The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-19
SHARKEY In SIXTH
ANOTHER QUESTIONABLE BATTLE
WON AT SAN FRANCISCO BY
THE SAILOR.
JOE GODDARD THE VICTIM.
BUT THE VICTORY NOT
CREDITABLE.
A MERE HANDFUL OF SPECTATORS
Sharkey's Tactics as Rough as
Could Be TOIerated-GriffO
Hurt at st. Louis.


Sharkey has won another questionable
battle, his victim this time being old
Joe Goddard, the decrepit Barrier cham
pion. The fight, which was scheduled
for twenty 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 canvass with an awful
smash which dazed him. He arose at
the end of three seconds and staggered
to the ropes, Referee Macarthur mean
While holding the excited sailor back.
Amid great confusion Macarthur award
| ed the fight to Sharkey. The decision
was just, but Sharkey's victory is far
from creditable, it being the popular
impression that Goddard was hurt
more by his collision with the floor
than from Sharkey's blows, which were
at al times wild and miserably timed
Popular confidence in the genuine
ness Of the projected fight was so
slight that a mere handful of specta-
tors paid admission to the Mechanics
ed, two small wedges of humanity,
culled from Sharkey's partisans at Val
lejo 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 pavil-
ion the ushers and policemen almost
outnumbered the few isolated occu-
pants of the reserved seats and boxes.
After looking over the house and
counting noses Goddard concluded that
1t 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.
The taunt was more than Goddard
could stand.
Til fight" he shouted back, "even
though L 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 followed by the Bar
rier champion, who had behind him
Teddy Alexander, Henry Baker and
Jim Gallagher Sharkey was appar-
VI.
while Goddard looked drawn and low
in flesh.
TIME CALLED.
When time was called for the first
round the men came up and fiddled
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 remainder of the round, Sharkey
failing to take advantage of the lead.
Before thirty seconds of the second
round had expired Sharkey put in an
other clean right and Goddard went
down again. Joe made several wild
Iunges at Sharkey. but the sailor was
quick in GLIDING him. The third and
fourth rounds were series of wild
rushes and clinches without any real
fighting.
In the fifth the men did all kinds
of fighting,a little smuggling and plenty
of hugging 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 God
dard like a football player bucking the
line Goddard seemed diSconcerned at
the sailors tactics and got the worst
of the wrestling. Finally, in rally at
close quarters, Sharkey landed right
somewhere on Goddard's features, and
the big fellow went down, his head
striking the floor with a resounding
thump, Sharkey tumbling on top of
him. The sailcr was up quickly and
waited for Goddard to regain his feet.
He was so much excited that the ref
cree had to restrain 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 steadied himself
with the aid of the ropes, and the
referee gave the decision to the sailor.
Like all Sharkey's fights, it was a
very unsatisfactory affair. Goddard
made a poor showing, and is not the
man he was a few years ago. Sharkey' $
methods of fight were as unfair and
rough as could be tolerated without
actually committing a foul.
In the preliminary ten-rOund bout be-
tween Tom Lansing, of Kentucky, for
merly kid" McCOy's sparring partner,
and Joe Kennedy, of San Francisco,
the former secured the decision on a
foul.
Sheriff Wheelan today levied an at
tachment on money deposited in the
First National bank by Danny Lynch,
manager Of Sharkey, to secure the pay
ment of a claim due Mary e. OKane
for $S0.62, representing a judgment Sc
cured in a New York court.