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FIXING UP A FINISH FIGHT.
A Corbett=sharkey Battle
for $10,000 a Side to
Be Settled To=day.
SHARKEY THREATENS TO WHIP
CORBETT ON THE STREET.
The Champion Tells How It Hap=
pened==Denial of a Story That
the Fight Was Fixed.
The name Sharkey was uttered by thou
sands of tongues yesterday. He, the man
who really bested Corbett, the world's
champion pugilist, in four rounds, was
the hero of the hour. His star is now in
the zenith.
He appeared at the Palace Hotel last
night and was followed by a crowd as full
of mute admiration as any that ever fol
lowed Corbett.
The public opinion around town yester
day was that Sbarkey ought to have had a
decision the night before and that he had
the best of the fight. This the champion
himself, especially the part of it exclusive
of the decision, practically admits. He
admits that shrimp salad and French din
ners are no menu for a prize-figiiter in
training.
Such is the state of admiration around
town for the sailor lad that he can get all
the money he wants to back him in any
kind of a cont est with Corbett. There is
a quartermaster in that part of the Pa
cigc squadron of the United States navy
now down at Santa Cruz who wants to
put up $10,000 on him.
The story cropped out yesterday that
the whole battle was a "fake" fixed up as
a necessary prelude to an Eastern sparring
tour of the principals. This Sharkey ve
hemently denied in an interview, and if
he can't get another fight with Corbett ne
threatens to lick him on the street
James J. Corbett and Dan Lynch, repre
senting Thomas Sharkey, met yesterday
and neid two conferences in regard to
having a finish nght between the princi
pals.
They arranged to meet at noon to-day
to come to a final agreement, sign articles
and post $2500 forfeit for a fight to a finish
for $10,000 a side and the largest purse
offered.
It is proposed to fight in Mexico or any
where else except Soutn Africa inside of
six months, Marquis of Queensbery rules
to govern.
FOR A FINISH FIGHT.
Principals and Backers Will Meet
To-Day to Arrange One for
$10,000 a Side.
When at the close of the contest in the
Pavilion Corbett congratulated Sharkey
on his excellent wrestling qualities this
additional conversation took place be
tween them:
"I'm just as good a fiehter as you are
and I can whip you," said Sharkey.
"You can't in 100 years," was Corbett's
reply.
"I can whip you in a finish fight for
$10,000," added Sharkey.
Tben Corbett drew nearer. Raising tbe
index finger of his right hand to em
phasize his words he said:
"Remember, now, Sharkey; don't. say
what you don't mean. If you'll put up a
side bet of $10,000 I'll erive you a chance
for a finish fight with me. But you'll
have to put up the dough or it don't go."
In no way abashed Sharkey retorted:
"I'll put it up all right if you will. I'll
see you to-morrow."
Well, Sharkey did not see Corbett, yes
terday, but hiß representative, Danny
Lynch, did. It was just the same and
perhaps better as business more than
reminiscences was tai'red of and settled.
Lynch first saw Corbett at the St. Nicho
las Hotel in tbe morning and they decided
to meet in the afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Harry Corbett's place on Ellis street to
arrange for the prospective match.
It was subsequently decided that a more
retiree* place would afford beiter facilities
for uninterrupted conversation and the
hotel was again sought.
Corbett and Lynch, a dozen friends and
the newspaper men were present at the
conference.
"I understand Sharkey wants to fight
me to a finish; is that so!" asked the
champion.
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to arrange for a finish fight with ybu for
$5000 a side if you care to meet him."
"1 want to mpet him, all right," said
Corbett, "but he'll have to put up more
money than that. He will have to put up
$10,000. If Sharkey don't want that I will
post $10,000 and challenge any man in the
world. I had to do that when I challenged
Su'.livan and I don't see why Sharkey
should not do so with me."
Lynch was not long in deciding, but he
preceded his decision with an inquiry that
indicated his disbelief in Corbett's sin
cerity.
"Now, Corbett," he said, "do you really
mean you'll fight Sharkey for' $10,000 a
side?"
"I do," the champion replied.
"Well, how mucn forfeit do you want
down? Will $1000 do, or do you want
more?"
"My experience with Fitzsimmons has
made me dead careful. I want a good,
heavy forfeit deposited right from the
jump."
