The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-04
FULL TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS.
AT Times sharkey Appeared to Have
His Man whipped, but JefRries'
Science Prevailed.
BOTH MEN BADLY PUNISHED.
The Decision, However, Gave General
Satisfaction to the Immense
Gathering Present.

RING SIDE, coNEY ISLAND
SPORTING CLUB, n. Y, Nov. a.
James Jeftries retains the champioE-
sbIp OF the world. Referee George siler
giving him the decision at the end Of
the twenty-Rfth round over Sailor Tom
sharkey, at the Coney Island Sporting
club tonight. 1t was one Of the
most marvellous battles that has taken
place and the greatest crowd that ever
gathered in the Coney Island club
house, witnessed the desperate utrug-
gle for supremacy.
IN five rounds Jeftrles had the better
of the fight, in the first two and in the
last three. During the other twenty
sharkey forced the issue, and like a
hull terrier was at his man with both
hands increasingly. In those twenty
rounds JefEries great weight and Drawn
helped him to hold of the sailor and In
the twenty-second round he Swung In a
couple Of vicious uppercuts that made
sharkey groggy. Tom came back again
IN the twenty-fourth and twenty-Afth.
but he was weakened greatly by JEFF
fries vicious blows. One minute before
the gong sounded to end the fight JEFF
fries left glove came of, and practlc-
ally the contest was over.
The referee motloned to Jeffrtes' cor
ner; an American flag was flung
around the champions shoulders, and
the crowd, on that side and end Of the
arena cheered wildly. The crowd on
the opposite side and end in sharkey's
corner yelled fo- sharkey, and the men
were led back to their dressing rooms,
sbarkey's left arm was broken in the
twenty-first and he has two ribs bro
ken. The thousands Of spectators of
spectators were banked forty feet high
N the building, the place being packed
from ring-sIde to rafters and the atsies
around the ring were lined. The tre-
mendous crowd sweated under the
glare Of four hundred arc lights, fifteen
feet or less from the canvas of the
squared circle. The heat was intense
The lighters were almost exhausted and
the spectators shrIekel themselves
hoarse.
II seemed at first as though 1t would
he o. short fight, for in the second round
Jetfries put the sailor to the ropes with
a left on the jaw and the referee began
TO call otf the seconds as Sharkey
kneeled on the floor. But from the
third round on, sharkey with his vi
olous swings to the ribs and the jaw.
kent crowd on its feet waiting for a
Knockout. Jefrries stood the terrific
punishment, and with his eye, nose and
ear split, came back Just rs vicIously in
the last three rounds and almost re-
trieyed himself. Then came the rG1for-
4unate and unsatisfactory ending. JEFF
fries glove flying off. bringing the fight
10 an end, although the crowd urged
sharkey to rush in and end 1t. This he
tried to do, but JetfEics fought him
back and Referee sller rushed to the
rescue. 1t was noticeable that Jeffries
used his weight to It's best advantage,
throwing himself all over the sailor, but
the latter did his share Of the huggIng,
too, and both were warned repeatedly.
Ten thousand spectators gathered
around the ringside. Though Coney Is
land was swept by n gale, the cars
came down crowded to the guards in
4 swiftly moving line, and the sports
waded to the narrow entrances leading
to the arena.
At $3.50 there were five thousand peo'
pie in the building and later the boxes
tilled to overnowIng. All manner Of
men were there and among those well
known were James ]. corbett and John
l.. Sullivan, former champIons Kid
Mccoy. Peter Maher D. NJ. Kearns.
George Dixon, Senator Tim Sullivan,
and Assembly Timothy p. Sullivan,
Jacob schaofrer and George Slosson;
Frank Hutchinson, and Parson Davies.
Of Chicago; Gus Rubin, Dave Gideon,
Mike Donovan, Chief of Police o'Mara,
OF Pittsburgh; Police Commissioner
Sexton, Ed Delaney OF Salt Lake CITY,;
Assemblymon Hamburger, register from
Maine: Michael Dwyer and Benny ia
cobs. Of Detroit.
a preliminary event of ten rounds Mt
12S pounds preceded the big event and
Kid Goutette, Of Rochester, who look
ed great denl like JefrrIes on small
scale was beaten by Tommy Moran, Of
Brooklyn Then, after half an hours
delay. Tom shnrley could be seen max
ing his way through the crowds. He
was well received. but Terrries was
oheercd to the echo. snnrkey had on
green trunks with an American nag for
belt aud the champion wore black.
Jcnrlcs had behind him Billy Delaney,
Ernest Rocbor and Tommy Ryan, md
his brother, Jack Jcffrles. sharkcy wns
led to the southwest corner by Tom
o'Rourkc and was attended by George
Dixon, Morris Kelly and Tim MeGrnth.
o'Rourko supCrlntendentlng the eutiro
proceedings. George sIler refereed.
Jefrrlcs weighed 2i2 pounds aud shnr-
key twenty-five pounds less, but the
latter looked to be in better condition,