The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
Jcnries-Sharkey Pictures at Eng
lish's Last Night.

The Jeffries-Sharkey prize fight, which
occurred Nov. 3, 1899. at the Coney Island
Athletic Club. New York, was fought over
again at English's Opera House yesterday
afternoon to a fair-sized and well-pleased
audience. The American MICROSCOPE and
Diograph Company succeeded in securing.
by the aid of four hundred arc lights and
four cameras. as perfect set of pic
lures as were ever taken of a pugilistic
contest. 1t is this collection of views that
is now being displayed each afternoon and
evening at English's and they furnish an
entertainment that lovers Of the art of
fisticufs can III afford to miss 80
A study of the fight pictures reveals
eome interesting facts and features. The
first thing one notices. perhaps. is the
marvellous physical development of the
men who stand opposite each other for the
purpose of seeing which can first reduce
the other to absolute inability to plant
blow. Jeffries has the best of Sharkey in
point of height, towering above him al
most like some prehistoric giant but the
sailor is as pretty a specimen of physically
developed manhood as one could wish 10
gaze upon. sympathy naturally inclines TO
Sharkey on account of his apparent dis
advantage in size. but this is quickly dis
sipated by his crookedness in hitting in
the clinches and breakaways." The pic
night was one of the greatest In the an
nails of the roped arena, IL was also one
of the "foulest." The sailor did the major
portion of the foul hitting but Jeffries
was also seized by the contagion on sew
eral occasions during the progress of the
contest. The first fifteen rounds were
marked by little spirited fighting. much of
the time being consumed in Graeco- Roman
wrestling by the two gladiators- MIR. Siler.
the referee, undoubtedly earned his fee
according TO the biograph, for he was kept
OF the time. and 1t may be conceived that
that was not an easy task. The pictures
are thrown upon the canvas with less
''nfckering than Is Usually characteristic
of such exhibitions. although there Is
enough to weary the eye to considerable
extent This is obviated by giving short
rests between each two or three rounds.
Some of the striking features of the
story unfolded by the moving pictures are:
That the mems seconds squirt water or
whisky from their mouths into the fight
er's face at the close OF each round-pre-
sumably TO revive their sorely taxed en-
ergies: that the contest lasted twenty-five
rounds probably because of the great
amount OF rest gained by the pugilists in
their numerous and prolonged 'clinches."
Referee Siler seemed particularly lenient
In this respect.
Jeffries assumes the position Of an angry
bull preparing for a rush" while Sharkey
faces his antagonist defiantly. with back
inclined in the opposite direction. head held
high In air.
The machine used In the exhibition Is not
very large. taking UP a space OF only four
seat rows In length and the same num-
Der of seats in width. x is placed in the
rear Of the house downstairs in the midst
OF the audience.
In the last few rounds. especially the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Gin which
the glove came off), the excitement runs
high. both In the pictured audience on the
screen and the real one in the theater.
The pictures will be shown twice to-day
a al - a
the matinees being at popular prices. There
Is nothing about the exhibition that should
deter ladies from witnessing 1t. although
few were present yesterday afternoon.