The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-04

Pleased the JeRrIes FoIIewin,.
While the sharkey Partisans
Thought He Had the BETTER Of the
Argument, Rs IA Whole - JefYrIe,
Led I'm Five Rounds, While tb.
Sailor Was In Front In Tvyentx
James Jeffries. by virtue of the do.
c1sion of Referee Siler. in last nioI,t.,
contest before the Coney Island snort
ing club. retains the title of cbamniop
out tIeFe arc many who are of the onin
ION that draw at the best was all tba
Dig man was entitled to. For the FIRST
Two rounds, and during the concluding
tt'lee' JeiIrles had the better of the
sturdy sailor. In the other twenty as
Is shown in the report of the bats h,,
rounds. Sharkey was away in the Lad
The condition of the men at the tarniro
uoh OF the bout naturally Influenced tho
decision of the referee That Tafrria,
would nave Won in a finish fight is not a
certainty. he took a terrible beating
ana at least convinced his friends. and
enemies, that his heart is in the right
place. But his victory was not decisive.
and there will be never ending DISPUTE
as to which would prove the victor In A
real championship battle-to a finish.
WAS A BATTLE OF GIANTS.
That the contest was a record breaker
among recent ring contests must be con-
ceded The blows that fell were suffi-
Gent to XIII an OK, and yet these we'll
trained animals fought on as though
their lives depended upon the outcome.
neither showing the white feather at
any stage of the game. Sharkey GER
tafnly demonstrated that he is a fighter.
If not boxer. He rained blows upon
Il haf do -,
stagger as the oak under the ak of the
woodsman. He is the worst punished
man of the two, so far as marking is
concerned, and will be a sorry sight to
present to that Philadelphia audience to-
night. He viii never forget Sailor Tom
Sharkey nor the beating the man-of-
war s-man gave him on the night of
Nov. g.
LOOKING FOR A KNOCKOUT
After the second round when sharkey
took the lead, the 10000 spectators who
were at the ringside were on their feet,
wild with excitement. expecting the sal
Tor to finish Jeffries with any of, the
mighty blows he was landing upon the
big Californian, seemingly at will JEFF
fries was unable to stave off the pun
ishment. and the amount of it he took
would have satisfied a veritable glutton.
Had Sharkey fought as Wei I'm the con-
he did in the twenty previous. he would
have received the verdict. and there
would have been no question as to SUI
periority. He literally beat the cham
pion to II standstill. and then. at the
critical Period of the battle. weakened
and lost the advantage he had so dearly
gained.
ANOTHER MEETING PROBABLE.
That last nights battle will not salts
factoriy settle the question as TO which Is
the better man, is q foregone conclusion.
There will be all sorts of recriminations.
Sharkey will demand another fight and
unless he gets it there will ever be
cloud upon Jeffries title. Reports from
the ringside state that the spectators
thought Sharkey would get no worse than
Il draw, as he had clearly the better of
the greater part of the battle. There was
no announcement of the result from the
ring. and pandemoniuln prevailed par
tisans shouting for their favorite in about
equal volume After the battle Jeffries
said that Sharkey was the best man he
had ever met in the ring, and announced
that he would now take a long rest-per-
haps year-at least nine months. All of
which will be used in an argument that
the men who fought last night must meet
again before the public will agree as to
which is the better man.
UNSATISFACTORY BATTLES.
That championship battles cannot be
satisfactorily settled under the limited
round contest plan is most clearly demon
strated by the outcome of last nights
fight. Had the men gone to a finish there
would have been no room for cavil as to
superiority. Many boxers have won by a
blow after their chances have been aban-
doned as hopeless even by their hackers.
One historic instance of this IS the result
of the battle between Jack Dempsey and
George La Blanche, the latter winning
with pivot blow. in the thirty-secOnd
round, after he had been battered almost
into submission by the Nonpareil. Again
in the defeat of Johnny Griffin by Solly
Smith, after Smith was so groggy that
the crowd had begun to leave the ring
side. believing Griffin had won. Dozens
OF similar incidents could be cited In
fact it is only by courtesy of the public
that champion is made in a limited
round contest. There is no rule of the
prize ring under which such a title can
be so conferred. Willie Green.