The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-04

I Cllnch6Q. ana as they broke away InES
| exchanged right jolts on the BODY
! Sharkey rushed, sending left for the
! chest but Jim blocked him neatly. jeff
| stepped in with two rights on the body,
] and was cautioned for using the same
blow while holding, a moment later.
| Sharkey kept up his rushing, but was
met every time with Jeff's right to the
ribs. The referee separated them from
a hard clinch, neither man wanting to
let go. Jeff swung his left to the neck,
and a moment later got his right to the
chest, Sharkey cOuntering lightly on
the head. Jeff jabbed his left straight
to Toms left eye. Both men were fair
~ fresh when they returned to their
Round 5-Sharkey was the quickest
on his feet, and sent his left to the
face followed with two rights to the
head at close quarters. jeff clinched,
ana as they broke sent his right hard
to the wind. Sharkey rushed again, but
jeff met him with another hard right
Oh the short ribs. Jeff landed again in
the same spot with a powerful right,
and Sharkey cIinched, and they wres led
for a minute in center of ring. After
they broke Sharkey rushed in with a
terrific left in the face. Both men ex-
changed very hard lefts in the face and
cross cOuntered each other hard over
the ear Sharkey began rushing like
a demon and shot his left to the face.
Jeff sent back his right to the body,
and the bell found them in close quar-
tiers. After the gong sounded Sharkey
sent his right to the head and was
ter Siler had talked to ORourke he
decided not to allow it.
Round 6-Sharkey was the quicker,
coming like a flash with a hard left on
the chest. They came to a clinch, and
when they broke Sharkey stuck his
tongue out at Jeff. Another clinch and
Sharkey hooked his left hard to the
neck and drove his right with fearful
force to the kidneys, forcing Jeff to an
other clinch. Sharkey let his left go for
all it was worth on Jeff's chest and the
big fellows frame was Jared from the
! blow. Jeff shot his left to the wind and
rushed to a clinch. Sharkey bringing
his right with a hard jolt over the
heart. Both fought f1ercely without
infghting. jeff shot his left to the
body, and Sharkey countered with left
on the mouth, cutting JefS sore lip.
| This was Sharkey's round.
Round 7-Sharkey was first to land
with his right on neck, Jeff throwing
his left on the head and to the chest.
Some sparring ensued until Jeff step
ped in with a right on the body and
as they came to clinch Jeff uppercut
Tom with a right on the chest. Tom
sent back a left on head and then
clinched. Sharkey fighting fast: Jeff
seemed slow in comparison. Jeff sent
his left to the body and while Sharkey
sent a hard left hook on back. After
another hard right on the body, Tom
swung his left to the head and Jared
the bOilermaker to his heels. Sharkey
rushed and swung his left to Jef's
head Jeff clinched hard and lay over
on his man with such force that the
referee had to keep Sharkey from fall
ing In the breakaWay Sharkey got his
left to the face. Another round for
Sharkey.
Round S-Jeff assumed the defensive
near the ropes near his corner and Tom
went to him with a left which went
around the neck, but he shot his right
hard to Jeff's ribs. Sharkey rushed and
swung his left to head. jeff returned
with a right on the ribs and they came
to rough miXup with honors even.
| They clinched and from this Tom land
ed a straight left on head and landed
another blow a few seconds later with
telling force. Jeff clinched again and
seemed unwilling to break. Jeff
threw his entire weight on Sharkey and
they got into a close Wrangle in which
Jeff hooked his left to Toms ear, bleed
ing it, They mixed things up with
fearful force, both landing heavy on
neck and body. Jef seemed tired but
met Sharkey'S next rush with right and
left jolts to the body. Both men were
fighting as if their lives depended and
dealt blow after blow in a clinch in
which Jeff was on the defensive. Tom
hooked his left to the jaw and at close
quarters each sent rights to the wind
Round 9-TOm rushed again with Jeff
on the defensive, but Jeff tripped, stead
led himself and met Sharkey'S rush in
a left hook on ear Tom rushed again
and Jeff met him with a terrific right
drive under the heart. Jeff drove his
right to the body and Sharkey clinched
anS hung on. After the break Tom
hooked two lefts to the jaw. They
clinched hard and the referee forced
them apart. Both men sent lefts to
the head, but they were glancing blows.
They got to close quarters in which
they had a wrestling match, each try
ing to land a telling blow on wind. Jeff
rushed Sharkey to the ropes, but later
came back with a right prod on the
wind as the bell rang. Sharkey retired
to his corner laughing.
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without either landing. Tom stepped in
after the break and Jeff met him with a
left on face. Sharkey Rugged Jeff
around the neck and latter showed
Tom to ropes. Sharkey still holding
and referee, after separating, eau
toned Sharkey. Sharkey hooked his
left to Jeff's head. He tried this a, sec
ond time, but Jeff ducked safely and
both exchanged hard rights on the
body at close quarters. Jeff stepped in
with a hard left on the face and Shar-
key crossed him with a right on jaw.
Jeff swung his right to Sharkey'S left
eye, which bled prOfusely and they
mixed it up viciously till the bell sent
them to corners.
Round 11-Sharkey was the agrees
SOr, but Jim met him with left on
ear. Jeff then took a turn at rushing
and sent left to body and right over
to the injured eye. Tom then rushed,
sending left to face, but he was forced
back with hard right under the heart.
Jeff swung left to body and Tom got
into close quarters, hooking his right
to ribs. They came together, with Shar-
key swinging his left, but Jeff blocked
it cleverIy, and then they exchanged
rights on the body, following with a
clinch. After the break Jeff shot his
left at short range up to Toms chin,
AMI Tom rushed again, but Jeff met
him and forced him to the Californian's
corner, where Tom slipped on wet
spot and Jeff jolted his left to the chest,
Tom slipping to the floor on one knee.
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