Show SHARKEY MARKEY FOUL the fight was Fitz from beginning SHARKEY LASTED 8 ROUNDS in the eighth was knocked out by it a hook under tinder the chin but the referee claimed that as he tell fell fitzsimmons struck him in the tha groin with his knee and gave hun him the right fight on dodl Deci decision mailed hissed by the spectators and denounced by all classes I 1 mechanics pavilion san francisco dec 2 no event in the tha history of pugilism on the pacific wast coast ever attracted public attention hero here as did the battle between the heavy weights robert fitzsimmons and Tho thomas mask sharkey tonight between and people occupied all the available space in the big I 1 mechanics pavilion and w watched a ached tho the contest which everyone regarded as aa I 1 I 1 P A 11 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 11 1 55 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 14 II 11 ill I 1 t 1 11 I 1 I 1 tom sharkey practically deciding the championship ot of the world the long lean new zee aca lander iander who has had a succession ot of victories V let 0 bics in the united states in tho the last five ave or six yeam entered the ring tonight with almost every apparent advantage in his tavor favor he could count upon pon his experience and science his height and reach and every other quality which enneis into the I 1 successful prize fighter against ilin him was the bailor lad ad who was unknown six months ago hut but who rose to tame farne recently when e he came e perilously near trailing avitt in the abia dust the colors of idol james jame s J corbett corbeit against the science and alid ox 0 pei lence and the superior height and leach ipach or of fitzsimmons was sharkey mith etli its his youth and strength probably one ot of tho the greatest examples of muscular development that the pr liering has produced A man not accredited I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 k N il 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 r 11 k a I 1 P 3 I 1 P 1 I 1 I 1 A i 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 VI I 1 I 1 I 1 7 1 1 17 1 robert fitzsimmons ritz simmons with tho the science of 0 or corbett Cor belt but who had proved that hoi he would be a chopping block for no one and who was known to possess moat inest remarkable strength and endurance and to fear nothing that ever stepped into a prize ring both men had trained hard and well for several weeks before the contest and particularly during the last lart few days and each had bad expressed the utmost confidence in his ability to gain a 9 victory and the ten len thousand dollar purse which the national athletic club offered the victor although the contest was limited to ten rounds there was waa hardly a spectator at the pavilion ickell tonight hl who did no not 0 expect ap e ct to see bee one on J or the other of the fligh fighters go down to defeat before the full limit of the fight 4 had been reached the men themselves vea evidently expected tho the same mons and his trainers were confluent that mot SI Sli t arkey would be put out in from one to lo live five rounds find and sharkey expressed every confidence that he would defeat fitzsimmons within seven rounds the betting belling public naturally leaned toward the man of oc experience and the odds in Fitz favor averaged about 2 ai to 1 in some ome few cases kolne going as hinh high as 4 to 1 but just before the tight the prevailing odds were about 20 n to 9 there was no lack of sharkey hh arkey money at these figures arid and many bets offered at even money and accepted c apted that would put ills hh man out bithia six rounds the national club had made most preparations coxs tor for the acht and ll it la Is probable that a similar contest was never witnessed wiam sr d by as many people tile alie four toot ring was located in fix the tee center of the ho pavilion the largest building of ff its kind in san sam francisco and over boxes accommodating froni rom six fix to ton ten persons persona each surrounded the ring anil and beyond the boxes o ond and nd in the galleries on four sides ot of the ibo building were row after row of chairs lvery every seat neat lu in the iha building was occupied and thousands of men stood up back of the rows ot of cli chairs alra one unique feature ot of the night was waa ill ahe fact that for the ferut time in tho the history of pugilism the management of the club threw open the doors to wo we men and several hundred women wera in attendance tonight nome gome of them gray haired hatred matrons matrona whose enthusiasm on tin tho subject had lid led them to venture beyond the bounds bound of conventionality one hundred pollee police and an a many more special officers were ili attendance and rid a hundred all in eye cv nine nang dreps ex the spectators to their peato i long before tha lighters appeared in 1 I the ring si solli miwa mass of n humanity was waa banked in from roin ame on end of 0 the pavilion to tho ilia other there wits no lark lack ct cf oil cn tl malam at any stage of tho the light and notwithstanding the long delay before the actual event ot of the evening occurred there was nothing but the v greatest grea goodnature good gold nature prevailing pro everywhere and there was not the slightest sign ota ofa disturbance several nary events preceded the chief contest and it was vilry very late laic when