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Is Sharkey, So All of the Critics Agree. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Tom Sharkey is actually surprising those who visit his training quarters by his show of science and agility. When he made his match with Corbett the odds against him were 3 to 1. When he enters the ring, Nov. 22, he will be close to a favorite. In spite of the reports that come from Corbett to the effect that he is in the best of shape, it is believed by a number of old fighters that unless Corbett wins Early in the Fight, he will not win at all. The ex-champion will find Sharkey an awful hard man to put out. There never lived a man that could stand more pun ishment than the marine. Many profess to believe that Corbett hasn't the strength to knock out Sharkey, no matter how many times he may strike him. Here is what Mique O’Brien says in the New York Telegraph about Sharkey: “As a matter of fact, the Sharkey of to day is an entirely different proposition from the rough and ready, clumsy, easily angered sailor of a couple of years ago. If Sharkey doesn’t put up a good, clean, honest fight, those who have seen him re cently Will Be Greatly Disappointed. Those who count on his losing the fight on a foul had better not regard that feel ing as equivalent to a hunch. In spite of the impression that Sharkey is a foul fighter—an impression which he is trying very hard to remove—the fact remains that Sharkey never actually lost a fight on a foul.” “Major” Gets Two More, Major Taylor clipped several seconds off the records for a quarter of a mile and two miles, at Woodside park, Phila delphia, Saturday. He went the quarter in 222-5 seconds and the two miles in 3:18 3-5. He was paced by quintuplets.
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Indianapolis Sun
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Nov 07, 1898
Page 8
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