Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25
BUT TWO ROUNDS
FITZSIMMONS FINISHES SHAR-
KEY IN SHORT ORDER.
SAILOR WAS GAME, BUT WILD
Not in Same Glass With Fitz, Who Is
a Ring GeneraI-Badly
Beaten.

New York, August 24-"whipped into
insensibility in less than two rounds"
is the story in brief of Tom Sharkey's
bout with Bob FItzsimmons at the Coney
Island Sporting club to-night Fitzsim-
mons wa the victor, Sharkey the loser.
Fitz said all along that when an oppor-
| tunity presented itself he would prove
conclusively that he was S~harkey's u
Derlor and settle accounts for the in
justice done him when he met Sharkey
in California four years ago. Sharkey
was equally confident that he would
prove to be Fitzsimmons' master in the
ring, but the result of t%o-night's batltle
and the brevity of it proved that ,Fitz
is still a great fighter and able to beat
the best of the heavy weights He has
beaten Corbett, Rubin and SharkeX
When the men met tonight both of
them declared themselves as being in
first-class condition and they certainly
looked it. Fitzsimmons had on a few
pounds more in weight since his meet
ing with Ruhlin, but neither he nor Shar-
key could tell his actual weight. Sher-
key looked to be about 20 pounds the
heavier.
When the fight began sharkey as
sumed the aggressive. rushing fiercely
and hitting wildly. Fitz had no difficulty
in side-steDping out Of the way. Bob soon
began feinting Sharkey into leads and
when the sailor tried to get in those blows
lie ell ulL1IStil opCAy VI IN oSS =
was quick to take advantage and he
stepped inside and put powerful right
and left smashes on the sailors body and
neck. He jabbed Sharkey with his left,
making the sailor lost his temper. Then
Sharkey rushed more wildly than before
missing most of the swings, while f1tz
was getting to him with great force and
using both hands. AT the close OF the
round Sharkey made a terrific swing that
landed on the shoulder and neck and put
INsto ON t1n Hnny of the ring rom IAll
over him in his mad rush, but regained
! quickly, but the bell rang with fltz on
the floor. The spectators shrleked IKE
wild men when Fitz got to his feet and
the men shaped up to go for each otnef,
evidently not having heard the bell amid
the uproar. The referee rushed between
them, sending them to their corners, ana
his is where Sharkey says he Would
have finished Fitz had he had ten seconds
more.
There was fearful force behind these
blows. as Fitz said after the fight was
over that he felt as il he had beea MT
with a pick axe in the small OF the PACK;
Fitz's GOODNESS never forsook nm any
he watched Sharkey's wild efforts with
evident satisfaction, as the sailor was
leaving himself very open.
The club management was IN BAD Or
der for As minutes, during which o,oo0
~penned-up sports sWeltereu anu iitt1a
in the club house, where there was little
or no ventilation. The preliminary o u
fell through and another had to be sub
, stituted, which caused a delay or at ieasl
: an hour and a half. When the poss
began fighting it was seen that they
: knew nothing of the game and Their
work in the ring was so ridiculous tH9l
the onlookers took it as a huge 3op. :,
; Then there was another moth e,, decay made 81 theiy
1 appearance. Charley White, the -e choset
. referee, refused to oficiate until 500 was
e guaranteed to him. ;,,+v W snd his M'n manage1
! 5insisted that the amount of the purse,
r So COO. should be in sight before the lanky
! pusilist would enter the ring. ouS ho w o1at
) manager and Fitz could not be learned
5 but Fitz declared that he was satisfied as
l he walked to the r,ngsi az n,i nnaeseS Sef nne
I7itz turned up, and Bob was received with
mingled cheers and groans, as the great
ma ioritv of those present were not aware
of what had delayed him. In less than Il
minutes those who groaned at
, the old man were standing on chairs and
benches cheering madly for the man who
had given Sharkey his quietus.
sharkey had a black eye and a bloody
nose as the result of his meeting with Fitz,
r who beat him down as if he had been using
a big hammer on a blacksmlthS Jorge.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round /. Sharkey rushed and swung his
: left for the body, but Fitz jumped out OF
e reach. sharkey rushed again, but Fit2
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body. Sharkey missed a right swing. Fit2
easily stepped out of reach. Sharkey
swung his left, but Fit got away and the
and left for the head, but Sharkey ducked
and then Fitz landed a left hook on the
neck. Sharkey swung wildly for the head
but Fitz ducked him and sent his RICH
to s%harkey's jaw. Sharkey clinched. Shar
key swung a heavy left for the head: bu'
landing a left on the shoulder. Fitz the,
sent left and right to the face; then Shar
key rushed again, swinging his left on ths
shoulder and Fitz went down to the floor
sharkey falling over him with his rush
The bell rang with Fitz on the floor ant
the referee rushed between them.
Round 2. Sharkey rushed to close quar-
ters, swinging left and right without land
ing. Fitz rushed, sending his right to thu
body and left to the neck. Both SWUNG
in with a right and left to the head. Shar
key was wild and Fitz sent him to thu
floor after a succession of rights and left
on the face. Sharkey took the count AM
got up groggy and staggered back to TIL
ropes. Fitzsimmons was after him ant
hooked his left to the jaw. Then he sen
a right and left to the head and sh4rke.
was unable to protect himself. FitEsim
mons sent a hard right to the bodys an,
hooked his left to the jaw, sending shar
key down the second time. Sharkey strug
gled to regain his feet, but fell over dn iii
hands and face. He struggled gamely, at
tempting to get up, but the right on tn
body and left on the jaw had done sthei
work. and Sharkey was counted out hW tn
referee, who declared Fitz the winner9
When Fitzsimmons was declaredss tn
winner the crowd surged toward the Srinp
but the police drove them back. Fit2sim
mons was congratulated by those neares
his corner and then he ran oversi an,
grasped Sharkey by the gloye,ess hand
Fitzsimmons almost danced with deiigh
when stepping back from Sharkey's cor
ner, and as he walked to his dressing roon
he was loudly cheered.
Sharkey in the meantime had recoyere
very quickly from his punishment and wa
able to leave the ring as soon as Fitzsim
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