The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-07
PASSING OF SHARKEY
JeffrieS Administers a Beautiful
Licking to the Sailor.
FOUGHT TWENTY ROUNDS
SHARKEY WAS BEATEN, BUT
NOT KNOCKED OUT.
Jeffries Given the Decision at the End
of the Twentieth Round Amid the
Widest Enthusiasm-Hammered
Sharkey All About the Ring, But
Was Unable to Knock Him Out.


Mechanics pavilion, which has been
! the scene of many memorable pugiliStic
! encounters, presented a lively appear
/ ance shortly before the principals APP
! peared in the ring. Every nook ana
| corner in the vast auditorium had It's
! occupants. At this juncture an acct
/ dent happened, which, for time, babe
! fair to assume serious proportions. The
seats elevated on the whole end of the
| west side of the pavilion suddenly COL
! lapsed, and the occupants acre piled In
q confused head. Then second section
| Of seats on the northeast side of the
| building came down in a heap, and the
audience was again thrown into state
of uproar. A few moments later an
other section in the northwest corner
! collapsed, and the great crowd was al
most in q state of panic. Every man
was on his feet, and very uneasy feel
! ing pervaded the whole house. Then
! the whole side of the elevated seats
I came down in a terrific roar, and the
audience was almost beyond control.
Almost every tier of seats in the house
had row fallen, and the five or six
| thousand people on the main floor were
! packed in an excited crowd.
The betting on the result has remain
ed almost uniform at 10 to 8, with the
big Californian favorite.
The police finally managed 10 allay
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that no one had been hurt by the col
lapse of the gallery seats, and that
there was no danger.
CHASED THE REFEREE.
The preliminary bout between Jack
Stelzner. and Henry Baker was then
called at $50 Referee AgneW stopped
it in the fifth round, and awarded the
decision to Baker, on a foul. Steiner
chased the referee out of the ring, AID
went at Baker again, but the police
jumped into the ring and sent the men
to their dressing rooms. The fight
was about even.
TIME called.
Time was called at 1904.
First Round-1he men came to the GEN.
ter of the ring with spring and spared
cautiously. Jeffries forced Tom about the
ring. feeling of him. Sharkey led tirst
at body with left but. fell short. Jeffries
left on chest and the men clinched.
Sharkey swung right for head but Jeff
ries caught it on his shoulder, Jeffries
tried with left for face but was blocked.
Second Round-Sharkey rushed and
swung right and left without effect.
Jeffries swung for head. but Tom ducked
and Sharkey clinched. striking in the
clinch, for which he was Kissed. Jeffries
landed hard left on face and forced
Sharkey against ropes. Sharkey swung
right on Jeffries' neck. Jeffries landed
lightly with left on body and Tom
clinched. Sharkey tried to wrestle, but
Jeffries held him at arms length and
shook him as if he were child.
Third Round-Sharkey kept out of JEFF
fries way, doing some fast foot work
about 560p the ring eres put in ms sef
rushed and swung both right and left
without effect. Jeffries landed left on
face. Sharkey seemed puzzled and waited
for Jeffries TO lead and clinched. He
brought his right over on Jeffries' head
in a clinch and was warned by the ref
cree. Jeffries sent in his right on the
body just as the gong sounded.
Fourth Round-Jeffries got Sharkey in
a corner and sent in left on head and was
countered on body. Sharkey landed right
on body. Jeffries sent in hard left on
the body Sharkey swung left for body
very low, but fell short. Sharkey swung
left but was blocked and in the clinch
ropes. Jeffries hooked Sharkey on jaw
with left. Sharkey rubbed the place
smilingly and Jeffries was upon him in
a flash, forcing him 10 clinch.
SHARKEY WAS HOOTED.
Fifth Round-Jeffries led straight for
body, but fell short Sharkey swung for
face moment later. Sankey's leads
were mostly short. In a clinch Sharkey
struck Jeffries and was hooted. .Jeffries
Sharkey rushed wildly, but was stopped
and forced backward. Jeffries jabbed
Sharkey on the face at the call of time.
Sixth Round-Sharkey swung left hard
confidence and did some rushing, but |
without apparent effect. Jeffries SWING /
miInicked him With a sheer. Jeffries sent |
in left lightly on body and missed same
blow q moment later. He tented at the |
sailor who ducked into a vicious upper /
cut. JeffrieS did most of the leading and !
sent in a left hook that sounded loudly. /
Sharkey, at safe distance, mimicked /
Jeffries attitude. and showed consider i
able ill-temper all through this round.
Seventh Misunderstanding rushed and |
swung right and left wildly, both going !
over Jefries'. shoulders. Latter clinched |
cy swung his arms like a windmill, but ]
failed To reach the mark aimed at Jeffries !
swung twice with left. at head but Tom
cleverly ducked both blows. Jeffries sent |
right on body. Sharkey rushed Jeffries |
against the ropes and pushed him partly
through before he could gain his equili--
left on face Sharkey fighting fast and
hard but as yet he has not reached
Jeffries' face or head with effect.
gh he bead and dIcked ssea Tt w left
from the sailor. He then jabbed a
straight left in Sharkey's face. ,Jeffries
sharkey swung his right hard over the
kidneys, Sharkey sent in straight left
on body. Jeffries put left on body just
as the gong sounded.
the body. Jeffries tried vicious left for
the jaw but Tom ducked low, lifted
Jeffries from the floor. Jeffries swrng
right for jaw. but Tom ducked in and it
went over his shoulder. Jeffries jabbed
the sailor in the mouth twice in Quick
and the crowd yelled. Jeffries
swung left on the sailors chest and forced
him back to the ropes. Tom ducked a
left for the jaw and the round ended in a
long range sparring match.
Tenth Round-Jeffries missed with the
left for the body. Sharkey swung right
dUcked left swing. but moment later
got solid left in the wind. The Califor-
Man hooked him. on the neck with left
and Tom came back with left on the body
Jeffries landed left on the head and Tom
clinched and was inclined to rough it,
and Sharkey, swung wildly with both
hands. He ducked three left leads for the
head and was in turn evaded by Jeffries' |
ducking.
SAILOR WENT DOWN
Eleventh Round-Sharkey swung for
jaw. but it went over Jeffries' shoulder
and the big fellow came back with a stiff
short arm left on the jaw. Jeffries
knocked the sailor down with right on
the ear and Sharkey clasped Jeffries'
legs for a moment but got up fresh.
Jeffries forced sthe pace, but Tom fought
Jeffries sent in left on the
neck and Tom seemed worried and tired
Jeffries played for right on the jaw,
but missed. Jeffries sent in a hard left
On the face which sent the sailors head
back
Twelfth Round-Sharkey came up fresh.
but kept away from his big adversary.
Jeffries tried with the left for the jaw
and Tom ducked. moment later he
tented and then sent in his left hard on