Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-04
ABOUT TIE BIG FIGHT
Sailor sharkey's Wonderful Fight
ing a Surprise to All Sport.
ing Men.
Jeffries' Victory Won at Cost Of
Terrible Punishment Decision
On Points.
Was sharkey's Battle up to TWEEN.
ty-second Round Details
Of Battle.

New York, Nov. 4.-James Jeffries is
still champion of the prize ring, but he
holds the title after receiving most
fearful punishment at the hands OF
Sailor" Tom Sharkey.
The full twenty-five rounds We're
fought in the midst of scenes of tremen-
dous excitan ent. AT times the arena
was ruled by pandemonium.
That SharlSey would score knockout
seemed a certainty until after the TWEEN
ty-second round. Victory came SO near
to the hands of the sailor man that his
followers We're dazed when as the gong
sounded at the end of the twenty-fifth
round Referee George Siler gave the
fight to Jeffries. The Californian Won
on the merit of points.
-Four times was Siler compelled to
caution Sharkey for holding. The tao
tics which, have always characterized
the former naval pugilist kept coming
to the surface.
Many at the ring side remembered the
queer blow with which he had sent
Choynski to the floor years ago. But
since these tactics now awaited him
nothing his defeat'is all the more re-
markahls, considering how dazed he
had Jeifrios up to and including the
tweaty-seeond round. He simply made
a chonping block of him. beating his
face until ii ran With blood. hammers
ing his neck until it was red and swol-
len, then driving sledge-hammer blows
over the heart or reaching for the soft
spot over the kidneys.
Sharkey did the leading until the last
fewsrounds We're fought He was con-
stantly ON the aggressive. He made
Jeffries' face turn pale, forced him TO
the ropes. caused him to cast appealing
bewildered a condition that he seeming
Is did not know where he was.
AT the very outset, when money at
the ringside was being wagered at odds
of 10 to in Jeffries' favor, Sharkey
rushed in and smashed his opponent on
the jaw with telling effect. He seemed
to have both science and brute strength
and rot TO know what punishment
meant. Before the first round ended he
had Jeffries at the ropes and all his
friends guessing as to what kind of a
man the sailor had developed into.
The difference in weight between the
two men was rather excessive, although
the champion, if anything. was too fine
in appearance and seemed a tritie over
trained. When his outer wraps came off
red blotches We're to be seen on his body
and IL appeared as if the stories Were
true that he had not lived wisely wher
liabroad. Sharkey was mass of hare
| flesh and muscle. Compared with Jef
I fries he appeared to be the quicker O.
the two and proved this to be so in ;
majority of the rounds. He was very
contident--so confident that he otter
injured his own cause by his eagerness
to mix UP and secure knockout.
Some think the result might have
been different If Sharkey had taker
matters trifie slower. but just the same
he was very tired man when his de-
feat was announced.
The needed second wind came TO JEFF
fries in the last three rounds. He wa.
F cool and freshening. He fought fairly
and seemed TO gain at every blow h,
gave. In all probability he would hay,
| whipped Sharkey in the next tiv,
4
| to Twenty-Five
| Sharkey demonstrated. though, tina
! If he could not whip Jeffries he certain
1 Is could whip either F'itzsimmons o
/ eorbett. and it is not assumed tina
| either man will ever care 10 take hin
on. But both Fitzsimmons and Corhet
are out Win challenges to take Jeffrie
4 on at the earliest opportunity. The
A made their challenges at the ringsid
! before the fight begun, as did ais
Kid Mccoy.
The ring presented a rema,kabl
scene Of briliiancy. Suspended from tn
ceiling, ard directly over the rope
arena were 800 miniature arc light!
Shedding a food of light and causin
hextreme heat. The lights We're In eleNe
4 rows, each row containing thirty-fiv
globes Of binding electric glare. TIL
\ spectators were compelled to protec
their eyes from the fierce effect of tn
Light by using their hats as shades.
The principals also suffered consider
Il ably from the same cause Each had
large umbrella shading him during tn
minutes rest between rounds
To offset the unpleasant effect cause
BY the heat OF The lights each man ha
q the service of an electric fan at the cor
clusion Of each :e1nd.
Shaikey suffered much more tina
Jeffries from the effect of the fierc
light and heat, because there We're 81
of the eleven rows Of lights dlrectl
over his corner. While Jeffries had non
al all directly over him. The first ro'
of lights nearest ,Ieffries was a leas
three feet from his corner, so that h
lhad much the better of it SO far ds til
heat and ays 81 the lights We're cor
cerned, especially between rounds
i, Following is an account of the bait
in detail:
BATTLE IN DETAIL.
Round 1-Sharkey rushed in swing
ing his left and landed on Jeffries' ia,
, They broke away and spared cat
, tiously until Tom rushed again with
Jeff swing. but Jeffries sent him bac
. with left jab to the face. Sharke
after sparring, essayed left swir
land followed it up with a right whie
lnaded back Of the head Then in al
other rush he forced Jeffries to IL
ropes without doing any damage, but
moment later he sent right to Je
/ fries cheek and Jeffries clinched. The
came to the center and Jeffries feintt
I with his left. Sharkey broke groun
but came right back, only to get sti
Left hook from Jeffries which landed {
. the face. Jeffries seemed a trifle slo,
: while Sharkey was all action. Jeffri
sent his right to the neck and To