Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-25
q. Knocks the Sailor Out in the
Second Round
ROTH MEN WERE Confident
corui.hman was Nearly FINISHED
n. First Hut waiting Iiis OPP
portunly Lands the Knockout

.,ts story IN brief Of Tom sharkey
ting with Bob Fltzslmmons at th'
r,osy Island Sporting club tonight
v.,g.immons was the victor, sharkel
ths Io5er
ru.mmons said all along that wher
OIL, 5pD5rtunity presented Itself h'
,,5 proys conclusiyely that he was
sankey's superior and settle for the
'.w.,Irs done him when he met Shar'
t'y I'M California four years ago.
sbarkey was equally confident that
B.. would prove 70 be Fitzslmmons
master so the ring, but the result of
,r.gbrs battle and the brev.ty OF IT
,-.ysI that Fitzslmmons Is still great
f,ttsr and able 90 beat the best OF
tsyg.wclghts he has beaten Cotbett,
Euhuu end sharkey
sHARKEY WAS AGGRESSIVE,
riu,mmons was decided favorite
.s fbe betting, owing 20 his showing
.t6 EuhIu short time ago. His de-
fat OF Rubin on that occasion and
Nh. rr.yIUus victory Of Rubin over
5nr.sy Jew weeks earlier We're fig
r..I ODD as showing that FitzslmmOns
1.sat 90 whip the sailor at this meet
Vbea lhe men met tonight both Of
Ham declared themselves 90 be In first
HISS condition and they certainly
licked 10. FitzsImm0ns had taken on a
Eg pounds u weight since his meeting
With Kubuu. but neither he nor Star
k.y would tell his actual weight. Shar-
E.y looked 10 De about twenty pounds
heavier
When the men came together shar-
key assumed the aggressive, rushing
farcpy and swinging wildly. Fltzsim-
mons had no difficulty In side-stepping
QUO OF the way. Bob soon began feint-
ng Sharkey into leads, and when the
sailor tried his rOund-arm blows he left
himself open, OF which fact Fitz-
simmons was quick to take advantage
as be stepped inside and put powerful
Hght.ani-i1ft sm0shes on the sailors
body and neck. He grabbed Sharkey
with his left, making the sailor lose his
temper Then Sharkey rushed more
wildly than before missing most Of the
swings while Ftzslmmons was getting
90 h.m with great force and using both
hands
FITZ SENT TO THE FLOOR.
At the close OF the round sharkey
with a terrific left swing that landed
ol the shoulder and neck, put Fitz-
simmons 90 the floor Of the ring and
Tom fell over him in his mad rush.
Tom Tegalned his feet quickly, but the
Ben rang with Fitgsimmons sill on the
tlor The spectators were cheering
Ike wild men. and when FitzsimmOns
So, 10 his feet the men shaped up 10
80 FOR each other evidently not having
heard the bell amid the uproar The
referee rushed between them sending
them 20 their corners. and this Is where
slNkey says he would have finished
filzsimmons had he had ten seconds
more
10 the second round Sharkey. having
gained confidence from his knocking
FliU.mmous down In the preceding
round, went for his man as II to an
initiate him, but Fitzslmmons, having
.1e cooler head and better judgment,
.llseneraled the sailor who seemed to
9se an control Of himself In his fran
" endeayors 10 land on Fitzsimmons.
men tltZslmm0ns side-stepped IN with
rushing right 10 the body and a
saly lett 90 the jaw, while the best
'Mrkey could DO was 70 swing a left
hch landed In the middle Of Fitzslm-
mons back
There was fearful force behind this
.lW as Fitzsimmons said after the
sDi was over that he felt as 10 he had
90 hit with a pick-aX I'm the small
I The back Fitzsimmons' coolness
ever t0rs0Ok him and ne watched
llarteys Wild efforts with evident sat
.Hcu9n, as the sailor was leaving
Ims'if very open.
THE KNOCK OUT BLOW.
Fizs.mmons side-stfpped into him
al literally battered Sharkey down
l,h rights on the body and lefts and |
Shts on the head. Sharkey took The !
.-"y op4 came up groggy. He stag |
'-' PACK 90 the ropes, with Fitzslm- |
W. N9i AFTER him. Sharkey was then |
l1''e 20 protect himself and Fitzsim- /
'Ns sent that fearful right once more |
'He BODY following up with right |
Il ',it 20 the body. Sharkey wob. |
sl. olt stu had strength enough TO |
ep on his feet Fitzsimmons stepped /
.saln with another right on the .
~ I'I1Wlng twice with rights and /
's on The head, and finishing his .
i ana the fight with a singing left
.A on lhe Jaw which sent Sharkey
,Rn and out.
y was a short but hard fight. IN
.'." Ilgzsimmons proved his superb
ana u Is possible that another
"-s with Jehrles will result In
.-'.'nmons again winning the title OF
a N,tht champion OF the world
,.tt.ul bNlv people saw the bout. but
u'! h5d not been extra go0d-na-
wv lleF would have left the club.
la. long before the fight was put on.
!, management was In bad odor for
"VuIs, during which time the 5000
',itl-',up sports sweltered and fumed
i,"' Hot clubhouse, where there was
~. i no ventilation. The prellml-
y poli tell through and another had
o.. tIu'ututed which caused a delay
III ai or an hour and a half
y ''n the boys began hgh,lng. II
s.'h that they knew nothing OF
same and their work IN the ring
d on ridiculous that the onlookers
"a " as huge Joke instead OF re-
',1s u az a gold brick which was
.rtl them. "0'
'"hLlMlNARY WRANGLNG.
. -.o there was another delay of
sF an hour before the big fellows
t. ."elI appearance. Charley White.
M ,-,etH referee, refused 20 oficlate
w. ' n.y.. was guaranteed 10 him.
!. white was granted HE price. IL
,.0 Isht that the fight would 60
va. flizs.mm0us and his manager
yea mat the amount OF the purse /
~. should be In sight before the
~ IuEillst would enter the ring
. "Nal arrangement was come la
p" yen The club managers and Ftz-
,. .Is could not be learned. but
Il unions declared that he was sat
sas he walked to the r.nesIde.
10y had been IN the ring fully
. -HNe minutes before FItzsin-
n turned up. and Bob was received
p mingled cheers and gr0ans. as me
OF majority OF those present wore
t"ale Of what had detained him
nan fifteen minutes afterWard
y VINO groaned at the ola man
standing on chairs and benches.
i, nRaly Tor the man who had
!. snearkey his quietus. ,
'e' the battle, when the men had