Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-11-23
CCPBETT DISQUALIFIED
His Second Jumps Into The
Ring Which Gives the Fight
To Sharkey in the Ninth Round
MUCH d. SATISFACTsON-
ALL SETS OEF

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test Of the hetvyweight~ packed the ;,
LenOx club this evening to its fullest =,
capacity. e
There was a notable gathering of lead- Il
ing sporting men at the ringslde, among :,
the first to he noticed WAS Lanky Bob
Fitzsimmons and his bruther-in-l"w, e.,
Martin Julian. They got = round Of APP :,
plause as they came in and made their !
way to a front box. .
Parson Davies was on hand rs smooth u
and cOnplacent a. usual. Il
Peter Maher and Louis Hous"m&h OF
the Chicago Inter-Orean, were side hy
side, with George Siler, the referee OF the
big match at Carson City.
Bill Naughton, the sporting editor of
the San Francisco Examiner, was clos"
by the ring and, in fact, all the leading
sporting writers were there in force.
Back Of them WAS a big layer of old
time ring men and sports from all over
the country and next came the heavy
business men OF New York, men high in
financial ard social lite, the same heavy
swelIs who were so much in evidence at
the Society Horse Show last week.
In a few rows OF seats back of the
sports several hundred million of cap
ital was packed, per~pIrlng, like the rest
of the crowd, and eager for the ball t"
open.
The crowd was good natur"d and full
of badinage that flew back and forth
across the ring as the crowd waited for
the principals to appear.
One hundred policemen kept order and
and now and then there was a row be-
tueen the blaze coats and the crowd.
SHOWS UP.
Presently there was a tiutter of APP
plsuse and it Swelled louder and louder
until the place WAS in an uproar. Il WAS
the crowds welcome to Tom Shark"y.
He came in with Tom O'Rnurke and
George Dixon his seconds. 1t was sever
al minutes before the surging, yelling,
crowd ended their hurricane OF welcome
to the big sailor.
The arrival of COrhett was the signal
of a tremendous ovation for the audience.
He came in with Charlie White and Jack
McNey, his big sparring partner, follow
ed by George Considine.
The building fairly shook with the
noise his appearance created, and 1t was
at least five minutes before is subsidized
only to break forth afresh.
IN H
Corbett when he climbed through tn
ropes was awarkedly followed by Shar
KEY and the seconds.
The man proceeded to strip in
mediately.
Sharkey looked bigger and stronge
than his opponent and his body was
reddish brown, the very picture of healt
while Corbett looked almost white an
his face was, as usual before a fgi
pir ched and pallid.
He was nervous and figety and viii
Sharkey sat in his corner smiling al
confident, Corbett was testing the tensiC
of the ropes and endpavOring to conce
his evident nervousness.
Schultz won the preliminary DO
with Sull van.
Harris of Chicago bested Roden
Jersey City.
MCCOY BOUNCED.
Kid Mccoy was recognized in a b'
Immediately opposite the rtn% anu W
elected from the building. He wore tal
moustache and side whiskers and a p
of eye glasses. When he was recogniZ
the disguise was removed and he we
out quietly, though protesting.
Mccoy was elected for breaking
agreement with the club,
THE BATTLE.
1915. The men are donning the NIT!
1C; VraDgle started over the rules =
continued several minutes.
At II p. m. the fight opened.
Round l.-Corbett dances about SbaI
and swings left, Sharkey blocked III
lv and began landing heavily Oh /
planted a corking left on Corbetts NJ
and then visited ribs and kidneys v
heavy drives. In this round Sharkey
all the work.
Round 2.-Jim missed a jab
Sharkey tried for the head, Jim bloc
and put i'll Il good right on stomach al
stiff jolt on the jaw that ratified Shark
teeth. There was some hot exchange
both sides, Jim landed frequently
got warm exchanges Sharkey rushed
swung his right on jaw downing Cor
like a log. Corbett in rising cate
Skarkey about the legs and gets one
the ear, jim clinches in the break.
Round 3.-Jim reaches the body
the heart. There is a series of light
changes, each landing frequently, bu
decisive blows. Jim Is landing
uently and hitting like d Major.
assays an uppercut but does not
Corbett lands heavily with right on
Corbett gets in twice OF Toms
Sharkey puts i'll left on mouth as
sounds.