Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-04
TIE AMERICAN CHAMPION.
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| Tom swung two let's on head. They
came to clinch in breaking away
from which Tom got his left over to the
| head. Another clinch followed and
| they broke and Tom shot straight
| left to the damaged nose, forcing jeff
| back to ropes. Sharkey followed up,
| but they clinched and when they broke
] away again Sharkey whipped his lett
| twice over the face, twice drawing
blood from Jim's nose and mouth. Jeif
countered with right swing on eye,
which made Sharkey's left optic red
| with blood. Sharkey rushed again,
but Jeff side-stepped and shot his left
on the body They were fighting
| fiercely at close quarters at the bell
Round 17-Clinch followed clinch
without much damage being done until
| Sharkey forced JEFF into neutral cor
ner, where he sent three let's in quick
succession to the boiiermakers head
and get nothing in return. Jim
| rushed from clinch and tried te send
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 a pole axe. After clinch
Jim stepped in nth left to the body
and Tom shot another left to head. Tom
! tented with his right and drawing JEFF
| to him sent a straight left close to the
heart. jeff countered with right on
body. They exchanged lefts on head
and they fought at close quarters till
the bell rang, Sharkey again sending
one over after the gong sounded. Brady
called 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
Jeff blocked him. Then they
got to close quarters and clinched. AT
ter they broke Jeff landed a right
swing on Toms ear, but the sailor was
right back with three left-hand jabs
to the face. jeff clinched and Tom
hooked his right to neck and then they
swung on each other 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 fearful force to jaw
and Jeff shook from the top of his
head to the soleS of his feet.
Jeff was more careful and
after this kept on defensive until end of
round, which was decidedly Sharkeys
on points, barring the hugging.
Round 19-Sharkey rushed but Jeff
was first to land, sending right hard
under heart. Sharkey broke away and
hooked his left over to Jeff's 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 the men to go on and fight Shar-
| key led with left to head. jeff -ducked
| and put his left hard on wind. Shar-
| key rushed again, sending his left to
| head, and in a half clinch sent his free
| right hard over kidneys three times.
| JEFF clinched and after they broke
| Sharkey swung his left to the cheek
! and crossed his right over on the oppo-
| site side. Both 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 fight
| ing at close range when bell rang.
Round 20-Sharkey, as usual, was
first and quickest on his feet and forced
| Jeff to neutral corner, but failed to
land left and right swing which he
| attempted. They broke from a clineh
| in the middle of the ring and JEFF sent
! his left straight to the mouth. They
| exchanged left swings on ear and got
| into another clinch from which referee
had to separate them. Both men were
| slower in movement and clinched re-
| peatedly without landing a blow. Shar-
| key sent two straight lefts to Jeff
| 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
| a straight left jab from Jim landed on
| the sailors mouth and Jared the Irish
| man. The pace increased towards the
| end of the round without any further
damage being done.
Round 21-As usual the fighting start
| ed on Jeff's side of the ring They got
| to the centre in clinch and JEFF shot
his right to the body. Sharkey re-
sponded with two rights over kidneys;
they exchanged lefts to face. Then
Jim stepped in with hard right on
body. Sharkey countering lightly.
jeff landed another right on the body
and jabbed his left in Toms face. Both
llOOkeu 5rlSnlS over hlQneyS while they
laughed at each other semi-goodnatur-
edly. They came to a clinch and after
the break Tom swung his left to neck,
Jim responding with a straight left on
mouth just before the bell.
Round 22-They moved cautiously
and jeff was first to land, sending
right to body. Then he sent straight
| left to face and Sharkey replied with
| left swing on jaw. After a clInch JEFF
sent his left to Sharkey's injured eye
and the Irishman's optic began to
| bleed freely. Tom kept boring in but
| Jim met him twice with straight lefts
| On face. Three times they clinched and
| broke, and each time Sharkey landed
a back handed right on Jims face.
J Jim stepped in with a fearful right
| uppercut under the chin and repeated il
| twice as they broke from clinch.
| Sharkey turned to his manager,
| O'Rourke, and laughed. while Tommy
Ryan and other men in Jeff's corner
shouted to him: go on! go on,''
| JEFF failed to follow his advantage up