Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-04

this ION landed straight 1eIt on mead
and landed another blow few seconds
later with telling force. Jeff clinched
again and seemed unwilling to break.
JEFF threw his entire weight on Shar-
key and they got into a close wrangle
in which Jeff hooked his left 10 Toms
ear, bleeding 1t. They mixed things up
with fearful force. both landing heavy
on neck and body. JEFF seemed tired,
but met Sharkey's next rush with right
and left jolts TO the head and body.
Both men were fighting as II their
lives depended and dealt blow after
blow in a clinch in which Jef was on
defensive. Tom hooked his left 10 jaw
at close quarters; each sent rights TO
the wind.
Round 9-Tom rushed again with Jen
on defensive and Jeff tripped, but stead
led himself and met Sharkey's rush in
a left hook on ear. Tom rushed again
and JEFF met him again in a terrific
right drive under the heart Jeff drove
his right to the body and Sharkey
clinched and hung on. After the break
Tom hooked two lefts 10 the jaw. They
elinched hard and the referee forced
them apart. Both men sent lefts to the
head, but they were glancing blows.
Then they got to close quarters in
which they had wrestling match, each
trying to land telling blow on wind.
Jeff rushed Sharkey 10 the ropes, but
later came back with a right prod on
the wind as the bell rang. Sharkey
retired to his corner laughing.
Round 10-They got to close quarters
without either landing. Tom stepped
in after the break and JEFF met him
with a left on face. Sharkey Rugged
jeff around the ring and later showed
Tom to the ropes, Sharkey still hold
ing and the referee after separating
them cautioned Sharkey. Sharkey
hooked his left to Jeff's head. He tried
this a second time, but Jeff dueked
safely and both exchanged hard rights
on the body at close quarters. jeff
stepped in with hard left on face and
Sharkey crossed him with right on
jaw. Jim swung his right to Sharkey's
left eye, which bled profusely. They
mixed it UP viciously till the bell sent
them to their corners.
Round 11-Sharkey was the aggres-
sor, but Jim met him with left on
ear. jeff then took a turn at rushing
and sent left to body and right over to
the injured eye Tom then rushed,
sending left to face, but he was forced
back with hard right under the heart.
JEFF swung left to body and Tom got
into close quarters, hooking his right
to the ribs. They came together with
Sharkey swinging his left, but Jeff
blocked it cleverly and then they ex-
changed rights on body, following with
a clinch After the break JEFF shot his
left at short range up to Toms chin
and Tom rushed again. but JEFF met
him and forced him to the Californian's
corner, where Tom slipped on a wet
SPOT and jeff iolted his left to the
chest, Tom slipping to the floor on one
knee. They were sparring when the
bell rang.
Round 12-They came to clinch
with Jeff jolting his right to the body.
After the break Sharkey tried his right
to the body but Jeff blocked. Then
/ Tom tried left swing for the body,
but Jeff ducked nicely and clineh fol-
lowed. Both missed let's for the head
and clinched again. Jeff swung his
right on ribs and met Toms next rush
with right under the heart. jeff was
now on the aggressive, but at the sig
nal from O'Rourke Sharkey rushed and
landed his left and right on Jeff's head.
He swung his left three times on Jeff's
ear. JEFF then looked at his seconds
and winked knowingly, and stepping in
ripped lefts and rights to Toms body.
They clinehed and after they broke
away Tom swung a left which landed
full on Jim's neck. Every blow in this
round seemed heavy enough to fell an
OK but both men went to their corners
smiling.
Round 13-As usual Sharkey was the
quicker on his feet The men clinchea
without landing and broke away.
Sharkey swung left for the neck and
was countered lightly on the chest.
Jeff then stepped in with right on
body and Sharkey came back with a
| terrific swing on the neck which stag
gered the big fellow. Sharkey never
/ let up for a moment in his attack and
after landing left JEFF ducked. Tom 8
| left swing for the neck and the latter
turning completely around landed a
! back hand blow on Jeff's ear. 1t 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 to
the end of the round Tom was the ag-
gre5son with jeff blocking.
Round 14-Sharkey opened with a
rush and tried a left swing for head,
which barely missed JEFF as the latter
side-stepped and Tom struck the ropes.
Tom still on the aggressive. They
clinched and Tom swung again 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 hooked his left heavy
to the head, rocking JEFF, who is still
On the defensive. JEFF got left to body
twice and Tom hooked left to neck
and iabbed his left to face Jeff shot
his right to ribs and Sharkey hooked
his left to neck. Tom forced JEFF to
ropes, and with a well-directed left lab
which landed full on Jeff's mouth and
made the Californian grunt audibly.
Sharkey out-fought his man in this
round.
Round 15-Jeff came up very eau
tiously, crouching along the ropes, and
the sailor cut out the work Sharkey
bored in and swung his left to the
chin and a moment later sent it home
with great force on the body. JEFF tried
a left for 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
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