The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
.SHARKEYIS D0WNED
WHIPPED INTO INsENsIBILITY TN
TWO ROUNDS.

WHIPPED INTO INsENsIBILITY TN
TWO ROUNDS.
The Man Wars Man Proves Easy
Picking for the Red-Headed An
sipodenn Sharkey Assumed the
Aggressive. Rushing Fiercely
and Swinging Wildly. but Fit1
Had No Trouble in Keeping Out
of His Way Fitz Goes Down in
the First Round From Terrific
Left Swing.
New York, Aug. 26. - Whipped into
insensibility in less than two rounds
Is the story in brief OF Tom Sharkey,S
meeting with Bob Fitzsimmons at the
Coney island Sporting club last night.
When the men came together Sharkey
assumed the aggressive, rushlns li eic
ly and swinging wildly. Fitzslnn1noh's =
had no difficulty in side-stepplng OUT
of the way. Bob soon began relhtlns
Sharkey into leads, and when the san
or tried his round -arm blows he leIt
himself open, of which F'1tzslmmons,
was quick to take advantage as ne
stepped inside and put powerful right
and left smashes on the sailors hody
and neck.
He Stabbed Sharkey
with his left, making the sailor lose,
his temper, then Sharkey rushed more
wildly than before, missing most oE
the swings, while FitZsimnons Was
getting to him with great force and:
using both hands. At the close or the
round Sharkey. with a terrfhc teIt
swing landed on the shoulder and neck.
put Fitzsimmons down to the floor or
the ring and then fell over him in his
mad rush. Tom regained his feet
quickly, but the bell rang with Fitz-
simmons still on the floor. The spscta-
tors were cheering like wild men, and
when Fitz got to his feet the men
shaped to go for each other, evidently
not having heard the bell
Amid the Uproar.
The referee rushed between them,
sending them, to their corners, and this
is where Sharkey says he would have
finished Fitz had he had ten seconds
more. In the second round Sharkey.
having gained confidence from his.
knocking Fitz down in the preceding
round, went after his man as If to ar-#
initiate him, but Fitz, having the
cooler head and better Judgment, out
generated the younger man. who
seemed to lose all control of himself
in his frantic endeavors to land on
Fitz. Fitz stepped in with a crushing
right to the body and ready left to-
the jaw, while the best sharkey could
do was to
ABB Swing a Left
which landed in the middle of Fitz-
simmons back. There was fearful
force behind this blow, as Fitz said
after the fight was over that he felt
as If he had been hit with a pickax in
the small of the back. Fits GOODNESS
never forsook him, and he watched
Sharkey's wild efforts with evident
satisfaction as the sailor was leaving
himself very open. Fitz stepped into
him and literally battered Sharkey
down with right on the body ana with
lefts and rights on the head. Sharkey
took the count and came up groggy.
lie StdSseTSu DdCh " LIE t&opeS VIII Is
Fitz Hot After Him.
Sharkey was then unable to protect
himself and Fitz sent that fearful right
once more to the body following up
with right and left to the body.
Sharkey wabbled, but still had
strength enough to keep on his feet.
Fitz stepped in again with another
right on the body, following twice with
rights and lefts on the head and fin
ished his work and the fight with a
stinging left hook on the jaw, which
sent Sharkey down and out. 1t was a
short but hard fight in which Fitz
proved his superiority. About 5000
people saw the bout.