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key repulsed with similar blows and
the round ended with both men inter-
locked. their arms forming perfect
hooks.
Round 4-Jeffries came out in a
crouching attitude, with Sharkey
standing erect. Tom tried the left and
right for head, but each blow was
blocked.
They clinehed and as they broke
they exchanged rISnt jolts on the body.
Sharkey rushed right and left for the
| chin, but Jim blocked him neatly. JET
fries stepped in with two rights on the
body and was cautioned for using the
same blow while holding a moment
later. Sharkey kept up his rushing,
but was met every time with Jeffries'
right to the ribs. The referee sepa-
rated them from hard clinch, neither
man wanting to let go.
Jeffries swung his left to the neck
and a moment later got his right to the
chest, Sharkey countering lightly on
the head. Jeffries iabbed his left
straight to Toms left eye. Both men
We're 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 clinch-
ed, 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 a powerful right
and Sharkey clinched and they wrestled
for moment in the center Of the ring.
After they broke away Sharkey rushed
| in with terrific left on the body but
he missed on his next try and got
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 like a demon
and shot his left to the face. Jeffries
shot back his right to the body and the
bell found them in close quarters.
After the gong sounded Sharkey
sent his right to the head and was eau
toned. They claimed foul, but after
Siler had talked to ORourke he de-
cided not to allow it.
Round 6-Sharkey was the quicker.
coming like 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 and drove his right with
fearful force to the kidneys. forcing
Jeffries to another clinch. Sharkey let
his left go for all it was worth on jeff
ries' chest and the big fellows frame
shot his left to the wind and rushed
to a clinch, Sharkey bringing his right
with a hard jolt over the heart Both
fought fiercely without a let-up, Shar-
key having the better of the in-fght-
ing. Jeffries sent his left to the body
and Sharkey countered with left on
the mouth, cutting Jeffries' cheek
This was Sharkey's round.
Round 7-Sharkey was first to land
wit h oh ha
throwing his left on the head and to
the chest. Some sparring ensued un-
til Jeffries stepped in with right on
the body, and as they came 10
clinch Jeffries uppercut Tom with
right on the chest. Tom sent back
left on the head and then cljnched.
Sharkey was fighting fast. Jeffries
seemed slow in comparison. Jeffres
sent his left to the body and Sharkey
sent a hard left to the head and jar
red the boilermaker to his heels. Shar-
key rushed and swung his left to jeff
ries' head. Jeffries clnched hard and
lay over on his man with such force
that the referee had to keep Shar-
key 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 then 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
right on the ribs and they came to
a rough miX-up with honors even
They clinched and from this Tom land
ed left on the head and landed an
other 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