The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-28

eyes were swollen from vicious right and left swings of the Butte miner. In only one round. the first, did Sharkey have any advantage over Munroe. After this the battle was almost wholly in Munroe's fa- for.
 h4en Munroe began to find the sailors stomach, Sharkey became wild and near ly all of his leads went around Munroe's neck In the fifth round Munroe had his antagonist in trouble and again in the sixth round Sharkey was in great dis tress.
 Straight From Shoulder. The blows which Munroe landed on sharkey's stomach went straight from the shoulder and were hard enough to knock out many fighters. The general opinion seems to be that Jeffries will now be called on to defend the championship against Munroe.
 Sharkey and Munroe arrived early in the afternoon. Sharkey was accompa- nied by his manager, E. R. Buckley, and his seconds. Munroe was accompanied by half dozen seconds. Shortly after their arrival. both men met at the Scott house and weighed in for the satisfac- tion of a large crowd of sporting people. Munroe tipped the beam at 106 pounds and Sharkey at 1S2 pounds. Previously to the contest. sharkey said:
 sharkey's Statement.
 'I have trained faithfully for this con- test and expect to win decisively. l ex- pect to knock Munroe out before the sec ond round"
 Munroe was equally confident. T ex- pect to be Jeffries' next opposition have trained with that object in view. l believe I can defeat Sharkey. If l do not, will be disappointed" Sharkey's seconds were Tom Buckley, "Jabber" Carey, Spike Sullivan and Tom Riley, while "Kid' Mccoy, "Dan" Hawkins, Willie Fitzgerald and Mig Grizier looked after Munroe Sharkey entered the ring at 10 o'clock. He was given tremendous cheer by the crowd.
 Munroe did not enter the ring until ten minutes later. He was well received. The referee called the men to the center and gave them their instructions. The fight was Marquis of Queensberry rules, six rounds, 75 per cent of the gross receipts to be divided between the men, 25 per cent to go to the loser. No decision was to be given.
 The Fight By Rounds.
 Round 1.-Sharkey led and missed Mum roe landed left blow on Sharkey's ribs and the latter fell through the ropes but did not land on the floor. Sharkey land ed right on stomach and Munroe a left to Sharkey's wind Sharkey missed left and the men rushed to clinch. They spared for an opening and on a rush, Munroe slipped and fell to the floor. sharkey- missed a left swing, and Mum roe missed a right. Munroe drove left to Sharkey's nose and right to stomach, and got away without a return. Sharkey missed a left swing and then landed right on Munroe's jaw sending him to the floor. While he came up Munroe clinch- ed to save himself Sharkey landed an other left to the jaw which bewildered Munroe. The men were clinched at the bell
 Round Two. Sharkey landed viciously over Munroe's | stomach and the men came together. They spared for a second and Sharkey landed a right on Munroe's stomach. Munroe tried for the head but missed. Sharkey landed a light left on Munroe's stomach and then slipped to the floor Munroe tried a left. but Sharkey stepped | inside and landed a light jolt to the stomach. The men rushed to a clinch with no damage. Munroe landed right on Sharkey's stomach and repeated it a mo- ment later.
 Round Three. Sharkey landed with swing to head and missed another lead. Munroe sent right to stomach and both rushed to clinch and Munroe landed left on stomach The men spared for second and then sharkey landed a light left on wind Sharkey was short with right and Munroe countered with right to the wind Munroe staggered Sharkey with straight left to chin. Sharkey rushed in but Munroe met him with right to wind. Sharkey was wild Munroe missed left for head but landed hard right to the wind
 Round Four.
 Munroe landed right to Sharkey's wind and the latter cinched. They spared for | a moment and then rushed for another clinch. Sharkey landed right and Nun roe landed his right on Sharkey's wind Sharkey missed a right to stomach and Munroe drove left to sailors wind Sharkey landed right to Munroe's stom- ach and the men clinched. Sharkey's s right went around Munroe's neck without damage. Munroe pushed his left to Sharkey's nose and got away without a return. Munroe landed another left on Sharkey's face and the latter slipped to | the floor. Munroe landed hard right on | Sharkey's stomach and the latter looked pained. There was sickening expression | on his face The men were clinched as the bell rang.
 Round Five. | Sharkey missed a right swing and the men clinched, Munroe landing a light left 1 and the men clinchedf again. When they l broke away, Sharkey tried a leftsfor, the I head but was short. They came together | and Munroe landed on Sharkeys wind. He missed the right for the same point a I moment later. The men rushed together, | each landing hard right on the stomach. Munroe landed vicious light on Shar- keys eye drawing blood. A moment later l Munroe landed a hard left on stomach, forcing Sharkey to clinch. Sharkey tried right to stomach. but missed and Munroe missed a left aimed at the same point. | The men were sparring when the gong l sounded
 Round Slx.
 The men rushed to a. clinch. Munroe landed right to Sharkey's stomach and Sharkey's left went around Munroe' Is neck Munroe drove hard right to Sharkey's wind and pushed his head back | with left Sharkey landed a left on l Munroe's head, but missed a right for the same place a moment later. Munroe landed hard left on Sharkey's jaw, and the latter looked worried. Sharkey landed a right on Monroe's wind and the latter onened SharYrey's eye with a vicious left