The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-23
Bout Awarded
to Sharkev.
RULES VIOLATED.
Corbett Disqualified by Ac-
ton of One of His Seconds.

New York, Nov 23.-The Corbett-
sharkey fight which was witnessed by
the largest and most representative
gathering of sporting men that ever
congregated TO see a ring contest, end
ed IN a most disgraceful tiasco, tonight,
at the Lenox Athletic Club.
Corbett had all the worse of the en-
counter, when one of his seconds, Con
ME- McVey, jumped into the ring, APP
pealing to the referee, thus Violating
the rules. and the referee, Honest"
John ]. Kelley. had no alternative but
to disQualify Corbett and award the
bout to Sharkey
McVey's interference was absolutely
ineXcusable, and the referee, believing
that there was a Job" in McVey's ac-
ton, took it upon himself to declare all
bets off.
Before Kelly did so, however, many Of
those who had bet on Corbett, appealed
to the referee to take such action, while
the Sharkeyites shouted against such
tested that he had no authority to de-
clare the bets off However, the
referees word went with the majority
of the spectators. and consequently all
money paid on wagers made will be
refunded. 1t was most unfortunate
ana abrupt ending to what promised to
be a most interesting fight.
Those who believed that Sharkey
could not fight fairly, changed their
opinion after the bout had gone one
round.
On the other hand, Corbett hit the
sailor in the body rather low, ana
Sharkey protested. Sharkey's quick
ness and aggressiVeness We're astonish-
ing from the very beginning, and from
the very first it was evident that he
held Corbett safely His rushes We're
successful invariably, and Jin's quick
ness and leg work were tested to their
utmost in trying TO eYsde the aggres-
sive sailor pugilist. That Sharkey has
improved Wonderfully, gees without
saying, and on the other hand, that
Corbett is not the Corbett Of New Or
leans is beyond question At no time
had the Californian the upperhand Of
his younger and more sturdy rival.
From the second to the eighth round
Sharkey held a decided advantage, In
the ninth round, which was so produc-
tive of disappOintments and unlocked
for incidents, Corbett seemed to be
stronger than at any time during the
fight. but it was evident that ne was
slowly, but surely, fading under Shark
eY's Onslaughts. Ii was two to one en-
Sharkey after the second round, and
had not McVey acted as he did. there is
very little doubt that Sharkey would
have won handily. The general belief
is that McVey acted from some unex-
planned motive. and some persons said
that he jumped into the ring to prevent
Corbett going under. When McVay
first put his leg through the ropes, the
referee evidently did not or would not
look in that direction, but continued to
pay close attention to the fighters who
were mixing it up in the centre of the
ring Inspector Mclaughlin caught
hold of McVey to pull him out again,
but the latter was evidently more than
anxious that Kelly should see him, In
this he was more rhan successful but
not until after half the people in the
house had yelled repeatedly to Kelly to
disqualify Corbett When the big Cali
fornian realized what had occurred, lie
was furious with passion and rushed
at McVey. A close estimate placed the
attendance tonight at 9000 and it was
learned that the receipts exceeded $45,-
600