"You needn't be afraid," put in Lynch.
"This won't be a case of Fitzsimmons.
Sharkey isn't afraid of you; he demon
strated that last night."
"How?" asked Corbett.
"By fighting you for four rounds."
"Yes, how did he fight me? He threw
me down, bounced me about the ring and
wrestled both the referee and me to the
floor."
Lynch was anxious to get further into
business and he interrupted the cham
pion's train of argument.
"Now, I'll tell you," he broke in. "I'll"
make this match with you for $10,000 "
Before he could proceed any further
Corbett interrupted:
"Here," he said, "I want to know if it
is true that Sharkey said what was pub
lished in the morning papers, that I
I clinched as much as he did."
''I don't know what he said to the news
paper men; but to be candid with you I
will say that he told me you fought —
foul," stated Lynch.
"I'd like to ask that of Sharkev him
self," Corbett rejoined, "because I want to
know."
"What difference could his answer
make?" asked Lynch. "Would it inter
fere in any way with the signing of arti- j
cles in this case?"
"Yes, it would. If he said that, we'll
sign articles barring clinching. We'll
break when ordered ~by the referee, and
the man who don't do it will lose the
fight."
"All right, are you ready for the match?
Sharkey is."
"Yes, I'll bet $10,000," said Corbett, "I
can beat him in any kind of a match. We
will tight for the largest purse to be ob
tained in America or Mexico, but I bar
Johannesburg. 1 don't want any South
Africa in mine. You can rest assured I'll
be ready to fight under the management
that will offer us the most money. Sharkey
can leave his interests with me in that
respect."
"That's all right, Mr. Corbett," aaid
Lynch. "We must now agree upon a tem
porary stakeholder. As a matter of fact, I
am even willing to have the permanent
stakeholder selected here. I will agree to
put up not over $2500 immediately upon
signing the articles of agreement, $2500
more later on, and eventually the remain
ing $5000. This being settled, when do
youpropose the fight shall come off?"
"Within six months. It will take a
month anyhow before we get an offer of a
good parse. Leave that to me," said Cor
bett with a knowing smile. "I know where
I can get a good purse. But I want it
understood that we are to fight Marquis
of Queensberry rules, not the rules ob
served last night."
"Never mind that, Mr. Corbett," said
Lynch. "I will say right here that I don't
want anything but what is sauare and
fair. You will find no trouble either with
Sharkey or with me. Just as I do in a
horserace I will do in this, the judge's
decision to be final."
"As I am liable to be clear across the
country in a short time I want all details
for this affair settled and well understood
now." said the champion.
"That is exactly the thing," came from
Lynch. "I want the articles signed before
you leave. We must make the original
deposit as a forfeit with a temporary
stakeholder, and as I know a lot of good
people East that you also know I think it
won't be hard for us to settle on the final
stakeholder there if you do not want to
name one here."
Corbett could think of nothing else. It
was decided that each side would pro
duce articles of agreement to-day at noon,
discuss matters and try to agree'
"I want to tell you something, Lynch,"
Corbett said in the way of opening up
more discussion. "I made arrangements
for a light with Fitzsimmons, and then all
his money was attached. I don't think
the same will be the case with you. I want
it understood that I am not going to be a
fool again and leave $10,000 tiea up for a
year like I have done. I will not wait a
minute after the time the deposits are to
be made, but will claim forfeits when they
are due. Another thing >s tbat, regt»rd
less of what anybody says, this fight will
be for the stakes, purse and champion
ship of the World. lam still the cham
pion, technically and actually. I have
had a deposit of $1000 for six "months in
Chicago to fight Fitzsimmons and he has
refused to cover it."
"Dont be afraid on the money end of
this, Mr. Corbett," said Lynch. "Sharkey
has $5000 of his own money to go up on
this fight, and outside of that 1 will see
that the $10,000 :s there. I don't suppose
you care whose money you are fighting
against.
"No, that is all right," said Corbett.
"But I'll tell you something else I've just
thought of. Sbarkey must not fight any
body else, or enter into a limit d contest
between now and the date of our meeting."
"Will you bind yourself in the same
way?" asked Lynch.
