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fHad the Best of Sharkey Five Rounds Out of Six—Many Say He Is the Com ing Champion—Cor be tt* Sul I i van Mill Tonight—Champion the Favorite in Betting—Other Sporting Gossip.t: jf -Philadelphia, 1’a.. Feb. 29.—H» fore fully r. nno people .im Saturday night .Jack Munroe, tin* Butt*?, Mont., miner, had tin' best of live rounds out of six with Tom Shark* y. Munroo sprang an amazing surprise an 1 clearly outclassed his opponent. in only oneround did Sharkey seem to have* the best of him and that was in the fii *t. In the other five, Munroe fhowed great ccolness, while Sharkey grew' wild. Smirk* y tried his best to land a knock rut blow\ hut he failed and Munroe kept constantly playing for liis body, which soon showed lt;iTects. Even Sharkey's famous riiriit I and hook failed to materialize. Iloili mm wero lt;u t»?t ir fe et at the • nd of the si\ni round and acclt; rding *o the rules agreed upon, 110 dtension was given because a knockout was* not scored.All the local papers have given Munroo the honor of having the best of Sharkey, Fven Jam* s .1 Jeffries, fh*Ireavj weight e lampion oi the world, said that if there had been a decision rendered it would c rtainly have gone to the miner. Jeff, himslt; If, wasmuch surprised at the miner’s show* ii:g. It is not known whether he willm» et the miner or not ;s no decision was rendered. Every one who wit-mssed the great fight assert that Mtm-ioe is the coming heavy weight champion.
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Hamilton Evening Sun
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Mon, Feb 29, 1904
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