New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
Midget Smith
Beats Sl1arlxey
Inn Is Rounds
Cains Verdict of Referee
After Flooring Opponent
Twice i'll Last Session

Midget Smith was awarded the ref
eree's decision over Jack Sharkev last
night before one of the greatest crowds
that ever witnessed bout IN the ia
nous old Manhattan Casino. Afte,
fifteen rounds of fast fightinr thc
Judges disagreed and the referee
Thomas Smith, cave the verdict to
smith, who won in the last two rounds.
Sharkey fought cleverly and landed
often on the Midget, who rushed and
slugged from the first to the last
round. His punches, however, did not
stop the rush of Smith, and in the
fourteenth. when Sharkcy had good
him and knocked him all around the
ring, landing vicious right and left
hooks to the jaw.
Jack covered as we'll as he could
and weathcred the storm of blows. but
the fifteenth found him weak and leg
weary. and after short exchange of
punches Smith slipped over wicked
right 20 the face and Sharkey went
to tho canvas. Jack was up instantly,
but his efforts to protect himself We're
OF no avail. The Midget repeated the
right hook to the jaw and again
Sharkey took a short. count
omltn continues Attack
Smith continued the attack relcnt-
lessy. and he appeared quite capable
OF going five or six rounds more, al
though only one or two would have
been necessary to put Sharkey out. He
was mighty tired boy at the end OF
the fray.
1t was a hard fight for Sharkey to
lose, the division of point honors being
n lraN
rounds; Smith. four. and four rounds
even Had the fight ended in the
Jack would have won easily,
but the last two rounds, in which he
was so badly punished and knocked
down twice, brought about his down
fall. The decision appeared quite fair
and the big crowd seemed about
equally divided on the question.
Sharkcy showed all the cleverness
that won him a high place in the ban,
division, but he lacked
stamina. He covered often when the
going was hard, but whenever the
Midget connected Jack WINGED Smith
proved himself q great little battler,
but he still has lot to learn about the
game.
His ability to stand the gaff and &C.
liver singing punch carried HIM to
victory last night.
Donley Defeats Duffy
Mickey Donley, the Newark light
weight, made punching bag out of
Jimmy Duffy: Of the West Side, in the
semi-fnal the Jersey entry getting the
judges decision by VIDE margin after
ten fast rounds.
Mickey flashed wicked right acros,
which found the sturdy's Irishman's
law so often that Jimmy's face was all
out OF shape when he left the ring
Donley weighed 1882 pounds and
Duffy 1873.
In the first six-round preliminary
Pete Flain gained the JUDGES decision
over Charles Meaney. Flain easily
earned the award. lie was the aggres-
sor throughout and showed more ring
generalship than }Ieaney, although the
latter was a willing mixer. The
weights as announced were 1881 for
Flain and 11S for Meaney.
The next event on the card resulted
in a draw between Jack Redmon and
Barney McGovern, middleweights. This
bout was a CORY affair from start to
finish. The men were as evenly
matched as possible and each carried
a hard wallop
The Judges disagreed after the sixth
round and the referee called it Il draw,
which seemed fair enough