The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-19
VICTORIOUS VICTORY END Of CONPET ITOR'
Old Joe Goddard Knocked Out by
Sailor Sharkey.
COLLIDED WITH THE FLOOR
THIS HURT HIM MORE THAN
DID SEARKEY'S BLOWS.
Mere Handful Attended-Fight in
Detail-sailor Challenged to Fight
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Critic
Forced Him to Quit Fight at st.
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Forced Him to Cult Fight at st.
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San Francisco, Nov. 1S.-Tom Sharkey
has won another questionable battle,
his victim this time being old Joe God
dard. the decrepit barrier champion.
The fight, which was scheduled for 20
rounds, terminated in the sixth, when
! Sharkey, after 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 can
vas with an awful smash which dazed
him. He arose at the end of three sec
onds and staggered to the ropes, Ref
! cree Macarthur meanwhile holding the
excited sailor back. Amid great con-
/ fusion Macarthur awarded the fight to
J Sharkey. The decision was just, but
/ Sharkey's victory is far from credit
able, it being the popular impression
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.
MERE HANDFUL ATTENDED.
Popular confidence in the genuineness
Of the projected fight was so Slight that
a mere handful of spectators paid adj
/ mission to the Mechanics pavilion to-
night.
When time was called two small
wedges of humanity, culled from Shar-
keys partisans at Vallejo and Mare Is
land, 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
counting noses, Goddard concluded that
it was not worth while to risk a beat
ing for the meager box receipts. The
Australian was deaf to all entreaties,
asserting that he would not fight for
glory. Coward! Coward" shouted
the crowd.
GOADED TO ACTION.
The taunt was more than Goddard
could stand.
I'll fight" he shouted, even though
I never get a cent
Sharkey was the first to appear at
tended by his brother, Jack Sharkey,
Eddie Connolly and Spider Kelly He
! was quickly lOlOM Su ny Tie DdlAASt
champion. who had behind him Teddy
Alexander, Henry Baker and Jim Gal
lagher Sharlley was apparently in his
usual excellent condition, while God
dard looked drawn and low in flesh.
FIGHT IN DETAIL.
When time was called for the first
round the men came up and ffddled for
few moments, Sharkey jumping
about. while Goddard 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 done for the re-
mainder Of the round, Sharkey failing
10 take advantage of his lead. Before
80 seconds of the second round had eX-
pired Sharkey put in another clean
right. and Goddard went down again.
Joe made several wild lunges at Shar-
key. but the sailor was quick in elud-
ing him.
The third and fourth rounds were q
series Of wild rushes and clinches, with
out any real fighting.
In the fifth tn emen did all kinds of
fighting, q little smuggling and plenty
of hugging. butting and elbowing. The
sailor was the stronger and had q. lit
tie the better Of the rough work.
LAST ROUND.
The sixth round proved to be the last
SharlIey rushed at old Poe Goddard like
a, football player buclling the line. God
dard seemed disconnected at the sail
or's tactics and got the worst of the
, wrestling. Finally in q, rally at close
quarters, Sharkey landed q, right some
where on Goddard's features, and the
big fellow went down, his head strik-
ing the floor with a resounding thump
Sharkey tumbhng on top of him. The
sailor was UP quickly and waited fol
Goddard to regain his feet. He was sc
much excited that the referee had tC
restrain him from actually fouling God
dard before the latter had got up. God
dard was plainly in no condition tC
: continue the fight, when, after severa
seconds. he steadied himself with the
aid of the ropes, and the referee very
hUmanely gave the decision to the
sailor Like all of Sharkey's fights, il
was a very unsatisfactory affair. GoGi
dard made a poor showing, and is not
the man he was a few years ago. Shar-
keys methods tonight were as unfair
and rough as could be tolerated with
out actually committing foul
LEVIED AN ATTACHMENT.
Sheriff Whelan today levied an at
tachment on money deposited in the
First National bank by Danny Lynch
the manager Of Sharkey, to secure the
payment of claim due Mary E
l O'Kane for $SO.62 represented by q
, judgment secured in a New York court
SHARKEY CHALLENGED.
Tom O'Rourke. manager for Joe
Wolcott, upon hearing Sharkey's
declaration otter the fight tonight thai
he would meet any one in the world
Withdrawing the color line, challenged
= the sailor in behalf of Wolcott
O'Rourke offers to wager s., 500 against
= SIS 600 that Wolcott will stay 90 rounds
with Sharlley at catch weights, and
late tonight O'Rourke posted 81 600 with
t Charles Ascher as evidence of his good
! faith.
2 san Francisco, Nov 1S.-In the pre-
: liminary ten-round bout between Ton
} Lansing of Kentucky, formerly kid
5 NcCoy's sparring partner, and JOE
Y Kennedy OF San Francisco, the former
} received the decision on a foul.
California Jockey Club.