Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-11-05
VICTOR IS JEFFRIES.
Sharkey Io= the FIGHT in the
lat Round
DECISION on A FOUL.
The Hrhrus WH Fierce from BcEiE-
ninr is Ind. and Boih nsa
BIoody as Bec1e Nttn
tie Battle Iudtd.

Rev York Nov { - lSiefes George
slef gave James J J.luss the decision
Al ~. end n the twentv-fith rouud
over Sailor Tom starksy. at the CoDsy
bland Sporting club last night j. Wa
a mot marvellous battle and The greatest
crowd that ever gathered in The C9rsy
leland club house. witnessed The De-
peraie struggle f0r supremacy
Ia hys pounds Jsfriss had the better
u the light. in the hrst two ard lasi
three During the other 80 etaffsF
forced TIE issue and Ike Dul tefnef
wa At be man with both hands ur-
oeaangly 10 thoss ~ round, JsHres
great weight and Drawn hsip-l him %
bold 81 the sailor aud iu tas 90 f0-u-
BE- swung in q couple q VICIOUS upfer
cuts that made sharkey grogFy lau
came back again IN the 3iih and -iil
round but wa weakened greatly uT
geiidcs vicious blows
One minute before The gong souua--
70 end the Fight JeGnes lsitg.ovs atr1e
on and practically tbe contest was over
Tho referee motI0ned o. JeHres corner.
an American nag was flung ar0ull ,ls
Champion shoulders aud The crowd qu
that side and end u the arena chssfsl
wildly The crowd on tle opposite sics
and end. 10 Sharkoys corner yelled iof
sharkey and the men were led back 70
their dressing rooms
The Thousands d spectators were
banked 90 feet high IN the building The
place being packed from ringsids -
faiters and the aisles around the ring
were lined The tremendous crowd
sweated under the glare Of 400 arc
lights ] Q feet or less from the canvas Of
the squared circle The heat was in
tense The fighters were almost eI'
hausted and ths spectators shneEsd
themselves hoarse
II seemed at first A. though II would
b. short light for Ia the second round
Jefries put the sailor to the ropes with
lett Jaw. aud the referee began b. call
of the seconds as Sharkey kneeled On
the floor
But from the third round on Sharkey
with his vicious swings % the ribs and
10 the jaw. kept tho crowd on It, feet
waiting for knockout
JeiIries stood the terrific punishment
and with his eyes, nose and ear split.
came back just as yiciously IN the lasi
three rounds and almost retrieved him
self Then came the unfortunate anc
unsatisfactory ending Jeilries glove
flew OIL, bringing the fight 10 an end
although the crowd urged Sharkey 1,
rush In and end IT, This he tried 10 do
but JefIries fought him back aud Ref
eTeo siler rushed 10 the rescue, II wa
noticeable that JeiIries used his weigh
To It's best advantage, throwing himsei
all over the sailor. but the latter did hi
share Of tho hugging too. and both wor
warned repeatedly
A preliminary event OF 10 rounds
i2s pounds preceded the big event an
Kid uoulette " Rochester. who locke
a great deal like Jeflrios ON Hmal
scale, was beaten by Jimmy Moran q
Brooklyn.
Then after half an hours delay TOT
sharkey made his way through III
crowds lie was we'll received. bu
Jefires was cheered 10 the echo Sharko
had ON green trunks with an America
flag for belt, aud tho champion woI
black Jeifriea had behind him Bill
Delaney. Ernest Rocber Tom Rya
and his brother Jack JeiIries. Sharke
was led TO tho southwest corner by TOT
O'Rourke and was attended by Georg
Dixon. Morris Kelley and Tim McGratl
o'Rouke experimenting tho entire pr
ceedings Jeifrica weighed 2i6 poun'
and sharkey IS pounds less.
All through the hghtno one could "a
who would get In the knockout blo'
and neither seemed able 10 put enoug
force into tho blow 90 drop his INA
In the midst Of the twenty tifth rour
nearly one minute before the close. Il
unfortunate glove affair occurred white
led 10 ShArkeys defeat
The majority Of those at the ringsi'
hardly thought Sharkey would x
worse than draw, tor the sailor '1''S'
vioiously. always after his man, wi
good Judgment aud outpointod q
champion On the other hand, Jeiire
while he had the better by long odds
the last three rounds, did very hit
leading In tho other % and when
led ho was eithor too high or too lo'
getting but few good punches The d
cision was not announced from the rim
orfit was few heard &C. and % gre
mob surged around for several minut
yelling and shouting for victor aud va
pushed
When the light ended both men we
badly bruised and bloody a. o,eyes
s.riou, Fight