The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-04

key countering lightly. Jim landed an
other right on the body and jabbed his
left in Toms face. Both exchanged
rights over the kidneys, while they
laughed at each other semi good ma
turedly. They came to clinch, and
after the break Tom swung his left
to the neck, Jim responding with
straight left on the mouth Just before
the bell
Round 22-They moved cautiously and
Jeffries was first to land, sending right
to the body. Then he sent straight
left to the face and Sharkey replied
with left swing on the jaw. After a
cinch Jeffries sent his left to Shar-
keys injured eye and the Irishman's
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 back hand
right on Jims 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 laugh
ed, 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
bell rang and Sharkey wobbled per-
ceptibly as he went back to his cor
ner.
Round 23-They came together with
a rush in the center of the ring and
Jim shot his right to the chin. They
clinched and Tom forced Jims head
back with his left glove under the
chin.
When they broke away Jim smiled
and tented with his left, and they
went to clinch without anything be-
ing 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 iabbed his left
to the sailors stomach and forced him
across the ring. when they came to a
clinch, in which Sharkey forced Jims
head back with his elbow under the
jaw. Again they came to a clnch.
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 rang sent his right over to the
head as the referee forced them apart
Round 24-Jeffries was quicker and
met Sharkey's rushes. They clinched
and after the break Tom sent his right
over to the neck. Jim jabbed his left
lightly on face Tom tried his left but
fell short and received right smash on
ear. Jeffries seems to be improving
steadily and as Tom came in close to
him. Jim shot his right to Toms chin
Sharkey clinching again and after they
broke Jim reached the sailor with right
swing on ear.
Sharkey still kept boring in but Jim
met him every time with left or right
hook on the head and these soon made
Sharkey groggy. Sharkey clinched fire.
quently but Jim kept pushing him off.
Tom rushed back, swinging left and right
wildly for head, but failed to land and
Jim caught him with right on the jaw.
They clinched. with Jim decidedly the
better.
Round 25-They shook hands in the
center. Jeffries led for head, but Shar-
key ducked. Again Jeffries led but once
| more Tom was clever and ducked away
from him. Both swung rights. Toms
we~a blocked, but Jim's We're landed
or frequently. They clinched and
ii, ooked left to Toms ear. the sailor
i returning with right on body. Tom kept
coming to his man, but was met with
uppercuts on chest and a clinch follow
ed. Jeffries sent his right to body with
| Tom poking three rights on head. Tom
| swung viciously for head but missed
| and Jim hooked left hard to jaw, stag
| gering the sailor. ina clinchs Tom slip
| ped to the floor, pulling off +JiIn's glove
| with him as he fell. The referee picked
up the glove and tried to adjust it.
| Meanwhile Sharkey tried to get al the
| Californian. Jeffries broke away from
the referee as Sharkey led for him with
his right and Jim sent his right over
| Sharkey's shoulder. The referee then
got between them and as he did so the
ba'' rang. ending the fight,
The referee then decided Jeffries the
winner.