Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-09


viciously as the bell rang.
Round ll.-Sharkey was the ag-
gresSor but Jim met him with a left
on the eye. Jeffries rushed and sent a
left to the body and a right to the in
jured eye. Tom rushed, sending a left
to the face but was forced back with
hard right under the heart Jeffries
swung left to the body. Tom got in
to close quarters, hooking a right TO
the ribs. They came together with
Sharkey swinging his left, but Jeffries
] blocked it cleverly. Then they ex-
changed rights on the body, following
with clinch. Jeffries shot left to
Toms chin and Tom rushed again,
but Jeffries 'orced him to his corner,
where Tom slipped on wet spot. JEFF
fries jolted left to the chest and Tom
slipped to the floor on one knee. They
were sparring as the bell rang
Round 12.-They came to a clincn
with Jeffries joiting the right to the
body. After the break, Sharkey tried
right for the body but Jeffries
blocked. Tom tried left swing for
the body but Jeffries ducked
nicely. "A clinch followed. Both
missed lefts for the head and
clinched again. Jeffries swung a
left on the eye and met Toms next
rush with right under the heart.
Jeffries was now on the aggressive but.
at a signal from O'Rourke, Sharkey
rushed, landing left and right on JEFF
fries head, He swung the left three
times on Jim's ear, Jeffries looked at
his seconds, winked knowingly, and
stepping in, ripped the right and left
to Toms body. They clnched. Tom
swung the left full on Jim's neck.
Every blow in this round seemed
heavy enough to fell an OK but both
men went to the corners smiling,
Round 13-As usual, Sharkey was
quicker on his feet. They clinched
without landing and broke away.
Sharkey swung the left for the neck
and was countered lightly on the chest.
Jeffries stepped in with right on the
| body and Sharkey came back with a
| terrific swing on the neck which stag
gered the big fellow, Sharkey never
let up for a moment in his attack and.
after landing his left, Jeffries ducked
Toms left SWING for neck The
latter, turning completely around,
landed backhand blow on Jeffries'
ear, 1t was a pivot blow and Jeffries'
seconds yelled foul but Referee Siler
seemed not to hear them He did not
even caution Sharkey.
Round 14-Sharkey opened with a
rush and tried left swing for the
head which barely missed Jeffries as
the latter side-stepped Tom struck
the ropes. In the clinch, Tom swung
again and was again cautioned for
holding, Sharkey kept forcing matters
and swung his left, just missing the
chin. In the clinch he hooked the left
heavy to the head, rocking Jeffries,
who was still on the defensive. JEFF
| fries got left to the body twice. Tom
! hooked the lett to the neck and jabbed
to the face. Jeffries shot a right to the
| ribs, Sharkey hooked a lei, to the
neck. Tom forced Jeffries to the ropes
and, with well directed left jab which
| landed full on Jeffries' mouth, made
the Californian grunt audibly. Sharkey
out-fought his man in this round.
Round 15-Jeffries came up very eau
tiously, crouching along the ropes, and
the sailor cut out the work Sharkey
bored in and swung the left to the chin.
A moment later he sent home with
great force on the body. Jeffries tried
left for the face but Tom got inside
the blow and swung the left with fear
full effect ON Jim's head and face. Tom
kept plugging away with right and
left, Jeffries still acting on the defen-
sive. Jeffries landed hard on the face,
almost putting Sharkey to the floor but
the latter sent back left and right on
the face, splitting Jeffries' nose, from
which the blood came in streams. The
sight of blood on Jeffries face seemed
to make demon of Sharkey, who
fought fiercely and rushed continually,
swinging left and right wildly while
Jefrries planned well-directed left and
right jolts to the sailors body. It was
fierce going when the bell rang.
Round 16-They rushed to a clinch
without doing anything. Jefries got
in a right drive under Toms heart
Tom swung two lefts to the head
They came to a clinch, in breaking
away from which Tom got left over
the head Another clinch followed
and, in the breakaway, Tom shot
straight left to the damaged nose, fore
ing Jeffries to the ropes. Sharkey
followed 1t up but the big fellow
clinched. When they broke away
again, Sharkey whipped his left twice
over the face, drawing blood from JEFF
fries nose and mouth. Jeffries count
cred with a right swing which left
Sharkey's left optic red with blood.
Sharkey rushed again but Jeffrles side
stepped and shot a left to the body.
They were fighting fercely at the
sound of the bell.
Round l7-Clinch followed clinch