The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-04
1T IS JEFFRIES.
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big fellow. Sharkey never let up for a
moment in his attack. and after land
ing a left, ducked Toms left swing for
the neck, and the latter turning COM
pletely around. landed back-hand
blow on Jeff'S ear. II was a pivot blow,
and Jeff's seconds yelled foul, but
Referee Siler seemed not to hear them,
and did not even caution Sharkey for
the pivot. From this till the end of the
round Tom was the aggressor, with
jeff blocking.
Round 14Sharlzey opened with a
rush, and tried a left swing for the
head which barely missed JEFF as the
latter side stepped, and Tom struck the
ropes. Tom was still on the aggressive.
They clinched, Tom swung, and was
again cautioned for holding in a clinch.
Sharkey kept forcing matters, and
swung his left, just missing the chin,
and in a clinch he hacked his left to the
head, rocking Jeffries, who was still
on the defensive. JEFF got left to the
body twice, and Tom hacked left to the
neck and jabbed his left to the face.
jeff shot his right to ribs, and Sharkey
hacked his left to the neck. Tom forced
Jeff to the ropes and with a well di-
rected left jab which landed full on
Jeff's mouth and made the Californian
grunt audibly. Sharkey Outfooted his
man in this round.
Round 15-Jeh came up very cautious
~ crouching along the rope, and the
sailor cut out. Sharkey bored in and
swung his left up to the chin, and a
moment later sent it home with great
force on the body. Jeff tried a left for
the face, but Tom got inside of the
blow, and swung his left twice with
fearful effect on Jeff's head and face.
Tom kept plugging away with rights
and let's, jeff StiII acting on the de-
fenSiVe. Jeff got a left on the face, al
most putting Sharkey to the floor, but
the latter sent back a left and right
on the face, splitting the nose, from
which blood came in streams. The
sight of blood on Jeff's face seemed to
make a demon of Sharkey, who fought
hercely, and rushed continually, swing
ing left and right wildly, while jeff
planted well directed left and right jOlts
to the sailors body. 1t was fierce go
ing when the bell rang.
Round 16-They rushed to a c1inch
twice without doing any good. Jeff got
in right drive under Toms heart.
Tom swung two lefts on the head. They
came to a clinch in breaking away
from which Tom got his left over the
head. Another clinch followed and
they broke and Tom shot a left to the
damaged nose, forcing Jeff back to the
ropes Sharkey followed I'm but the
big fellow could not, and when they
broke again Sharkey whipped his left
! twice over the face, drawing blood
from Jeff's nose and mouth. Jeff coun-
tered with right swing on the eye, which
left Sharkey's left optic red with blood.
Sharkey rushed again, but Jeff side
stepped and shot his left to the body.
They were fighting fercely at close
quarters at the bell.
ROunQ Il-CIuCn IOlOWSu CIlIlCAA
without much damage being done until
! Sharkey forced Jeff into a neutral cor
ner, 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 on
| the jaw, each one of them with the
! force of a pole ak. After a clinch Jim
stepped in with a left to the body and
/ Tom shot another left to the head. Tom
| tented with his right and bringing Jeff
| to him sent left close to the mark.
| Jeff cOuntered with right on body. They
| exchanged lefts on head and they
! fought at close quarters till the bell
| rang. Sharkey again sending one over
after the gong sounded. Brady called
Siler over and complained of Sharkey's
| tactics, and when SiIer refused to inter-
| fere a look of disgust spread over
| Brady's features.
| Round 18-Tom opened with a left
/ swing for the head, but Jeff blocked
| him Then they got to close quarters
| and clinched. After they broke Jeff
| landed a right swing on Toms ear but
/ the sailor was right back with three
/ left hand jabS hard on the face. Jeff
! clinched and Tom hooked his right to
| neck and face and then they swung on
| each other viciOusly, and in a clinch
| Sharkey hung on to Jeff'S neck with his
| left arm, dragging Jeff across the ring
/ They broke clean and Tom swung his
! left with fearful force to back. Jeff
| shook from the top of his head to the
| soles of his feet. Jeff was more care
full after this and kept on the defensive
until the end of the round, which was
| decidedly Sharkey's on points barring
| the hugging.
Round 19-Sharkey rushed but JEFF was
! first to land. sending right hard under
| heart Sharkey broke away and hooked
! his left over to Jeff's ear. They clinched
! again and Sharkey brought his left hard
across the stomach. Jeff complained that
| Shar1ey was holding him, but the referee
! thought differently and told the men to
! go on and fight Sharkey led with left to
| head; Jeff ducked and put his left hard
| on wind. Sharkey rushed again, sending
J sent his right hard over the kidneys three
/ times Jeff clinched and after they broke
/ Sharkey swung his left to the cheek and
! crossed the right over on the opposite