fitzsimmons and sharkey appeared li tha ilia ring one ot of the most noticeable differ clives in ili ill the men lilen was wait in rega regard d to height tho new ISe Slander being 6 feet 11 31 inches and ti haikey 5 teet feet 8 sia inches the seconds for were martin julian nan flail hickey und and jack ncr tor for Sh aikey bergl george er gL mini allen australian billy smith anki ami danny needham wyatt barp tile the famous arizona buike driver who bus bits figured in many a gunfight gun fight on the holder lio cr was waa chosen refer referee late this afternoon INART FIGHTS it was fully 9 before the ilia great crowd began it in make nn an nil ni tile the vast amount of 0 vacant seats outride ot of the pavilion stood a crowd sit mated at which commenced to as a early am aa 6 it Is estimated that the national club took in at cinat at tho the box onice at 9 before quart ra ot of the seats seals w were tr filled the preliminaries were calle d dand R ne d a number ot of local celebrities exhibited their lit prowess harry Rt efford a ot new orleans and jack howard of san run francisco came up fur for a three round go lou lon agnew of at chicago and fred mul jer cr of 0 san flancisco aught weights in A 11 ton ten round were the boxt at it was a rattling good right light from the call of 0 time muller made a good in ing 9 enill annl 11 tho the fifth lound found when agnew knocked him down sacral times the call kit of 0 time baked haved him but he lasted only about a halt hair minute lit in the sixth when licit it a succession ot of on oil tile the law jav put pul ter out THE CHIEF ACTORS lanky bob and stocky sharkey appear P ear on the scene san r dm dec 23 2 3 it was 10 when hon the event of 0 the evening was announced the crowd cheered and the cheers became it a roar when whon the ilia appeared ap leared show ed cd up fresh and received an a oration aaion sharkey appeared two minutes after and bis big welcome was equally as warm chatted with mith friends tit at the ringside as it a hard fight were not on ills ilia hands when entered ill the ring ling bob walked across the th ring rills wid and shook hands cordially with mith thes the sailor allor and his seconds both nien men were aeria enveloped in long iong bathrobes bath robes I 1 which they threw oft off before putting on tho the gloves it II was wai 9 then the disparity in the build ol of the tha two men was plainly sen seen se n loan long lone and si sinewy nemly looked like a pam ther cr wh while ile sharkey stocky and sturdy with his immense muscular development resembled a bear sharkey wore A 0 green sash with red white and blue trimmings ills hla right land hand was wag bandaged van mar introduced as the champion of the world which received a howl of 0 appl appi oval ROW OVER THE nee a wan its s little delay before referee wyatt earp carp lip appeared pearLd announcer jordan all announced that owing to rumors of martin julian refused to accept barp ear ae referee julian says he suggested beveral men to Shar keya keys backers this morning but fill all were rejected ile he says gays it a san sam francisco francl sporting man had come to him today inday and said the referee intended to give a a decision against his man this statement waa N as received with hisses caid jeers karp earp made a speech denying julians statement saying lie was square then dan lynch shai keys backer sald paid sharkey Sli arkey had lived up nil to every article in the agreement and was here bere ready to tight flight with fill the referee selected by the hie national club as ai a i per agreement the menai backers having failed to agree on a referee prior to 12 today during all this the argument arsu ment sharkey and eat unconcerned in their corne apparently oblivious announcer jordan anjou announced 1 l d that julian waa an ready lo ia take fit any vre feree in tile the house except harp earp julians charge against eart yaa was a surprise HS he tile the arizona has always 1 enjoyed a splendid ie as a square sport fitzsimmons raid ald tie be had riven up ill his big referee tit in all lips his find and woula have it in jai in flits ahr then n he ff its his bathrobe bath baili robe robi and added that he would insist that sharkey take the biln bandages dages off ills hands as lie he had nono none on hs sharkey S continued to tie ills his gloves and paid no attention whatever to the demand made by fitzsimmons lint but tile the referee walked river over and examined the bandage complained of and sharkey then removed the objectionable articles FIGHT 1039 p tn tho th men shake handy hands first round the men advance to the ilia center tit of the ring and hear a moment feints sei several eral times with hla his left but sharkey gets away fitz F landed light on Shar keya keys head sharkey clinches sharkey aw it ings big left at Fitz hotly body and a moment later landed A a hard left swing suing on oil Fitz neck sharkey ian landed INI right and left on Fitz lead head and ducked ft a vicious lift swing sharkey tried with big right for or the head hut but fitzsimmons got away sharkey ducked a hard right swing awing sharkey tries tiles for tile the body and rushes rushe I 1 land lill ills hla left on the body sharkey landed its hla loft left and got the bame in return fitzsimmons knocked sharkey down with his right twice in the jaw round ended with mith sharkey in his corner and