The record-union., 1899-11-04

body Sharkey rushed q right anu ieil
for the chin but Jim blocked him neat
ly Jeffries stepped in with TWO Tgnts
on the body, and was cautioned Ior
using the same blow While hoiolhs q
moment later. Sharkey kept up ms
rushing, but was met every time with
Jeffries' right to the ribs. The re1eree
separated them from a hard cl1nch,
neither man wanting to let go. JeH-
lies swung his left to the neck, and a
moment later got his right to the chest,
Sharkey countering lightly on the head.
Jeffries jabbed his left straight to Tom s
left eye Both men were fairly fresh
when they returned to their corners.
Round 5-Sharkey was the quickest
on his feet, and sent his left to the face,
following with two rights to the head at
close quarters. Jeffries clinched, and
as they broke sent his right hard to
the wind. Sharkey rushed again, but
Jeffries met him with another hard
right on the short ribs. Jeffries landed
again in the same spot with powerful
right, and Sharkey clinched, and they
wrestled for moment in the center OF
the ring. After they broke away
Sharkey rushed in with a. terrific left
on the body, but he missed on his next
try, and got a left in the face. Both
men exchanged very hard lefts in the
face, and cross-countered each other
hard over the ear Sharkey began
rushing back his right to the body,
and the bell found them in close quar-
ters
Round 6-Sharkey was the quickest,
coming like a flash with hard left on
the chest. They came to a clinch, and
when they broke Sharkey stuck his
tongue out at Jeffries. Another clinch,
and Sharkey had his left hard to the
neck anud drove his right with fear
full force to the kidneys, forcing Jeffries
to another clinch. Sharkey let his left
go for all it was worth on Jenries'
chest, and the big fellows frame was
Jared from the blow. Jeffries shot his
left to the wind and rushed to a clinch,
Sharkey bringing his right with a hard
jolt over the heart. Both fought fierce
ly without a let up, Sharkey having the
better of the mitigating. Jeffries sent
his left to the body, and Sharkey coun-
tered with his left on the mouth, cut
ting Jeffries' sore lip. This was
Sharkey's round.
Round 7-Sharkey was first to land
with his right on the neck, Jeffries
throwing his left on, the head and to
the chest. Some sparring ensued, until
Jeffries stepped in with right on the
body and as they came to clinch
Jeffries uppercut Tom with a right on
the chest. Tom sent back a left on
the head and then clinched. Sharkey
was fighting fast. Jeffries seems slow
T.
te the body, and Sharkey sent a hard
left hook on the back. After another
hard right on the body, Tom swung
his left to the head, and Jared the
boilermaker to his heels. Sharkey
rushed and swung his left to Jeffries'
head. Jeffries clinched hard, and lay
over on his man with such force that
the referee had to keep Sharkey from
falling. In the breakaway Sharkey got
his left to the face. Another round for
Sharkey -
Round S-Jeffries assumed the de-
fensive near the ropes in his corner,
and Tom went to him with a left which
went around the neck, but he shot his
right hard to Jeffries' ribs. Sharkey
rushed. and swung his left to the head.
Jeffries returned with a right on the
ribs, and they came to a rough mix
up. with honors even. They clinched,
and from this Tom landed a straight
left on the head and landed another
blow a few seconds later with telling
force. Jeffries clinched again, and
seemed unwilling to break Jeffries
sent his entire weight on Sharkey, and
got into a close wrangle, in which
Jeffries sent his left to Toms ear,
bleeding it. They mixed things up
with fearful force, both landing heav-
lily on the neck and body. 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, and dealt
blow after blow in a clinch in which
Jeffries was on the defensive. Tom
hooked his left to the jaw. and at close
quarters each sent rights to the wind
Round 9-Tom rushed, with Jeffries
on the defensive, but Jeffries tripped.
steadied himself and met Sharkey s
rush with left hook on the ear Tom
rushed again, and Jeffries met him
with terrific right drive under the
heart Jeffries drove his right to the
body, and Tom clinched and hung on.
After the break Tom hooked two lefts
to the jaw. They clinched hard. and
the referee forced them apart. Both