Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-09

New York. Nov. 5.-James J. Jeffries
retains the championship of the world,
Referee George Siler giving him tie
decision at the end Of the twenty-ffth
round over Sailor Tom Sharkey at the
Coney Island Sporting club last night.
II was u of the most marvellous bat
Ties that has taken place and the great
est crowd that eve gathered in the
Coney Island club house witnessed the
desperate struggle for supremacy. In
i've rounds Jeffries had the better of
The fight, in the first two and In the
last three. During the other twenty
Sharkey forced the issue. and like a
bull terrier, was at his man with both
hands increasingly. In those twenty
rounds Jeffries' great weight and
Drawn helped him to hold off the sail
or. and in the twenty-second round he
swung a couple of vicious upper-cuts
that made Sharkey groggy. Tom came
back again in the twenty-fourth and
twenty-ffth. but he was weakened
greatly by Jeffries' vicious blows. One
minute before the gong sounded to end
the fight Jeffries' left glove came off
md practically the contest was over.
The referee motioned Jeffries to his
cerner, an American flag was swung
around the champions shoulders and
the crowd on that side and end Of the
arena cheered wildly. The crowd on
the opposite side and in Sharkey's cor
ner yelled for Sharkey as the men were
led back to their dressing rooms.
The thousands Of spectators were
banked fifty feet high in the building,
the place being packed from ringside
TO r~afters, and the aisles around the
ring were lined. The tremendous
crowd sweated under the glare of 400
arc lights. The heat was intense. The
fighters
Were Almost Exhausted,
but the SPECTATORS shrleked themselves
hOarse. 1t seemed at first as though
it would be n short fight. for in the
second round Jeffries put the sailor to
! the ropes with a left 10 the jaw, and
the referee began to call off the sec
onds as SEarkey knelt Oil the floor.
But in the third round Sharyek. with
| his vicious swings on the ribs n jaw,
kept the crowd on its feet waiting fol
a Knockout. Jeffries stood the terri
BILE punishment. and, with his eye.
ears and nose cut. came back just as
| vicious in the last three rounds and al
most retire we'd himself. Then the un-
satisfactory end Of Jeffries' glove fly
ing off. bringing the fight to an end,
although the crowd urged Sharkey to
rush in and end il. This he tried to do
but Jeffrles fought him back and Ref
cree Siler rushed between. 1t was
noticeable that Jeffries rsed his weight
to it's best advantage. throwing him
self on the sailor. but the latter did his
| share Of the hugging. too, and both
were warned repeatedly.
The II ajority of those at h ring
side thought Sharkey would get no
worse thar a draw, for the sailor
fought viciously. always after his man,
with good judgment, and ~outpointed
the champion. On the other hand,
Jefries. while he had the better by
long odds Of the last three rounds, did
very little leading in the other TWEEN
tv-two. and when he led he was either
too high or too low, getting in but few
good punches.
The decision was not announced
from the ring. or. if it was. few heard
it. and a great mob surged around for
several minutes, yelling and shouting
for victor and vanquished.