"No; why should I? I am chan«pion
and have a right to do as I please. But I
don't think you quite understand me. I
mean that if he enters into a contest be
tween now and the lime of his fight with
me, and vets defeated, the whole thing is
off. I don't think, however, that he will
be so foolish, for he can make a heap more
money showing now, after the reputation
I have given him, than he could make
fighting and taking chances."
Lynch agreed with the champion, and
they parted each assuring the other of his
intention of signing articles of agreement
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, i»y<s.
and having $2500 to deposit as a forfeit at
noon to-day.
Sharkey already has an invitation to try
to become an actor. He will make his
dramatic debut at the Alcazar Theater
this evening, in a set-to with Danny
Needhain in "The Cross-Roads of Life,"
and will appear also Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Corbett Says His Neck Was Full of
Shrimp Salad and His
Stomach Sick.
A couple of slignt abrasions of the face,
a lacerated ri^bt knee and a contusion of
the right hip are the outward evidences of
James J. Corbett's meeting with Thomas
S bar key-
Away down deep, however, somewhere
under the left side of his vest, there is ah
awful sore. It is, of course, less physical
than sentimental, but it hurts and hurts
dreadfully.
Corbett remained in his rooms at the
St. Nicholas Hotel all of yesterday, where
many of his disappointed friends called
upon him to learn how it was he had not
annihiliated the obscure sailor lad.
"I fought like a Chinaman," the cham
pion declared, "and I have come to the
conclusion that a man can't train on
French dinners when he's going to fight.
•'Do you know what was ihe matter
with me? I just simply underestimated
the man I was going to meet. I want to
give him all the credit due him; don't for
get that. He is a wonderfully powerful
man, and can stand more than any one 1
ever saw. He is game all through, but he
is the foulest fighter that ever stepped into
the ring.
"tie disregarded all the rules under
which we were supposed to be fighting,
and he bounced me about the ring givine
me hiplocks and throwing me around as
if he had a hold of a brawling sailor in a
barroom fieht.
•'As i told you, I was not in condition
to meet such a powerful man, so as to stop
him in four rounds. I was carried away
with the fact tbat I had a California
audience about me, hundreds being my
own person&l friends. My father ami
brother Harry were right back of me, and
I wanted to show myself to good ad
vantage. I believed I could go at almost
any pait and stand four rounds of it, but I
found I was mistaken.
"In the first two rounds Sharkey kept his
head covered by his right forearm, and
swung his left, sawing the air. I should
have allowed him to keep doing this until
he changed his tactics. At all events, 1
never should have punched him while he
was so protected. But I wanted to spurt,
as I said before, and the pace told on me.
"When I went to my corner after the
second round, I told Delaney. 'Billy, I feel
that last shrimp salad up in my neck. My
stomach is going back on me.'
"In the fourth round, when Sharkey
fired me over his hip and knocked down
the referee, who f«ll on my chest, Carr
said distinctly, 'I give this fight to Corbett
on a foul.' l'then turned toward Delaney
for him to net ud on the platform and
claim the fi^ht. When Delaney tried to
jump up, Captain Wittman grabbed and
pulled him back.
"Maybe you don't think that fall I got,
with the referee landing on my stomach,
was a dandy. It just simply knocked the
starch out of me. It would have done as
much to any man, let alone one with au
already nauseated stomach.
"But, as I told Shaxkey, he is no fighter,
and I am ready and anxious to go him
again four, six, eieht or ten rounds, or to
a finish, for $10,000 a side.
"The next time I meet Sharkey it will
be a different thing entirely. I know my
man now, and I won't monkey with him.
He is good enough for me or anybody else
to train for properly.
"My financial end of the business
was all right. I got my 60 per cent,
amounting to exactly $7063," concluded
the champion.
WILL LICK HIM SURE.
Sharkey Says What He Will Do to
Corbett to Please the
Public.
Thomas Sharkey, the hero of the hour,
spent some of his time and hard-earned
coin last evening leaning over the Palace
Hotel bar.
At best the now famous sailor lad is not
handsome. But, with a right eye made
black and blue by Corbett's punches, a
few abrasitfns on the forehead and cheeks,
also a swollen red nose, he was in ill keep
ing with the rich and tasty surroundings.
Sbarkey was not drinking. He never
drinks as drinking is usually understood.
