Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04
AMONG THE SPORTS.


| Round ffteen-Jeffries came up very
cautiously, c%rouching along the ropes.
Sfarkey bored in and swung his left up
TO the chin and a momen later sent it
nome With great force on the body. Jeff
ries tried a left for the face. but Tom got
IN good and swung his left twice with
fearful effect on Jeffries' head and face,
Tom kept plugging away with riglltrand
left, Jeffries still acting on the defensivd.
jim got in a good left IN the face. almost
putting Sharkey to he floor, but the lats
ter sent back a left and right on the face,
spllttlng Jeffries' nose, from which .blood
in streams. + J
The sight of blood on Jeffries' face
seemed to make a demon Of Sharkey. who
fought fiercely and rushed continually
swinging left and right wildly. While Jim
planted we'll directed left and right jolts
to the sailors body. - So
1t was fierce going when the bell rang.
Round sixteen-They rushed to a csinch
twice without doing anything. Jeffries
got in a 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 to the head.
Another clinch followed and they broke
and Tom shot a straight left to the dam
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Sharkey ollowed up. but the big fellow
cllnched and when they broke away again
Sharkey whipped his left twice over the
face, drawing blood from Jeffries' nose
and mouth. Jeffries countered with right
swing on the eye. which left Sharkey's
left optic red with blood. Sharkey rushed
again, but Jeffries side-steppcd and shot
the left to the body. They We're fighting
flercely at close quarters at the bell.
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clinch without much damage being lone
until Shalkey forced Jim into a neutral
corner, where he sent three lefts in quick
succession to the boiler makers head and
got nothing in return.
Jim rushed from a clinch and tried to
sen dhis right to the head, but Tom was
inside the blow and drove two hard lefls
on the jaw, each one of them with the
force of a pile AK After a clinch Jim
stepped in with Il left to the body and
Tom shot another left to the head. Tom
Tented with his right and drawing jeff
ries to him, sent a straight left close to
the mark. Jim countered with right on
the body. They exchanged lefts on the
head and they fought at close quarters
till the bell rang, Sharkey again sending
in n after the gong sounded. Brady
called Siler over and complained of
S~harkey's tactics. and when Siler refused
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Brady's face.
Round eighteen-Tom opened with a
left swing for the head. but Jim blocked
him. Then they got to close quarters and
clinched. After they broke jim landed a
right swing on Toms ear. but the sailor
was right back with three left jabs to the
face. Jeffries clinched and Tom hooked
his right to the neck and then they swung
on each other viciously and in a clincn
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left arm dragging. Jim crossing the ring.
They broke clear n Tom swung his left
With fearful force to the body and jeff
ries shook from the top of the head to
the heels of his feet. Jeffries was more
careful after this and kept on the defen-
sive until the end of the round, which was
decidedly Sharkey's on points, barring the
hugging.
Round nineteen-Sharkey rushed but
Jim was first to land, sending the right
hard under the heart. Sharkey broke
away and hooked his left over Jim's
ear. They clinched again and Sharkey
brought his left hard across the stomach.
Jeffries complained that Sharkey was
holding him, but Siler thought different
and told the men to go on and fight.
Sharkey led with the left to the head,
Jim ducked and put his left hard on the
wind. Sharkey rushed again sending his
left to the head and in a half clinch sent
his free right and over the kidneys three
times.
Jeffries clinched and after they broke
Sharkey swung his left to the cheek and
crossed his right over On the opposite
side.
Both these blows Jared Jeffries, but he
came back and jabbed his left to the
wind and shot the same hand straight to
Sharkey's face and the sailor staggered.
They We're fighting at the close at close
range
Round tWenty-Sharkey as usual was
first up and quickest and forced Jim to "A
neutral corner, but failed to land a left
and right swing. which he attempted.
They broke from a clinch in the middle of
the ring and Jeffries sent his left straight
to the mouth. They exchanged left
swings on the ear and got into another
clinch from which the referee had to sep
arate them. Both men We're slow in
movement and clinched repeatedly with
out landing a blow. Sharkey sent two
straight lefts to Jim's nose, bringins
blood in streams, blu a few seconds later
Jim jolted his right under Toms chin.
Let's and rights were exchanged on the
face and chest and a straight left jap
from Jim landed on the sailors mouth
and Jared the Irishman. The pace in
creased towards the end of the round
without any further damage being done.
Round twenty-one-As usual the fight
ing started on Jeffries' side Of thessfing.
They clinched and Jim sent a right u the
body. Sharkey responded with two rights
over the kidneys. They exchanged lefls
to the face and Jim stepped in with a hard
right on the body, Sharkey countering
lightly. Jim landed another right on the
body and jabbed his left on Toms face.
Both exchanged rights over the ki1neys,
while they laughed at each other Semi
good naturally. ~
They came to a clinch and after the
break Tom swung his left to he neck,
Jim responding with a straight left on
the mouth inst before the bell