The Portland daily press., 1898-11-23

force enough to make Jim Vince. Jim
hooked his left rather low on Toms body
and lifted Sharkey off his feet with his
shoulder. Cerbett appeared to be a trif1e
weary and his blows lack I'D steam, where
AZ there was a world of force behind
Hanna 8. -Corbets led for the head with
hig left. landing, but Sharkey was right
after him like whirlwind.. Tom started
| in to mix it up and whipped IN some
corkers ON the body; Corbet5 re1aiiated
with like labs on the face and fairly
foroefnl blows on the body. Midway
through tie round there was ratting
mix ,ip, both exchanging let's ana rights
on the head and body, with the SAILOR
having a shade the better OF IT, Inere
were cries of foul when Corbett MY his
man on hreakaway which the reIeree
at the bell. after participating in very
fast mix up.
Round 7.-Sharkey ran across the ring
and planted left and right on the head
Corbett clinched. Corbett acted on the
defensive and seemed unable to WITHSTAND
Sharkey' 8 rushes. The latter whipped IN
beautiful left hook on the wind and
followed 1t up with right on the jaw
The sailor kept doing ali 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 sure
lyss attending TO Corbett's case. 1t was
sharkey's fight by far. The pace was
| terrific.
Round s. ---Sharkey was first to lead,
landing a left chop on the neck. They
olinched 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
HC,4< -. a{ festE
which made Jirn's head rock. but Jim
was ready with left hook which grazed
Sharkey's ear. Both men fought fast
clinching repeatedly. Jim hooked his
right hard on Toms jaw, half dazina
him. He quickly fecuperated and went
back at his man, hammer and tor1gs
Round 8. -Corbett landed with his left,
Tom going back at the same moment,
Clinches were frequent and the men re-
fused to break together. Corbett struck
Tom rather low on the body and the sail
or appealed to the referee.
Corbett showed Tom from him and said .
"Oh yon go away" The men were in
the center of the ring mixing it up in the
liveliest manner, o. Rourke calling to
Tom not to mind Corbatt's low hitting.
just at this moment for some unaocount-
able reason, McVey, one of CorbetS's
seconds, jumped through the ropes pro-
testing that Sharkey had done something
wrong I'd OOfD6bG. Inc MOm6Q6 NC v 6y
climbed through the ropes Police ms pee
tor Mclaughlin grabbed hold of him,
while the crowd frantlcally yelled "foul,
foul, Corbett loses. Look at his second in
the ring.
Referee Kelley seemed to pay no atten-
tion to the matter but kept looking at the
lighters who continued their aggressive
work. McVey trie1 to pull away from
the inspector while the spect ltors kept
yelling at the referee who finally separ-
ated the fighters and ordered them to
their corners. Corbett seemed not to un-
derstand why the referee should inter-
5ere and protested but Kelley was obdu-
rate and stepped the round. Meanwhile
the spectators stepped up and shouted
that bets should be called off as they be-
lieved McVey committed the breach of
ring rules prsmeditatedly. 1t looked for
while as If a riot would ensue, but AS
soon as the referee declared Sharkey the
winner on the technicality, he announced
all bets off as Moneys action was I'M
doubtedly prearranged. As soon as this
announcement was made, the spectators
resumed their seats ana awaited the de-
parture of the men from the ring.