The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-23

New York. Nov. 22-The sharkey-C Cor
bett fight which was witnessed by the
largest and most representative gathering
Of sporting men that ever congregated
to see a rirg contest, ended I'm a most dis
graceful iasco tonight at the Lenox Ath-
/ letic Club Corbett had all the worst Of
the encounter. when one Of his seconds
Connie McVey, jumped into the ring
appealing to the referee, thus violating
the rules and the referee, Honest John"
Kelly. had no alternat We but to disquali-
fy Corbett and award the bout to shar-
key.
McVey's interference was absolutely IN
excusable, and the referee. believing that
there was lob" in Mcvey's action, took
IT upon himself to declare all bets off,
Before Kelly did so. however, many OF
those who had bet on Corbett, and they
were legion, appealing TO the referee to
take such action, while sharkeyites shout
ed against such interference on Kelly's
part and protested that he had no authori.
ty to declare the bets of However, the
referees word went with the ma ajority OF
tae spectators and consequently all money
paid on wagers made will be refunded.
It was an unfortunate and abrupt ending
TO what promised TO be a most interesting
light. For weeks both Corbett and Shark
ey had trained faithfully and carefully
for the contest, and when they stripped
they both showed to be in good condition.
Sharkey was very confident Of success.
and the manner in which he acquitted
himself in the ring while the fight lasted
showed very plainly that his confidence
was founded on good grounds Those who
believed that Sharkey could not fight fair
ly changed their opinion after the bout
had gone one round. on the other hand,
Corbett hit the sailor In the body rather
low and sharkey protested. sharkeys
quickness and aggression was astonish-
ing from the very beginning, and from
bett safely. In the second round there
were wild yelis from the admirers or the
Irishman when he foored Corbett with a
right swing on the head, preceded with a
powerful blow on the body. sharkeys
rushes were successful Invariably ana
Jms leg work was tested to It's utmost In
Hist. That sharkey has improved wond-
erfully goes without saying. and on the
other hand, that Corbett IL not the Cor
bett Of New Orleans Is beyond question.
At no time had the Californian the upper
hand OF his younger and more sturdy RI
val sharkey "a fighter. and q clever
one at that. and his work tonight stamps
him beyond all doubt as being second only
to Fitzsimmons
From the second 10 the eighth round
sharkey held decided advantage In the
ninth round. which was so productive OF
disappointments and unlocked for inci-
dents. Corbett seemed TO be stronger than
at any time during the fight, but Sc was
evident that ne was slowly but surely fad
ing under sharkeys onslaughts.
Il was two TO one on sharkey after the
second round, aud had not McVey acted
as ne did there Is very little doubt that
sharkey would have won handily. Some
Of the most prominent bankers. brokers
lawyers doctors ana business men I'm this
and other ties were present during ths
mill. ana not one OF them could see any
reason for Interference by McVey. The
general belief is that McVey acted from
some unexplained motive, and some per-
sons said that he jumped into the ring 10
prevent Corbett going under. when Me-
Vey first put mis- leg through the ropes
the referee evidently did not or would not
look In that direction. but continued 20
pay close attent on TO the fighters, who
were mixing Il up IN the center Of the
ring. Inspector Mclaughlin caught hold
Of McVey 10 pun him out again, but the
latter was evidently more than anxious
that Kelly should see him. In this he
was successful. but not until half the peo-
pie IA the touse had yelled repeatedly TO
Kelly TO disqualify Corbett
When the big Californian realized what
had occurred he was furious with passion
and rushed al McYey. Had he cought the
latter there II no telling what Corbeit
would have done In his frenzy, but the po-
lice were on hand and rushed between the
men, thus avoiding a scene which would
have added TO the disgraoeful exhibition.
Just what effect the untimely Incident
will have on boxing in this vicinity in
the future cannot well be guaged. but
that II viii injure pugilism in this city,
s beyond question.
a ciose estimate placed the attendance
tonight at $500 and It "a now learned that
the receipts exceeded s4s CO.
STATS SOLD As nIoH As ONE HUN.
DIED DOLLARS.
Al The Ringside, Lenox Athletic Club.