The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-23


troit, acted as his time-keeper.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round 1st-The men fiddled for
several seconds and Jim made
Il left lead for the head. Tom re-
sponded with left and right in the same
spot Corbett led again. Tom respond
cd with left swing for the head, which
landed, Sharkey ripped in left and
| rights for the body with some effect.
| He kept forcing Jim into the various
| corners punching with right and left on
| the body which seemed to be his object
i've point. Jim feinted and tried to
| draw his man on. Sharkey was al
ways ready with his left and right
| swing, which invariably landed ON the
| body. COrbett failed to show any of
| the great clevCrneSs with which he has
been credited. The round ended with
Sharkey at his man.
Round 2d.-COrbett with the left
| lightly landed. Then there was an eX-
change with lefts and rights OH the
| head. in which Sharkey showed to ad-
| vantage. jim kept trying to push his
left into Toms face and the sailor
would come right back with a swing
| for the body. He WAS inclined to be Il
by O'Rourke, his chief second Tom
put over a straight right on Jim's nose
which seemed to bring the blood to that
member. Sharkey put in a right hand
smash on the jaw which sent COrbett
down. He attempted to repeat the dose,
but was foiled as Jim clinched. The
| round closed with Tom all over his man.
Round 3d.-COrbett led with his right
fnr, hn HO1
ed in kind. Jim reached the body sew
eral times. but Tom came right back
with lefts for the head. A right OH the
body staggered Jim. Sharkey whipped
over a tremendous right hand smash on
the jaw, The sailors leads were inef-
fectve his counters being the blows
which cut the figure. COrbett kept
jabbing lightly for the head and Shark
ey came right back at him with right
smashes on the wind.
Round 1.-The sailor was right after
his man and essayed lefts and rights for
the head. Landing each time. COrbetr
clinched and acted entirely on the defen-
sive COrbett led left for the head, land
ing on the neck and Sharkey sent back
hard right on the body. COrbett began
then to do some punching and jabbed his
man at WILL but at low range, but Tom
always had counter ready. Corbett
repeatedly led his left and damaged Shar-
keys face considerably The sailor
chased his opponent into the latter's cor
ner and received series of jabS for his
action.
Round 5th.-Corbett started right off
with a left jab on the face and was APP
parently attempting to fool with his man.
Sharkey however. was not in playful
mood and brought his hand over with
force enough to make Jim vince. Jim
hooked his left rather low on Toms body
and lifted Sharkey off his feet with his
shoulder Corbett appeared to be trifie
weary and his blows lacked steam,
whereas there was Il world of force be-
hind Sharkey's punches.
Round 6th.-Corbett led for the head
with his left. landing. but Sharkey was
right after him like Il whirlwind Tom
started in to mix it up and whipped tn
some cOrkers on the body. Corbett ire-
taliated with light jabs on the face and
fairly forceful blows on the body. Mid
way through the round there was rat
tling miXup, both exchanging lefts and
rights on the head and body with the
sailor having a shade the better of it.
There were cries of foul, foul when
Corbett hit his man on Il breakaway,
which the referee had not called. The
men were clnched at the bell after par
ticipating in Il very fast miXup.
Round 1th.-Sharkey ran across the
ring and planted left and right on the
head. COrbett cinching Corbett acted
on the defensive and seemed unable to
withstand Sharkey's rushes. The latter
whipped in Il beautiful left hook on the
wind and followed it up with right on
the jaw. The sailor kept doing all the
work and was always ready to mix it UP
on the slightest provOcation. He alter
nately threw left and right on head and
body, occasionally changing to left hooks
on the wind which were slowly but surely
ending Corbett'S case. It's Sharkeys
fight so far. The pace was terrific.
Round Sth.-Sharkey was first to lead.
landing a left chop on the neck. They
clinched frequently and the referee was
kept busy separating them. Tom tried
left chop blow which fell short and Jim
jabbed his left hard on the nose. Shar-
key sent right straight to face, which
made .Jim's head rock, but was ready
with a left hook which grazed Sharkey's
ear. Both men fought fast, clinching re-
peatedly. Jim hooked his right hard on
Tom Jaw. halt dazlng nm. lie quickly
recuperated and went back at his man
hammer and tongs.
Round 9th.-Corbett landed with his
left. Tom went right back at the same
moment. Clinches were frequent and the
men refused to break together. Corbett
struck Tom rather low on the body ana
the Sailor appealed to the referee. Cor
bett showed Tom from him and said "Oh,
you go away The men were in the cen
ter of the ring mixing it up in the live
lest manner, O'Rourke calling to Tom
not to mind Corbett's low hitting. Just
at this moment for some unaccOuntable
reason McVey, one of Corbett's seconds,
jumped through the ropes protesting that
Sharkey had done something wrong to
Corbett The moment McVey climbed
through the ropes Police Inspector Nc
Laughlin grabbed hold of him while the
crowd yelled frantically Foul, Foul, Cor
bett loses. Look at his second in the
ring" Ka..A
ton to the matter rI51rrr. pt looking at
the fighters who cOfNIIS!H their aGgFeS-