The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-04

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Round lS-Tom opened with q left
swing for the head. but Je1 blocked
him. Then they got TO close quarters
and cllnched. After they broke Jeu
landed a right swing on CONS ear, bui
! The sailor was right back with three
4 left hand labs TO the face, Ieh clinched
| and Tom hooked his right to the neck,
| and they sWIiug on each other Vleiou9lys
nnd In clInch Sharkey hung on Jeti 9
neck, with his left arm dragging Jett
| across the ring. They broke clean ana
| Tom swung his left With fearful force
4 TO the Jaw, and len shook trom the top
Of his head to the sole9 Of his teet. Jeit
was more careful, and after this kept
! on the 'defensIYo until the end OF the
| round, which was decidedly Sharkey's 3
| an points, barring the hugging.
Round 19.-Sharkey rushed. but JetI
was first to land, sending right hard
under the heart, sharkcy broke away
| and hooked his left over to Jeft's ear.
They clInched again, and sharkey
| brought ilis left hard across the storl-
| ach. jeff complained that ShaTkey was
| holding him, but the referee thought
] different. and told the men TO go on and
fight. Sharkey led with left to the head.
Jcff ducked. and put left hard on the
wind Sharlsey rushed again. sending
| his left to the head, and In a half clineh
sent his free right hand hard over the
| kidneys three times, Jem eithehed, ana
after they broke sharkey swung his left
IN fhe check. and crossed his right over
| on the opposite side. Both these blows
| iRrred Jeffrles, but he came back, and
] iabbed 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 when the bell
rang.
Round -Sharkey, as usual, was first
| and quickest on his feet, and forced
JEFF 10 neutral corner, but failed ~
land a left and right swing which he
attempted. They broke from a clinch
in the middle Of the ring, and Jef sent
his left straight to the mouth. They
exchanged left swings on the ear. and
got into another clinch, from which the
referee had 10 separate them. Both men
we're slower in movement. and cllnched
repeatedly without striking blow.
Sharkey sent In two straight lefts to
Jeff's nose, bringing blood In streams,
but few seconds later Jcff tolted his
right under Toms chin. LET'S and
rights were exchanged on the face and
chest, and n straight left jab from Jim
| landed on the sailors mouth. 1affing
the Irishman. The pace Increased to-
wards the end OF the round, without
any further damage being done.
Round 2l.-As usual the fighting
| started on JeH's side OF the ring. They
| got to the center in a clinch, and Jem
shot his right to the body. sharkey re-
sponded with two rights over kidneys,
| They exchanged lefta to face. Then
Jim stepped in with a hard right to the
| body. Sharkey countered lightly. JeI
| landed another swing on the body and
tabbed his left in Toms face. Both
| hooked rights over kidneys, while they
laughed al each other semi-good-natur-
! cdiy, They came to cllnch, and after
the break Tom swung his left to the
neck, Jim responding with q straight
/ left on mouth just before the bell.
Round 22.-They moved cautiously,
and JEFF was first to lana, sending right
10 the body. Then he sent straight
left to face, and Sharkey replied with a
left swing to the jaw. After a clinch
Jeft sent his left to Sharkey's Injured
eye, and the Irlshman's optic began to
bleed freely. Tom kept boring In, but
Jim met him twice with straight let's on
face. Three times they Cllnched and
broke, and each time Sharkey landed a
back-handed right on Jim's face. jim
stepped in with fearful right upper
cut under the chin, and repeated II twice
rs they broke from cllnch. Sharkey
turned to his manager, Tom O'Rourke.
and laughed, while Tommy Ryan and
other men in Jeff's corner shouted TO
| him: GO oHl Go on!" Jeff failed TO fol-
low his advantage up, and the force Of
these two blows was visible when the
bell rang, and Sharkey wobbled percept-
IDLY os he went back to his corner
Round 23.-They came together with q
rush in the center Of the ring, and Jeh
shot his right 10 the chin. They cllnch-
ed. and Tom forced JefE's head back
with his left glove under the chin. When
they broke away jeff smiled and felnted
with his left, and they went to clineh
again, without anything being done.
They. exchanged light lefts on the head
and both missed lefts for the body. Jlm
jabbed straight left to Toms injured
eve, and Tom cllnched after the break.
Jim iabbed his left to the sailors ston-
ach and forced him across The ring wnen
they came TO a clinch, in which sharkey
forced Jim's head back with his elbow
under the chin. Again they came 70 a
cllnch, from which they had 10 be pro-
ken by the referee, with SharKey hoIu-
ing, Jim jahbed his left to Toms race
and staggered him. ShRrkey clinched.
and after the bell rang sent his right
over to the head as the referee was
forcing them apart.
Round 24.-Ieff was quicker this time,
and met Sharkey's rush. They cllneh-
cd, and after the break Tom
sent his right over TO the neck. Jeh
STABBED his left lightly to the face, Tom
tried his left, but fell short, and received
a right smash on the ear from Jeft. Jet1
seems to be improving steadily, ana as
Tom came In close Jim shot his right
to Toms chin. Sharkey clinched again
and after they broke Jim reached the
sailor with right swing on the ear. Tom
kept boring in, but Jim met him every
time with left or right hook on the
head, and these soon made ShNrkey
grogSy. Sharkey clinched frequently,
but Jim kept pushing him Off Tom
rushed back, swinging left and right
wildly for the head, but failed to land,
and Jim caught him with right on the
law, They were clinched when the bell
rang, with Jcft decidedly the better
man.
turedly. Jeft's lead for head, but Tom
duckcd. Again JEFF led but once more
Tom was clever, and ducked away from
him. Both swung rights. Toms were
frequently. They cllnched, and In the
break Jim hooked his left to Toms ear,
the sailor returning with right on the
body. Tom kept coming to his man.
but was met with uppercut on chest,
and n cllnch followed Jcff sent his
right to head and body with Tom hook
ing three rights back OF head. Tom
swung right vIclously for the head, but
fell short, and Jim hooked left hard TO
jaw, staggering the sailor. In cllnch
Tom slipped TO the floor pulling Jim's
left glove with him as he fell. Referec
Siler picked UP the glove and tried TO