The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-27

ne, q be jumping at me again ike a hr1ff-
oos tFylns Tor a throat hold He vas
50 anxious that three or four times he
swung on me after the gong at the end
OF the round he didn't mean % foTIf
ne he was too full Of fight 10 hold fn
AlohS IN the eighth round Tom SWIM
one INTO my ribs that made me double
Up Tor a moment. and drove the breath
OUT OF me 50 hard that Il made me
- = u INT lie kept rushing and jumping
~ On me al the time, although he was
settlrB a fierce beating about the bocfv
uad gwen Up the idea Of knocking
oLlarkey out IN short order now and
vas nghunS cautiously. In the tenth
We Wrestled all around the ring. Tom
vas rougnlng it. / retaIiated BY push
NJ NJ MN back agsinsJ the ropes and
-OiollS MIN there for several seconds
On his next rush 7 sent a short rfzht
Jolt 70 MS eye and opened q cut Tom
only W7nked at me through the blood
&c Is3ught along without paying any
ettSlAtiOA 70 II was feeling q little
tired about this time. but there's some
thlng curious about seeing the effect Of
a punch OF the other fellow After Sec
ING Tom bleed I freshened uD and 4
minute or so later hit Tom in the
stomach so hard JhaU ne doubled u
IKE "a Jacknife and landed sitting on
the bottom rope at one side of the RIM
The heat from the lights was ter
TIble- It was worse than noon in
the desert Ali around the ring men
haG taken on their coats and collars
ana rolled Up their shirt sleeves. Tho
sweat rolled or ShaTkey and myself
in streams. When landed on him the
gloves slipped as Il he was creased
Along about the fifteenth, Sharkey
landed right on my nose that fat
tened II and made me bleed hard he
started another. This time L hooked
niIn on the Jaw and staggered him.
As we came out for the next rally I
glanced Up at the signs 70 see what
round IL was, and Tom jumped in with
a swing that Just gTazed me and
lght have done 4 lot Of damage il ir
Ead landed He got one over 70 my
nose and started more blood Swing
after swing landed on my neck The
sailor was fighting Ike q whiTIWind-
wondered If he was ever going 70
tire he was as tough as wrought
steel And all the time he grinned
as II he liked the gruelinE- Once, as
we clinched, Tommy Ryan yelled,
Throw MIN OF, JeT-T Sharkey turned
his head and yelled back. I'll make
a sucker OF him and then I'll come
over there and get you"
In the nineteenth round We both tried
hard for knockout Sharkey landed
his left wrist ike 4 club on my neck
ated BY swinging my right on his ear
50 that II bulged Up and began bleed
ing.
In the rest after that r6End took a
drink Of champagne, and Delaney put a
chunk OF ice on my head We must
have been drying out Ike Sponges Tn
der that awful electric glare As we
came together again Sharkey swung on
my Jaw as hard as he could Twice
more he repeated the blow, and as he
backed away I could see by the look Il
his eye that he expected me 70 fan
When I only Erlnneo at him and WalkeI
in the game sailor looked disnesrteneC,
but only for second Then ne fought
harder than ever from that time on
however, I walked right into him,
punching for his ribs with my right
every time We came together Toms
mouth opened IN distress, but he was
such 2 game fellow that I didn't know
until next day that three Of his ribs
had been crushed IN By my punches
As we came within a couple OF rounds
Of the finish Ryan EaEe me more cham
payne and insisted upon my drinking
II. although I refused more than q sip
and Billy Brady begged me 70 rush and
-ry for knOckouL- II was a close ngrlI-
In the twenty-fOurth I had Tom tOtter-
ing after a punch On the chin He
clinched and hung on desperately and
from ne almost for the first time in the
The t7enty-hfth and last round was
a terror we stepped I'D ana shook
hands and then Tom was at ne with
another rush 7 threw up my left arm
and whipped my right into his ribs, and
he Sasped with mouth vide open I
landed on his chin with my right hard
enough to knock any ordinary man OUT
for half an hour Tom fell IN on me
and Clinched- He held on q long time
A. Taef 7 r,7-TIaT hfs am 6ov7r and
showed him away Then went N as
hard a I could for a Knockout
through the ropes He bounced back
and caught my left wrist under his arm
and held tight 7 punched him with the
right and he went down. pulling my
left glove OF as he fell. He was I'D in
a moment Meanwhile I lad backed
away and waved my bare hand 70 ref
cree Siler, who stepped IN and tried 20
put the glove On SharZev ran In
Siler shouted 70 him to keep or and
pushed him back Time was fuinE fast
and Sfler couldn't get the glove united
70 pull Il on my fist Tom couldn't
stand the suspense he lodged around
Siler and Jumped az me I waved my
hand az him, and than. seeing that he
wouldn't stop. jabbed him away And
then the bell rang Tom took one more
swing at me after the bell for good
measure and walked TO his corner. SiIer
gave me the decision II vas q very
close thing al that SharkeF bad fouEht
aggTessively al the way but many OF
his swings were wild, while my blows
seldom missed the mark came
through the fight very little damaged
while Shsrkey, with his broken ribs and
battered body, never reached the same
fighting trim again, and after being
beaten by Rubin and FitzSiumous re-
tired from the ring
take nv hat of 10 Tom Shsrkey-
He was as game q man as I ever saw
in q ring