The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1898-11-30
SliARkEI GETS TIE DECISION,
Had the Best OF COrhctt tN'hcn Latter
Second Gets in tic Ring.

AAHN VIZ PSSt VI \-Dl nCll 'N nCn Latter $
Second Gets in the Ring.
New York, Nov. 22.--Thc Sharkcv-
Corbett fight, which was witnessed
by the largest and most representa-
tive gathering Of sporting men ever
congrcga>cd to see Il ring contest,
ended in most dsyraccIul hasco al
| the LcnoX Athletic club this evening.
| Corbctt had all the worst Of the en-
counter when Connie McNev. one OF
his seconds, jumped into the ring.
appealing to the referee. thus violat-
ing the rules, and ''HOncst" John
Kelly, the referee, had no alternative
but to disqualify Corbctt and award
the bout to SLarkcy. McNcy's inter
ference was absolutely incxcusabIc,
and the referee, believing there was
'job" in McNcy's action, took it
upon himself to declare all bets Off.
1T was an unfortunate and abrupt
ending to what promiscd to be Il most
interesting tight. For weeks Corbctt
and Sharkcy had trained faithfully
and carefully for the contest, and
when they stripped they both showed
to be in good condition. Sharkcy
was very confident of success, and
the manner in which he acquitted
himself in the ring while it lasted
showed very plainly that his conf
dcncc was founded on good grounds.
Those who believed that Sharicv
could not fight fairly changed their
opinion after the bout had gone one
round. On the other hand Corbctt
hit the sailor in the body rather low
and :Sharkcv protested. S1arkcy's
quckncss and aggression was aston
isEling from the very beginning, and
from the first it WAS evident that he
had Corbctt safe. In the second
round there were wild cheers from
the Iadmircrs OF the Ilishmau when
he 1loorcd Corbctt with d right swing
on the head. preceded by Il powerful
blow on he body. Sharkcy's PUSHES
were successful invariably, and Jin's
leg work was tested to its utmost in
trying TO cVadc the aggressive sailor
pugilist
That SIIarkcy has improved WON
dcrfullv goes without saying, and, on
the other hand, that Gorbctt is not
thesCorbctt Of New Orleans is beyond
question. At no time had the Cali
fornlan the upper hand Of his young
or and more sturdy rival. Sharkcy
is Il lighter, and a clever enc at that,
and his work tonight stamps him be
yond all question Us bcil~ second on
! Y to FitzsilnmonS.
From the second to the eighth
round Nha1hcy held a decided advan-
tagc 1t was tn | on Shurkcv after
the second round, and had not McNcv
acted as he did there is little doubt
that Slarkcv would have won hand
lily. The genera! belief is that Nc
Ncy acted from some unexplained
motive, and some persons said that
he jumped into the ring to prevent
COrbctt going under. When McNcy
first put his leg into the ring the
referee evidently did not or would
not look in his direction, but com
tinucd to pay close attention to the
fighters, who were mixing it up in
the center Of the rin1. Inspector
Mclaughlin caught hold Of McNcy
to pull him out OF the ring again,
but the latter vas evidently more
than anxious that Kelly should see
him. In this he was successful. but
not until more than half the people
in the house had yelled repeatedly to
Kelly TO disqnAlify Corbctt.
When the bic Californian realized
what had occurred, he was furious
with passion and rushed at McNcy.
| Had he caught the latter there is no
telling what Curbctt would have done
in his frenzy. but the police We're on
/ band and rushed between them. thus
avoiding Il scene which would have
added TO the dis1raccful exhibition.
\ close estimate placed the attend
ancc tonight at 5000, and it is now
learned that tile receipts exceeded
s4I, 900.