Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-04
FOUGHT LIKE BIC
BULL YINC BABIES
Sharkey Defeats Russell After a
Close Call for Himself
WAS A VERY POOR SHOW.
A Wrestling Match from Beginning 10
End With Exchanges Of
Few Blows.

Denver Colo, May S.-sallor Tom
Sharkey put out big Fred" Russell,
the California heavyweight in the
fourth round OF what was scheduled to
be round 80 before the Colorado
Athletic association here tonight. II
was characterized by rough and tum-
Bile tactics, engaged in by both, science
playing but little part, There was much
clinchlng and rough work throughout
and II seemed that each had a chance
to win by landing wind swing at any
time
In the first round there was very 1T
tie leading By either They clinched
and fought wildly and the referee had
the greatest difficulty in separating
them. In the succeeding round Russell
endeav0red 10 throw Sharkey to the
floor by main strength and succeeded
Ia doing so several times. In the third
round Russell landed some good body
blows, which seemed to knock the
breath out Of the sailor, He was gr0Sgy
at the end Of the round and II Russell
had boz ed in he might have won the
fight at this period,
In the fourth round both men. after
having been cautioned by the referee
that they must fight and not wrestle,
was not long, however, until they were
clinching and holding and hanging on
to each other, with the referee earnest
~ imploring them 10 fight fair
Sharhey broke away from a clnch
and as he did so landed right and left
swings on Russell's jaw, putting him
down, and as Russell arose Sharkey
sent in the finishing punch, half
swing on the ear.
Previous to the fight Referee Frank
Cullen called all bets off, because, as he
said the management Of the club
wished to protect themselves and their
patrons He inferred that it had been
Ivmored that deal" was on between
the fighters. Both he and Manager
Floto announced, however that they
were confident that no arrangement had
been made, but for the protection Of
themselves and their patrons they
would take no other course but to de-
clare all bets off.
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round 1-Sharkey misses left swing.
They clinch. Sharkey misses a left.
They break slowly. Sharkey lands light
left on the head as Russell rushes in.
Both swing wild and cliuch The ref
cree has hard time separating them
They rush again to cllnch, Russell
lands light right on body They clinch
and hang together Sharkoy puts right
TO back Of head In clinch three times.
Almost impossible 10 separate them.
They wrestle, Russell handing on top.
Russel misses right swing and they
ClinCh again. They are wrestling all
over the ring, Referee Cullen finding II
absolutely impossible to separate them.
As the gong sounds, Sharkey hits Rus
sell in the face. The crowd shouts
Four in great uproar. Dlsalowed.
Round g-Sharkey lands hard right
uppercut on the neck They cllnch.
Sharkey PUSHES in lands right on head.
Russell lands light left on the face and
they clinch. Tom lands right on jaw
and ducks left swing. Russell PUSHES
Tom to ropes and lands right on head.
They clinch. Russell uppercuts on the
jaw. They wrestle around the ring.
Referee finds It very difficult to separ-
ate them. Sharkey lands right on the
head. Another cinch. Sharkey wrest-
les Russell 10 the ropes Russell lands
left on the jaw. Sharkey throws Rus
sell to lloor, The fight Is marked by
clinches and wrestling, comparatively
few blows being landed by either.
Round 3--Tom lands left on the ribs.
Russell lands left on right on the obdy,
rushing Tom TO the ropes. They clnch
Sharkey's blow lack steam. while Rus
sell Is the aggressor Tom seems wind
ed and hugs Russell. Sharkey lands
right Russell misses left and they
clinch. Russell puts right to Jaw twice.
Russell lands right swing on the body.
They clinch. Sharkey lands right over
heart. Russell falls TO floor with right
swing. Both swinging wild and both
very tired
Round Russell lands right over
heart Sharkey misses right and left
swings. Sharkey lands right and left
swing on the Jaw Sharkey lands left
and right TO jaw, putting Russell to the
mat. Russell reaches out and grabs
Sharkey's foot, pulling him down. Tom
breaks loose and jumps to his feet and
as Russell rises TO his feet Sharkey
lands half swing on the jaw with right,
putting Russell down and out.
fkEllMlANitl BoDlS,
The first preliminary was between
Bert Mccormick Of salt Lake and Tom
Shuemacher of Denver In the first
round Mccormick was on the floor five
times. each time for the count of eight
In the second round Shuemacher land
ed hard right upper cut on the mouth
which put out the SAT- Lake man.
In the second preliminary Rufe Tur-
ner OF California put out Roy Streeter
of Colorado Springs. both colored in
less than a minute OF the first round
with right swing on the jaw. Streeter
was no match FOR Turner
In the third preliminary Kid Dooley
and Dudley King, both local light
weights foght FIVE very fast rounds
TO a draw. II was a give and take af-
fair throughout, Dooley receiving the
seyerest punishment OF the two.