Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04
the bell rang and Sharkey wobbled per-

gether with a rush in the center of the
ring and Jim shot his right to the chin,
They clinched and Tom forced Jim's head
back With his left glove under the chin.
men they broke away Jim smiled and
rented with his left and they went to 4
cllnch without anything being done. They
exchanged light lefts on the head and
both missed lefts for the body. Jim jab-
pea a straight left to Toms injured eye
and Tom clinched after the break. jim
Jdpbed his left to the sailors stomach
which forced him across the ring, when
lhey elinched. Sharkey forced Jim's
mead With his elbow under the chin. Then
.hey cllnched, from which they had to be
broken by the referee. Sharkey holding.
Jim jabbed his left to Toms face and
staggered him. Sharkey clinched and af-
Ter the bell rang sentehis right over to the
mead as the referee was forcing them
apart. es. ~
Round OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was quick
ef ana met Sharkey's PUSHES with a clinch
and when they broke Tom sent his right
over to the neck. Jim iabbed his left
lightly to the face. Tom tried his left.
but fell short and received a right smash
on the ear. Jeffries seems to be improv-
ing steadily and as Tom came in close to
him Jim shot his right to the chin,
Sharkey clinching again and after they
broke Jim reached the sailor with a right
swing on the ear.
sharkey still kept boring in. but Jim
met nm every time with a left or right
hook on the head and this soon made
Sharkey sfoggy. Sharkey clinched fire.
quently, but jim kept pushing him off.
Tom rushed back swinging left and right
on the jaw. They clinched with jim de-
cidedly the better.
Round twenty-tive-They shook hands
! nthe center. Je1fries led for the head,
h1It IA IL, l,I.~J ,
but once more Tom was clever and duck
ed away from him.. Both swung rights.
Toms blows We're weak. They clinched
and Jun hooked a left to Toms ear, the
sailor returning with a right on the body.
rom Kept coming to his man, but was met
with uppercuts on the chest and a clincn
followed. Jeffries sent his right to the
BODY with Tom hooking three rights on
the head. Tom swung the right viciously
Tor the head, but missed and Jim hooked
the left hard to the jaw staggering the
sailor. In a clinch Tom slipped to the
moor, pulling off Jim's glove with him as
ne Tell. The referee picked up the glove
ana tried to adjust it. Meanwhile Sharkey
tried to get at the Californian. Jeffries
broke away from the referee as Sharkey
led for him with his right and Jim sent
his right over Sharkey's shoulder. The
referee then got between hem and as he
did so the bell rang, ending the fight.
The referee then decided Jcffries the
winner.
Everybody who likes to see a good
match is mighty glad to &c that Kid
Mccoy and Peter Maher have been
matched at last. Now l hope that no
Kick or rumpus will be made and that
they Will get together all right when the
time comes.
Billy Brady, matchmaker of the Con-
ey Island sporting Club, has offered a
purse of $50, 03O for the men 80, contest
for. They are to box a 2O-rouAid bout at
the Coney Island Club on or about No
vember 30 at catch weights, and the en-
tire purse is to be posted by Brady a
few lays before the fight takes place.
Both men will begin training shortly for
the contest. Maher at Westchester. and
Mccoy will go to White Plaing, N. Y.
where he Will be assisted by Billy Null
doom.
The fact that these two men are to
battle at last and settle the much-dis-
puted question as to which of them is the
better man will arouse considerable in
terest among the sporting men in this
country. Both fighters nave a host of
admirers, and, as they are all big bet
tors. the indications are that there will
De as much money Wagered on the result
OF this battle as OF any bout fought be-
tween men of their size in many a day.
Not in some time have followers Of the
sport disagreed in regard to one mans
lance over the other as in the case of
these two fighters, and on the night they
tight 1T can be safely stated that every
seat in the club house by the sea VIII hold
an occupant.
Had these men been matched a year or
more ago when Maher was making his
miserable showings against Joe Goddard
and being advised to quit the ring, it
would have been hard to find anyone
outside of Peters ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
thin adherents who would admit that he
had a ghost of a show with the willy lad
from Indiana.
But Peter has Won back a part of the
cotidence that sports had in him, and
we do not hear so much now about the
yellow that they asserted could be found
in good big chunks in his make-up.
Peter surprised everybody by his won
derful gameness in his bout with Peter
Maher. Everybody who saw that bout
says 1T was the toughest contest ever
seen in New York and no fiereer battle
ever was fought. Many a man who has
a reputation for gameness would not
have been blamed greatly had he quit.
The surprise over the game showing
made by Maher rather threw Ruhlin's
gameness in the shadow. Everybody was
talking about Maher, and Door Rubin
didn't get half the credit that was due
him.
Blu that showing of Makers showed
that he had succeeded in graduating the |
yellow from his system and in the CON
tests in which he has figured since there
has been no suspicion that he wanted to .
quit.
Peter always had the reputation of be- |
ing the hardest hitter since the days Of
john l.. Sullivan, and that reputation |
holds good today.
McCoy's reputation as a hitter is not
quite so strong as Makers, but he lays !
AWAY aver Maher in the Tricks ond