fitzsimmons trying for his neck second round FItzsImmon it standing stand lne up before time Is called fitz landed a light left on the face shark sharkey ey rushed but FILz fitzsimmons sImmOns clinched fitz swings light fight and left but missed sharkey landed a hard left on the chest cheat fuz fitz st elm niona annina tried left for face but got light left on had h ad ducked c ked hard left sharkey Sli arkey ducked left and clinched fitzsimmons swung I 1 light ight but inis missed lied and then landed left on oil head fitz ft landed right on the head I iltz altz landed left on tho jaw w sharkey missed right and left tor fat it alic a head third round fitzsimmons rustled rushed hut but sharkey ducked and clinched low abai sharkey key tried left for the body find and then clinched fitzsimmons swings right and let left on tho the head shakey Shail tey swings right find and loft left but with little damage fitzsimmons staggered sharkey with right swung left on oil be head fitzsimmons swings lei lc lt t and sharkey ducked sharkey landed left nit oi face sharkey landed hard left on the wind and got fot away sharkey ducked a hard bard left baing sharkey doing most moat of tile leading for the and wind anti and attain again landed left hard ritz evidently laying to get in right on the he jiw jaw sharkey landed right and left on tho the liend head anti and peck neck and got goi two in return I 1 ellz itz duckor right suing fitz tried loft left for ili h head and round ended with FitzsImmon si fourth round sharkey landed left sharkey knocked fitz down with a left in tile tho win wind 1 I ile ho then ducked a left swing and landed left on the wind three times without a return key ducked right swing fitzsimmons landed left jah landed loft left 0 on I 1 tho the face ace and wind and nd rushed fitzs ammona to ilia ropes clinched fitz it tried led left for the head t twice lee a and n d missed sharkey tried for wind and missed sharkey landed left on the wind mind and got eft on head sharkey landed left swing on head staggering r inkins swung light fight and left staggering shai key honors even fifth round both nien stood up lip before call at 0 time lime fitzsimmons tried light fight for head sharkey clinched and threw fitzsimmons bleeding from cut over left eye landed left on face fitzsimmons tried left swing but fitzsimmons swung left on n neck and left on art wind 1 fitzimmons landed left ion anti right lead head sharkey ducked and 1 inched flinched sharkey landed ft on fac face tice til ice lightly fitzsimmons sImmons landed light on oil head tried right and fitzsimmons clinched lit jn a salm maire inaco fitz fit landed right on oil the ilia face twice and knocked Sharkey cloAn fit tried left lor for ram face and sharkey Sli arkey clinched sharkey clinching to lo avoid bonss all s swings when sharkey roll fell under th the lopis lopes cob bob kindly asal as aisted aled him to 1 his Is feet feel round ended in it clinch alith hound rushes and sharkey clinches fitzsimmons landed ded left on an face twice fill tried likht nr the jaw and fit alft landed left on race face twice sharkey landed light letl left oil ca head fitz altz swung right and shat shai key hey ducked and elble clinched lleti ducked duchek into lett left uppercut ammons landed right and left ew owing ng landed lett lert un face ace fitz fit landed light fight soil and left on tile jaw and sharkey dinkel din kean ked sharkey bar appeared tired at tile the e end or 0 th the isyou round nil hound ended mith sharkey clinching seventh round ris stung left on nil head beat sharkey landed left on ind fitz swinging for the head ant and ducked sharkey swung light ight I 1 tor for the head but inis sed fitz swung left on nn the iho race face twice and got am left ir ft and right light on ills his head sharkey eruik i lit in a clinch and is 1 hissed I ased fitz landed left jai jab over tile the damaged eye staggered with mith right and left on oil head sharkey swung wildly for tile iho head bend with light and left Fitza l linnion H jaba sharkey tit on the face twice with mith lett left sharkey ickey clinches to lo avoid punishment punched fitz fill in wind emco milli lah left fitz appeared tired alrod and not forcing foiling the fighting sharkey appeared frh eighth hound FitzsImmon a loads bead I 1 with ith left tor for frice find and inis sed but a I 1 L 11 moment 1 olne lit later landed right whir swing on oil 1 head 1 mil twice sharkey clinched and pushed 1116 hod to ropes fitz tried left ott on licad and tom countered coun t cred avith right on the head fitz boung i light ekht and left on head sharkey landed lett left swing on head fitz swung right on oil head and sharkey carne came back with mith left on nind mind fatz jabbed sharkey lit in face ace with mith left and asung nils right 01 on lh jaw twice lie he then right arm alov rn on face I 1 it noon had bad lih hn man mail going coldir and went at him ferociously A light ednd ing staggered the sailor bailor but then came a loft punch under the thin chin that sent bent sharkey over with a thud while tile marine was falling the referee milalma that FitzsImmon ts struck him in the iho groin ki oln matli his knee thus committing a foul Sli aikey ival iraa undoubtedly badly buri hurt no ho N wa a unable to move his legs though he clutched spasmodically at al ins ills groin with its ills gloved land hand |