The evening times., 1899-11-04
TIE EVENING TINES WASHINGTON SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4 1893
punched the body solidly with the right.
but the sailor took 1t all.
With Tint Heavy Left.

punched the body solidly with the right,
but the sailor took 1t all.
With Thnt Heavy Left.
Round 14-sharkey swung q heavy left.
Jeffries side-stepped, and Tom went into
the ropes. sharkey was still the aggressor.
but as Jeffries caught him on the mouth
with left Tom did come holding Sharkey
did the better work with the free hand. and
kept on forcing left under the chin.
Jeffries was stili using. counters, but they
were not very effective. Sharkey was in
close, driving both fists to head and stom-
ach. Sharkey began a desperate assault
after two minutes were up, and outfought
his man.
Round 15-Sharkey landed a terrific left
hook squarely on the chin. It shook JEFF
fries up. but he recovered quickly and
'countered sharply on the sailors eye.' Tom
came again with left on the jaw. and with
terrific smash between the eyes he split
the champions nose for a flood of gore.
Sharkey believing that he had his man go
ing. hustled harder than ever. He reached
the point of the jaw with straight slefts
and tried the right Jeffries hooked it OF
and almost put the sailor down with a
body punch. Sharkey had the round.
Round 16-Sharkey resumed his attack
without waiting for any sparring. Shar-
key had left that was fully as effective
as Jeffries, and he was reaching the jaw
without much trouble. Jeffries was TAX
ing these blows in a way that astonished d
the onlookers. Sharkey had hit him on the
point of the jaw several times. and yet
had not dropped him. Sharkey stuck to
him as before, and did some clever block
ing. Sharkey worked the lett into the
face again, twice breaking the nose open
for more blood. Sharkey continued to bore
in. but soon Jeffries landed a powerful
body punch that made the sailor grab MIN
around the neck. Sharkey recovered and
continued his pace to the gong.
Round 17-Sharkey ran into hard clinch
and sent left and right for the head.
Jeffries pounded the body and also landed
on the left eye. The sailor got his left
to the Jaw once more, and this time Jeffries
stayed in a corner for the first minute and
q half OF the round Sharkey leading and
fighting into continual clinches- Then
Jeffriss went out Of the corner into the
one opposite. Sharkey kept on with the
left and paid no attention to any blows that
Jeffries landed. AS the bell rang Sharkey
landed right swing on the jaw.
still Very Aggressive.
Round 1S-Sharkey opened with fast
left for the jaw that was stopped by the
shoulder. Jeffries put in a body punch,
and then. as the men got into. "a clinch.
Jeffries appealed to the referee, charging
Sharkey with holding. Jeffries tried the
right again. and this time he reached the
ear. Sharkey was staggered a bit. but ran
right back with his left in Jeffries' face,
drawing the blood again from the nose.
Sharkey forced the fight SO that Jeffries
was compelled to mix II up. Sharkey, with
another powerful left on tine Jaw, made
Jeffries retreat.
Round 19-It looked like a question OF
strength now. Sharkey opened with rush,
and his left landed squarely on the mouth
Jeffries led with a left on the face and
Sharkey mixed it roughly, Jeffries COM
planning to the referee. and Siler ordered
the men to go on. Jefiries landed left
sauarely in the pit of the stomach. Shar-
kew promptly rushed again. His left ear
was almost hanging, and Jeffries walloped
it with right. Sharkey landed two ter
rifle lefts in the side of the face, and JEFF
fries clinched. Sharkey bored in again
and Jeffres landed squarely on the nose.
Sharkey stood away until the bell.
Round 20-Sharkey mixed it right away,
and Jeffries retaliated with body punch
Sharkey was in close with lefts for the
Jaw again, and as they got into hard
clinch Brady was up again shrieking
through the ropes. The men were slow
now, probably because they were feeling
the effects of the work they had done but
Jeffries was fighting with better judgment.
He mixed it. and used his right on the
body and neck.
Some Scientific Work.
Round 21-Jeffries put right onto the
body again and as they clinched Sharkey
had free right and proceeded to pound
the kidneys. With left he shook Jim's
head up and also drove it into the stomach.
A straight left made Sharkey's head shake,
but it did not drive him away. Sharkey
swung the left for the head again and re-
ceived cross counter on the mouth Jcf-
fries landed left on the mouth again, but
it had no effect
Round 22-As Sharkey came up JefIries
put the left in solid on the neck Tom
came in again and put the left over onto
the jaw. Jeffries swung a right to the
eye, which was cut open again. His left
ear was swollen so that it was nearly as
big as baseball. Jeffries planted fearful.
right-hand uppercut straight to the Jaw
that made Tom stagger. He repeated with
a similar blow. and Sharkey was unsteady
1t was Jeffries' round.
Round 23-Jeffries landed a blow on the
chin that ordinarily would have produced
a Knockout. 1t took lot of steam out of
Sharkey, but still he did not run away
Tom roughed it in a clinch and worked
the elbow across the face. Jeffries rushed
and Sharkey stepped away in good shape.
The champion advanced again. and Tom.
blocking a swing. bent Jim's head back
with his forearm. Jeffres stock was BOOM
ing, and his seconds were begging him to
hurry the fight The men clinched so hard
that the referee had to go between them.
Jeffries landed left and right on the law al
the end of the round
Round 24-Jeffries opened with a rush
for change, and Sharkey punched him
in like a shot to the mouth. Sharkey missed
a wild right swing, and Jeffries put left
under the chin. Jeffries now stood away.
pounding Toms face with the left Jeffries
shifted with the right square on the Jaw.
He had Sharkey in trouble. second and
third blow with the same hand made
Sharkey hang on. but the sailor was game
and mixed it up. Jeffries slugged him right
and left on the head, and the sailor whose
legs we're unsteady a bit, hung on As
they broke Sharkey was still willing to
mix it, although he was being outfought.
Jeffries put the sailor on the defensive.
where he remained until the bell.
Up to the Limit.
Round 25-They shook hands and smiled
pleasantly. Jeffries was the first to lead
with left over the eye. Sharkey was
active once more and ran in with right