He might take a small glass of beer,
which would drive an ordinary seaman
crazy for more, but he never touches hard
liquor. He was smoking a large dgar
with evident delight and was entertaining
an admiring throng.
Sharkey is not one of those fighters who
are full of mystery. He has no "Coups de
Jarnac" is reserve, and he is as free as
the air with all he knows and feels.
He rehearsed, his battle with Corbett all
over again for his friends, and also told
them what he expected to do with the
champion when they next meet in the
ring.
Incidentally Sharkev displayed his high
regard for the dear public.
"They are my friends," he said. "They
showed it last night. Everybody knows I
can whip Corbett, and he knows it, too.
"I am trying to make a tinisn-fight agree
ment with him, and you caniuet bet tnat I
will fetch it on. There will be no monkey
j work with me like there was with Fitz
simmons.
"If Corbett tries it with me I'll meet
him on the street and lick him anyhow
just to please the public."
"ALL CUT AND DRIED."
The Coming: Match Said to Be a
Purely Advertising Scheme
for Both.
There is an ugly feature cropping up in
this whole Corbett-Sharkey matter.
Whether right or wrong, it is spoken of
in whispers among that inner clique con
sisting mainly of betting men, bookmak
ers and the like.
They are the very men who are likely to
know of crooked work being done, but, on
the other hand, they are the ones best cal
culated to spread damaging rumors for
motives of their own.
"This match Corbett and Sharkey are
trying to make Is a cooked-up job," was
the expression of belief volant eered to a
Call reporter yesterday.
The speaker said the same thing in re
gard to the matter the day previous a few
hours before the Corbett-Sharkey light
took place.
The statement he made then was that
Sharkey would make a great showing, and
with the reputation he would gain by
standing Corbett off, the latter and he
could make capital galore in the future.
"1 have seen their : contract," was as
serted in a most-positive way. "They
signed it a day or two ago, and it calls for
their going on a tour as sparring partners,
or in working up a big purse for a fight to
a finish."
It is certain that matters have turned
out in such a way as to give color to the
statement. •
In speaking on the subject, however,
Sharkey yesterday said:
"That is not true. There's nothing in
it. I never made any such agreement, and
I have no contract in my pocket or posses
sion. If there is any such" arrangement it
has yet to be made. I'd rather meet Cor
bett in a fight to a finish than tour the
country with him.
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SHARKEY INCENSED.
He Is Extremely Anxious to Have
Another Go With Cot bett to
a Finish.
"Yes," remarked Sharkey emphatically,
"I want a rest now worse than anything
else, and then I intend to get a finish
fight with Corbett, if I can. I will fight
him or Fitzsimmona, or any one else in
in the ring today, as soon as I get a little
rest.
"You want to remember that I have
had no rest for nearly three years, simply
because I have met all comers. I am
tired of training all the time. After a
couple of months I will fight any of them,
outside of a nigger. Don't want any
'colored' gentlemen in mine," he con
cluded.
Sharkey was asked how much he would
make out of this fight. He said he was
unable to tell, as all that business was
left to his backer. The amount is com
monly supposed to approximate $3000.
On being asked if he got in any telling
blows on Corbett his countenance lighted
up with a grim smile.
"Well, you can just gamble I did,'* he
replied. "I gave him more than he gave
me."
"What was the hardest blow you struck
Corbett during the fight?"
"The time I knocked him over against
the ropes was about the hardest thump, I
think. Then I gave him a pretty stiff
punch in the jaw— the time he fell. That
was a peach."
"Did Corbett come up to your expecta
tions in the fight?"
"Oh, yes; he was fully as scientific as I
expected him to be. But, then, you
know," he added, with an injured air,
"the public is inclined to give me no
credit for being clever myself at all. Hang
it, I have as much science as any of them.
Haven't I fought the most scientific men
in the world, among them being Choynski
and Greggains? And now oughtn't my
showing with Corbett to convince them
tbat I am no slouch?
"You can just bet," he went on, "that
there are no flies on Tnomas Sharkey, if
he does say it himself. Corbett didn't hit
me in the mouth once, while I banged
him there three times, one after the other.
"The only blows he hit me were after
the breakaways. I promised, at his re
quest, to break like a gentleman, and stuck
to the promise. I always fight fair — for
instance, the way I fought Williams. Cor
bett said, 'Break away nice, now,' and the
first time we broke be landed on my eye.
