The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-23
SHARKEY
THEW WINNER
His Fight With Corbett Ends in a
Disgraceful Fiasco.
sHARKEY HAD THE BEST OF 1T.

One of Corbett's Seconds Jumped Into
the Ring, Evidently with Premedi-
tation. and Referee Awarded Fight
to Sharkey on a Foul-All Bets on.
New York, Nov. 23.-The Sharkey-
Corbett fight. which was witnessed by
the largest and most representative
gathering Of sporting men that ever
cOngregated to see a ring contest,
ended in a most disgraceful fiasco last
night at the Lenox Athletic club. Cor
bett had the worst of the encounter,
when one of his seconds, Connie" Nc
Vey, jumped into the ring, appealing
to the referee, thus violating the rules,
and the referee, Honest John" Kelly,
had no alternative but TO disqualify
Corbett and award the bout and the
$4,000 purse to Sharkey.
McVey's interference was absolutely
inexcusable, and the referee, believing
that there was a "tob~ in McVey's
action, took 1t upon himself to declare
all bets off. Before Kelly did so, how
ever. many Of those who had bet on
| Corbett, and they we're legion, ap-
peaed to the referee to take such
action, while the Sharkeyites shouted
against such interference on Kelly's
part and protested that he had no au-
thOrity to declare the bets off. How
ever, the referees word went with the
majority of the spectators, and con-
sequently all money paid on wagers
made will be refunded.
1t was an unfortunate and abrupt
| ending to what promised to be a most
interesting fight. For weeks both Cor
! bett and Sharkey had trained faith
fully and carefully for the contest, and
when they stripped each of them show
| ed in excellent condition. Sharkey was
! very confident of success, and the
manner in which he acquitted himself
in the ring while the fight lasted show
ed very plainly that his confidence was
| founded on good ground. 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, and Sharkey protest.
ed.
Sharkey's quickness and aggressive
ness was astonishing from the very be-
ginning, and from the first it was evil
| dent that he held Corbett safely In
the second round there were wild yells
from the admirers of the Irishman
when he floored Corbett with a right
! swing on the head, preceded with a
| powerful blow on the body. Sharkey's
rushes were successful invariably, and
| Jim's quickness and leg work were
| tested to their utmost in trying to
| evade the aggressive sailor-pugilist
| That Sharkey has improved wonder
| fully goes without saying, and on the
other hand, that Corbett is not the
Corbett of New Orleans is beyond
question, At no time had the Cali
fornian the upper hand of his younger
and more sturdy rival Sharkey is a
fighter, and a clever one at that, and
his work last night stamps him beyond
all doubt as being second only to Fitz-
simmons.
From the second to the eighth round
Sharkey held a decided advantage In
the ninth round. which was so pro-
ductive Of disappointments and un-
looked for incidents, Corbett seemed
,, to be stronger than at any time dur
ing the fight, but 1t was evident that
he was slowly but surely falling under
Sharkey's onslaughts. 1t was two L
, one on Sharkey after the second round
and had not McVey acted as he di,
there is very little doubt that Sharke,
would have won easily. Some of tn
I most prominent bankers, brokers, law
yers, doctors and business men in thl
and other cities were present durinl
the milR and not one of them coulC
see any reason for interference by Nc
r Vey. The general belief is that McVey
acted for some unexplained motive, anC
some persons said that he jumped int
the ring to prevent Corbett going un
q der
/: When the big Californian realized
/. what had occurred he was furious witt
passion and rushed at McVey. Had h,
caught the latter there is no telling
: what Corbett would have done in hi
frenzy, but the police were on hanC
and rushed between the men, thu,
avoiding scene which would have
added to the disgraceful exhibition.
close estimate placed the attend
ance last night at 5000, and it was
learned that the receipts exceeded
1000. Tickets for seats near the ring
brought fabulous prices. The original
cost was 500 each, but last night twice
that sum could not purchase one of
them, and in two instances they
brought 800 apiece. The other tickets,
costing S5 to S15, brought prices in
creased two and three fold, and the
club management did not put on sale
any of the advertised SO admission
tickets, The anxious sports gladly paid
S5 and in many cases IS for the priv
ilege of standing UP at the extreme
ends of the building.
The doors of the big building were
thrown open at s o'clock, and immedi-
, ately the rush for admission began
q although the big fight did not begin
until nearly II o'clock. BY $3.50 O'Clock
r nearly every seat in the house was oc,
cupied. Bankers and brokers OF prom
inence, lawyers OF note and business
men, representing nearly every phas,
, of trade, mingled with well knowT
politicians and held animated con.
versations in close proximity to the
ringside.
During the first bout there was q
commotion in a box at the rfagside.
Kid Mccoy the pugilist who Is 10 meet
Peter Maher at Coney Island next
month, had gained admission to the
arena disguised with false black
whiskers and mustache, Some days
ago Tom O'Rourke, the manager OF
the club, forbade Mccoy the priv
ilege of entering the club house. al