Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

back Tom swung a left to the head
and Jared the boilermaker to his heels
Sharkey rushed, swinging the left to
the head. Jeffries clinched hard and
forcing Jeffries to another clinch
Sharkey let his left go hard to Jeffries
chest and the big fellows frame was
Jared. Jeffries shot a left to the
wind and rushed to clinch, Sharkey
bringing his right with hard jolt over
the heart. Both men fought fiercely
Sharkey having the better of the in
fighting. Jeffries sent left to the
body and Sharkey countered with a
left on the mouth, cutting Jeffries' lip.
This was Sharkey's round.
Round 7-Sharkey landed a right on
the neck, Jeffries throwing the left to
the head AID chest. They spared I'M
til Jeffries stepped in with a right on
the body and, as they clinched, Jeffries
uppercut with a right on the chest.
Tom sent back left on the head and
then clinched. Sharkey was fighting
fast. Jeffries seemed slow in compari-
son. Jeffries sent a left to the body,
laid on his man with such force that
the referee had to keep Sharkey from
falling. In the breakaway, Sharkey
got left to the face. Another round
for Sharkey.
Round S-Jeffries assumed the de-
fensive near his corner. Tom went to
him with left which went around his
neck and shot right hard to Jeffries'
ribs. Sharkey rushed and swung left
to the head. Jeffries returned it with
right on the ribs. They mixed it
with honors even. Tom landed a
straight left on the head and, few
seconds later, gave another blow with
telling force. Jeffries clinched again
and seemed unwilling to break. JEFF
fries threw his entire weight on Shar-
key and they got into close wrangle
in which Jeffries hooked left to
Toms ear bleeding it. A heavy mix
up, with fearful force on neck and
body followed. Jeffries seemed tired
but met Sharkey's next rush with right
and left jolts to the body. Both men
were fighting as if their lives depended
on it. Tom hooked left to the jaw
and, at close quarters, each sent rights
to the wind.
Round 9-Iom rushed again with
Jeffries on the defensive but was met
with left hook on the ear. Tom
rushed again and Jeffries met him with
a terrific right drive over the heart.
Jeffries drove tie right to the body
and Sharkey clinched and hung on.
After the break, Tom hooked two let's
to the jaw. They clinched hard and
the referee forced them apart. They
got together at close quarters in a
wrestling match, each trying hard to
land a telling blow on the wind. JEFF
fries rushed Sharkey to the ropes but
the latter came back with a right prod
on the wind as the bell rang. Sharkey
retired to his corner laughing.
Round 10-Ihey got to close quar-
tiers without either landing. Tom
in after the break and Jeffries
met him with a left on the face
Rugged Jeffries around the
neck, and the latter showed Tom to the
ropes. Sharkey was still holding and
the referee, after separating them, eau
toned Sharkey. Sharkey hooked a
left to Jeffries' head. Both exchanged
hard rights on the body at close quar-
ters Jeffries stepped in with a hard
left on the face and Sharkey crossed
him with a right on the jaw. Jeffries
swung a right to Sharkey's left eye,
which bled profusely. They mixed it
as the bell rang.
Round 11.-Sharkey was the ag-
gressor but Jim met him with left |
On the eye. Jeffries rushed and sent a !
left to the body and right to the in
iured eye. Tom rushed, sending a left +,
to the face but was forced back with !
1 hard right under the heart. Jeffries |
swung left to the body. Tom got in
20 close quarters, hooking right to
he ribs. They came together with !
5harkey swinging his left, but Jeffries
blocked it cleverly. Then they ex-
hanged rights on the body, following
With clinch. Jeffries shot left to
Toms chin and Tom rushed again,
put Jeffries .orced him to his corner,
where Tom slipped on wet spot. JEFF
ries jolted left to the chest and Tom
clipped to the floor on one knee. They /,
we're sparring as the bell rang.
Round 12.-They came to clinch
With Jeffries jofting the right to the /
,ody. After the break, Sharkey tried J.,
| right for the body but Jeffries