"Well, just wait until I get another
chance at him — say in a finish contest or
anything over ten rounds — and then "
The sailor lad paused with lowering brow
and set lips in ominous silence. "Woe be
unto Corbett next time we meet," is what
the expression said more plainly ihan
words.
"Now Fitzsimmont is in England and
Corbett signifies his intention of going
there to meet him. I guess I can give him
all the fun he wants for awhile on this
side. There is just one more thing I want
to say here, and that is: Of all the foul
fighters under the sun Corbett stands un
rivaled. If we ever meet again I will do
him up."
IN A BATH ROBE.
Sharkey Receives Visitors Notwith
standing: a Red and Black
Eye.
The sailor lad received scores of visit
ors yesterday in a bathing robe. He
was taking a post-graduate course of
sweats and various batns and lone inter
missions of rest at the Hammam. Per
sons who want to see Sharkey now must
send in their cards or their names. Before
the battle he was open to all, but is a little
more exclusive now.
But this does not mean that tbe sailor
lad's hat is getting too small for him. He
is just as reserved as ever in his manner,
but he is now inclined to do a little more
talking. He has met th? champion and
found that, he is not such a great man as
he thought. Consequently he feels more
self-confidence and more like asserting
himself.
Sharkey has a bad right eye from the
jab that Corbett gave him in "one of the
breakaways. The leeches, put on the night
before, did not bring ail the relief ex
pected, and yesterday the color of the
injured optic was deeper. But pugilists
do not mind a black eye, especially after a
well-fought battle, ana that is not the
reason that he is staving indoors. He is
simply resting, and when he gets ready he
will walk out before the world, perhaps
to-day. Considering the circumstances,
this is a case where a black eye is not a
source of humiliation, but perhaps an
honor.
WON'T FIGHT MAHER YET.
Sharkey Says Corbett Promised
Him Money If He Would
Quit.
At the baths yesterday Sharkey told a
remarkable story of the champion be
seeching him during the fight to quit and
promising him a consideration if he would
doit.
Ho said that in the last round Corbett in
a clinch said to him, "Quit, Tom, quit,
and I will make it all right for you."
"This made me hot," said the sailor
lad, "and 1 fougnt all the more savagely.
Corbett was dead tired and I could not
shake him off. He held his left arm
around my neck and I was powerless to
do anything, as I could not get away from
him. FinaUy I did manage to break
away, and as I turned to smash htm in the
face he grabbed m« again around the neck
and tried to choke me. This is what ne
calls fair lighting.
"Well, I went at him again and we
clinched. He then turned to the referee
and said: 'Announce me the winner.
Sharkey has quit.' Tben I was wild, and
as the referee got between us I pitched
both of them to the floor.
"Corbett's next trick to save his wind
and himself was to beckon the police to
come into the ring, which they did. If he
had done the same kind of fighting that I
did tbe referee would have given him the
match, and that's all there is to it.
"I was informed last night tbat Corbstt
fainted in the carriage while being driven
from tbe pavilion to bis hotel," be con
cluded.
Sharkey stated that he would fight Cor
bett again, but not till he takes a rest of
two months at some spring in Colorado.
This rest he wants before he puts on the
gloves again with anybody.
Sharkey will not give any attention to
Peter Maher's challenge, as be wants a
rest after having so many fights.
A NEWSPAPER FIGHTER.
What "Denver" Ed S mlth Calls Cor
bett, Talking by Wire From
New York.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 25.— 1n an in
terview wfth a representative of tbe
United Press to-night "Denver" Ed Smith,
speakin g of the Corbett-Sharkey tight last
night said :
"I knew Corbett was overrated. He is
only a newspaper fighter. I have been
after him for years, but he has offered all
kinds of excuses, saying, among other
things, that 1 am a second-rater.
"Corbett's class must now be a tenth-rater
if I am a second-rater," he said, "when he
could not lick a novice like Sharkey. If
Corbett don't cover my money and will
make a match with Sharkey it shows be is
afraid to fight me; and should they fight
they cannot fight for the championship
unless they meet me, as ray money is up,
and under* the rules of the ring I am the
only champion pugilist in the world.
"I will meet Corbett at any time or in
any place, and will fight him with bare
knuckles or gloves," said "Denver" Ed.
