Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-03-12
SHARKEY> CHOINSKI,
TIE CONTEST DECLARED A
DRAW AFTER NINE ROUNDS.
Sharkey Uses his Usual FouIine
Tactics.

end. Very heavy betting. Harry Cor
bett estimates that 100000 has been place.
in his pool room.
9:3O.-Sharkey is in his dressing room
and absolutely refuses to decide upon a
referee until he enters the ring. The
betting is the h~eaviest aver known on a
fight in San Francisco.
9:32.-Choinsk enters the ring and is
greeted with cheers. Sharkey follows
and is greeted with mingled cheers and
misses.
A discussion is taking place in Shar-
keys corner over the referee, The audien-
ce cheering and kissing.
The announcement is made that the
Carson City Athletic Club has made an
offer of $4,000 for the Corbett- Fitzsim-
non fight in July, hearty cheers for
Carson.
Sharkey refuses to accept Jim Nc
Donald as referee. Yells for Peter Jack
son.
Eddie G~rearney, Choinski's manager.
ahnuioces that he is willing to leave the
choice of the referee to the newspaper
men present.
Jim Chesley, Cashier of the Chronicle,
formerly of Carson, was chosen as re-
fierce and excepted by both men. Ches-
ley declines to act. Great excitement
and more wrangling,
George Green has Deer selected as re-
fierce and accepts.
ROUND ONE
AT 1910 the men stepped to the center
- q -
OF the ring. Sharkey missed two leads at
Jaw and body. ~Choyinski quite cool and
ducks the sailors blows which are
wild. At end Of round the sailor lands
on JOe's jaw.
Round 2-Sharkey landed left and
right swings OF Joe's neck; tried left on
head and Joe cOuntered with terrific
right on ribs; Sharkev missed half a
dozen swings. Men sparring at long
range when g0ng sounded.
Round 3-Joe landed twice with left on
Sharkey's nose. Sharkey countered
rather low, cries of foul. Chovnski
swung hard left on neck. Sharkev
landed two light letts on Joe's stomach.
Ronnd ESharkey sends a good Ioft
ana missed 10y half an inch. Choin-
SKI ducks and Sharkey lands on ribs.
Men locked and hard exchanges of right
and left swings follow. Joe iahbed his
left three times in the sailors face. Shar-
key upper cuts with left on head he fol-
lows with a stiff right. Joe looks dis
tresscd as gong sounds.
Round 5-Sharkcy was wild with left
and Choynski jabbed him with left on
lace. Sharkey mixed up t~iercelv and
caught Joe two terrific blows left and
right on the head and Joe looked dis
treSsed. Sharkey sent Joe against the
and to the tloor with terrible left
uppercut. Choynski again goes down
from tho sailors fierce onsl0ughts. Men
continued to fight like demondS after
gong sounded. Sharkey had to he
dragged to his corner.
found 6-Sharkey went in to finish
Joe came back gamcly and twice
landed heavily IN the sailors face.
Sharkey clinched and sent Joe down
with right on the face.
Sharkey again clinches and hits in the
Joe came in with two right and lefts
swings and had his man groggy.
Sharkey swings his right and sent Hoe
70 the floor.
He then got Choynski on the and
continued striking after the gong sound
ed.
There is a great uproar and Sharkev
'ouls Joe.
Round Joe jabs the sailor twice in
he face. Sharkey missed left G1viur.
The men are lighting at long range and
)oth seem very tired. Sharkey rushes
Toe against the ropes, they clinch and
'harkey IS hitting during the clinch as
gong sounds.
Round S.-JOe sent the sailors head
BACK with a straight left. The sailor
'pper cut IN return. There is consider
bile long rang fighting. Not much dam
.ge in this round.
Round 9They clinched in the middle
the ring and on the breaking Sharkev
Wung his left or Joe's head. joe sends
n a couple OF good right ioIts on the
,oQy. lie then landed on S~harkey's
eve. H!IarkeY made a wild rush for
oe amt pushed binH through the r0Dns
nd onto the floor below The nI9ttnr"n
titer Joe reg"lnCd his feet and r1t mo
he ring, the referee decided the contest a
raw.
Great excitement prevailed after tho
announcement and there were wells Of
and SWlndle from all over the hODsn