New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Challenger Is Outpointed in
Erery Round but Fourteentl,
.rowd OF $4,000 Sees Uninterestng Affair at Ebbets
Field; Dundee Tires in Eighth From Pummel-
ing His Opponent, Who Makes Poor Showing
By Jack Lawrence

Some thirteen thousand pullib
bloomer at Ebbets Field, in Brook
defended his junior lightweight {
retired bantamweight, and prospe
crowd went away declaring that i
Sharkey did last night he'd be the
Dundee won every round but the
fourteenth, and there were some kind
hearted souls who thought that this
to Sharkey. The fight was dull. I'M
interesting and altogether vapid from
the first gong TO the last.
Sharkey absorbed all of Dundee 8
drives with passive smile and came
back for more. The only punishme mt
in the whole show was taken by the
fans, who amused themselves with &C.
casional salvos of Kisses and booes.
Neither Sharkey nor Dundee APP
peared to be doing his stuff Both
were sluggish and fought in a mega
tive style. After the eighth round
the whirling Dundee seemed to tire
of making punching bag Of his adj
versary.
The only action in the entire fight
came in rare skirmishes, which were
usually started when Sharkey emerged
from an air-tight defense and swung
wildly with both mitts. His blows
when they landed were as Intellectual
as were the innumerable ones that
Dundee landed at will Neither man
was in trouble at any stage of the
lugubrious procee6i ngs, and the only
thing that even rcsembled a knock
down came in the fourth round. when
left swipe to the chin sent Sharkey
back on his launches. He took no
count and came back Immediately to
stop everything that Dundee had to
send over.
Sharkey Shows Up Poorly
The fight seemed to us to be the
worst that Sharkey ever fought. All
the fire and speed that once made him
the idol of fight fans had disappeared.
He could do nothing but act as back
stop for the varied assortment of
punches in Dundee's repertoire.
AS matter of fact. it ran true to
the form predicted in The Tribune
yesterday. Dundee won by mile and
was never extended. Kid Mcfarland
refereed the scrap and had little to
do.
Dundee was the first to enter she
ring and got warm welcome. Sharkey
followed a moment later and climbed
through the ropes almost unnoticed. He
walked over and shook hands with
Dundee and both smiled coldly at each
other. They posed fer pictures and
after the cops had tossed the photo
graphers out Of the ring they got down
to business.
Dundee's weight was announced as
1893, and Sharkey's as 1877, Both boys
seemed to be in wonde rful condition.
h,y aotS k.r q
narrow margin and this session was
marked by fstic fireworks. Johnny's
streaking left Redeemed Sharkey's face
and the latter was frequently forced
to retreat to the ropes to find out
what it was all about. 1t seemed
strange to the oldtimers to see Dundee
in a ring with a man smaller than
himself. Johnny himself seemed to be
somewhat at sea in the early going,
but when he caught his gait he made
Sharkey look cheap.
The second round was a riot and
its closing seconds found Sharkey
showing the first signs of life. After
taking wallop after wallop from both
of Dundee's mitts Jack opened up with
a terrific burst of speed He edged
drives to the body, but this flash was
the aged scrapper the round.
Dundee Scores at Will
In the third Dundee simply made g.
punching bag of the former bantam
weight He hit him at will and just
about where he pleased. He started
this session by settling Sharkey back
on his launches with hard left swipe
to the chin. Sharkey seemed amazed
and befuddled. 1t is doubtful whether
he ever saw so many fists at one time
in all his life. They came from all dl-
rections and each shot found it's mark.
Sharkey started the fourth with
furry of speed and drove Dundee
along the ropes under hurricane OF
lefts' and rights, but when the skies
cleared Dundee came back with his
wicked left and peppered away, while
Jack covered up and took refuge be-
hind folded arms. Sharkey wore a
sickly smile as Dundee stood off and
peppered him at long range.
The fifth and sixth were Dundee's
by wide margins, although Sharkey,
when he was hurt, occasionally emerged
from his covered-up pose and enllvened
matters with wild splutter Of crazy
swings. One or two of these drives
found their mark, but even when they
did they appeared to have no effect. =,
Dundees blows obviously lacked
steam, for time after time he had
clean shots at Sharkey's chin that
landed true to the mark, but they had
no other effect than to cause the ex-
bantam to cover up and start another
retreat Kid Mcfarland had little to
do, as there was almost no clinching.
In the seventh round left jab