New-York tribune., 1920-12-03
Irish Bantam
Drops Italian
Several Times
Eud Comes Early in Last
Round at Garden; Win
ncr to Meet Champion
BY Fred Hawthorne

BY Fred Hawthorne
joc Lynch Knocked out Jack SharAav
" .he a4teenth round Of their bout at
Madison Square Garden last night, the
nd coming luSt forty-threc seconds
after the bell rang. \ hail Of rights
and ict,S 20 the Jaw brought about
SharAey's taiSh.
!, Wa LyrchS fight most of the way.
r,gn. rounds were his by a decisive
margin. Sharkey won the sixth, ninth
and tenth and the other four were even.
Lvrch was always the cleaner punch
,r and snot his blows to the mark with
pounded Sharkey's face in every round.
md Jacks eyes. nose and mouth we're
badly pviFsd from Joc's cutting blows.
Sha-key Was dead game. never giving
up ne hope that one Of his wild swings
would hit 4 vulnerable spot. Once or
twice he shook Joe NJ with these
punches but Lynch avoided most Of
rem by Godglng. rolling ms head, and
stepping inside me zonc OF ire
It vas = great tight and the contest
ants ~ere cneered every minute by q
sre~- crowd.
Canny Spectators Canned"
There was not only JOY OF the fight.
Bur IRE added and supreme JOY that the
looeo spectators ielt when they learned
.ha- ne cAnnF ticket spectators had
literally been Canned
a cock. long after the prelim-
nary bouts had been started. there WAS
d Iov q ducat scalpers along Twenty
seventh street. between Fourth md
Mao son avenues. barking their wares
ryerEtr'ng was being SO 1 al bargain
ate~- 30 rlnEside seats we're being
re6l'e+ 4 = q throw and so downward
or CORES pondlng scale Gentlemen
wao never had d ringside seat before
were ting right Undsr -ao guns last
rignt.
In one of tie preliminaries Jimmy
Sur~s oD- pointed Sammy Nable in ten
rounds Iae judges. Joe Ruddy and
iarty \ict -e. Sagreot, bat Neferee
Darsy Haley declared Burns the win
rer. All tas crowd agreed with him
5u -nea -s ro,1rs with lett laos
% ne tace and RICH. iriyes TO the iaw
paragraph ror-c be brief enough
Mi4set Smith ana Phi. Franchini. two
ta. .e.is lAr .t1-~-- NADcnel phil
cois lH>. twenty re seconds aft.r me
-uss began IT. the frst round. \ right
md -s;- to TIE jA,- .sr1ea the trick.
Lynch EntetS Ring Favorite
LTrca aa4 Snatkey were tAe next
7~r ~. Zee hoping the scales al 1T
.ri SaarEsv = pound more. Joe vas
-arorl-e when -rey started
Thu began the frst round ike a
ra.r e.. .pte-a-iVe dancers, ioo try
.GC = initiate aa cid pocSa BOOK loaded
"i,a -.1n explosives and Jack appear
~ e. 0aG man with . piece OF lead
p!-~ arl E. mean dlspos sit.on, whereas
eTc~.o0cT could see 1ha- he was merely
'rv-r 70 5e clever. 81. ne WASH ne
vas llst Jack Snarkey.
The second round found both boys
vir,rS or ne grease paint and pull AS
BE - and getting down % bus ess.
lyrcn earned mis- round and he next
ore arrlng >aarkcv with stiff up.er-
cu a. they sto0: IT c-ose and al the
t.ne Nersing q nasty -ieft jab @ lacks
ar ~larkey' swings we're missing
frs-r a-!y.
Sc4rsey began 20 take an earnest and
sc.i.- part in ire proceedings i: trc
.o-rt1 anr aIth sessions and earne al
'vel areek. connecting two O. three
i.D4s VIII hard swings. Jack earned
shade IN .ne sixth. Jar~ing Joe with
-a-s-Ec ign cross 10 the side Of the
sh.rAey Receives Beating
1e seventh Lyach ca-na lack Ike
-.l r..Jcal ID came near putting
'-e r1r-e i,--ie Slarkejt away. n Jack
~rsast him in neutral corner Joe
ell ped his opponent with q short right
19o- ~ -he ZIP o. The chin. Sharkey's
.aees sacgel ard ne a.ino7t fell. Back
.rc ay. Snarkey sid along me ropes
70 2 cher side of tae. ring. Joe
csr. rs victim against the ropes
-1f s.ot cruel rights and lets 70 the
&C.
Sankey's head feN outside the upper
s-faad and here, while Ne was practi-
70 = s-lD-es~. he took 4 terrific beat
frcn Iyncn. wno was hitting the
a-< axe 2 snarrsnooter ana bringing
t~ra.a ~ 1000. from JacE's nose and
.o1- S1arsey vas staggering and
weaa = the bell.
1acs ctI 4t,l@ more than hold in the
ou-ii a.s head cleared, out in
ne rtn snd tcnsn he came back a
his -eenan Ike = iittic bear and very
.ead Joe's ski o. defense could nor
see0 ~1arx-y aHay no. Tor the blows
-e-e falling Ike neil and terrific
p audded aorne oa Joe's thin jaw.
These .wo rounds we're Sharkeys by
t.-- saee~ gA..1g n '.nt
Tne eleventh wsg about an even
.reaI g. ID ,o-n we're satisfied u res
70 from tnc fierce pace and stay out
" re oat, zone unt4. tney recovered
-s-lr breath.
Lyscns srperior boxing skin showed
- advantage in The twelfth, ana ne
. sed 5aarxeys Gead - 4 punching bag,
.ora e.irnes holding Jac.'s dome in posi-
'on wi-n n,s left wailc he punched
vita his rgn. hand and Joe was not
u.i-snr many blow.
Aootaer breathing session in the
ta-r,eea.H and then the fourteenth,
aad f.,eDorks for Snar1ey. Lyncn snot
S. Re-. .a.. =