Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

in'o oHoIHeI CliHcn from winch the
referee separated them Both men
were slower and clinched repeatedly
without landing. Sharkey sent two
straight lefts to Jeffries nose. bringing
streams of blood. A few seconds later
Jeffries jolted his right under Toms
chin. In an exchange of rights and
let's on the face and chest, straight
left jab from jim landed on the sailors
houth and Jared him hard The pace
increased towards the end of the
round without damage.
Round 21-In a clinch in the center
OF the ring, Jeffries shot right to the
body. Sharkey responded with two
rights over the kidneys. They ex-
changed lefts to the face Then, Jim
stepped in with a hard right on the
body and jabbed the left in Toms face.
Both hooked rights over the kidneys.
while they laughed at each other semi
good naturally. After a clinch, Tom
swung the left to the neck, Jim re-
spending with straight left on the
mouth just before the bell rang
Round 22-They moved cautiously.
Jeffries was first to land, sending a
right to the body and, then, straight
left to the face. Sharkey replied with
left swing on the jaw. After the
clinch, Jeffries sent the left to Shar-
keys injured eye, which began to
bleed freely. Tom kept boring in, but
Jim met him twice with straight let's
to the face. Three times they clinched
| AS they broke each time Sharkey
| landed backward rights on Jim's face
| Jim stepped in with a fearful right
upper-cut under the chin and repeat
ed it twice as they broke from the
| clinch. Sharkey turned to Manager
| O'Rourke and laughed, while Tommy
Ryan and other men in Jeffries' corner
shouted to him to Go on Jeffries
failed to follow his advantage but the
force of these two blows was visible
when the bell rang, as Sharkey wab-
bled perceptibly as he went to his
corner.
| Round 23-Jeffries shot right to the
chin. They clinched and Tom forced
Jim's head back with the left glove
under the chin, When they broke, JEFF
|
as they went to clinch again without
anything done. They exchanged lefts
on the head and both missed lefts for
the body. Jim jabbed a straight left
to Toms injured eye. Tom clinched
After the break, Jim jabbed left to
the sailors stomach, forcing him
across the ring. When they came to
the clinch, Sharkey forced Jim's head
back with an elbow under the chin
Another clinch, from which they had
to be broken by the referee, followed,
with Sharkey holding. Jim jabbed a
left to Toms face and staggered him.
Sharkey clinched and, after the bell
rang, sent d right over to the head as
the referee was forcing them apart.
! Round 21-After clinch, Tom sent
right to the neck and Jeffries jabbed a
left to the face. Sharkey tried a left
but fell short and received a right
smash on the ear. Jeffries shot right
to Toms chin. Sharkey clinched again
and, after the break, Jim reached the
sailor with a right swing on the ear.
Sharkey still kept boring in but Jim
met him every time with hooks on the
head. These soon made Sharkey
but Jim kept pushing him off. Tom
rushed back, swinging left and right
wildly for the head but failed to land
and Jim caught him with a right on
the jaw. They clinched at the bell
with Jeffries having decidedly the bet
ter of it.
Round 25-They shook hands good
naturally. Jeffries led for the head
but Sharkey ducked. Again Jeffries
led but once more Tom was clever and
ducked away from him. Both swung
rights. Toms were blocked but Jims
were landed quite frequently. They
clinched and, in the break, Jim hooked
it to Toms ear. The sailor returned
with a right on the body. Tom kept
coming to his man but was met with
an uppercut on the chest and a clinch
followed. Jeff sent sharp rights to the
head and body, with Tom hooking
three rights back of the head. Tom
swung right viciously for the head but
fell short. Jim hooked the left hard to
the jaw, staggering the sailor. In the
clineh, Tom slipped to the floor, pull
ing Jim's left glove with him
as he fell. The referee picked
up the glove and tried to adjust it.
Meanwhile, Sharkey tried to get at
the Californian. Jeff broke away from
the referee as Sharkey led for him with
the right. Jim sent right over Shar-
keys shoulder. The referee then got
between them. AS he did so the bell
rang, ending the fight. The referee
then declared Jeffries the winner.