The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-20

JAW BROKEN.
Sustained Injury in Prize Fight
With Billy Barrett.
EIGHT FIERCE ROUNDS FOUGHT.
Patterson Did Not Respond When Gong
Sounded for the Ninth Round.
JEFfORDS KNOCKED OUT IN SECOND.
Tom ShaTtsy Lanlsd With Fight on caltornans
Jaw and Later laI Si Unnl Counted Out
Cain Of Foul.
Patterson Did Not Respond When Gong
Sounded for the Ninth Round.
JEFFORDS KNOCKED OUT IN SECOND.

New York, Feb. 20.-After eight
rounds of hard fighting between Frank
Patterson and Billy Barrett at the
Hercules club in Brooklyn last even
ing, Patterson was forced 10 give up
the contest because his jaw was broken
and he was in too great distress TO
continue fighting.
Pattersons jaw was broken at
Coney Island by Solly Smith last
summer and il weakened once more
under the repeated handing Of jolts and
swings by BaIretl I'm the course OF the
eight rounds which were fought last
night. Patterson, was matched 10 meet
Henry Lyons, the colored pugilist from
Chicago but Barrett was substituted
for Lyons They were scheduled Tor
% rounds at 120 pounds, with Billy
Madden and Jack Mccormick az judges
and Joe Grills as referee.
Barrett cut fierce pace from the
start, and the first thing he did in the
opening round was TO land a couple OF
left drives on Patterson's Jaw, sendAng
him TO his knees. Patterson arose
quickly and they roughed IL, botn gong
down in a cinch. They exchansed
right and left swings on the head ana
then settled down TO jabb,ng, Patter-
son doing some good blocking;
They served up many body blows
and occasional jabs on the mouth n
the second. .one scoring quite as often
as the other In the course OF the
third Barrett planted three blows on
the law and mouth but Patterson was
working hard and counting all the time.
They made the fourth intensely eN-
citing by stiff sparrdng, rough cHnchng
and wrestling in which they Went down
luogether three nmes--Inst before the
close of rhis round Barrett jolted Pat
tersons jaw with the right. In the
fifth round Barrett planted left ana
right on Patterson's jaw and pounded
the body. Patterson replied with two
jabs on the mouth. Barrett rushed
and seni both hands to the head. ripped
the right under the heart and tnen
shot the left 10 the jow, rocking Pat
terson's head and getting no return. A
| moment later Patterson put the left to
| BarreHt's mouth and when Barrett
rushed Patterson stopped him with .
right on the jaw They ofinched and
Patterson almost threw Barret,.
In the Seventh and eighth rounds
Barrett repeatedly found Patterson's
| faw and smashed him over the heart
In both rounds they clinched ana
| wrestled and once when Barrett
had Patterson on the ropes In the
eighth round he pounded the ribs and
/ kidneys viclously
Patterson failed to approach the
centre when the beit rang for the ninth
| round There was a commotiOn i'm his
| corner II was announced that his jaw
| was broken The club surgeon reset
! the jaw and advised discontinuance ~
| the battle. Barrett was declared the
| winner.
JEFFORDS PUT TO SLEEP.
Detroit Mich. Feb. 20.-Tom Shar-
! key last night knocked out Jim JEFF
| fords, the California aspirant for hea-
| vyweight honors, in the second round
| of what was TO have been a lO-round
| bout The men had fought two min
utes and six seconds in the second
| round when the knockout was deliv-
cred.
They we're breaking from clinch
when Sharkey whipped his right over
to Jeffcrds' head and Jeffords went
! down. Referee Hogan counted him out
and IL was several minutes before he
recovered sufficiently TO talk. Then he
| claimed foul. saying Sharkey hit him
| I'm the breakaway although they had
to break clean The referee refused "a
entertain the protest and awarded the
fight To Sharkey.
In the first round the men mixed II
! from the start. AS they came TO "a
cftnch both slipped and fell to tne
floor Sharkey kept rushing Jeffords
| and Just before the end OF the round
sent him TO the fioor. Jeffords was
tired and stayed on his knees for sew
eral seconds.
When they came up for the second
round Jeffords seemed in good shape
Sharkey went right after him from the
start. He cut Jeffords' left eye open
and then kept It bleeding with right
hand punches. The men were in JEFF
fords' corner when the Knockout oc-
Cured Sharkey broke from the clincf
and sent his right over on Jeffords
head Jeffords lurched forward, went
to his knees and turned over on his
breast He was completely out, but
referee Hogan knelt down and shouted
the seconds into the PROSTATE mans
ear.
At the count OF 10 Hogan declared
Sharkey the winner amid cries OF
"Fouli" from the spectators, who
1 thought the Sailor had hit Jefforus In
the clinch. This was not true. as the
men had both arms free when the blow
was delivered
About $500 persons witnessed the bout
which was pulled of In the Light GuarC
| armory, under the auspices Of the Cad.
| lilac A. G.. After the men had gon,
10 their dressing rooms Referee Ho
| gan expressed the opinion that JeffOrd'
laid down" some OF the sportinl
men at the ringslde shared his opinion