New Britain herald., 1927-04-13
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ANNUAL HIATUS IN
 WORLD OF BOXING
Lull Taking Place Until MalOney.
 Sharkey Bout on May 19
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
 BoXing's annual hiatus has set in. During the spring period when the circus invades Madison Square Gar den, Tex Rickard goes golfing and the Metropolitan fans focus more attention on such heavyweight slug Hornsby than on the crop of con- tenders for Gene Tunney's title.
 There scarcely has been the rustic of a signed contract since Pauline and Tom Heeney cuftcd each other about the Garden ring in the final round Of the indoor heavyweight eliminations.
 IL is merely the lull. however, be- fore the storm. Within a few weeks Jack Sharkey and Jimmy Maloney. the bifting Bostonians, will be punching for the first heavyweight "semi-final" battle on May 9 at the Yankee Stadium. As the outcone of preliminary baritone turn in vaudeville. Maloney expects to have q vocal advantage over his rival but Sharkey's followers Insist their lran has yet to run second in verbal encounter.
 Meanwhile there is the still unan- swered question-will Jack Dempsey come back?
 Teddy Hayes. who was Dempscy's secretary until the split between the eX-champion and Jack kearns. says the Manassa mauler is "thoruEh.' But Teddy no longer may qualify as an "insider" therefo<e perhaps more heed can be given to the fact that Tex Rickard. is laying all plans in anticipation Of Dempsey's return. with a preliminary match or two TO test his fitness for a crack at his old title.
 There Is much mystery about Dempsey's training tryout but to the long range observer 1t seems that the former king of the padded gloves must have some serious intentions If he is willing to undergo such rigor- ous physical work.
 Those who know Dempsey best de- clare there is no question Of his de- sire to fight again and win back the title he prized so highly. But the eX-champion doesn't want 10 run the risk of another banning by the ringside experts.
 No titleholdcr in heavyweight his tory, unless it was John l.. sullivan, bore his honors with more pride in his prowcss than Dempsey. Bruised 'Gnd battered after his defeat by Tun- ney at Philadelphia. Dempsey broke down and cried like a baby when he got back to the seclusion of his hotel room.
 Jack has still got the old sock somewhere in his systcm,' one close observer holds. And there's no one more anxious than he is himself 70 land it again on some heavyweight chin. The question is whether at 32 he can whip himself into shape to apply the old dynamite again.
 To judge from it's current contri- button to the punching procession. Boston is well equipped for any body's T. N. T. party.
 The Hub has carried on creditabll through q line that included John L.. Sullivan ana Sam Langford but just now it seems to have more Of q monopoly on the fistic talent than any other center.
 Jimmy Maloney and Jack Shark ey, for instance, arc Roston's prin cipal heavyweight entries with Pat Mccarthy around ready to do any available light or Hous 'upsetting. :" Pat put Big Harry Person out Of the picture and was the cause of Sharkey being put under ban in Illinois and some r other states.
 Red Chapman and Dick (tHoncy- bowl Finnegan, Boston feather weights, shape so well the New York boxing board has suggested they meet to help clear up the muddlcd title situation in the l25 pound di- vision.
 The Hubs nome guard" includes two other stalwarts in Al Mello and Johnny Nacca Mello's knockout of Eddie Rogerts in one round created I sensation. Nacca took time off from the bootblacking business twice to whip the sleek. curly haired little flyweight champion. tidel LaBarba.