"Now, if he is a man and not a coward
let him show tbe public that he will fight,
and I will guarantee to punch his big head
off. I would also like to have a few rounds
with Tom Sharkey, either in the Madison
square Garden or California, to show the
admirers of boxing that I am a better man
than Corbett."
Smith is backed by Hildebrandt and has
51000 posted at the "Police Gazette office to
h'cht Corbeit for the championship of the
world, under the recognized champion
London prize-ring rules with bare
knuckles. Corbett as yet has not covered
this money.
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THE BATTLE REVIEWED.
Said to Have Been Lucky for Cor- j
bett That It Was Not a Six-
Round Go.
Now tbat the smoke of the Corbett-
Sharkey battle has cleared away some of
its points of attack and rally can be more
clearly seen.
It was a proud smile that "the unde
feated champion of the world," as Billy
Jordan announced him, wore when he |
stood up before the new Sullivan at the |
beginning of the first round. The smile I
was there still at the opening of the second
and when the gong sounded for the third,
but by the end of that round it had lost all j
of its condescension, and in the fourth it
had entirely vanished. Even before the
third round Corbett had discovered that he
had all the hard work he wanted and that 1
Sharkey was not only setting the pace but j
cutting out the shape of the cloth. He
whimpered to his seconds tnat it was roast
beef and hominy instead of a French dinner
menu that was being served and that the j
bill of fare was unexpected.
Close observers and many old-time pa
trons of the ring thought they observed
signs of "grogginess" in Sharkey as he
walked to his corner at the end of the sec
ond round. His right eye, where Corbett
uppercut him in the first round, had
swelled up and be seemed a little bit dazed.
Up to the beginning of the third round
Corbett clearly had the best of it. His !
vastly superior science and generalship j
was apparent to the most inexperienced ob
server.
But at the end of the second round the
champion's trolley was off. He was out
of wind, and it could be discerned that he
was rapidly losing breath and strength,
though he tried to smile and hide it and
deceive the spectators. Sharkey made the
pace too hot.and from that time on Corbett
was really on the defensive and using the
best tactics at his command to prevent be
ing knocked out.
The programme had suddenly changed.
It was Sharkey stopping the world's cham
pion in four rounds instead of Corbett put
ting out the sailor lad at any stage of the
contest.
The champion had made a mistake.
His superior sparring ability rose above
Sharkey as an elephant towers above a
mouse, but his staying qualities, his ener
gy, were soon gone and then lie began to
devote himself to his own salvation.
It was plain to all that had the fight
continued but two more rounds, and prob- 1
ably only one, that the champion would
have been prostrate and Sharkey would
have been his conquerer.
The mistake that Corbett made was in
making so little preparation for the battle.
He underestimated his opponent and i
trained for only an easy four-round con- j
test where he would have it entirely his j
own way. As a matter of fact Sharkey had !
the best of the battle.
Notwithstanding his virtual defeat last
night the judgment of the best sporting
men around town is that with proper
training for a finish fight Corbett would
win out, though Sharkey would have a
chance and give him as much work as he
would want, Marquis of Queensberry rules.
But at London prize-ring rules, where
wrestling goes, Corbett would imet his
Sharkey just as Sullivan met his Corbett
at New Orleans.
In an inteiview with Sharkey yesterday
afternoon as to whether he was dazed at
the end of the second round, he said :
"Not for a second ! I was not 'groggy.'
I would not have got the blows I did had
not Corbett uppercut me in the break
away. Outside of that he never landed on
me so that it affected me a bit. I'll fight
him to a finish right now."
RULES NOT VIOLATED.
Marquis of Queensbery Rules Say
Nothing: About Blows In the
Breaking: Away.
There is a widespread opinion that Cor
bett struck Sharkey foully when they were
breaking away, and at the ringside he was
hissed by many for these blows.
The fight was under Marquis of Queens
bery rules.
There is no reference whatever in these
rules to clinching or hitting when clinched.
Then as a matter of fact Corbett did not
violate tne rules in upper-cutting Sharkey
while they clinched or in breaking away.
Sharkey, however, claims that he agreed
with him to "break away nice." While
this personal agreement, may have been
violated there w»s no infraction of the
rules by either man. .
PARSON DAVIES' OFFER.
