Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-01

New York, Nov. "a. - The Sharkey-
Corbett fight. which was witnessed by
the largest and most representative
gathering of sporting men tat ever
congregatcd to see a ri"S contest, end
ed in a most disEraceful fasco at the
LenoX Athletic club. CnrDett had all
the worst of the encounte: when one
of his seconds, Connie McVc:, jumped
into the ring, appealing to the referee,
thus violating the rules. a:'l the ref
ercc Honest john Kelly, had Ito al
tentative but to disqualif, Corbctt and
award the bout to Slaricy. McVcy's
interference was absolutely ineAcusl-
bic. and the referee believing that
there was Il ''job" III McVey's action,
took it upon himself to declare all bets
eff. 1t was an unfortunate and at
rupt ending of what promised to b" II
most interesting fight. For weeks both
Corbctr ard Sharkcy lad trained faith
fully and carefully for the contest, and
when they stripped each of them
showed in excellent condition. Si:arlcy
WAS very
Confident of Success.
and the manner in which he acquitted
himself in the ring VIII the fight last
ed showed very plainly that his con-
fiuence was founded on good grounds
Those who believed that Sharkcy
could not fight fairly changed their
opinion after the bout ia! ::":le one
, round On the other haEd. Corbett hit
the sailor in the body father low and
/ SharSey protested. S..::>'key's qri X
ness and aggresslrer"ss was astonish-
ing from the very beginning and from
the first it was evident that he had
Corbett safely. In the sccond round
there were wild yells from the admirer
of the Irishman, when H.: tlOorId Cor
bett with a right-hand swing Oh the
head, preceded with a powerful bow
OH the body. Sharley's PUSHES were
successful invariably, and Jim's quick
ness and leg work We're tested to their
utmost in trying to evadc the ag9rrss-
i've sailor-pugilist. That Sharkty las
improved wonderfully goes 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 upper hand Of
his younger and more sturdy rival.
sharl1ey Is Fighter.
and a clever one at that, and his work
stamps him beyond all doubt as being
second only to Fitzsimmons. Flom
the second to the eighth rounds
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 any time during the
fight, but it was evident that he was
slowly but surely fading under Shark
ey's onslaughts. 1t was 2 to 1 on
Sharkey after the second round, and
had not McVey acted as he did there
is very little doubt that SharNey would
have won handily. Some of the most
prominent bankers, brokers, lawyers.
doctors and business men i'll tn and
other cities We're present during the
mill, and not one of them could see
any reason for interference by McVey.
When Corbett realized what had &C.
Cured lie was furious with passion
and rushed at McVey. Had he caught
, the latter there is no telling what
Corbett would have done in his frenzy.
but the police We're on hand and rushed
between the men, thus avoiding a
scene which would have added to tie
disgraceful exhibition.