Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-07
JEFFRIES WINS HARD FIGHT
Knocks Out Sailor Tom Sharksy in the
Twentieth Round
CONTEST OCCURS At SAN FRANCISCO
shnrkey In ON His Feet at the Close.
bat II So BADLY WOrsted that
the Referee brings the
nOut to nm End.

Sharkey, the sailor pugilist, went down be-
fore James j. Jeffries, admittedly the leading
heavyweight actually in fighting harness to-
day, in the twentieth round, before the Ma
tional Athletic club in this city tonight.
The outcome Of this contest has been the
absorbing topic Of discussion in sporting cir
cles since the consummation of the match.
Time was called at 1904, and the fight by
rounds was as follows:
Round 1.-The men came to the center of
the ring With, With ] spring ear and SPARED eau eau
feeling of him. Sharkey led first at body
with left, but fell short. Jefries forced
chest and the men clinched Sharkey swung
his shoulder. Jeffries, tried with left for
Round 2sharkey rushed and swung
for Jess s Ten s aesh and and
Sharkey cinched, striking in the clinch,
for which he was hissed. Jeffries landed
against. ropes. Sharkey swung right. on
Jeffrfes' neck. Jeifries landed light left on
body and Tom clinched. sharkey tried to
wrestle, but Jeffries held him at arms
child.
Round 3-sharkey kept out of Jeffries'
put in his left hook hard on Toms face.
Sharkey rushed and swung both right and
face. Sharkey seemed puzzled and waited
for Jeffries to lead and clinched. He
brought his right over on Jeifries' head in
a cinch and was warned by the referee.
Jeffries sent in his right on the body just
as the gong sounded.
Round 4-Jeffres got Sharkey in corner
and sent in left on head and was coun-
tered on body. Sharkey landed right on
body; Jeffries sent in hard left on body.
fell short. Sharkey swung left, but was
blocked and in the clinch following Joffres
forced, him against. the ropes. Jeffries
hooked Sharkey on jaw with left. Sharkey
rubbed the place smiingly and Jeffries was
upon him in flash, forcing him to
ciinch.
Round 5--Jeffries led straight for body,
but fell short. Sharkey swung left for
body and missed, getting a left on the face
short. In a clinch Sharkey struck Jefres
and was hooted. Jenries staggered the
sailor with left hook. Sharkey rushed
wildly, but was stopped and forced back
ward. Jeffries jabbed Sharkey on the face
at the call of time.
Round 6-Sharkey swung left hard over
Jefres neck. Sharltey gained more con-
fidence and did some rushing, but without
apparent effect. Jeffries swung right on
with a sneer. Jeffries sent in left lightly
on body and missed same blow a moment
later. He went at the sailor who ducked
into a vicious uppercut. Jeffres doing most
of the leading and sent in a left hook that
sounded loudly, Sharkey at safe dis,
showed considerable i'll temper all through
the round.
Round 7-sharkey rushed and swung right
and left wildly, both going over Jeffries'
shoulders The latter clinched and pushed
him against the ropes. Sharkey swung his
arms like a windmill, but failed to reach
with left at head, but it was cleverly
ducked both times. Jeffries landed right on
body. Sharkey rushed Jeffries against the
fore he could gain his equilibrium. but jeff
ries came back with a hard left on the
face.
Round S-Jeffries missed with left for
head, and ducked right swing from the
sailor. He jabbed a straight left in Shar-
keys face: Jeffries swung left for the jaw,
hard over the kidneys, Sharkey sent in a
straight left on body. Jeffries put two on
the body just as the gong sounded.
Round 9-Sharkey swung left on the body.
Jeffries tried a vicious left for the jaw, but
Tom ducked low, lifting Jeffries from the
floor. Jeffries swung right for the jaw, but
Tom ducked and 1T went on his shoulder.
Jeffries jabbed the sailor in the mouth
twice in quick succession, and the crowd
yelled Jeffres rIsss swung @ left eft on the sailors
Tom ducked left for the jaw, and the
round ended in long-range sparring
match.
Round 1O---Jeffries missed with left for the
body. Sharkey swung right and left for the
head without effect. He, ducked left
Californian hooked him on the neck with
the left. and Tom came back with a left on
the body. Jeffries landed left on the head,
and Tom clinched and was inclined to rough
it. The men exchanged lefts on the head,
and Sharkey swung wildly with both
hands. He ducked three left leads for the
head and was in turn evaded by Jeffries
ducking.
Round 11-Sharkey swung left for the
jaw, but 1t went over Jeffries' shoulder and
the big fellow came back with stiff short
arm left on the jaw. Jeffries knocked the
sailor down with a right on the ear, and
Sharkey casped Jeffres' legs for mo-
ment. but got up fresh. Jeffries forced the
pace, but Sharkey fought viciousy. jeff
ries sent in n left on the neck and Tom
seemed worried and tired. Jeffries played
for a right on the jaw but missed. JEFF.
ries sent in hard left again which sem
the sailors head back.
Round 12-Sharkey came up fresh, but
| kept away from his big adversary. Jeffries
sent in a hard left on the neck. Toms leads
| for body short. Jeffries sent in left on face
| and blocked a counter. Jeffries sent in
| right on body and got left swing on the
| neck.
Round 13-Sharkey made some vicious at
| tempts to land, but his blows lacked steam
| Jeffries landed twice on the jaw. The
| round was in Jeffries' favor.
! Round 4-Sharkey got decidedly the wors
| of it. His leads almost invariably fel
short. Jeffries repeatedly landed on the
! neck and face.
Round 15-Jeffries landed left on chest