedy,
or San francisco, the former secured the
decision on a foul.
Sheriff Whelan to-day levied an attach
ment on money deposited in the First Ma
tional Bank by Danny Lynch manager of
Sharkey, TO secure the payment of a claim
due Mary +. O'Kane for SS062 represent
ing judgment secured in a New York
court.