Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04

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Round seven-Sharkey was slow and
with his right on the neck. Jetfries throw
ing his left on the head and to the chest.
Some sparring ensued until Jeffries step
ped in with a right on the body and as
they came to a clinch Jeffries uppercut
Tom with a right on the chest. Tom sent
back a left on. the head and then they
Iclinched. Sharkey fighting fast. Jeffries
sent his left to the body and Sharkey
sent a hard left hook on the 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 10 Jetfries' head. jeff
ries clinched hare and lay over on his man
with such force that the referee had to
! keep Sharkey from falling. In the break
away Sharkey got his left to the face. An
other round for Sharkey.
Round ~eight-Jeffries assumed the de-
fensive near the ropes in his corner and
Tom went to him with a left, which went
around the neck, but he shot his right
hard to Jeffries' ribs. Sharkey rushed
and swung his left to the head. Jeffries
returned with a right on the ribs and
they came to a rough mix-up With honors
even. They clinched and from this Tom
landed a straight left on the head and
landed another blow a few seconds later
with telling force. .Leffries clinched again
and seemed unwilling to break. Jeffrles
sent his entire weight on Sharkey and
got into a close wrangle in which Jeffries
had his left to Toms ear, bleeding.
They mixed things up with fearful
force, both landing heavily on neck and
body. Jeffries seemed tired but met
Sharkey's next rush with right and left
jolts to the body. Both men We're fight
ing as if their lives depended on it and
dealt blow after blow in d clinch in which
Jeffries was on the defensive. Tom hook
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ters each sent right to the wind.
Round nine-Tom rushed again with
Jeffries on defensive, but Jeffries tripped,
steadied himself and met Sharkey's rush
with a left hook on the ear. Tom rushed
again and Jeffries met him with a terrific
right drive under the heart. Jeffries
drove his right to the body and Sharkey
clinched and 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 clos e quarters in which they had a
wrestling match, each trying to land a
telling blow on the wind. Jeffries 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.
Round ten-They got to close quarters
without either landing. Tom stepped in
after the break and Jeffries met him With
a left on the face. Sharkey Rugged Jeff
ries around the neck and the latter SHOW
ed Tom to the ropes. Sharkey still hold
ing and the referee. after separating
them. cautioned them. Sharkey hooked
his left to Jim's head. He tried this a sec
ond time. but Jim ducked safely and both
exchanged hard rights on body at close
quarters.
Jeffries stepped in With a hard left on
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with a right on the jaw. Jeffries swung
his right to Sharkey's left eye. which bled
profusely and they mixed it up v%iciously
until the bell sen. them to their corners.
T Round eleven-Sharkey was the agrees
.sor, but Jim met him with a left on the
Fear. Jeffries then took a turn at rushing
and sen the left to the body and the right
over the injured eye. Tom then rushed,
sending the left to the face, but he was
forced back with IA hard right under the
heart.
Jim swung the left to the body and Tom
got into close quarters hooking his right
to the ribs. They came together with
Sharkey swinging his left but Jim block
ed it cleverly and then they exchanged
rights on the body, following with a
clinch. After the break Jim hot his left
at short range up to Toms chin and Tom
rushed again, but jim met him and forced
him to the Californian's corner, where !,
tom slipped on a wet spot and Jeffries
,jolted his left to the chest.
Tom slipped to the floor on one knee.
They We're sparring when the bell rang.
!. Round twelve-They came to a clinch
with Jeffries jolting his right to the body.
After the break Sharkey tried his right TO
the body, but Jim blocked. Then Tom
tried a left swing for the body, but Jeff
ries ducked nicely and a cliych followed. |
Both missed lefts for the head and clinch- !
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ribs n met Toms next rush with a
right under the heart. Jeffries was now
on the aggressive, but at a signal from
Q'Rourke Sharkey rushed and landed his
left and right on Jim's head. He swung
his left three times on Jim's ear. Jcffries
then laughed at his second and Winked
knowingly and stepping in ripped left
and right to Toms body. They clinched
and after they broke away Tom swung a
left which landed full on Jim's neck.
Every blow in this round seemed heavy
enough to fell an OK. but both men went
to their corners smiling.
Round thirteen-Sharkey was the
quicker as usual on his feet. The men
clinched. Sharkey swung a left for the
neck and was countered lightly on the
chest.
Jeffries then stepped in with a right on
the body and Sharkey came back with a
terrific swing on the neck which stagger-
ed the big fellow. Sharkey never let up
for a moment in his attack and after
landing, a left, Jim ducked Toms left
swing for the neck and the latter turn
ing completely around landed a back
handed blow on Jeffries' ear. 1t was a
pivot blow and Jeffries' seconds yelled
foul, but Siler seemed not to hear them
and did not caution Sharkey for the pivot.
From this to the end OF the round Tom
was the aggressor with Jeffrias blocking. |
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a rush and tried a left swing for the head,
Which barely missed jim. as the latter