The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-23
CORBETT-- -SHARKEY MATCH
IT ENDED IN 4 MOST DISGR1CEFUL
 TIASCO,

Corbetts Gang, Sprang Into the Ring
 Suspectcd-Fight Awarded to sharhey.
 New York, Nov. 22.-The Corbett- Sharkey match, which was witnessed by the largest and most representative gathering of sporting men that ever congregated to see ring contest, ended in most disgraceful fiasco at the Len OK Athletic club tonight. Corbett had all the worst of the encounter when one of his seconds, Connie McVey, 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 to Sharkey. Me- Vey's interference was absolutely mex cusable, and the referee, believing that there was a job in Mcvey's action, took it upon himself to declare all bets off.
 Before Kelly did so, however, many of those who had bet on Corbett, and they were legion, appealed to the ref cree to take such action, while the Sharkeyites shouted against such inter- ference on Kelly's part and protested that he had no authority to declare the
 bets off. However, the referees word went with the majority of the specta- tors, and consequently all money paid on wagers made will be refunded. It was most unfortunate and abrupt ending to what promised to be a most interesting fight. For weeks both Cor bett and Sharkey had trained faithfully and carefully for the contest, and when
 they stripped tonight each of them showed to be in excellent condition
 Sharkey was very confident of success, and the manner in which he acquitted himself in the ring while the fight last ed showed that his confidence was founded on good grounds. 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 protested.
 Sharkey's quickness was astonishing, and from the very first it was evident that he held Corbett safely. IT the second round there were wild yells from the admirers of the Irishman when he
 tloored Corbett with right swing on the head which was preceded by a powerful blow on the body
 Sharkey's rushes were successful in-
 variably and Jims quickness and leg
 work were tested to their utmost in try ing to eVade the Sailor. That Sharkey
 has improved wonderfully goes without
 saying, and, on the other hand, that
 Corbett is not the Corbett of New Or leans is beyond question. At no time had the Californian the upper hand of
 his younger and more sturdy rival.
 Shafkey is a fighter, and a clever one
 at that, and his work tonight stamps
 him, beyond all doubt, as being second
 only to Fitzsimmons, who will have to
 mee thim in order to decide which is the better man, and when those two | meet they should put up fight which will be worth witnessing.
 From the second to the eighth round Sharkey had a decided advantage. In
 the ninth round Corbett seemed to be stronger than at any time during the fight, but it was evident that he was
 slowly but surely fading under Shark ey's onslaughts. It was two to one
 on Sharkey after the second round, and 1 had not McVey acted as he did there is
 very little doubt that Sharkey would
 have won handily. Some of the most prominent bankers, brokers, lawyers, doctors and business men in this and
 other cities were present during the
 mill, and not one of them could see any
 reason for interference by McVey. The
 general belief is that McVey acted for
 some unexplained motive and some per- sons said that he jumped into the ring to prevent Corbett going under. When
 McVey first put his leg through the ropes the referee evidently did not or would not look in that direction, but
 continued to pay close attention to the fighters who were mixing it up in the center of the ring. Inspector McLaugh- lin caught hold of McVey to pull him
 out again but the latter was evidently
 more than anxious that Kelly should see him. In this he was more than
 successful, but not until half the peo- 1 pie in the house had yelled to Kelly. | When the big Californian realized l what had occurred he was furious with
 passion and rushed at McVey. Had he caught the latter there is no telling
 what Corbett would have done in his 1 frenzy, but the police were on hand and
 rushed between the men, thus avoiding a scene which would have added to the disgraceful exhibition. That the un- timely incident will injure pugilism in this city is beyond question. A clos. estimate placed the attendance tonight { ac 5000 and it was learned that the re- ceipts exceeded $45,0G0.
 | Round 1.-The men fiddled for several sec | onds and Jim made a left lead for the head. | Tom responded with left and right in the | same spot. Corbett led again. Tom re- | sponded with left swing for the head, | which landed. Sharkey ripped in left and | rights for the body with some effect. He kept forcing Jim into the various corners. 1 punching with right and left on the body. which seemed to be his objective point. Jim | tried to draw his man on. Sharkey was all l ways ready with his left jab and right | swing. which invariably landed on the body. l Corbett failed to show any of the great cleyerness with which he has been credited. | The round ended with Sharkey at his man. 1 Round 2-Corpett with his left lightly ! landed. Then there was an exchange with l lefts and rights on the head in which Shar- | key showed to advantage. Jim kept trying ] .o push his left init into Toms face and l the Sailor would come back with q swing 1 on the body. He was inclined to be a l trife wild and was frequently cautioned by O'Rourke, his chief second. Tom put over | TttrlFc ag