Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-29

The fight commenced at 1920 o'clock. The conditions were Marquis of ! Queensberry rules, both men to pro l tect themselves at all times. Bert Crowhurst was the referee.
 l FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
 First round Before Sharkey had time to act, Munroe rushed fiercely. l With straight left he jabbed Sharkey ! on the mouth, bringing him to his knees against the ropes. Sharkey came back and made hard swing. l The blow went wide of it's mark by at | least a foot and q clinch followed. Munroe then feinted and drew Shar- l key into lead. but the sailor guarded i himself and there was nothing doing. 1 Munroe went in and smashed Sharkey | under the heart. AS Sharkey broke ! away he let go a swing. Munroe each other again, Sharkey rushed and l swung the right. The blow caught the ! miner clean on the jaw and Munroe went down. He was dazed and mud. died and did not seem to know where he was. He arose weakly on one knee and looked about his in vacant sort of way, but he finally pulled him.
 self together and by judicious clinch- ing staved Sharkey off till the end of
 the round.
 Second round: Sharkey began the
 round with rush. He was as wild as hawk and fell all over himself. He tried to reach Munroe with swing but the miner came in close anu broke the speed of the punch. Shar-
 key, despite his intellectual attempts to
 lead, kept boring in. Every time he did so Munroe would stab him in the face with the left. Then when ohar- key would try to feint Munroe nailed him under the heart with the right. Sharkey was very unsteady and pushed Munroe to the ropes. In doing
 this Sharkey slipped, almost precipitat-
 ing himself through the ring. Near
 the close of the round MunToe swung
 on Sharkey's eye. which rattled the sailor, and he swung in longshoreman
 fashion. Munroe, on the other hand,
 was careful and gauged Sharkey care
 fully.
 Third round: sharkey was careful
 in the third. He guarded himself bet
 ter and timed his rushes. But some
 how he could not get away from Mum
 roe's left Munroe poked him three
 times in succession without 8 return.
 Sharkey directed his attention to the
 miners jaw, but Munroe danced away.
 and every time Sharkey rushed he fell
 all over himself. One time he caught
 Munroe around the legs to keep from going down. He also caught Munroe suspiciously low, and the referee promptly warned him. Sparring made
 up the remainder of the round:
 Fourth round: Munroe by this time seemed to have Sharkey sized up. His first punch was straight left on the mouth. He came back with right Iva rx,ive,d e,d i'm ro{1Y A aIf
 Munroe missed vicious left hook for the jaw. The blow just grazed Shar-
 key's cheek. Sharley then rushed. but the best he could do was to ham,
 mer Munroe lightly on the ribs. Shar- key tried to be clever but when Mum roe jabbed him a couple of times he waded in in his old way. As conse- quence he tripped several times. The crowd laughed at his efforts. Munroe did not seem to hurt the sailor, al- though he caught Tom twice on the face. Munroe was smiling when the gong tolled, while Sharkey was nettled and rubbed his nose, which appeared to be sore.
 Fifth round: About half a minute was wasted ill this round by both spar ring for an opening. Munroe was the first to lead with the left and he shot it on Sharkey's right eye, rasing tiny mouse. Sharkey aimed for body, but his punch was blocked. Munroe then nailed Sharkey under the heart. The ,, punch seemed forceful enough, but 1t only caused the sailor to come back for more. Sharkey sidestepped a heavy left and came back, landing lightly on Munroe's head with swing. Munroe kept landing his blows under the heart and on the body, The heart punches kept Sharkey in check and he began to vince under them. Toward the close of the round Munroe. who had Sharkey in a position to hurt him, let up. The crowd missed, but it was apparent that it was not his fault. He looked to be tired from punching Snar key. Sharkey went to his corner wob- bling.
 Sixth round: A couple of left iabs had Sharkey's face covered with gore. | Sharkey was full of grit and kept bor- ing in. Munroe by this time appeareA l to be confident and measured the sailor skiIlfulIy. Sharkey depended on his swing to end the scrap, but every time he made a lead Munroe stepped in and in this way Sharkey's swings went around Munroe's neck. Sharkey al- | most went to the floor from q solid left 1 in the ribs He steadied himself and 1 a minute later caught Munroe lightly l on the head. Sharkey was inclined to 1 clinch, but Munroe showed him off anu | broke ground at every opportunity. 1 Sharkey missed right for the body ! and clinched in time to avoid hNrd l jab on the mouth. Munroe then plant l ed the left on the eye and tried to | swing for the jaw. Sharkey ducked, l but ran into a left in the body. While | Munroe was endeayoring to shake l Sharkey out of a clinch the fight ended. | Both men were still strong, and the | sports regretted that the scrap could | not continue at least four rounds more.
 GOOD BATTLE TONIGHT.
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