The herald., 1898-11-23

ALWAYS had counter ready Corbett re-
peatcdly led his left and damaged Sharkey's S
face considerably. The sailor chased his
opponent into the latter's corner and re-
cclved series of jabs for his action.
ROUND FIVE.
Corbett started right off with lett jab
on the face and was apparently attempting
to fool with his man. Sharkey, however,
was not in playful mood and brought his
right hand over with force enough to make
him vince. Jim hooked his left rather low
on Toms body and lifted Sharkey off his
feet with his shoulder Corbett appeared
to be a trif1e weary and his blows lacked
steam, whereas there was world of force
behind Sharkey's blows.
ROUND SIX.
Corbett reached the head with his left,
but Sharkey was right after him like a
whirlwind. Tom started in to mix it up
and whipped in some corkers on the body
Corbett retaliated with like light jabs on
the face and fairly forceful blows on the
body. Midway through the round there was
rattling mix-up, both exchanging lefts and
rights on the head and body, with the sailor
having shade the best of it. There were
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his man in a breakaway which the referee
had not called. The men were clinched at
the bell, after participating in a very fast
mix-up.
Round seven-Sharkey ran across the ring
and planted left and right on the head,
Corbett cinching Corbett acted on the de-
fensive and seemed unable to Withstand
Sharkey's rushes. The latter whipped in
beautiful left hook on the wind and fol-
lowed it up with right on the jaw. The
sailor kept doing all the work and was al
ways ready to mix it on the slightest provo
cation. He alternately threw over left and
right on head and body, occasionally chang
ing to left hooks on the wind, which were
slowly but surely attending to Corbett's
case. 1t is Sharkey's fight SO far. The
pace has been terrific.
Round eight-Sharkey was first to lead,
landing 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 hand 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
men fought fast, clinching repeatedly. Jim
hooked his right hard ON Toms jaw, half
dazing him. He quickly recuperated and
went back at his man hammer and tongs.
Round nine-Corbett landed with his left
Tom went right back at the same moment
Clinches were frequent and the men refused
| to break away. Corbett then struck Tom
rather low on the body and the sailor ap-
pealed to the referee. Corbett showed Tom
from him and said:
"Oh, you go away"
| The men were in the center of the ring,
mixing it in the liveliest manner, O'Rourke
calling to Tom not to mind Corhett's low
hitting. just at this moment, for some un-
accountable reason, McVey, one of Corbett' s
seconds, jumped through the ropes, protest
ing that Sharkey had done something wrong
to Corbett. The moment McVey climbed
through the ropes Inspector Mclaughlin
grabbed hold of him, while the crowd fran
tically yelled Foul" "Foul!' "Corbett
loses. Look at his second in the ring"
Referee Kelly seemed to pay no attention
to the matter, but kept looking at the fight
ers, who continued their aggressive work.
McVey tried to pull away from the inspec-
tor, while the spectators kept yelling at the
referee, who finally separated the fighters
and ordered them to their corners. Corbett
seemed not to understand why the referee
should interfere, and protested, but Kelly
was obdurate and stopped it. Meanwhile
the spectators stood up and yelled that bets
should be declared off, as they believed that
McVey committed breach of ring rules
premeditatedly. 1t looked for while as if
riot would ensue, but as soon as the referee
declared Sharkey the winner on the tech
nicality, he announced all bets off, as Nc
Vey's action was undoubtedly pre- arranged.
As soon as this announcement was made the
spectators resumed their seats and awaited
the departure of the men from the ring.