Posts a Forfeit for a Match Be
tween Choynskl and Sharkey
or Corbett.
CHICAGO, 111,, June 25.— "Parson"
Davies. manager for Joe Choynski, has
posted a forfeit for a match with Tom
Sharkey, who gave such a good account
of himself in his bout with Corbett last
night.
Following is a copy of the challenge ia
sued on behalf of Choynski. It is ad
dressed to the sporting editor of a San
Francisco paper:
ItearSir: I have deposited $1000 with Will
J. Davis, manager of the Columbia and Hay
market theaters, this city, in support of the
following offer to Tom Sharkey, who has just
made such a splendid showing with James J.
Corbett in your city :
I will match Joe Choynski against Pharkey
for a finish contest, Qneeusbury rules, for a
side wager of $5000, at any reasonable time
after siguing articles. In the event of tbe con
test taking pla<;e in or near your City I will
transfer my money to your paper, which, I
trust, will act as financial stakeholder.
In the event of such Sharfcey not desiring to
engage in a finish contest with Choynski, I am
prepared to make a match of eight rounds,
Choynski o attempt to stop him, under the
same conditions which governed their former
contest.
The marine champion failing to accept either
of ihe above offers, the following proposition
is made to James J. Corbett: Joe Choynski will
box him eight rounds. Should Corbett stop
Joe. he is to take the entire gate receipts.
Falling to do so, he is to forfeit the same.
As Choynski's showing with Sharkey was far
superior to Corbett's, and as Sharkey publicly
stated that Joe was the greatest fighter he had
ever met, this should prove a good contest.
I trust I will receive an immediate answer to
the above, as I am arranging matches between
Dan Creedon and Peter Maher with Joe. The
above propositions, however, hold good Irre
spective of the results of the contests with
Maher and Creedon. Yours sincerely,
Chari.es D. Davies.
WILL BACK SHARKEY.
The Flagship Philadelphia's Quar
termaster Has $10,000 to Bet
Against Corbattor Fltz.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 25.— Pan!
Hermann, quartermaster of the flagship
Philadelphia, stated here to-day that h<
would back Sharkey with $10,000 for a fin
ish fight with Corbett or Fitzsimmons.
Hermann expressd satisfaction with
Sharkey's work in his four-round bout
with Corbett and said he was confident
that Sharkey would have knocKed the
champion out if tbe police had not inter
fered.
His enthusiasm or his knowledge of
Sharkey, who owes his success :o the
quartermaster, leads him *o openly assert
his belief that there is not a man in the
world who can best the sailor boy in a
fight to a finish.
What the Fighters Made.
The net receipts of the battle were over
$13,000. Corbett'B share is about $7000,
and Sharkey gets about $2500. If tbe
fight had been to a finish the chances arc
that the division of the receipts would
have shifted ends.
Frequent vigorous rubbing of the hands
will promote the circulation and keep the
skin in good condition. Care should be
taicen of the nails, too — they should be
soaked in hot water occasionally and kept
neatly trimmed.
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day and Saturday. Look g f*~^ « we're doing has seldom
to your Sunday needs, P> ■ 1 3 been seen in this ♦•neck-
Remnants by the bushel v . § 3 o'-the-woods." Mad to
in this department. &? r*"V S~l 3 buy in big lots to get
- ' " ? >o o< such values as these.
£ t^ /[ 3
We place on sale this morning £■ ■ I 3
special lines of FANCY MESH J° I I 3 „„ „,»
VEILING. Afuliassorrmentof >° I .IF °< 25 LADIES' BLACK AND
colors and a large variety of de- Jo •■» Z. °> BH X SERGE SUITS,
signs. Values will be better than Jo r*| E <=< double-breasted loose front,
ever. Jo V. f « 3 A mU lined, skirt lined with
Jo B o{ • rustle percallne and bound
U \^ I o< with velvet, sizes r!4 to 42.
____ jo g^ :** I 3 A bargain xt . $16 60. Our
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buttons to match, colors tans." C / % 3 ' - „-',->»• At
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" %ss£<[ O METAL BUCKLE g *••- 1 r^ 3 35 LADIES" TAN JACKETS.
