Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25

sports who witnessed the bout. Char
ley White said: 1.-The fight was on the
level, though short it was the best mill
l ever saw and the best man won. Both
men displayed great gameness. Each
man had a hard punch. 1t was q hard,
fast, furious fight from the first tap of
the bell. Both men were clever and kept
away from each other in the early stages
but toward the end of the first round they
began to slug in earnest. Sharkey landed
a heavy swing on Fitzsimmons just as the
gong sounded at the end of the round
The blow knocked Fitzsimmons down but
it was a trifie too high to be effective.
Fitzsimmons and Sharkey mixed it up
from the opening to the finish of the
second I'M last round. Fitzsimmons got
in a number of hard punches on Sharkey
that Would have knocked out a less cour-
ageous man than the sailor. When the
end came Sharkey stood the rain of
blows like the stole he is. When nearly
gone Fitzsimmons got IN his famous left
hook to the jaw that won the fight.
"Fitzsimmons proved by his fight that
he is a clever, shifty man with a hard
punch. No man in pugilism has anything
on Fitzsimmons in any shape. He is
right in line for a return match for the
championship. Should he and Jeffries
come together again in a squared circle
the sport loving people of this country
will have a chance to see the greatest
fighters of the age struggle for suprem-
acy.'
Fitzsimmons dressed hurriedly and left
the building a few minutes after the
fight. He bore no marks of the contest.
He said:
II knew all along that I would win but
really I did not think that l would do it
so quickly. 1 expected that Sharkey
would last about five rounds. | was@n
the best condition of my life. / am glad
it happened as it did, for it shows that
I beat him in San Francisco four years
ago. I was willing to do everything to
wipe out this stain. I am delighted though
that Sharkey is not badly hurt for he is
a good fellow. He fought just the way
I thought he would. He came at me with
a rush and / had no trouble in reaching
him. I cannot say what l think Of Shar-
key because the fight was too short TO
size him up. He is not as good as man as
Rubin though. Rubin is more clever
hut Sharkey depends mostly upon rushes
to win. He can hit harder than Rubin and
is a game fellow
When asked about his plans, Fitzsim-
mons said: :
Il am going to a k a rest. l hin l
need one. If they give me enough money
I think I shall be ready to fight Jetfrles
some time in the next six months.
Sharkey accepted his defeat good ma
turedly. "It was just a case of hard
l,ck ,, said he. 'but that is one of the for
times of war. Fitzsimmons is a wonder
fnl fighter for a man of his age. He is
tha greatest fighter in the world. He
Landed blows on me so fast that I did
not know how to fight him at all.
.swha are NV plans? Well, I mean to
u,orl, NV wav to the top again. am still
,yo,no and strong and I guess I can win
= fov fiohts vet, Fitzsimmons is the
-. rdest FIGHTER 7 ever faced. You dom
know with which hand he is gong to lane
on YOU first. I woul like to fight MN
again for this fight was too snort te
suit. If had been able to go thret
rounds more l think he certainly Woulc
have tired. I am not hurt at all. All
want to say is that Fitzsimmons can pea,
them all. He'll whip Jeffrles sure II
thew ever meet