The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-25

ago, his-rdefeat of Rubin on that oc-
casion, and the previous victory of Ruh-
lin over Sharkey a few weeks earlier
were figured on as showing that Fitz-
simmons ought to whip the sailor on this
occasion. When they met tonight both
of them declared themselves to he in
first-class condition, and they certainly
looked it, Fitzsimmons had taken few
pounds in weight since his meeting with
Rubin, but neither he nor sharkey would
tell his actual weight; but sharkey look
ed to be about twenty pounds heavier.
When the men came together, Sharkey
assumed the aggressive, rushing fercely
and swinging wildly. Fitzsimmons had
no difficulty In side-stepping out Of the
way. Bob soon began feinting Sharl1ey
into leads. and when the sailor tried his
round arm blows he left himself open,
of which Fitzsimmons was quick to take
advantage, as he stepped inside and put
powerful right and left smashes on the
sailors body and neck He stabbed
Sharkey with his left, making the sailor
lose his temper; then Sharkey rushed
more wildly than before, missing most
of the swings, while Fitzsimmons was
getting to him with great force and using
both hands.
At the close of the round Sharkey with
a terrific left swing which landed on the
shoulder and reck put Fitzsimmons dcwn
to the floor Of the ring and then fell over
him in lis mad rush. Tom regalned his
feet quickly, but the bell rang with Fitz.
simmons still On the floor. The spec
tators were cheering like wild men and
when Fitz got to his feet the men shaped
to go for each other, evidently not hav
ing heard the bell amid the uproar. The
referee rushed between them, sending
them to their corners, and this IS where
Sharkey says lie would have finished Fitz
had he had ten seconds more.
In the second round Sharkey having
gained confidence from his knocking Fitk
down II. the preceding rouro, went after
his man as if to annihilate him. but Fitz,
having the cooler head and better judg
who seemed to lose all control of him
self in his frantic endeavoIs to land Oh
FitZ. Fitz stepped in with a crushing
right te the body and a ready left to the
jaw, while the best Sharkey could 10 wa3
to swing a left which landed in tbs; mid
die of Fitzsimmons back.
There was fearful force behind this
blow, as F'itz said after the fight was
over that he felt as if ne had been hit
with a pickax in The small of the back
Fits caOlness never forsook him and nc
watched SharKey's wild efforts with evil
dent satisfaction as the sailor was leav-
ing himself very open. Fitz stepped into
him and literally battered Sharkey down
with right on the body ard with lefts
end rights on he head Sharkey took tie
count and came up groggy. He staggered
back to the ropes with Fitz hot after him.
Sharkey was then unable to protect him
self and Fitz sent that fearful right once
more to the bo3y, following UP with right
and left to the body.
Sharkey wobbled, but still had strength
enough to keep on his. feet FitZ stepped
IN again with another right on the body,
following twice with rights and lefts on
the head and finished his work and the
fight with a stinging left hook on the
jaw, which sent Sharkey down and out.
1t was a short but hard fight, in which
Fitz proved his superiority, and It Is Just
possible that another meeting with JEFF
fries will result In Fitzsimmons again
winning the title of heavyweight cham
pion of the world. About 5000 people
saw the bout, but If they had not been
extra good natured they would have left
the club house long before the fight was
put on. The management was in bad
odor for three hours, during which time
the six thousand penned-up sports swell
tered and fumed in the heated club house.
where there was little or no ventilation
| The preliminary bout fell through, and
| another had to be substituted which
caused delay of least an hour and n
half When the boys began fighting It
was seen they knew nothing of the game
| and their work in the ring was so ridicu-
L lous that the onlookers took It as huge