Richmond planet., 1926-10-09
The White Boston Heavyweight is Confident


lbOStOn heavyweight, dTTlNeu mere
early yesterday morning to finish up
his training ror his 15-round bout
with Harry Wills, scheduled for Eb.
bets Field on Oct. IL. Accompanied
by his manager, Johnny Buckley,
Sharkey made his headquarters at
the Hotel Astor, and, in the after
noon went to Stillman's gymnasium
TO engage in his first workout.
There was large crowd of on
lockers present when Sharkey put
In his appearance at the gym" and
though he engaged in only light
workout, he impressed the audience
by his excellent physical condition.
Calisthenics, bag punching, shadow
boxing and few rounds of light
sparring with two little fellows,
FRANKIE Genaro and George Cuneo,
just to brush up his speed, COM
prised the session.
The drill was enough to show that
the Boston boxer was on edge to go
through a final hard week Of drilling
After the workout he hoped on the
scales and weighed 187 1-2 pounds,
which is about the figure he expects
TO be at when he faces Wills.
The Boston fighter was bupbling
over with confidence on the outcome.
He sa d that he was certain of win
ming as was Tunney before he en-
countered Dempsey.
Sharkey Has Prepared
"Th.s is the biggest chance of my
| career" said Sharkey, and l am out
to make the most of it. / have been
conditioning myself for weeks and
could step right out now and meet
Wills. All / want to 90 now is tune
up my boxing.
"I not only expect to beat Wills,
but am confident that can
knock him out. And if | do, don
crack at the title as Wills still is
the man Dempsey wouldn't fight, and
now Tunney doesn't want to give
| him the chance either / am thor
| oughly familiar with Wills style OF
. fighting Several. years ago when
was working in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard saw Wills in action frequent
lv. and / then formed the conviction
that / could beat him. That con-
viction became still firmer when
defeated George Godfrey, who told
me after our bout that / surely
could beat Wills, and Tunney too.
From today on Sharkey will work
out with big fellows and according.
1y he has surrounded, himself with
enough good men to put him right
on edge. Heading the staff of spar
ring partners who will help the Bos-
ton fighter are Monte Mum, the
big Nebraskan, himself potential
title aspirantt and big Bill Tate, the
siant Negro, who worked out with
'Dempsey for the recent champion.
ship fight and who is also thorough
IU fnr M ia ,uyif les, fp1n % EnI -
ing.
wills, too. is grooming himself
carefully. Realizing the full import.
ance of the coming fight, so far as
his own championship aspirations
are concerned, the Negro heavy.
weight is putting insome hard train
ing sessions at Grupp's gymnasium
The advance sale continues to
move along at a brisk pace and Pro.
moter Humbert Fugazy announced
recently that the sale already had
passed the number OF tickets sold
for the DelaneyiBerlenbach fight at
this corresponding date. Fugazy
stated that 1t was now certainty
that the show would be complete
sell-out several days before the
fight
THE way the tickets are going" /"
said Fugazv makes me feel sorry
that we didn't arrange to stage this
fight at the Polo Grounds. Every
seat at Ebbets Field will be taken
and ] feel certain that the bout
would have packed the New York
ball park as we'll"
Headquarters for the fight have
been established in the FL Dorado
Building 1899 Broadway. Tickets
also are being sold at Fugazy's of
fees in the Woolwortb Building as
well as at Ebbets Field.