Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1898 — Sharkey Defeated. [ARTICLE]

Sharkey Defeated.

San Francisco, May 7.—James J. Jeffrie* got the decision Friday night over Thomas J. Sharkey aftera rushing fight lasting the limit of 20 rounds. It was a battle between the two leading heavy weights Of the coast, fought before tl)« National Athletic club of San Francisco.