The record-union., 1899-11-04

the hearts of those who marveled at
Jeffries' capacity for rnnishment. The
Californian crouched down low, and
though his eyes blazed he smiled and
generally over at O'Rourke, who was
coaching his man over the ropes.
Sharkey's vicious punches began to tell,
and at the close of the seventh it
seemed as though Jeffries could hardly
walk to his corner, and it seemed GER
tain there would be a. new champion.
Sharkey's ear was split in the eighth
and it made him Ikea bull. He rushed,
swinging lefts and rights, and landed
nearly all of them, with Jeffries throw
| ing himself over the sailor. The Cali
fornian pushed his man over the ropes
at every opportunity, and in some of
the rounds rested his great head on
Sharkey's shoulders, so much that he
was hissed and jeered.
Jeffries landed terrific uppercut in
the tenth, and Sharkey's eyelid was
split, but in the twelfth Sharkey got
back with a half dozen left swings and
straight rights, and it was wonderful
that they did not end the fight. Jeffries
hugged the sailor hard, and shook his
head as he went to his corner.
Every round carried Sharkey across
the ring at the start, and he was fight
ing the champion all over the canvas.
In the fifteenth Jeffries made a bluff
at forcing, but Sharkey was at him
again like a bulldog, and swung high
and low, and landed almost every time
he swung. The Californian made little
effort to lead. He preferred the defen-
sive, and he was winded. Sharkey, too.
was tiring fast and they punched and
swung and staggered and clinched all
around the ring for the next few
rounds.
The crowd shrieked from the sound
of the gong to the close of each round.
Both men were covered with blood,
and Jeffries was bleeding badly from
the nose, which Sharkey's savage right
had split.
Suddenly in the twenty-second round
Jeffries seemed to take on new life.
Just at the close of this round the
champion swung right and left on
Sharkey's jaw, and almost took him off
his feet. He reeled, and the gong saved
him. He came back hard, however, in
the next, but Jeffries had the better of
it, putting in two right uppercuts.
Jeffries' friends howled themselves
hoarse, while Sharkey's urged him with
loud cries to go in hard and rough it.
He threw down his terIier-like head,
and though his strength was fast feav-
ing him, he had Jeffries guessing until
the gong sounded. No one could say
who would get in the knockout blow
and neither seemed able to put enough
force in the blow to drop his man.
And, in the midst of the twenty fifth
round, nearly one minute before the
close, Jeffries' glove flew across the
ring and Siler ran to help him on with
it. Sharkey held back until his friends
yelled at him not to stop, and it was a
three-cornered fight for a few seconds.
The referee got Jeffries' glove and tried
to draw it on. This was difficult to do.
and then Sharkey rushed. Jeffries
threw up his glove and sungloved hand,
and with the former uppercut Sharkey.
Siler ran between them and made a Sec
ond attempt to assist Jeffries. The
sailor waited a. moment, but, wildly ex-
cited by the shrieks of the spectators,
he rushed again. Siler dragged jeff
ries away, and the gong rang. The
referee pointed to Jeffries' corner, and
his seconds and friends cheered wildly.
The majority of those at the ring
side hardly thought Sharkey would get
worse than draw, for the sailor fought
viciously, always after his man, with
good judgment and outpointed the
champion. On the other hand, Jeffries,
while he had the better by long odds oil
the last three rounds, did very little
leading in the other twenty-five, and
when he led he was either too high or
too low, getting in but few good
punches.
The decision was not announced from
the ring, or, If it was, few heard it,
and great mob surged around for sew
eral minutes, yelling and shouting for
the victor and vanquished.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round 1-Sharkey rushed in, landed
left on Jeffries' jaw. They broke away
and spared cautiously, until Tom
rushed again with a left swing, but
Jeffries sent him back with left jab
to the face. Sharkey, after some spar
ring, essayed left swing, and followed
1T up with right which landed back
of the. head. Then in another rush he
forced Jeffries to the ropes without
doing any damage, but moment later
he sent a right to Jeffries' cheek, and
Jeffries clinched. They came to the
center, and Jeffries feinted with his
left. Sharkey broke ground, but came
back, only to get a stiff left from Jeff
ries which landed on the face. Jeffries
seemed trif1e slow, while Sharkey was
all action, and Jeffries sent his right to
the neck, and Tom tried to rip his right
across the body, but failed to land
They went to a clinch, from which they
were separated by the bell.
Round 2-They met in the center of
the ring, with Sharkey doing the rush
ing, swinging his right for the head,
but Jeffries got inside of it, and Sharkey
rushed agan, and at close quarters got
his left to the face. Jeffries returned
the blow, landing his left squarely on
the chin, and Tom went down in
neutral corner, where he stayed for six
seconds. Sharkey rushed again, but
Jeffries slipped, and Sharkey slipped to
the floor on his hands. He was up
again with another rush, only to be
driven back again with right jolt in
the body. Jeffries got in another right
jolt and broke away from clinch
which followed. Tom had his right
over to the head. Tom rushed once
more, and landed right and left on the
face in the breakaway. Jeffries then
rushed Sharkey to the latter's corner,
and Tom slipped to the flood in lodging
a swing. When he got up they
clinched, and were in another clinch
when the bell rang. Siler walked over
and cautioned Sharkey for holding.