The evening times., 1898-05-07

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Dewitt Van Court. Jack Steizner ant
Jack Jeffries. Behind sharkey were Tin
McGrath. Spider Kelley. Joe Kenned,
and Jack Sharkey. The referee Wal
Aleck Greggains, the well-known loca
boxer.
A careful estimate at 8 o'clock tonight
showed that $50. 000 had gone into straigh
| bets and mutuals. When the preliminary
bouts opened. II was estimated thai
there were 10000 people in the house.
| A Series Of Catastrophies.
| At $50 O'Clock ten rows of raised seats
at the west end of the pavilion fell one
| after another in rapid succession
| Though many were severely bruised, nc
/ one was dangerously hurt.
! Shortly before O'Clock a section of
| temporary seats. constructed at an ele-
| walton of from three to ten feet. also col
| lapsed with a fearful crash, throwing
some five hundred people on their faces.
A number were badly bruised and two
| men suffered broken arms.
| A moment later two small sections col
iapsed and the audience was almost pam
| ic-stricken. Hardly had the police qui-
4 eted the crowd. when fully seven hum
| dred seats came down. The audience
| was thrown into an uproar, and 1t was
| fully fifteen minutes before quiet was re-
| stored.
In the Ring.
At 1856 Jeffries entered the ring. fol-
| lowed by Aleck Greggains. the referee.
Sharkey climbed through the ropes a
moment later. .-,~- -.a-.r,. ->-.
The sympathies of the crowd appeared
to be evenly divided.
Time was called at 10 o'clock. &c"
Round 1-Cautious sparring on both
sides. Jeffries forces Sharxey around the
ring. The sailor was noticeably quicker
on his feet than the Los Angeles man.
| Sharkey led left for the body but fell
short. Jeffries planted liSflt left on the
| face and they broke fair. Neither man
showed much speed. Sharkey swung
wild with the left and right, but failed
to land. The round closed without a blow
of consequence.
around for a few moments. The sailor
rushed. swung wild, clinched. and
pushed Jeffries to the ropes. He repeat
ed this a moment later. Jeffries landed
neat and telling right on the jaw and
left on the body. SharKey came back
with two short left swings. The round
was in Jefrries favor.
JeEries Forces the Fighting.
Round 3.-Jeffries was waking up and
followed the sailor to his corner. Shar-
key appeared to be a trifle nervous. He
missed right swing but escaped the
counter. Jeffries hooked Sharkey heavily
in the jaw and repeated the blow mo-
ment later. Jeffries was doing the fight
ing now and had the sailor on the re-
treat Jeffries put in a neat left on the
head just as the bell rang.
Round 4.-Jeffries followed Sharkey
around and kept him moving with feints.
Jeffries put in two stiff lefts on the jaw
and got nothing in return. Sharkey
swung very wild and appeared to be rat
tied He kept away from several vicious
swings, however. Jeffries led with his
left and Sharkey hit him in the clinch.
Jeffries came back with two hard lefts
on the jaw and a right under the heart
He landed a light left again just as the
round closed. The round was easily JEFF
friess- Sharkey was not standing up
to his work.
Round 5-Sharkey showed a return of
confidence and stood his ground JEFF
fries missed with his left and Sharkey
did the same. Jeffries rushed. put his
right on the head and bundled Sharkey
against the ropes. Jeffries missed a left
and Sharkey struck him below the belt
with his right as they clinched. but the
foul was passed. The men were leading
quent. Jeffries got his left in on the fore
head at the close.
Round 6-Sharkey rushed, missed and
He rushed a second and third
time. but Jeffries was too heavy to
bundle around. Sharkey was hooted for
his rough clinching. Jeffries put in a
light left on the jaw. He upper-cut
while the sailor was getting
away. Jeffries put in a savage left hook
b. nd Cho~
fries landed a heavy swing with the left
on the neck and dazed the sailor
Sharkey Makes n Rally.
Round 7.-Sharkey rushed and missed.
He tried again with the same result The
Sailor now forced matters viciously. JEFF |
lies looked serious and led wildly. The |
Sailor was too quick. Honors were
wen.
Round 8.-Sharkey danced around and |
Jumped back from q light swing. The |
lext one caught him lightly on the jaw. |
Teffries was slow and careful. Both men |
to be playing for wind and the |
'ound closed tame.
Round 9.-Jenries appeared tired and /
or the first time broke ground. He
missed a left and right and showed Shar-
Iey to the ropes. The Sailor got away |
rom an uppercut neatly. He blocked |
wo left jabs, but caught the third on the /
hin. Jeffries scored a light left on the
lead and a right on the jaw. The round
nded with slow sparring.
Round 10.-Sharkey took the aggres-
i've, but his leads were very wild and |
anded on the back of Jeffriegs neck.
he round was Jeffries's.
Jenries Scores Again.
Round 1l-Jeffries missed a left swing.
harkey swung his left on the shoulder
nd Jeffries countered on the neck. Jeff-
les landed a light left on the neck and
vicious right on the chin, which
rought Sharkey TO his knees. The sailor
ung on to Jeffries's legs for q moment,
ut quickly arose and attacked Jeffries
ercely but to little purpose Jeftries
layed his left on the neck and right ON |
10 body with good effect Sharkey |
>ored a solid right swing on tho chin.
sfries tried couple Of uppercuts. The |
'und was all In Jeffries's favor.
Round H-Shariey's smile had vanish-
and he got to work seriously, Jeffries |
ut . left on the neck and another on |:
10 body. 6harkey's rushes were stopped
18th uppercuts and he straightened out
nd backed away. He tried both hands
peatedly, but failed 60 land q blow.
hey ended In = clinch.
Round 1-Jefrfes put an open glove ON
10 jaw and smothered q rush from