The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-22
Hollow She'll
Tale Untrue,
Bout Proves
Is Hard-wOn Triumph For
Man Who Sat on Heavy
weight Throne Z Years
BIG BOUT is EXCITING
Dempsey, Tunney May Fight
= in Chicago This
September
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affords seating capacity to compare
with the arenas in ri iladelphia or
Chicago.
Dempsey today may not be the
Dempsey Of Toledo" the imam kill
err" who battered Jess Willard into
helpless bulk, with as devastating
an exhibition Of punching as the ring
has ever seen. He may not, either,
be as form liable as he was four years
ago, when he slugged his way to vic
tory over the giant Argentinan, Louis
Firpo, but he has come a long way
along the comeback trail since the
rainy night last September when he
lost to Tunney.
Lost in Speed
Dempsey's once lightning-likc speed
OF foot has vanished although his
stiffness remains. His punches car
ny terrific power and somewhere APP
parently he has regained the ability
to take it, and come back to win.
Last night, in the first round. he
was perilously close TO defeat. But
: groggy, under the Impact of a series
OF solid hooks to the head, and bleed
ing from the mouth, he had the STAN
ina to weather the storm and keep
punching in with relentless attack
to the body that paved the way for
the finishing blows.
1t tookNonly few seconds for last
nights finishing picture but it was
thr. ing climax, in spite Of the
disputed views of it. Not only was
there controversy over whether Demp.
scys blows were fair. but wide diff.
ference of opinion as to whether II
.Isr11A 1ofA - h. E~,,(
was low and right or left to the
Dempsey, as we'll as Sharkey, set
tied the latter issue. They agreed
tnat it Was a ripht hook to the body
and a left hook to the jaw tha
ended the fight.
A Vicious Blow
Dempsey came out of his corner in
the deciding seventh, and ripped in
close, as he had in the previou:
rounds. They had whirled around
Dempsey's head buried in Sharkey's
shoulders when suddenly the former
champion sunk short vicious blow
to the sailors waist line. Sharkey
turned his head toward the referee
apparently to claim foul ant
double up but they were still mix
ing as Dempsey shot over his left
There had been no atrmpt by Referee
O'Sullivan to interfere or war;
Dempsey if he thought the lstter's
lows. too Ivw. AND although hi
hesitatcd as Sharkey went down, the
referee quickly took up the count and
at 10, waved the sailor "out."
To observers on some sides Of the
ring, it appeared, Dempsey's right
TO the body was several inches below
tn" waistline and therefore foul. To
others, it appeared on the border
H'e while inst as many more were
equally confident the punch was al.
, together fair. The referee shared the
same view and his decision appeared
upheld, when DR.. William Walker
boxing commissions official ply
siclan, declared after examination Of
Sharkey that no evidence of injury
or foul blow. was apparenv.
To a majority of critics, Dempsey
seemed to have distinct if moi
decisive advantage on points wher
the knockout came after As seconds
in the scvnth round. Sharkey's Of.
fcnsive wilted or was held back after
his first round drive. He CAV,
ground steadily under Dempsey!
hammering to the body. Occasion
ally, the sailor cOuntefeQ Win ROCKS
to the jaw that Jared Dempsey
notably in the first, third and sixth
rounds. He cut Dempsey's right eye
mouth and nose, while remaining
himself virtually unmarked, but his
attack was for the most part wild
Sharkcy's usually accurate left jail
failed>to stop Dempsey's rushes as II
had Maloney's. The sailors Wanted
right crosses frequently swisheG
aimlcssly through the air as Demp'
sey blocked or ducked.
Loses Confidence
Sharkey's confidence, a factor Sc
conspicuous in his ring successes
seemed to ebb, as he found his bes'
blows missing or failing to bring
down his foe while Dempsey beat {
steady drumfire on the sailors ribs
> His youth and speed were not sui
ficient to stand off the bulldog on
slaught of the former champion. TIL,
young giant of "a, who had broker
un the attacks of Harry Wills ans
Mike McTigue, found something fal
more explosive in the "hollow SHELF
of the 30 year old Dempsey fightinl
machine.