The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-04

left and right jolts on the sailors body.
1t was fierce going when the bell rang
Round SiXteen-They rushed to a clinch
twice before dong anything. Jeffries got
IN right drive under Tom heart and
Tom swung twice the head. They came
70 cllnch in breaking away, from which
Tom got his left over to the head. Another
clinch followed and they broke and Tom
shol a straight left to the damaged nose
which sent Jeffries back to the ropes
Sharkey followed up but the big fellow
| clinched, and when they broke away again
Sharkey whipped his left twice over to
the face, drawing blood from Jeffries' nose
and mouth. Jeffries countered with a right
swing on the eye which left Sharkey's left
optic red with blood. Sharkey rushed
again, but Jeffries side-stepped and shot
his left TO the body. They were fighting
hercely at close quarters as the bell rang.
Round Seventeen. Cliuch followed
clnch without much damage being done
| until Sharkey forced Jeffries into neu-
trail corner, where he sent three lefts in
quick succession to the bOilermaker's head
and got nothing in return. Jim rushed
from clinch and tried to send his right
TO the head, but Tom was inside the blow
and drove two hard lefts to the jaw Each
one of these was with the force of a pole
ak After a clinch Jim stepped in with
left to the body. and Tom sent a hot left
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and drawing Jeffries TO him. sent
straight left close TO the mark. Jeffries
countered with right on the body. They
exchanged lefts on the head and fought
at close quarters until the bell rang. Shar-
key sent one over after the gong sounded.
Brady called Siler over and complained of
Sharkeys tactics, and when Sier refused
to Interfere, a look of disgust spread over
Brady's features.
Sharkey still in the Lead.
Round Eighteen-Tom opened with a left
swing for the head, but Jeffries blocked
him. Then they got to close quarters and
clinched. After the breakaway Jeffries
landed a right swing on Toms ear, but the
Sailor was right back at him with three
left hard jabs to the face. Jeffries
clinched and Tom hooked his right to the
neck and then they swung on each other
viciously, and in a clinch Sharkey hung
onto Jeffries' neck with his left arm
dragging Jeffries across the ring. They
broke clean, and Tom swung his left with
fearful force to the jaw and Jeffries shook
from the top of his head to the soles Of his
feet. Jeffries was more careful after this
and kept on the defensive until the end
of the round which was decidedly Shar-
keys on points, barring The huggins.
Round Nineteen-sharkey rushed, but
Jeffries was first to land, sending his
right hard under the heart. Sharkey
broke away and hooked his left over to
Jeffries' ear. They clinched again and
Sharkey brought his left hard across the
stomach. Jeffries complained that Shar-
key was holding him. but the referee
thought differently and told the men 10
go on and fight. Sharkey led his 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 a
half-elinch sent his right over the kidneys
three times. Jeffries clinched, and, after
they broke, Sharkey swung his left to the
cheek and crossed his right over to the
opposite side. Both these blows Jared JET
fries and he came back and jabbed 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 as the round ended.
Round Twenty-Sharkey, as usual was
the quicker on his feet and forced Jeffries
to a neutral corner, but failed to land a
left and right swing which he attempted
They broke from a clinch in the middle
of the ring, and Jeffries sent his left
straight to the mouth. They exchanged
lefts on the ear and got into another clinch
from which the referee had to separate
them. Both men were slower in their
movements, and clinched epeatedly with
out landing a blow. Sharkey sent two
straight lefts to Jeffries nose, bringing the
Jeffries jolted his right under Toms chin
Let's and rights were exchanged on face
and head, and a straight left jab from
Jim landed on the sailors mouth and jar
red the Irishmau. The pace increased to-
ward the end of the round without any
further damage being done.
Round Twenty-one-As usual the fight
ing started On Jeffries side of the ring.
They got to the center in a clinch and
Jeffries shot his right to the body. Sharkey
responded with two rights over the kid
neys. They exchanged left 10 the face.
Then Jim stepped in with hard right on
the body, Sharkey countering lightly Jeff
ries landed another right on the body and
jabbed his left on Toms face; both hooked
rights over the kidneys while they
laughed at each other semi good-natured-
ly. They came to a clinch and after their
break Tom swung his left to the neck.
Jim responded with a straight left on the
mouth, just before the bell.
Toward the Finish.
Round Twenty-two-They moved eau
tiously, and Jeffries was first 10 land, send
ing his right to the body. Then he sent a
straight left to the face, and Sharkey re-
piled with left swing on the jaw. After
a clinch Jeffries sent his left TO Sharkeys
injured eye, and the Irishman's optic be-
gan to bleed freely. Tom kept boring in,
but Jim met him twice with straight lefts
on the face. Three dimes they c.inched
and broke, and each time Sharkey landed
bacl1-handed right on Jim's face. Jim
stepped in with a fearful right uppercut
under. the chin and repeated 1t later AS
they broke from a clinch Sharkey turned
to his manager, O'Rourke, and laughed
while the men in Jeffries corner shouted
10 him go on, go onH' Jeffries failed TO
follow up his advantage. Inc force Of
these two blows was visible when the bel
rang. and Sharkey wobbed preceptibly as
he went back to his corner.
Round Twenty-three-They came togeth-
er with a rush in the center of the ring,
and Jeffries shot his right to the chin
They clinched, and Tom forced Jehries
head back with his left glove under the
I'm When they broke AWAY Jeffries smil-