The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25

strong light from their eyes. still others
mop the perspiration from their brows
and look rather uncomfortable in the
face OF the intense heat caused by the
800 arc lights that are arranged to take
the pictures. walters serving drinks are
observed rushing up and down the floor.
policemen and ushers stand against the
posts. with their eyes riveted on the fight
ers The announcer appears. He moves
around the ring. from one side to the
other. waving his hands In the air and
moving his lips. Occasionally a cloud OF
cigar smoke is waited above the ring.
and as the fighters take the center. en-
circled by their seconds and the referee.
It Is easy TO see the crowd applauding and
cheering
The fight begins, and all the sports
seem spellbound with interest Jsffries
crbuches low. as he did In the hght. Not
many blows are exchanged I'm the first
round but I'm the second. where Sharkey
took to the boards by a left hook on the
Jaw, Is accurately shown. The third
round shows Sharkey rushing wildly.
while Jeffries meets him with body blows.
The fourth round shows Sharkey rushing
again. but not landing to any extent.
The fifth round is hot, and some Of the
sports in the pictures are seen to rise and
cheer. Sharkey misses lot OF swings In
the sixth and seventh rounds, while JET
vicious while the ninth ia made up OF
clinches.
The tenth round reproduces sharkey's
damaged left eye, showing the blood
streaming down his cheek bones. In the
next. Jefries can be seen beating the
sailors face Nothing daunted. Sharkey
still seems aggressive, and Jeffries APP
pears TO take his chair very tired In the
thirteenth round the spectators grow ex-
cited az Sharkey rushes with a venge-
ance and fouls the champion. after miss
ing a swing. spinning around. coming
back with his elbow close to the boiler
makers jaw The famous fourteenth and
fifteenth rounds are wildly reproduced.
being hard ones and full OF action. In
the sixteenth Sharkey seems to have
staggered the champion. his left swings
seem TO rattle Jeffries, and In the next
two rounds he retires to his chair rather
dejectedIy. The twenty-third round
shows Jeffries having Sharkey going.
prodding his ribs so hard that the gong
seems to save him
The pictures are marvel OF photo
graphic skill and there Is no strain on
the eye. They are said to have cost $500
for the preliminaries In securing the pict-
ures. and there is seven and one-haif
miles of film. or 1000 candle power
enough light TO illuminate large city.
Seats are now on sale.
V
A FTER week OF the most successful
~ farce comedy OF the season, the
Third Avenue will offer. commencing
tonight, a famous Eastern attraction that
has never visited Seattle before, H. Graf
tan Donnely's great play, Darkest Rus
sta" No author ever wrote more sue
, cessful plays than the late Dion Bouci-
caut, Asked by young and aspiring
playwright what Il took to make good
play, the veteran playwright replied
Never try 20 write good play. my boy,
write for success. Get plot and story.
inject into them plenty OF heart interest.
and then turn the whole of your atten-
ton 20 your comedy. Write for success
H. Grattan Donnelly. the author of
"Darkes, Russia, must have been actu-