The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-04
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! Aey whipped MS left twice over the race,
| drawing blood from Jeff's nose and
mouth. JEFF countered with right swing
on eye, which left Sharkey's left optic
| red with blood. Sharkey rushed again but
jeff side-stepped and shot his left to the
body. They were fighting fercely at
| close quarters at the bell
Round 17-Clinch followed clinch with
out much damage being done until Shar-
key forced JEFF into a neutral corner,
where he sent three lefts in quick success
| sion to the boilermaker's head and got
! nothing in return. Jim rushed from a
clinch and sent his right to the head but
Tom was inside the blow and drove two
hard lefts on the Jaw, each one OF them
| with the force of pole axe. After a
clfnch Jim stepped in with a left to the
! body and Tom shot another left TO head
| Tom tented with his right and drew
JEFF to him. JEFF countered with right
on body. They exchanged Iefts on head
| and they fought at close quarters until
/ the bell rang. Sharkey again sending one
over after the gong sounded. Brady call
! Ell Siler over and complained of Shar-
keys tactics and when siler refused to
| interfere a look of disgust spread over
! Brady's features.
/ Round 1S-Tom opened with left swing
for the head but jeff blocked him then
they got to close quarters and clinched
After they broke Jeff landed a right
swing on Toms ear but the sailor was
right back with three eft-lhand iabs
hard to the face Jeff clinched and Tom
hooked his right to neck and then they
swung at one another viciously, and in
clinch Sharkey hung on to Jeff's neck
with his left arm. dragging JEFF across
the ring They broke clean and Tom
swung his left with feaful force to jaw
and Jeff shook from. the top of his head
to the soIes of his feet JEFF was more
careful after this and kept on the de-
feEsive until end of round. which was
decidedly Sharkey'sz on points, barring
the hugging
Round 19-Sharkey rushed but JEFF was
first to land, getting right hard under
heart Sharkey broke away and landed
his left over to Jeffs ear. They clinched
again and Sharkey brought his left hard
across the stomach. jeff complained that
Sharkey was holding him but referee
thought different and told Tom to go on
and fight. Sharkey led to head, JEFF
Sharkey rushed again, sending his left
to head and in half-clinch sent his free
right hand over the kidneys three times.
jeff clinched and after they broke Shar-
key swung his left to the cheek and
crossed his right over on opposite side.
These blows Jared Jeff but he came
back and jabbed his left to the wind and
shot the same hand straight to Sharkey's
face and the sailor staggered. They were
fighting at the sound of the gong.
Round 20-Sharkey. as usual was first
up and quickest on feet, and forced jeff
to neutral corner, but failed to land
left and right swing which he attempted.
They broke from clinch in the middle
OF the ring and Jeff sent his left straight
to the mouth. They exchanged left
swings on the ear and got into another
clinch, and the referee had to separate
them. The men were slower in movement
and ciinched repeatedly without landing
a blow. Sharkey sent two straight lefts
to Jef's{nose, bringing blood in, streams.
But a few seconds later jeff jolted his
right under Toms chin. Let's. and rights
were exchanged on face and chest and
straight left on the head from Jim
the Irishman. The pace increased tow
ards end of round without any further
damage being done.
Round 21-As usual, the fighting started
on Jeff's side. They got to the center in
a clinch and Jeff shot his right to the
body. Sharkey responded with two rights
over kidneys They exchanged lefts to
face, then Jim stepped in with hard
right on the body and jabbed his left in |
Toms face Both exchanged rights over !
kidneys while they laughed at each other !
-good-naturedly. They came to a |
clinch and after the break Tom swung !
his left to the neck. jim responded with |
a straight left on mouth just before the |
boH
Round 22-They moved cautiously and |
jeff was first to land right on the body. |
Then he sent a straight left to face and |
Sharkey replied with left swing on jaw. |
After a clinch Jeff sent his left to Shar-
keys injured eye and the Irishman's
optic began to bleed freely. Tom kept
boring in but Jim met him twice with
straight lefts on the face. Three times
they clinched and broke and each time
Sharkey landed a back-handed right on
Jim's face. Jim stepped in with a fearful
right uppercut under the chin and re-
peated 1t twice as they broke from a
clinch. Sharkey turned TO his manager
O'ROurke, and laughed. while Tommy
Ryan and the other men in JefT's corner
shouted to him. Go on; go on" JEFF
failed to follow his advantage up and the
force of these two blows was visible
when the bell rang and Sharkey wobbled
perceptibly as he went back to his cor |
Round 23-They came together with
-ush in the center of the ring and JEFF
shot his right to the chin. They clinched
md Tom forced Jeff's head back with his
eft glove under the chin. When they
,roke away jeff smiled and tented with
lis left and they went to a clinch again
without anything being done. They ex-
hanged light lefts on the head and both
missed lefts for the body. Jim jabbed
traight for Toms injured eye and Tom
linched. after the break. jim jabbed his
eft to the sailors stomach and forced
lin across the ring. when they came 70 a
Inch, in which Sharkey- forced Jim's
lead back with his elbow under the jaw
Again they came to clinch, from which
hey had 10 be broken by the referee
With Sharkey holding. Jim jabbed his left
o Toms face and staggered him. Shar-
ey clinched and after the bell rung. sent
is right to head as the referee was fore
ne them apart.
Round 2l-Jeff was quicker this time
nd met Sherkey's rush They cIinched
nd after the break Tom sent his right !
yer TO neck. JEFF stabbed his left lightly
D face Sharkey tried his left but fell
hort and received a right smash on ear.
eff seemed to be improving steadily and