The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-04
JEFFRIEs WINS
The Great Fight Tor he Worlds
Heavy We ght Champion
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~ the end of ne ath round over Sailor
Tom sharkey. at The Coucy island sport.
iug club tonight % was one of the most
marvellous battles shat has taken placo
AMI tho greatest crowd that ever rathcr-
- in the Conry island clus hou.o v1i
aenstd the desperate Hrugel- fsr sugrc-
macy.
fn nvc rounds Jcnr 81 hld tbs bctt,r 10
tbe nrM ln ihc nrn lwo anI tho IlF
thr,c purlng thc other twenty sharkev
forced the issue ard. likc % buu terrier
was at his man with both hands lncens-
inFiv fn Those twenty rouu f JsH.Ia
srcat wcieht end Drawn Hap.I t.m to
hold on tho sailor ani u the llnd folad
he swung in couple of Visions .pit-cIts
thnt mt ir sharktv rrorry Tom came
bock arlin ln thc .rh ard wth. hut hc
va wcakenci rreaty hy Jenrcs vicious
lsows one minute before the eaue sound
~ 90 end tho aghi ienrles lefi rlove came
on and practically the ronts.t was over
Tho referee mououed 90 Jenres corner
an American nnE was nunr around the
ehampions shoulder and the cr1w on
that side and end ~ fhc arena checref
wildly The crowd on the opposite alie
and end in shsrkcy corner yelled for
shurkey and the men we're lcf back 90
their dressing rooms
The thousands of spectators wero bank
cd forty fcct hirh lu enc buld nr ~
place hoing packed from rlnesido o rar-
err. ana ihe aislrs arouuf thc nne we're
Hned Tho tremendous crowd awra
under the glare Of 500 are uehts Fifteen
feet or ira from the canvass of the
squared circle thc heat wss intense T'ho
nEifora wcrc almost eVhHurrd auf the
spectators shrekeI hcm,ites hoarec ff
tccwra at 0rt aa theueh U wuu'1 hs "a
fhost neht rnr r ne eDnd round joe
fries rui tho sailor to fhe rap,~ with
icft on tho Saw and ,hc r,fe.oe bo rau to
can on che seconds as shark,y Anceoi
on the H0or
nut from fhc fhIrd round or snarkcs
wfh hH t.r'1u WiuE '1 the rI1 and ,h.
rw fer' fhe crowd ou lt f,rt wailrr fIf
knorko1t
Jonries nooI th. terrific puu.hnsut.
and With he cY. u1.c arI elr .p.If .lmn
back lust os yIelouHIy iu ha iasf three
rounds an1 almost retrieved himself Thon
clne the unforwntt. and unsR'l.fl. l.tory
endinr IenrIrs rI0r. nvlne o0 bringing
the nfht to an oud. although Goo CROW
urrcd SharkcF to rl.h lu snd fnd if Th
~ tried 90 do. h,t JonflJs fomhi him
tnck sr Rrfrcr tr rir hsl fo me r,e-
cuc. % was noticeable tat IcnrIe usof
his weight fo o. hesf advantage throw
iuu himself aH over ihc sailor. hut tle
latter did his share of the huVEiug. too.
and both were warned repeatedly
Ten thousand spectators rafhc-.d
ar0unl the rnrslie. Though Coney is-
lanl was swept ht solo. tar cfrs came
down crowded to the quarts ln "a swiftly
moving llnc. and ths sports wadcd 90 tho
narrow entrances lclliug 90 Che arena.
AZ S.2g ,h1ro were 5000 % thc huiliiur
and later the boxes nllei to Overlooking.
mcnAU manner of men were th"re ard
among th0fo wen known were Jum, Gore
bet and John T. Sullivan. former cham
phone Kid MCCOY Peter Mahcr. Tho
Kcarns. George Dixon senator sullivan
and Jacob schafnor am George sioseon
Frank Hutchinson ANA Parson Davlce
Gus Rubin. Dav, Gideon Mike Donovan
chicf of police OMnra of Pittshr-g.
Police comm sioner sexton FL. Deiai -
81 Salt Lake Cty. Michael Dwyor anf
Benny Jacobs % Dctroit
preliminary event ~ ten rounds az
ia pounis prcceete the bis event and ki,
Csouloit. was beaten Boy Tommy Moran.
Then. after ha,. an hours delay, Ton
sharkey could be seen making hts way
shrough the crowds. Tie was well rcceiv
ed nut Jenrles was cheered to the echo
eharkey had on green irunkr with az
American flag Tor a holf ans The cham
plan wore black. Jcfrics had behind mH
Hny Delaney. Earnest Roct"r. romml
Ryan and his brother Jack Jenrita shur
KEY was led 20 the southwest corner b'
Tom ORouke and was attended hy Geor
ge Dixon Morris Kelly and Tim McGrath
d ORouko superintendng the entire pro
reedinga Ge0Two silver refereed. JET
frfcs weighed a2 pounds and sharsy 2
pounds less. bun "a latter looked 70 BE- %
tsster condition. the Californian heinl
caliow and having staring eyes. and gr
ing other evidences of not the best con
ditlon Tho betting az the start was 10
20 20 on Jenre
They shook hands and shaped up wen.
Ienrss lei and then landed sovera
times. bar was generally over or Dnde7
ON the other hand the sailor was wild
going into the dghi nih both hands IN
ewnring wildly. bat he dd not Ehd IN
first blow
again in the second round Sharkey va
nopping ground ANA he came in for
nasty lefi that rolled him over n iooke
then as N sharkey was clearly outolaFfe.
ORoufSe. howeve- gave the sailor iall