The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23
ROUND l.

d IeIt swing for the head which landed
onarkey ripped in left and right for the
pous' win some effect. He kept forcing
Jim into the various corners puncbinS
with right and left on the BODY which
seemed to be his objective point. linn
rented and tried to draw his man on
snarhey was always ready with his LEFT
Jaos and right swing, invariably landing
os .he ooay. Corbett failed to show any
u tne great cieverness with which he has
Sharkey at his man.
ROUND p
Corbett with the left. lightly landed
Ihen there was an exchange with Iefts and
rights On the head. in which Sharkev
showed TO advantage. Jim kept trying tn
push MS left into Toms fac. and the
sailor would come right back with a swing
!or ohe body. He was inclined to be a
siine WIG, and was frequently cautioned
oy oRourke, his chief second. Tom nut
OUT straight right on Jim's nose, which
seemed to bring the blood to that member.
Sharkey put in a right hand smash on
the jaw, which sent Corbett down. He at
tempted to repeat the dose but was foIIed.
as Jim clinched. The round closed with |
Tom all over his man.
ROUND 81
corbett led with his right for the body.
landing. Sharkey responded in kind Him
reached the body several times. but Tom
came right back with lefts for the head A
rsht on the body staggered Jim. Sharkeye
whipped over tremendous right hand
smash on the jaw. The sailors leads werk
lnenectiYe, his counters being the blows
which cut the figure. Corbett kept iabbinr
lightly for the head and Sharkey cama
right back at him with right smashes on
the wind.
ROUND f.
The sailor was right after his man and
essayed lefts and rights, leading each time
Corbett clinched and acted entirely on the
neiensVe. Corbett led left for the head
landing and Sharkey returned hard
right on the body. Corbett began then to
do some punching and jabbed his man at
will, at long range, but Tom always had
counter ready Corbett repeatedly led his
lett, and damaged Sharkey's face consid-
erably. The sailor chased his opponent into
the latter's corner and received a series of
jabs for his action.
ROUND o.
Corbett started right off with a left lab
on the face, and was apparently attempt
ing to fool with his man. Sharkey. how
ever, 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
Sharkey off his feet with his shoulder Cor
Dett appeared to be a trife weary and his
blows lacked steam. whereas there was a
world of force behind Sharkey's blows.
ROUND g.
Corbett led for the head with his left.
landing, but Sharkey was right after him
ike whirlwind. Tom started into mix
1t up and whipped in some corkers on the
body. CeFbett retaliated with light iahs
on the face ard fairly forcibIe blows ON
the oody Midway through the round there
was rafting mix up, both exchanging
rights on the head and body with the
sailor having the better of it. There were
cries Of Foul, foul'' when Corbett hit his
man on breakaway. which the referee
had not called The men were clinched at
the bell, after participating in a very fast
mix up
ROUND T.
sharkey ran across the ring and planted
left and right on the head. Corbett cinch-
ing. Corbett acted ON the defensive and
seemed unable to Withstand Sharkey,s
rushes. The latter ripped in a beautiful
LETT hook on the wind, and followed 1t up
with right on the jaw. The sailor kept
doing all the work. and was always ready
TO mix 1t up on the slightest provocation.
lie aIternated with left and right, on head
and body, occasionally changing left hooks
on the wird. which was surely weakening
Corbett. 1t is Sharkey's fight 80 far.
ROUND s.
sharkey was hrst to lead, landing a left
chop on the neck. They clinched frequently
and the referee was kept busy separating
them. Tom tried a left chop blow, which
fell short, and Jim tabbed his left on the
nose. Sharkey sent a right to the face,
straight, which made Jim's head rock, but
Jim was ready with a left look, which
grazed Sharkeys ear. Both men fought
fast clinching repeatedly. Jim hooked his
right hard on Toms jaw, half dlzing him.
He quickly recuperated, however, and went
back at his man, hammer and tongs.
ROUND o.
Corbett landed with his Eft Tom weni
right back at the same moment. Cnnches
were frequent, and the refused to
break together. Corbett struck Tom rather
low on the body, and the sailor appealed 10
the referee. Ccrbett showed Tom from him,
and said: "oh, you go away" The men
were in the center of the ring, mixing it UP
in the liyeliest manner, ORourke calling to
Tom not to mind Corbetts low hitting.
Just at that moment for some unaccount-
able reason McVey, one OF Corbett's
onds, jumped through the ropes, protesting
that Sharkey had done something wrong to
Corbett The moment McVey climbed
through the ropes, Police Inspector Nc
Laughin grabbed hold OF him, while the
crowd frantically yelled Foul. foul!
Corbett loses. Look at his second in the
ring" Referee Kelly seemed to pay no
attention o-the matter, but kept looking
at the fighters, who continued their ag-
gressve work. McVey tried to pull away
from the inspector, while the spectators
kept yelling at the referee, who finally
separated the fighters and ordered them to
their corners. Corbett seemed rot to un-
derstand why the referee should interfere,
ard protested, but Kelly wss Cbdurate ard
stopped the bout. Meanwhile the spectators
stood up and yelled that bets should be de-
clared off. as they believed McVey COM
mtted the breach Of ring rules premedi-
tatedIy. II looked for a while as if riot
would ensue, but as soon as the referee
declared Sharkey the winner, on the tech
nicality he announced all bets were off, as
McVey's action was undoubtedly pre-ar-
ranged As soon as this announcement was
made the spectators resumed their seats
and awaited the departure OF the men from
the ring.
INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN.
The twenty y-round glove contest be-
tween James J. Corbett, of California,
the ex-champion heavyweight boxer of
the world, and Tom Sharkey, of Dun
dalk, Ireland, who first showed his
prowess as a fighter while serving the
United States as a blue jacket in the
navy, drew an enormous crowd of
sporting men to the Lenox Athletic
club house tonight. In fact such a
representative gathering of the sport
ing element from all over the country
was never within the CITY limits at