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

oett led left for the head landing on the
neck ana sharkey sent back a hard right
Oh the body. Corbett began then to do
some punching and iabbed his man at
Will, but at long range, but Tom always
had counter ready. Corbett repeatedly
led his lett and damaged 1harkey's face
! considerably. Ine sailor chased his op-
ponent into the latters corner and recelv-
ed It series OF Jabs for his action.
Round 5.-Corbett started right on with
q left iab on the face and was apparently
attempting To fool with his man. sharkey
however, was not I'm ii 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 ilfte
ed sharkey Off his feet w.tn his shoulder
Corbett appeared to be trlne weary and
his blows lacked steam, whereas there
was world Of force behind sharkey's
blows
CORBETT ACCUSED Or AoULING.
Round 6.-Corbett led Tor the head with
his left landing, but sharkey was right
after him like whiriwlnd. Tom started
IN to mix It up and whipped In some cork
ors on the body Corbett retallated with
! like light jabs .on the face and fairly forc-
ful blows on the body. Midway through
tho round there was a rattling mix up.
both exchanging lefts and rights on the
head and body, with the sailor having a
shade the best OF IT, There were cries OF
foul. foul" when Corbe. nit his man In
breakaway which the referee had Not
called. The men were clinched at the bell
after participating In very fast mix up.
Corbett clinched Corbett acted on the de.
ana planted left and right on the head.
Round 7--sharkey ran across the ring
fansiye and seemed unable to Withstand
sharkcys rushcs The latter whipped In
beautiful left hook on the wind ana fol-
lowed It up with a right on the jaw. The
sailor kept doing an tho work ana was
always ready TO mix It up. lie alternately
threw over lef, ana right on head ana
body. occasionally changing to left hooks
on the wind. which were slowly but surely
attending o Corbetts case. II sharkey's
fght so far. The pace was terrific.
Round s.--sharkey was first 20 lead,
Landing left chop on the neck. They
ellnched frequently and the refersa was
kept busy separating them. Tom fred "a
left chop blow which lei. short and Jim
lahbed his left hard on the nose. sharkey
sent right straight on the face, which
made Jims head rock. but Jim was ready
win a left hook, which grazed sharkeys
head. Jim hooked his right hard IN Toms
Jaw.
Round 9.-Corbett landed with his left.
Tom went right back al the same moment.
Clinches were frequent and the men re-
fused 20 break together Corbott struck
Tom rather low on the body and the sailor
appealed TO tho referee Corbett showed
Tom from him and said: on, you go
away The men were In the center OF
the ring mixing it up In the llyeliest
manner O'Rourke calling 20 Tom not 70
mind corbett's low hitting Just at this
moment, for some unaccOuntable reason,
McVey. one OF corbetts seconds jumped
through the ropes, protesting that Shark
/ ey had done something wrong 90 Corbett
/ The moment McVey climed through the
ropes Police Inspector Mclaughlin grabb-
ed hold Of him while the crowd frantical-
/ ly yelled foul. foul"
"corbett loses Look At his second in
the ring
/ Referee Kelly seemed 20 pay no atten-
/ tion 20 the matter but kept looking at the
/ fighters. who continued their aggressive
work McVey tried 10 pun away from the
inspector while ...e spectators kept yelling
az the referee. who finally separated the
fighters and ordered them 70 their corners.
Corbett seemed not 20 understand why
the referee should interfere and protested
but Kelly was oDdurate and stopped It.
MEANWHILE the spectators stood up and
yelled that bets should be declared on as
they holieyed MeVey committed breach
OF ring rules premediately II looked for
a while as II riot would ensuse. but as
soon as the referee declared sharkey the
winner on the technicality be announced
an bets or. as Meveys action VAS un-
doubtedly pre-arranged. As soon as this
announcement was made the spectators
resumed their seats and awaited the de-
partv's OF the men from the ring.