The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-08

face Jeff shot his right to ribs and
Sharkey hooked his left to neck Tom
forced Jeff to ropes and with a we'll
rected left lab, which landed full on
Jeffs mouth and made the California
grunt audibly. Sharkey outfought his
man in this round.
ROUND FIFTEEN.
jeff came up very cautiously, crouching
along the ropes, and sailor cut out the
work. Sharkey bored in and swung his
| left up to the chin and a moment later
| sent it nome with great force on the
body. Jeff tried left for face. but
Tom got inside of the blow and swung
his left twice with fearful effect on Jeff 5
head and face. Tom kept plugging away
with right and left, jeff still acting on
defensive. jeff got in good left on the
face, almost putting Sharkey to the floor,
but the latter sent back left and
right ON face, splitting Jeff's nose,
! from which blood came in streams.
The sight Of blood on Jeff's face seemed
to make demon Of Sharkey, who fought
fiercely and rushed continually, swinging
| well-directed left and right jolts to the
sailors body. 1t was fierce going when
| the bell rang.
ROUND SIXTEEN.
They rushed to clinch twice without
doing anything, JEFF got in right drive
lefts On head. They came to clinch in
breaking away, from which Tom got mis-
| left over to the head Another clinch
followed and they broke, and Tom
shot a straight left to the dam
aged nose, forcing jeff back 70
Fellow Fellow cnehed and when they the 'I broke IKE
away again, Sharkey whipped his left
twice over the face, twice drawing blood
| from Jeff's nose and mouth. Jeff coun-
tered 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 fiercely at close quar-
| tiers at the bell.
ROUND SEVENTEEN.
Clinch followed clinch without much
damage being done, until Sharkey forced
Jeff into a neutral corner, where he sent
three lefts in quick succession to the
| boilermaker's head and got nothing in re-
turn. Jeff rushed from a clinch and tried
to send his right to the head, but Tom
wfs inside the blow and drove two
hard lefts on the jaw, each one
After a clinch Jim stepped in with left
to the body and Tom shot another left to
the head. Tom tented with his right
and drawing Jeff to him sent a straight
| left close to the mark. jeff countered
with right on body. They exchanged
lefts on head and fought at close quar-
ters till the bell rang. Sharkey again
sending one over after the gong sounded.
Brady called Siler over and complained
of Sharkey's tactics and when Siler re-
fused to interfere look Of disgust spread
over Brady's features.
ROUND EIGHTEEN.
Tom opened with left swing for the
! head, but Jeff blocked him. then they
got to close quarters and clinched. Aft
er they broke Jeff landed a right swing
on Toms ear, bat the sailor was right
back with three left-hand jabs hard to
the face jeff clinched and Tom hooked
swung on each other viciously, and in a
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 the
| jaw and Jeff shook from the top Of his
head to the soles of his feet. jeff was
more careful after this and kept on the
defensive until the end of the round,
which was decidedly Sharkey's on points,
barring the hugging.
ROUND NINETEEN.
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 s sharkey was s, holding him hrn,
and told the men to go ON and fight.
Sharkey led with left to head. Jeff
ducked and put his left hard on wind
Sharkey rushed again, sending his left
to the head and in a half clinch sent his
free right hand over the kidneys three
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broke Sharkey swung his left to the
cheek and crossed his right over on OPP
posite 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 fighting at close
range at sound of gong.
ROUND TWENTY.
Sharkey, as usual, was first and quick
est on his feet and forced jeff to a neu-
trail corner, but failed to land a left and
broke from a clinch in the middle of the
ring and Jeff sent his left straight to
mouth. They exchanged left swings on
ear and got into another clinch,
from which referee had to separ-
ate them. Both men were slower
without landing. Sharkey sent two
straight lefts to Jeff's nose, bringing
blood in streams. A few seconds later
Jeff jolted his right under Toms chin.
LETS and rights were exchanged for
face and chest and a straight left jab
from Jim landed ON the sailors mouth
and Jared the Irishman. The pace in.
creased towards the end of the round
without any further damage being done.
ROUND TWENTY-ONE.
AS usual the fighting started on Jeff's
side Of the ring. They got to the center
in clinch and Jeff shot his right to the
body Sharkey responded with two
rights over the kidneys. They exchanged
lefts to the face, then Jeff stepped in
with a hard right on the body, Shar-
key countering lightly. jeff land
ed another right on the body,
and jabbed his left in Sharkey's
face Both hooked rights over kidneys,
while they laughed at each other semi
good naturedly. 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 TWENTY-FIVE.
They moved cautiously and Jeff was
first to land, sending right to body. Then
he sent straight left to the face and
Sharkey replied with left swing on the
jaw. After a clinch jeff sent his left