The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11

New York, Nov. 5.-James J. Jeffries
retains the championship of the. world,
Referee George Siler giving him the
decision at the end of the twenty-ffth
round Ger Sailor Tom Sharkey at the
Coney Island Sporting club last night.
1t was one of the most marvellous Dat
ties that has taken place and the great
est crowd that ever gathered in the
Coney Island club house witnessed the
desperate struggle for supremacy. In
five rounds Jeffries 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 q
bull terrier, was at his man with both
hands increasingly. In those twenty
rounds Jeffries' great weight n
Drawn helped him to hold off the sail
or, and in the twenty-second round he
swung a couple Of vicious upper-cuts
that made Sharkey groggy. Tom came
back again in the twenty-fourth and
t~wenty-fifth, but he was weakened
greatly by Jeffries' vicious blows. One
minute before the gong sounded to n
the fight Jeffries' left glove came off
and practically the contest was over.
The referee motioned Jeffries to his
corner an American flag was swung
around the champions shoulders u
the crowd on that side and end of the
arena cheered wildly. The crowd on
the opposite side and in Sharkey's cor
ner yelled for Sharkey as the men We're
led back to their dressing rooms.
The thousands of spectators were
banked fifty feet high in the building,
the place being packed from ringside
to rafters, and the aisles around the
ring were lined. The tremendous
crowd sweated under the glare Of 400
arc lights. The heat was intense. The
fighters
We're Almost Exhausted,
but the SPECTATORS shrieked themselves
hoarse. 1t seemed at first as though
1t would be a short fight, for IN the
second round Jeffries put the sailor to
the ropes with a left to the jaw, n
the referee began to call off the Sec
onds as. SEarkey knelt on the floor.
But in the third round Sharyek, with
his vicious swings on the ribs and jaw.
kept the crowd OIL its feet waiting for
a Knockout. Jeffries stood the terr1-
BILE punishment, and, with his eye,
ears and nose cut, came back just as
vicious in the last three rounds and al
most retrieved himself. Then the UNI
satisfactory end of Jeffries' glove fly
Wing off, bringing the fight to an end.
although the crowd urged Sharkey to
rush in and end it. This he tried to do
but Jeffries fought him back and Ref
cree Siler rushed between. 1t was
noticeable that Jefrries used his weight
to it's Lest advantage, throwing him
self on the sailor. but the latter did his
share of the hugging, too, and both
were warned repeatedly.
The majority of those at the ring
side thought Sharkey would. get no
worse than a draw, for the sailor
fought ~viciously, always after his man,
with good judgment, and outpointed
the champion. On the other hand,
J%effries, while he had the better by
long odds of the last three rounds, did
very little leading in the other TWEEN
ty-two, and when he led he was either
too high or too low, getting in but few
good punches.
The decision was not announced
from the ring, or, if it a few heard
t. and a great mob surged around for
several minutes, yelling and shouting
for victor and vanquished.