The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-04

OMAR seemingly Koou nsbursuV. &n1s
| came % q cliuon and after their breab
Tom swung his right 90 neck. Jeh re
sponded with q straight lett on montf
| inst befsrr the bell.
Round s2-They moved cautiously. and
JEFF was fret to land, sending his right
to body, THEN sending strsisht LEFT Z
face and sss~rkey replied with lsfi
swing on jaw. After 9 clinch Jeffriss
ssnt lett 10 Sharkey's injured eye, an
the lrishman's optic began 60 bleed free
". Tom kept boring 10, but Jehries me-
him twice with ct aiEht let's on face
Thr 70 time they clinrhed and broke and
| each time Sharkey landed q back handed
right on Jeff's face. JEFF stepped In witt
fearful right uppercut under tbs chin
and repeated later. As they broke from
| tire clinoh, Sharkey turned TO his mana.
ger. O'Rourke, and laughed, while Ton
Kyan and other men In the corner shout
ID to him, eco on, 20 on"
JET failed 10 follow mp his advantage
md the foroe Of Theses two blows was Wis
icle when the bell rang and Sharkey
wobbied perceptibiy as he went back to
ais corner.
Round 23.-They came togsther with G
rush In the cents of the ring and JEFF
snot righs to onin. They climbed and
Tom forced JEFF head tack and left
love under the chin. When they broke
away, Jeif smiled and Tented with LETT
and they vent to clinch without any.
thing being done. ahev exchanged light
ieits on mead and both missed for the
houy. Jim jatbed . straight left to
Tom 9 eye and Sharkey cliDched After
the break jeff jahbed his lefs to the sail
or's stomach and forced him across the
ring. where they came to ciinoh. Shsr-
key forced Jeffs head back with his
Show held under the jaw. Again they
came TO clinch and they had to be brok-
IN by the referee witt Sharkey holding.
Jeff jsbbed his left to sailors face and
stagger d him. Sharkey clincoed aud
aftsr the brsak sent his right over to head
as tue referee W forcing them apart
Round 24.--Jstfries was the quicker to
time and met sharkey's rush. They
clipched and after they broke away
Snarkey sent right over to neck. Jehries
jabbed his lsft lightly to face. Sharsey
tried his left. but fell short and received
right smash on ear from JEFF Jeffries
seemed to be improving steadily and -
Tom came close to him. .ieh shot bis
right 60 Sharkey chin. Sharkey clinohed
again and af sr they broke .Ietfries
reac ned the sailor with a right swins
Ca the ear. Sharkey still kept boring In.
out Jeffries met him every time with
left or right hook IN the head and these
soon made Shafkey groggy. Sharkey
siinohed frequently. but jeff kept push
log him off. Sbarkey rushed back swing
ing left and right wildly ror the head.
but fallad to land. JET landed Oh the
jaw. They were olipched ut the bell,
with JEFF de cidsdiy the batter man
hound 20. They shook hands good
naturally. JEFF led for head. but Sharkey
ducked. Again JED led, but once more
rights IONS we're blocked. but jeff
we're landed on the jaw. Clinchsd ana
In the breakawa JET hooked left t.
Sharksy's ear. the sailor returning with
his risht on body. I'm kept coming
TO his man, but was met with an upper
/ fs,lt
Jeffriss sent bis right TO head and left to
body with Tom hooking three rights
hack of the head Tom swung his right
viciously for the head, but fell short and
Jeffries hooked left hard to jaw. staggsr-
Ing the ssilor. In clinoh Tom slipped
60 the floor pulling JEFF 8 left glove with
him as he fell. The fierce then picked up
the glove ana triSd TO adjust 1t. In this
mean while Sharkey tried to get at the
Californian. JEFF broke away frum the
rrfe'ee ~ Shsrkry led for him with his
right and JEFF sent right ever Sharkey's
shoulder. Inc referee then got between
Them and as he did so the bell rang end
Ing the light and the referee thsn decided
Jeffries the winner.
When s,en In his drssslng room after
she oontest. Jeff les said:
"sharkey IL the HARDEST and best man
ever met AMI hardly rxpsot TO meet
q better 10 the future. Within six months
| have met and defeated this best two
rem In the world and will now take q
long rest. probably nine months or
year. Never again win I fight under the
same conditions. Tbe heat from the
lights overhead tended TO take away q
reat deal Of my ste&m and the glare
fran the floor weakened my eyes. My left
arm, ths ono that was injured while
training. gave ont In this fourth round
and l could not use 1t pro serly for the
rest Of the battle or the result would
hav Q been different, for think / could
have knocked him out. Sharkey 10 o
game man and hard to beat, but had
no thought of any different result at any
time during the battle. After my rest,
which think the pubic will agree that
deserve, will again be ready TO meet
any and all who aspire to my title"
Sharksy was inoonsolable and cried like
child when hs went to his quarters, and
refused to talk; bat Tom o. Rourks. his
manager, expressed the opinion that this
sailor should have no ,sived the decls ion
He said that two OF Sharkey's ribs were
broken, and that during the last four
rounds toms left hand was useless, hav-
ing been broken on Jetfries' head. Al
though the decision was AGAINST him. he
said Shsrksy would not give up, but
would seek another match, and the next
time the result would be Different
"But don't think that this fellow Will
want to tackle Tom again." said
o. Rourks. "I'n keep after him, though,
until he agrees to another meeting OF