The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-07

or's mouth AMI Jared the Irishman.
The pace increased toward b end of
the round wit aout any further dam
g being done.
BOTH LAUGHING.
Round II. AS usual, the fighting
started on Jeffries' side of the ring.
They got to the center in a clinch and
Je1ries shot his right to the body.
Sharkey responded with two rights
over the kidneys. They exchanged lefts
to the face. Then Jim stepped in with
a hard right on the body, Sharkey
countering lightly. Jeffries landed an
other right OF the body and jabbed his
left on Toms face: both hooked rights
over rhe kidneys while they laughted
at each other semi-good naturally.
They came to a clinch and after Their
break. Tom swung his left to the neck.
Jim responded with a straight left on
h mouth just before h belk
SHARKEY MOBILES
Round %. They moved cautiously
and Jeffries was first to land. sending
his right to the body Then he sent a
straight left to the fac and Sharkey
replied with a left swing on the jaw.
After a clinch Jeffries sent his left to
Sharkey's injured y and the Irish
mans optic began to bleed freely. Tom
kept boreing in with it, but Jim met
him twice with straight lefts on the
face. Three times they clinched and
broke n each time Sharkey landed a
back handed right on Jim's face. Jim
stepped in with a fearful right upper
cut under the chin and repeated 1t la
ter. As they broke from a clinch Shar-
key turned to his manager. O'Rouke,
and laughed, while Tom, and the other
men in Jeffries' corne shouted to him:
G on Go on" Jeffries failed to fol-
low up his advantage and the force
of these two blows was visible when
h bell rang, and Sharkey wobbled
perceptibly as he went to his corner.
Round %. They came together with
a rush in the center of the ring md
Jeffries shot his right to the chin. They
clinched and Tom forced Jeffries head
back with his left glove under the
chin. When they broke away Jeffries
smiled and tented with his left and
they went to a clinch again without
anything being done. They exchang-
ed light lefts on the head and both
missed lefts for the body. Jim jabbed
and Tom clinched. After the break
Jim iabbed his left to the sailors
stomach and forced him across the ring
where they came to a clinch, in which
Tom forced Jim's head back with his
elbow under the jaw. Again they
came to a clinch, from which they had
TO be broken by force with Sharkey
holding. Jim iabbed his left to the
sailors face and staggered him. Shar-
key clinched and after the bell rang
Scllt Ills tight over u Tile Hedu DIS inc
referee forced them apart.
JEFFRIES IMPROVING.
Round "a. Jeffries was quicker this
time and met Sharkey's rush. They
clinched and after they broke away
Tom sent his right over to the neck.
Jeffries jabbed his left lightly to the
face. Sharkey tried his left, but fell
the ear from Jim. Jeffries seemed to
be improving steadily and as Tom
came in close to him Jim shot ris right
to Tom chin. Sharkey still Kept
boring in, but Jim met him every time
with a left or right hook on the head,
and these 500 made Sharkey groggy.
Sharkey clinched frequently, but Jim
kept pushing him off and Tom ISL
back swinging left n right wildly for
the head, but failed to land, and Jim
caught him with a right on the jaw.
They were clinched at the bell with
Jeffries the better man.
Round 25. They shook hands good
naturally, JeffrieS landing left, but
Sharkey ducked. Again Jeffries led,
but once more Tom was clever and
ducked away from him. Both swung
rights. Toms were blocked, but Jim's
were landed o the jaw. They clinched
and in the breakaWay Jim hooked his
left to Tom ear, the sailor returning
with his right or the body. Tom kept
coming to his man. but was met with
an UppSiCul On lie ClSSl anu d clllCl
followed. Jeffries sent his right to the
ear and left to the bouy, with Tom
hooking three rights back of the ear.
Tom swung his right ~viciously for the
head, but fell short, and Jim hooked his
left hard to the jaw, staggering the
sailor. In a clinch Tom slipped to the
floor, pulling Jim's glove with him as
he fell. The referee then picked up the
glove and tried to adjust it. In the
meanwhile Sharkey tried to get at the
Californian. Jeffries broke AVA from
the referee as Sharkey led for him with
his right and Jim sent his right over
Sharkey's shoulder. The referee then
got between them and as he did SO the
bell rang, ending the fight, and the
fereree declared JeffrieS the winner