Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-04

Ing a left TO the face. but he was forced
back with hard right under the heart
Tom got into into close quarters, putting his
right to the ribs. They came together with
sharkey swinging his left, but Jeifrless
on the body, following with cinch. After
the break Jeffries shot his left at short
again. but % Jeries met e him aGH and for forced him
to the Californan's corner, whore Tom
slipped on q wet spot and JefrieS PVT
LETT to the chest, Tom slipping to the noor
on one knee. They were sparring when the
bell rang.
with Jeffries joiting his right to the body,
After the break Sharkey tried right to the
body, but Jeffries blocked. Then Tom tried
dueked nicely and a clinch followed: Both
missed lefts for the heads and clinched
again: aga Jeffries swung his left on the ribs
der the ear. Jeffres was now aggressive,
but at signal from o'Rourke sharkey
Jeftries' head He swung his left three
times on Jeffries' ear, Jerries then looked
at his seconds and winked knowingly and,
stepping in, ripped his left and right to
Toms body. They cllnched and after they
broke away Tom swung left which landed
round seemed heavy enough to fell an OK,
but both men went to their corners smil-
the, quicker on his feet, The men elinched
without landing and broke away Sharkey
swung left for the neck and was coun-
stepped In with his right on the body and
Sharkey came back with terrific swing
Gw the Which sor the big f
In his, attack and after landing. left, JEFF
fries ducked Toms left swing for the neck
landed a back hand blow on. Jeffries ear.
1t was a pivot blow and Jeffries seconds
ssa hear qn aud 1fes sF S
From this to the end OF the round Tom
was as the Ig Iaggressor, with Jefries blocking
rush and tried left swing for the head,
which barely missed Jeffries as the latter
g. ssdestepped, and Tom struck the ropes: ropes:
sautioned for holding in q elinch. sharkey
Just Just missing Missing the 'e chin ann and in cnch S le he
hooked his left heavily to the head. rock
ing. Jeffries who is still on the aggressive.
hooked left to the neck. JeTries shot his
right to the ribs and sharkey hooked left to
the neck Tom forced Jeffrles to the ropes
landed full on Jeffries, mouth, made the
Californian grunt audibly. sharkey out
Round Fifteen-Jefrles came up very cau-
tiously, crouching along the ropes and the
sailor cut out It. the work shfrkeX S bored in
on the body. Jeffries tried a left for the
| swung his left twice with fearful effect on
Jeffrles' head and face. Tom kept plug
sngh ha wh right 9nd left in Jees rood ft
on the face. almost putting Sharkey to the
floor, hut. the latter put back left and
which blood game in streams, The sight of
blood on Jeffries face seemed to make q
demon of Sharksy, who fought fercely and
! rushed continually, swinging left and right
wildly, while Jeffres planted well.,directed
| lefts and right ,jolts to the sailors body.
1t was fierce going when the bell rang.
| ROnpl Slxtepn-Tley rushed to clinph
twice without doing anything. Jeffres got
| in right drive under Toms heart. Tom
| a cinch in breaking away, from which Tom
got his left over to the head, and they broke
age aged T nose, @ forcing jeffres @ back az I to The the
ropes. Sharkey followed up, but the big
| fellow clinched, and when they broke away
the face. drawing blood from Jeffres' nose
and mouth; Jeffries countered with right
eSc red Win rusned
| but Jeffres sidesteDped and shot his left
to the body. They were fighting fiercely at
Round Seventeen-Clinch followed clinch
without much damage being done until
ner, where he sent three lefts in quick sue
cession to Jeffries' head and got nothing in
return, Jim rushed from elinch and tried
inside the blow and drove two hard lefts
on the jaw, each one. of them with the
force Of After ter nGh dm Jim
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shot another to the head, Tom feinted
with his right and drawing Jeffriss to him
Jeffries countered with the right on the
body. They fought. at close quarters TIL
the bell rang; Sharkey again hit after the
complained of Sharkey's tactics and when
Siler refused to interfere look OF disgust
| spread over Bradys features
! Round Eighteen-Tom opened with left
swing for the head but Jeffries blocked
him Then they got to close quart quarters an and
a right swing on Toms ear. but the sailor
was right back with three lefts hard to
his his right to the neck and then they swung
| on each other viciously and in chnch
Sharkey hung on to Jeffries' neck with his
left arm, dragging Jeffries across the ring.
They broke clean and Tom swung his left
with fearful force to the jaw and Ieffries
shook from ON the the top es,a Of his head to the
full after this and kept on the defensive
until the end of the round. which was de-
cidedly sharkey's on points barring the
Round Nneteen-sharkey rushed. but
Jeffries was first to land, sending, right
and hooked his left over to Jeffries ear.
They clinched again and Sharkey brought
his left hard across the stomach. Jeffriez
but the referee thought different and told
the, men to go on and fight, Sharkey led
and put his left hard on the wind Sharkey
rushed again, sending his left to the head
and In a half-cllncn sent MS Tree r1gnl
hand over the kidneys three times. ,Ieffries
clinched and after they broke Sharkey
swung the left to the cheek and crossed
his right over on the opposite side Both
these blows Jared Jeffrics, 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
lighting at close range at the sound of the
gong. .H
Round Twenty-Sharkey, as usual. was
first up and quickest on his feet and forced
Jeffres to II neutral corner, but failed Il
land left and right swing which he at
tempted. They broke from n clinch in the
middle of the ring and Jeffries sent his
left straight to the mouth. They ex
changed swings on the ear and got into
another clinch, from which the referee hat
to separate them. Both men We're sowei
in movements and clinched repeatedly
without landing a blow. Sharkey sent tive
straight lefts to Jeffries nose, bringing
blood in streams, but few seconds later
Jeffries jolted his right under Toms chin
Iefts and rights were exchanged on thu
face and chest and a straight left jail
from Jim landed on the sailors mouth ant
Jared the Irshman. The pace increased
toward the end of the round without any
further damage being done,
Round Twenty-one-As usual the fighting
started on Jeffres' side of the ring. They
got to the center in clinch and Jeffrei
shot his right to the body. Sharkey re
sponded with two rights over the kid
neys They exchanged lefts to. the face
Then Jim stepped in with a hard righ'
on the body, Sharkey countering lightly