The New York herald., 1920-12-03
LYNCH WEARS
DOWN SHARKEY;;
4 WINS IN 18TH
Weighing III Pounds, FL
snally Knocks Out Italian,
Who Tips Scales at 1872.
LASTS 43 S. IN THE FINAL
FFom the Seventh On the Ital-
r,faD Bravcly Tried to Stall
, an Off Defeat.

doe Lynch knocked out Jack Sharkey
In Madison Square Garden last night.
The, lend came after forty-three seconds
in. the fifteenth round of the most Cruel
ling fight yet seen in New York. From
the seventh round until the dramatic end
ShaelSey was bravely staing off de-
featv-defeat that seemed inevitable. His
gorilla like strength saved him time and
time again.
The coolness of Lynch was the win
ming mans salvation. He battered the
sturdy Italian with every blow known to
pusflism. He hooked. swung, jabbed and
upbercut his victim, yet, until the last
round, lacked that ounce of force neces-
sary to end it.
Thrice Sharkey was practically out
afffthrice he came back like a cave man.
The slender Lynch would measure his
man and then swing. Sharkey would
stagger against the ropes, dazed, but
slb possessed of sense enough to cover
his 5aws.
To the great majority of the throng
that filled the Garden it seemed as
though Sharkey had gained his feet
when Patsy Haley had finished count
ing, but Joe Humphreys announced that
th6cbeaten man was counted out
It~was a cruel beating that the West
Side Italian took. He started like a
wfnher his short clubiike arms failing
like propeller blades. He weighed lis
poands and his adherents said he was
weak: that his fighting weight is 122
LyIsch clean limbed and ghastly pale,
weighed III and was as hard as a hick-
cry esapling. Lynch boxed beautifully
and when called upon to slug, slugged
wit1 short. snappy hooks that seemed
certain to fetch victory.
w Kid Herman at Ringsidc.
AT the ringside sat the champion, Kid
Herman. and the galleries called upon
him-to witness the fate in store for him
should he fight the winner, as 1t was
apnounced he would. And when it was
aII.,over and the dazed Sharkey hauled
to Lynchs corner, too muddled and
strpefed to hear the uproar around
him. Lynch's friends-a thousand Of
them-closed in upon their hero, over
wHelmed him, threw cops aside, tore
coats and destroyed hats. Benches
were overturned in the bedlam and for
ten minutes afterward one cop-John
McGrath-was searching the debris for
his shield.
1T was an even enough fight until the
seventh round. In that round the
swarthy Italian tired of his In ncessant
Wild, swinging. 1t was much like the
Lethard- d-Welling fight. Lynch stabbed
ShaTkcy's sullen face with his left and
swoag right after right to the Italians
taw- Twice Sharkey fell through the
ropes. Once he fell to his launches. But
he was strong. He revived and fought
likeIa maniac in the eighth and ninth
rou4ds. driving his more intelligent OPP
ponent back by the very fury OF his
ruslres
In the tenth Sharkey, nerveless and
senseless of punishment. fell upon the
pale. Lynch and had any one of the
furious swings he let loose landed on
vital spot Lynch must have gone down.
IN the twelfth both men were weary
ofhitting and being hit. The crowd
inside the Garden was riotous The men
covfln't hear the bell They fought
themselves apart and were staggering
Once in this round Lynch landed a beau
tifully timed right on Sharkeys chin and
theltaveman went down. He refused to
taRe, count.