The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-11-23

his left. landing. but sharkey was right
after him like a whlrlwind. sharkey
started in to mix It up. and whipped in
some corkers on the body. Corbett re-
taliated with like light jabs on the face.
and fairly IorcefuL Midway through the
round thera was a rafting mix-up. both
exchanging iefts and rights on the head
and body. with the sailor having a shade
the best Of II. There were cries Of foul.
foul" when corbett bit his man in a
breakaway. which t1e referee had not
called, the men were cllnched At thu
bell. after participating in a very fast
mix-up.
Round 7-Sharkey ran across the ring
and planted isft and right on the body.
Corbett clinching. Cor acted on the
defensive and seemed unable 70 withstand
Sharkey's rushes. TIE latter whipped in
beautiful left hook on the wind and
followed " up with a right on the law
The sailor kept doing all the work and
was always ready e mix Il I'D on the
slightest proyocation. He alternately
threw over the left and right on the head
and body. occasionally changing 10 left
hooks on the wind. which were slowly.
but surely. attending to Corbett's case.
II was sharkey's tight so far. The pace
was terrific.
Round s-Sharkey was first to lead,
landing left chop on the neck. They
clinched frequently and the referee was
kept busy separating them. Tom tried
a left chop blow, which fell short. and
Jim jabbed his left hard on the nose.
sharkey sent right straight on the face
which made Jlm's head rock, but Jim
was ready with left hook. which erazed
sharkoy's face. Both fought fast, clinch-
Ing repeatedly. Jim hooked his right hard
on Toms jaw. half dazlnghlm. He quick
ly recupeated and went back at his man.
hammer and tongs.
Round s-Corbett landed with his left.
Tom went right back at the same mo-
ment Clinches were frequent. The men
refused 10 break togetner. Corbett then
struck Tom rather low on the body
and the sailor appealed to the referee.
Corbett showed Tom from him and said:
"oh. you go away" The men were in
the center OF the ring. mixing It UP in
the hveliest manner. O'Rourke calling 10
Tom not 10 mind corbett's low hitting.
just at this moment, for some unaccount-
able reason, McVey. one Of Corbett's sec
onds, jumped through the ropes, protest
ing that Sharkey had done something
wrong 10 Corbett. The moment McVey
climbed through the ropes Inspector Nc
Laughiin grabbed hold OF him, while the
crowd frantically yelled Foul foul"
''CoiSott loses; look at his second in the
ring"
Referee Kelly seemed to pay no atten-
uon to the matter, out kept looking at
the fighters, who continued their az
gressiye work. McVey tried to pull away
from the inspector. while the spectators
kept yelling at the referee who finally
separated the fighters and ordered them
20 their corners. Corbeet seemed not 10
understand why the referee should in
terfere, and protested, but Kelly was
obdurate and stopped It. Meanwhile the
spectators stood up and yelled that bets
should be declared of. as they believed
McVey committed the breach OF ring
rules premeditatedly. 1t looked for a
while as ~ riot would ensue, but as
soon as the referee declared Sharkey the
winner on the technicality he announced
all bets Off, as McVev's action was un-
doubtedly prearranged.