The record-union., 1899-11-04

the kidneys while they laughed at each
other semi good 1naturedly. They came
to a clinch, and after the break Tom
swung his left to the neck, Jim re-
spending with a straight left on the
mouth just before the bell.
Round 22-They moved cautiously,
and Jeffries was first to land, sending
his right to the body. Then he sent a
straight left to the face, and Sharkey
replied with ar beft swing on the jaw.
After a clinch Jeffries sent his left to
Sharkey's injured eye, and the Irish
mans optic began to bleed freely. Tom
kept boring in, but Jim met him twice
with straight lefts on the face. Three
| times they clinched and broke, and
each time Sharkey landed a backhand
right on Jeffries' face. Jim stepped in
| with a fearful right uppercut under the
| chin, and repeated it twice as they
broke from a clinch. Sharkey turned
to his manager, O'Rourke, and laughed,
while Tommy Ryan and other men in
Jeffries corner shouted to him go
| on, go on Jeffries failed to follow his
| advantage up, and the force of these
| two blows was visible when the bell
rang. and Sharkey wobbled perceptibly
| Round 23-They came together with a
| rush in the center and Jeffries shot his
right to the chin They clinched, and
| Tom forced Jeffries' head back with
| his left glove under the chin. When
| they broke away Jeffries smiled and
feinted with his left, and they went to
a clinch again, without anything being
| done. They exchanged light lefts on
the head, and both missed lefts for
the body. Jim jabbed a straight left
to Toms injured eye, and Tom clinched
| after the break Jim jabbed his left
| to the sailors stomach and forced him
across the ring, when they came to a
clinch, in which Sharkey forced Jim 8
| head back with his elbow under the
jaw. Again they came to a clinch, from
which they had to be broken by the
referee, with Sharkey holding. Jim
| jabbed his left to the face and stag
gered Tom. Sharkey clinched, and
after the bell sent his right over to the
| head as the referee was forcing them
apart.
Round 24-Jeffries was quicker, and
met Sharkey's rush. They clinched,
and after the break Tom sent his right
| over to the neck Jeffries jabbed his
| left lightly. to the face. Sharkey tried
| his left but fell short, and received a
right smash on the ear. JeffrieS seems
to be improving steadily, and as Tom
came In close to him, Jeffries shot his
| right to Toms chin, Sharkey clinching
again, and after they broke Jim
reached the sailor with a right swing
on the ear. Sharkey still kept boring
| in, but Jim met him every time WIN a
left or right hook on the head, and
these soon made Sharkey groggy.
Sharkey clinched frequently, but Jim
kept pushing him off Tom rushed
back, swinging his left and right wildly
for the head. but failed to land, and
Jim caught him with a right on the
| jaw. They clinched, and Jeffries had
decidedly the better of it.
Round 25-They shook hands in the
| center. Jeffries led for the head, but
Sharkey ducked. Again Jeffries led,
but once more Tom was clever, and
ducked away from him. Both swung
| rights. Toms were blocked, but JIM
| were landed quite frequently. They
clinched, and Jim hooked his left to
Toms ear. the sailor returning with a
right on the body. Tom kept coming to
his man, but was met with uppercuts
on the chest, and a clinch follows.
Jeffries sent his right to the body, with
Tom hooking three rights back of the
head. Tom swung his right viciously
for the head, but fell short, and Jim
hooked his left hard to the jaw, stag