Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-25
The Sailor Tried to Mix
Matters
And the Result Was His
Undoing.
Fitz Will Try Ieffries Next-Exciting
Contest.

Contest.
New York, Aug. Whipped
into insensibility in less than TWO
rounds is the story in brief of Tom
Sharkeys meeting with Bob Fitzsim-
mons at the Coney Island Sporting
club last night. Fitzsimmons is the
victor, Sharkey the loser Fitzsm-
mons said all along that when an op
portunity presented itself he would
prove conclusiveIy that he was Shar'
keys superior, and settle accounts for
the injustice done him when he met
Sharkey in California four years ago.
Sharkey was equally confident that he
would prove TO be Fitzsimmons' mas
ter in the ring, but the result of last
nights battle and the brevity of II
proved that Fitzsimmons is still
great fighter and able to beat the best
of the heavyweghts. He has beaten
Corhett, Rubin and Sharkey.
Fitzsimmons was decided favorite
In the betting.
His defeat of Rubin and the pre-
vious victory of kuhlin over Sharkey
q few weeks earlier were figured on as
showing that Fitzslmmons ought to
whip the sailor on this occasion. When
the men met last night both of them
declared themselves to be in first class
condition, and they certainly looked
II, Fitzsimmous had taken on n few
pounds in weight since his meeting
with Rubin, but neither he nor Shar
key would tell his actual weight; but
Sharkey looked 10 be about twenty
pounds the heavier.
When the men came together Shar,
key assumed the aggressive, rushing
fiercely and swinging wildly. Fitz.
simmons had no difficulty in side step
ping out of the way. Bob soon began
feinting Sharkey into lead, and when
the sailor tried his round arm blows
he left himself open, OF which Fitz.
simmons was quick TO take advantage
as he stepped inside and put powerful
right and left sm8shes on the sailors
body and neck He stabbed Sharkey
with his left making the sailor lose
his temper, then Shnrkey rushed more
wildly than before, missing most OF
the swings while Fit2simmons was
getting to him with great force and
using both hands. At the close of tho
round sharkey with terrific left
swing, which landed on the shoulder
and neck. put Flt2simmons down tC
the hoor. and Tom fell over him II
his mad rush. Tom regained his fee
quickly. but the he'll rang with INitz
simmons still on the floor. The spec
tators were cheering like wild men
and when Fiizsmmons got TO his fee
the men shaped TO 90 for each other
evidently not having heard the bel
amid the uproar, The referee rushec
between them, sending them TO theil
corners, and this IL where ShnrkeN
says he would have finished Fitzsim
mons had he had ten seconds more,
In the second round Sharkey havini
gained confidence from his knocking
Fitzslmmons down in the preceding
round, went for his man as II to an
H nihilate him, but Fitzslmmons havini
II the cooler head and better judgmen
outgeneraled the younger man, VIII
Y seemed to lose all control OF himsel
n in his frantic endcavors 10 land ol
A Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons stcppe'
in with a crushing right 10 the bod
NJ and a ready left to the jaw, while tll
best sharkey could do was to SWIM
left which landed In the middle o
Fitzsimmons' back. There was feal
ful force behind this l'low, as Eitzsin
mons said after the .ght was owe
that be felt as II he had been hit wit