BELTS, 2 inches wide, r gu- £* II 3 strictly up to date and very
lar 15c and 25c. Special P 13 nobby. imagine a $10 Jacket
g II 2 -and you have It Our price is
5c Each. I J^-n | $5.00.
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all lines if the lengths suit your purpose. Call early.
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HALE BROS.,
INCORPORATED,
937» 939* 94»» 943» 945 Market St.
PIONEERS' NEW YACHT.
She Will Sail Under the Club's
Colors in All Re
gattas.
Handsome Acquisition to the Pleasure
Ciaft of the Bay Built by
Julius Heiming.
The Pioneer Yacht Club, formerly the
Bilge-water Yacht Club of this City, has
just added another yacht to its already
large fleet of white-winged flyers, and it
will not be long before the Pioneer Club will
ha\e the largest fleet of any yacht club on
the bay.
At present over twenty-five yachts, rang
ing from 20- foot plunrers to 45-foot sloops
and comprising some of the fast st yachts
on the bay, notably the Magic, Volunteer,
Sam Vincent, Mary and Ariadne, are
among the present fleet, and before long
several new ones will be added, as several
yachts are now being built along the shores
of the southern end of tbe harbor, the
ownerß of which are members of the
Pioneer Club.
The latest addition to the club's squad
ron is the magnificent new yacht Elthe,
owned and built by Julius Henniug, a
young yacht builder of local fame.
She is m odeled after the new yacht Sam
Vincen t, which wag recently launched ou
Long Bridge, is 28 feet long, 11 foot beam
and 3 feet 2 inches deep.
She whs built on what is known as the
"old hulk," a steamer long past its days of
usefulness and now used as a boat build
ing and repairing shop oif the Arctic Oil
Works.
Mr. Henning at first contemplated mak
ing the boat after the Eastern models,
with cutaway bows and a fin keel, but
after noticing the work of several of this
style of yachts here he concluded that
straight bows and a full stern were prefer
able to the other style. He says that it
will be conducive of just as much speed.
He is ready and eager to try conclusions
with any of these cutaway bowed and
drawn in sterned boats.
The Elthe was built with a view to sta
bility. Her keel is a one-length stick of
well-seaßoned oak 4 inches thick. Her
timbers are also of ste:im-bent oak. 2
inches thick and 1% inches wide, and are
pl.iccd 6 inches apart. Her planking is of
cedar. She is ripged with a centerboard,
7 feet long and 3 feet high. Her cabin is
a thing of beauty, paneled with highly
polished white and Spanish cedar, which
is embellished with a magnificent hand
worked border. The ceiling has been
sandpapered and polished till it has a sur
face like a mirror.
The cabin has accommodations for about
twenty people. In the forward part are
arranged clotheslockers and a toilet, and
aft lockers for dishes and provisions. On
each side of the cabin are placed folding
bunks, which, when not in use, can be set
up against the side of the boat, giving to
the cabin plenty of available space.
She will carry a good spread of canvas.
Her mast is 34 feet high ; the ma^n boom of
the mainsail is 30 feet long, the caff 14 feet
long and the perpendicular hoist 22 feet.
She will carry one jib of the following
dimensions: 14 feet long on the hoist and
30 feet on the stay. A mainsail and jib
will be her working sails, but in addition
to these she will be equipped with a com
plete suit of racing sails, and in the future
regattas the Eli he ought to show up well
in any event she enters.
TACOMA FINEMEN STRIKE,
Will Leave Their Pout* Unlr-mt Back Sal'
arira Are Paid.
TACOMA, Wash., June 25.— Thirty-nine
' ity firemen to-day sent a letter to Mayor
, Fawcett, informing him that because eight
mouths' back salary was due them they
would quit the city's service on July 1.
A special council meeting has been called
for to-morrow to consider their plea.
Insurance men demand that the depart*
ment be maintained at full strength. The
city has nearly $100,000 in the treasury,
and the present dilemma is caused by the
necessity of an investigation, now nearly
finished, as to the legality of outstanding
warrants. Pending this cash cannot be
applied to the redemption of old warrants,
nor new warrants be issued, because the
legal limit Has been reached. It is believed
the council will arrange to pay the firemen
something.
A woolen rag saturated with boiled lin
seed oil is recommended for removing
scratches from a highly polished surface,
which may afterward be varnished with
shellac dissolved in alcohol.
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