The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-26
THAT FAKE FIGHT.
Some Inside Observations About the
COrbett-Sharkey Mill.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
If there had been any intention of having
fair fight the referee would hardly have
interfered. No harm had been done. Both
men were tired, but something had slipped
in the calculations Every one to his opin-
ion Ten thousand pairs of eyes centered
on the same spot will see that spot differ
nelly. l believe that Corbett ali along was
giving Sharkey every opportunity to COM
nit a foul. In the ninth round-bet ween
the eighth and tenth, mind you-McVey
thought matters had gone far enough, and
his interference was merely an effort TO
call the attention of the referee to Shar-
keys striking in clnches
The sympathies of the crowd were with
Corbett, and when the decision declaring
all bets off was made a great wave of hap
piness swept over the grotto entirely
drowning the roar of Kisses that emanated
from the Sharkeyites, who had the better
end of the play.
Sharkey entered the ring ten minutes
ahead of Corbett, and had swallowed 1000
cubic feet of filthy smoke and fetid eXha-
latiOns before his opporent appeared, fresh
breathed from his dressing room and with
all the swagger of Lawrence Barrett about
to enact the role of Murad in THE French
Spy" This dramatic entrance caused men
to say sneeringly, THE upstart fool! he
deserves a thrashing for that"
There was great haggling over some
thing called rules, and really you would
have thought the confab of more impor-
lance than the deliberations of the peace
commission. There had been months in
which TO settle all details, but the plug
uglies had to create an impression. | do
not call this modern roped-arena fake a
prize fight 1t is hedged about by two many
lechnicalities of the most absurd cnarac-
Ter. The rules are constructed for the pur-
pose of pulling a man out Of 1ght m
stead of requiring him TO go in
The home OF the Lenox A. c. is the
flthiest, most dangerous, least comfort
able den Of pugilism 1 have seen IL Is
worse than the Housatonic. Tunnel after
a soft-coal engine has passed through.
One could cut the smoke with knife,
but couldn't penetrate it with a telescope.
I wouldn't enter the place again Tor
twice what my ticket cost me. There was
not drop of water to drink and no air
to breathe. My lungs are now full OF
choke. In ten minutes more shoulu
have tainted. All, what glory to reach
the open street!
To keep the SO cattle from the 81 parlor
nets barbed wire fences were built. I'M
agine that? But the crowd was decent.
MANY of the most respected men in New
york were there and the order was per-
feet Ii would have been better without
so many policemen; but that is another
story. There was an officer to every ten
men in plain clothes Al least it seemed
81. Cons swarmed, and took more inter-
est in the fake than anybody else.
If Gentleman jim had cut the tnIoat
of "Belaying-pin Tom Wlth a gan III
his glove our conservators of the peace
yro,fd not have interfered. Call this wide
onan9 The police force went to the Len
a. G. hoping to see three knoek-outs
and that they saw only one was a disap-
,,o;ntrent Chief Devery looked as broad
as street car, while the great McLaugn-
lin when he doomed in the ring after hei-
lv,s queer decision, looked as IL ne were
roing to make a meal off the fakirs. 1t
occurred to me that Mac was mao because
the fight had been stopped.
John Kelly. like all the John Kellys we
know Is honest. He keeps barroom IN
Sixth avenue. and carries about in his in
eide nocket the confidence OF the country.
He resembles slightly John Oakley, wee
nrasident of the council, except that ne Is
birlier and of stronger fiber. Like Oakley
he is on the dead square, hence the cogno-
r,an If aFonest John" l think he always
means to do right, but at the same uIne
7 think he erred in stopping TINS rake ne
should have called in the police ana or
dered the imposition to go on TO the TWEEN
-, rounds That is one way to prevent hip
nodromes. Make the frauds light. Goad
tpem.
II got so bad after the fourth round that
.s3onnadour' and "Belaying-pin' were
falling into each others arms after the
manner Of Hazel Kirke and her pa. Iney
fairly embraced each other. Then they
would put .ner hands high up and slap
together their gloves after the manner OF
a cipna mon ehe-beAr'clas tising her young,
then fall on each others necks ana lie
there Until the referee dashed between
chem. Al times the tender embrace was so
anectionate that Honest john had
hard lob separating the lovers
In every group of fifty men sat Sir ora
olo bin of voice. opinionated, expert, new
er-n,issed-a-fght, regular Dr. Knowall.
Gee what jabr he would exclaim, AMI
tbe fortv-nine would echo: My wasn't
that eockdo]ager!" Another forty-nine
echo. "Jim's got i'm goin'! Forty-nine
echo again. Toms hittin' below the belt
sin The echo. Whatever he said was
echoed. He knew about as much of fight
ING as a hog knows of holiday. but some
lodv must lie a leader Sir Oracle, as
rule. had a small top head and Sharkey
Intermediary.
These prize-fake gentry have but small.
sense of humor Corbett cannot under
stand how there could be a job when all
bets were declared off Well how about
the $40 600 gate receipts?
The last thing / saw was Corbett stand
ing near his corner with his mouth half
open. There was a CLASSY look Of amaze
ruknt in his face For the first time in
his life he was speeches.. Sharkey grin
ned like a Congo baboon at the thought
Of his $1,000.
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