The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-26

Jim Jeffries whipped Tom Sharkey
before a large audience at the Grand
last night Those persons who have an
! idea that Referee Sner's decision in the
! famous contest was not. correct should
see these mUtOscOpe pictures. Then
they VIII very likely come away with
the conclusion that Sharkey was almost
gone when the twenty-ffth round was
over
The pictures are far superior to many
others of fights. They are not as inter-
estlng as a fight itself, but they are the
very next thing TO it. Though the two
men and the ring are seen as through
a mist every action and every blow
may be seen by those who viii watch
the movement closely. There is almost
everything except sound. But the alb
sence of the sound of the battle may
be an advantage in judging the con
test, for there is in the ring many
harmless blow with the fiat of the
glove, which sounds loud enough TO
have killed two men.
Sharkey Was Tough.
The pictures show in a splendid way
what tough, hard, aggressive man
Sharkey is. He is as wonderful as he
has been described. Standing beside his
towering and SlOW-mOVing antagonist
he looks somewhat thin and drawn and
small, but that Is because Jeffries is
such big fellow In reality Sharkey
is broader and bigger around the shout
ders than was John L. Sullivan before
he became fat
In the first eleven rounds Sharkey is
shown as the master of Jeffries in box
ing. He is quicker, surer and far more
active those na
ucally all the leading. He doesn't es-
cape punishment, but this does not
come by Jefries' leading. Jeffries sell
dom lands or makes an effort to do so
except in a crOsS-COunteT. and many
Of his crosses overreach the mark be-
cause. as Sharkey leads with straight
right or left punches or with hooks, he
closes inside Of Jeffries' long arms. Dur
ing these rounds ne undoubtedly does
the big Californian much damage with
his ducks into Jeffries ribs and stom-
ach, sometimes striking with tremen-
dOuS force. Though the punishment
during the first half Of the fight does
not seem to tell on Jeffries or at least
his suffering cannot be seen in the pic
lures, It is no doubt felt Had the fight
been for eleven rounds there isn't much
0OuDL that the decision would have
gone to the smaller man.
In the twelfth round JenTies seems TO
wake up He uppercuts and right HOOKS
Sharl-ey repeatedly and the sailor does
not put up much of a defense. He
seems to duck into a half dozen vicious
uppercuts. Later on and until the
twenty-third round, the contest is arOut
even, though Sharkey has possibly a
shade the best of these rounds as a
whole, though in several of them Shar-
key has far the better of it. All dur
ing the fight Jeffries leans on Sharkev
during clinches. Being taller he is
able to throw his immense weight on
Sharkey, which is, of course. one Of the
points Of the game. He makes Sharkey
push him away continuously. and this
no doubt has an effect in firing the
sailor.
sharkey Becomes Groggy.
In the tweny-third round Sharlzey
becomes groggy. He waddles about and
he is not so sure of his aim. Jeffries.
awakening from his slow. uncOuth
movement, punches him time and again
with his left until it seems that he can
not last Just at the close of the round
he lands a heavy right swing which
makes the Irishman totter Again in
the twenty-fOurth he repeats his pun
ishment. It seems that one good hook
to the point Of the chin would settle the
business, but JeHrieS is too weak and
unsteady to land in the right place.
The pictures show that Sharkey is 60
ing fast but he does not receive the
knockout blow. The tWenty-fifth
round is more even, for Sharkey has.
with a tremendous effort. recovered
himself and knowing that his showing
in the last round viii have much to do
with the decision. he leads many times.
But he is not effective. The whole of
this round is not given; there was a
gap in the pictures, so that the time
during which Jeffries' glove fell off was
not shown last night. But the pictures
begin again and show the pandemOn-,
ium in and about the ring.