New Britain herald., 1927-07-22
DEMPSEY THE "SHELL" IN
 SENSATIONAL COMEBACK
Sudden and Dramatic End of Bout In Seventh Round Puts Ex-Champion Back At Top of Pedestal Referee Refuses to Allow Claim of Foul = Hard Won Triumph For Former Title Holder-Victory Decisive Enough to Restore Old Prestige.
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
 New York. July 22 - The "hol- low shell' of Hollywood was loaded after all, it seems, and today Jack Dempsey, at 32. is on the high road of sensational comeback as the result of stunning knockout vic tory over Jack Sharkey.
 In finish as sudden and dra- matic as 1t was marked also by sharp controversy, the former king of the heavyweights dropped Sharkey for the count of 10 in the seventh round of their Is round match and put an abrupt end, for the present, to the confident course of the young Bos- ton sailor.
 Was Vicious Blow
 A vicious right to the mid-section "a blow that aroused bitter con- troversy as to whether it was fair or foul-started Sharkey downward and short left hook, flush to the chin, completed the sailors downfall Sharkey himself, as we'll as his handlers, claimed a foul and they were supported apparently by many ringside observers as we'll as others in the vast crowd of S2,000 that filled the Yankee Stadium. But the referee, Jack O'Sullivan, after a mo- ment of hesitation, decided it was a fair blow and tolled the count that brought victory to the bronzed but somewhat battered Dempsey.
 It was hard-won triumph for the man who sat on the heavyweight throne for seven years. It was a slashing, mauling battle that saw him rally from impending defeat in the first round, batter his young rival with terrific attack to the body and finally bring his foe down. It was a stirring battle that saw the once great "Manassa Mauler" sum- mon back much, if not all of his old punching power, all of his old game ness, and good deal of his old stamina to batter into defeat a foe man who had all of the assets of youth and speed but little of the hit ting accuracy that had marked his previously sensational rise to heavy weight prominence.
 Whatever the elements of dis pute aroused by Dempseys finishing blows, the victory was sufficiently decisive to restore much of Demp- sey's old prestige, gain him one of the greatest ovations of his career, lift him over the first of his come back barriers and send him on the way to a return championship bat tie with his conqueror of last Sep tember, Gene Tunney.
 Meets Tunney Soon
 Although Promoter Tex Rickard today declined to make any definite of his plans, it is re- garded as likely that Dempsey and Tunney will fight for the crown be- tween September IS and 20, possibly in Philadelphia, where they met last year. but probably at Soldiers Field in Chicago.
 Rickard is understood to have
  shift the fight to a site outside New York because neither last nights battle ground nor any other in the Metropolitan district affords seating capacity to compare with the arenas in Philadelphia or Chicago.
 The Dempsey of today may not be the Dempsey of Toledo" the Man Killer" who battered Jess Willard into a helpless hulk with as devas- tating an exhibition of punching as the ring has ever seen. He may not, either, be as formidable as he was four years ago when he slugged his way to victory over the giant Argen- tine, Luis Firpo, but has come a long way along the comeback trail, ob- servers seem agreed, since the dreary, rainy night last September when he floundered around against Tunney.
 Dempsey's once lightning-like