The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-23
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
sharkey Had the Advantage From
the Start.


Round 1.-The men fddled for several
seconds and Jim made a left lead for
the head. Tom responded with left and
right in the same spot. Corbett led
again. Tom responded with a left
swing for the head, which landed. Shar-
key ripped in left and right for the
body with some effect He kept fore
ing Jim into the various corners, punch
ing with right and left on the body,
which seemed to be his objective point
Jim tented and tried to draw his man
on. Sharkey was always ready with
his left jab and right swing, which in
variably landed on the body. Corbett
failed to show any of the great clever
ness with which he has been credited
The round ended with Sharkey at his
man.
SHARKEY'S ROUND.
Corbett. with the left. landed lightly
Then there was an exchange of lefts
and rights on the head, in which Shar-
key showed the advantage. 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 in
clined to be a trifie wild, and was
frequently cautioned by O'Rourke, his
chief second. Tom put out straight
right on Jim's nose, which seemed to
bring the blood to that member. Shar-
key put in q right-hand smash on the
jaw, which sent Corbett down. He at
tempted to repeat the desc, but was
foiled, as Jim clinched. The round
closed with Tom all over his man.
Round 9-Corbett led with his right
for the body, landing. Sharkey re-
sponded in kind. Jim reached the body
several times, but Tom came right back
with lefts for the head. A right on the
body staggered him. Sharkey whipped
over a tremendous right-hand smash
on the jaw. The sailors leads were in
effective, his counters being the blows
which cut the figure. Corbett kept
jabbing lightly for the head and Shar-
key. came right back at him with right
hand smashes on the wind.
Round THE sailor was right after
his man and iessayed 51efts and rights
for the head, landing each time. Cor
bett clinched and acted entirely on the
defensive. Corbett led left for the head,
landing on the neck, and Sharkey sent
back a hard right on the body. Corbett
began then to do some punching and
jabbed his man at will, but at long
range, but Tom always had a counter
ready. C0rbett repeatedly led his left
and damaged Sharkey's face consider
ably. The sailor chased his opponent
into the Iatter's corner and received q
series Of jabs for his action.
CORBETT BECOMES WEARY.
Round 5-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 a
playful mood and brought his right
hand over with force enough to make
Jim vince Jim hooked his left rather
low on Toms body and lifted Shar-
key off his feet with his shoulder. Cor
bett appeared to be a tri1ie weary and
his blows lacked steam. whereas there
was a world of force behind Sharkey's
blows.
Round 6-Corbett led for the head
with his left, landing, but Sharkey was
right after him like a whirlwind. Tom
started in to mix it up and whipped in
some coTkers On the body, Corbett re-
taliated with like light jabs on the face
and fairly forcefIl blows on the body
Midway through the round there was a
rafting miXHp. both exchanging lefts
and rights on the head and body, with
the sailor having a shade the best of
it. There We're. cries Of foul, FOUL"
when Corbett hit his man in a break
away. which the referee had not called.
The men We're clinched at the bell, after
participating in q very fast miXup.
Round 1--Sharkey ran across the
ring and planted left and right on the
body, Corbett clinching. Corbett acted
on the defensive. and seemed unable to
withstand Sharley's rushes. The latter
whipped in q beautiful left hook on the
wind. and followed it up with a right
on the jaw. The sailor kept doing all
the work, and was always ready to mix
it up on the slightest provocation. He
alternately threw over left and right on
head and body, occasionally changing
to left hooks on the wind, which were
slowly but surely attending to Corbett's
case. II was Sharkey'S fight so far.
The pace was terrific.
Round S-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. SharkeY sent right straight on
the face. which made Jim's head rock,
but Jim was ready with left hook,
which graZed Sharkey's face. Both
fought fast, clinching repeatedly Jim
hooked his right hard on Toms jaw,
half daZing him. He quickly recuper-
ated. and went back at his man, ham
mer and tongs.
FOULED BY N'VEY.
Round 9-Corbett landed with his left.
Tom went right back at the same mo-
nent Clinches were frequent, and the