The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-04

which barely missed Jim as the latter
side-steDped and Tom struck the ropes.
Tom still on the aggressive. They
clinched: Tom swung again and was
again cautioned for holding in clinch.
Sharkey kept forcing matters and
swung his left, missing the chin and in
a clinch he sent his left heavily to the
head, rocking Jim, who is still in de-
fensive attitude. Jeffries got left to body
twice and Tom sent left to neck and
jabbed his left to face. Jeffries shot
his right to ribs and Sharkey hooked his
left to neck. Tom forced Jim to ropes
and with well directed left jab which
landed full on Jin's mouth, made the
Californian grunt audibly. Sharkey
outfought his man in this round.
Round 15--Jeffries came up very
cautiously, crouching along the ropes,
and the sailor cut out the pace. Shar-
key bored in and swung his left up
to the chin and a moment later sent
it home with great force on the body.
Jeffries tried left for the face. but
Tom got inside of the blow, and
swung his left twice with fearful eff
feet on Jeffries head and face. Tom
kept plugging away with his right and
left. Jeffries still acting on the de-
fensive Jim got in good left on the
face, almost putting Sharkey to the
floor, but the latter sent back his left
and right on the face, splitting jeff
ries' nose, from which the blood came
in streams.
The sight of blood on Jeffries face
seemed to make a demon of Sharkey,
who fought fercely and rushed con-
tinuously, swinging left and right
wildly, while Jim planted well direct
ed left and right jolts to the sailors
body. It was fierce going when the
bell rang.
Round 16-They rushed to clinch
Ie;, TnE
ries got in right drive under Toms
heart. Tom swung two lefts on the
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 a straight left to the dam
aged nose, forcing Jim back to the
ropes. sharkey followed up. but the
big fellow clinched, and when they
broke away again Sharkey whipped
| his left twice over the face, drawing
| blood from Jeffries' nose and mouth
| Jeffries countered with right swing on
| the eye, which left Sharkey's left ep-
| again. but Jeffries side-stepped and
| shot left to the body. They were
| fighting fiercely at close quarters at
| the bell.
Round 17-Cllnch followed clinch
without much damage being done I'M
| til Sharkey forced Jim into a neu-
trail corner, where he sent three lefts
In quick succession to the boilerma-
ker's head and got nothing in return.
Jim rushed from a clinch and tried to
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 pole axe.
After clinch Jim stepped in with
left to the body and Tom shot an
other left to the head. Tom tented
with his right and, drawing Jeffries
to him, sent a straight left close to
the mark Jim countered with right
on the body. They exchanged lefts on
the head and they fought at close quar-
ters till the bell rang, Sharl1ey again
sending in one after the gong sound
ed. Brady called Siler over and COM
planned of Sharkey's tactics and when
Siler refused to interfere look Of dis
gust spread over Brady's features.
Round 1S-Tom opened with left
swing for the head, but Jim blocked
and clinched. After they broke Jim
landed right swing on Toms ear,
but the sailor was right back with
three left hand jabs hard to the face.
Jeffries clinched and Tom hooked his
| right to the neck and then they
| swung on each other viciously and in
| clinch Sharkey hung on to Jeffries'
neck, dragging Jim across the ring.
They broke clean and Tom swung his
| left with fearful force to the body and
Jeffries shook from top of the head to
| the soles of the feet Jeffries was more
careful after this and kept on the de-
| fensive until the end of the round,
which was decidedly sharkey's on
| points, barring the hugging.
Round 19--Sharkey rushed, but Jim
was first to land, sending right hard
under the heart. Sharkey broke away
| and hooked his left over to Jims ear.
They clinched again and Sharkey
| brought his left hard across the stom-
| ach. Jeffries complained that Shar-
key was holding him, but Siler thought
! different and told the men to go on
and fight. Sharkey led with left to the
| head, Jim ducked and put his left
hard on the wind. Sharkey rushed
| again, sending his left to the head and
| in half clinch sent his free right band
! ries clinched, and after they broke
| Sharlley swung his left to the cheek
and crossed his right over on the OPP
posite side. They were fighting at close
range at the sound of the gong.
Round 2O-Sharkey, as usual, was
| the flrst IN and quickest. and forced
JIM to a neutral corner. but failed
I" land i left and right swing, which
| he attempted. They broke from
ci'nch in the middle of the ring and
| Je1rles sent his left straight to the
mouth. They exchanged swings on
she ear and got into another clinch,
from which the referee had to sepa-
rate them, Both men were slow in
movement Sharkey sent two straight
ieftS TO Jln's nose, bringing blood in
streams. But a few seconds later Jim
1oltec MS right under Toms chin
Lefts and rights We're exchanged On
me race and chest and a straight left
|
mouth and Jared the Irshman. The
pace increased toward the end of the
round without any further damage be-
| ing done.
Round 21-As usual, the fighting
started on Jeffres side of the ring
They got to the center in a clinch
and Jim shot his right to the body
Sharkey responded with two rights
over the kidneys. They exchanged
| lefts to the face and Jim stepped in
| with a hard right on the body, shar-