The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12


bumped into a big, strong novice. yclept
Fred Russell, at Denver and was male
the recipient of a mauling and buffet5ng
| Tor three rounds that must have con-
| Vlnced him there were others besides
himself who could fight 70 Ugh house fash
! Ion, With no holds barred when the oc-
caslon demanded. That Sharkey finally
| won out in the fourth round did not add
! any particular luster to his sadly dam
| aged laurels. 1t was anyone's fight m
10 the moment that the knockout came
poth men hauling, tugging and wrestling
each other all over the ring and display
ing no more science in their work than a
couple or drunken longshoremen scrap
ping over the price of a can of beer
For man with championship aspirl-
ton, Sharkey's blowing was worse than
wretched Judging from the accounts
OF the battle he appears to have lost
Whatever little accuracy of delivery he
possessed and to have fallen back 10 the
Gays when he had nothing to recommend
| him to the pueilistic critics, but bull
strength and aggressivenes
But the most cruel blow the sailor has
received since his advent into the ring
| struck him with jafring force last Tues
day night
With the intention of gathering in a.,
little easy money Sharkey journeyed to
cripple Creek, Col, where, of all people
~ thC WOIIU, n6Alcdn HeCe Everett had
been picked out as his opponent by the
olympic club of that city. The result
was that after a round ana a half of
milling Everett was declared winner on a
foul
TO those who know Everett, the most
astonishing part of this wholly unex-
pected happening in the world of pugiI
ism was the fact that the Mexican moi
only permitted himself to be drawn into
the ring with Sharkey, but actually
Fought back during the short space Of
time the bout lasted The only feasib'e
explanation that can be given for this
amazing display of valor on Everett's
part is that somebody must have been ~
markedly busy in the, Greasers corner
with hypodermic syringe or a quart of
cheap booze just before the gong rung
for action. For it must have taken an
infusion of Dutch courage to prevent
Mexican Pete from appearing in his
favor1te role of a rat doing a getaway
from the jaws of foxterrier, when he
Ieit the hands of his seconds to do battle
with the rushing Sharkey
Everett is absolutely the worst and
rankest gutter that ever disgraced the
ring. Why he ever adopted pugilism as
a profession is one of those inscrutable
mysteries which an all-seeing Providence
has seen fit to inf1ict on the puzzled
minds of the sons of man. During sew
u al VI MS pdtlleS IN the past the sec
onds of this human embodiment of VEL
low have left his corner in disgust and
refused to handle him on account of his
cowardly cringing actions. Yet in spite
or sneerS, Jeer5 and inSu is he has con-
tinued to classify himself as a pugiIist
and seeks matches all over the Western
country. His perseverance has finally
been rewarded by the astonishing out
come of his bout with Sharkey and it Is
safe to that nobody
prised over his luck than the ochre
hewed Mexican himself
But picture the state of Sharkey's feel
ings He whom a few days before had
hurled repeated challenges at Champion
ferries and fiourished a $4,000 cheek IN
the faces of those who presumed to doubt
his ability. He, to have fallen from his
high estate and. metaphorically speaking
be compelled to grovel under the paws
of such fistic hound as Everett 1t was
positively heart breaking.
AS misfortunes, it is said, never come
:sagly, Tom ORourke has seen fit TO
ED his contribution to the tar's troubles
by pursuing the much abused son of old
Neptune with repeated challenges on be.
half of Joe Walcott. Ever since Sbar
key left O'Rourke's fold Walcott's black
shadow has lain across his path.
The sailor has frequently refused to
fight his former stable companion on the
plea OF drawing the color line yet he
has no objection to sparring with Bob
armstrong and working with the latter
in training quarters
From Sharkey's point of view If would
seem that the only time it becomes nee
essary to avoid negro is when there
is danger of the son Of Ham shifting
one with undue violence. The argument
is replete with discretion while lacking
in consistency.
According to schedule, Terry McGov-
ern's next appearance in the arena will
be with a Spanish-American pug re-
jcicing in the sonorous sounding cogno-
men of Aurelio Herrera. who halls from
Bakersfield, -Cal.
Those who are boosting this new phe-