Evening star., 1927-07-22
BLOWB DEMPSEY
FAIR, SLOW MOTION
PICTURES DISCLOSE
Sharkey's Claim of Foul Not
Borne 0ut-Loser Wore
Trunks Higher.
EX-CHAMPION PROVES
RIGHT TO MEET TUNNEY
Stages Comeback in Hard Won
Victory With Terrific At
tack in Seventh.
Bv the AssNnlateA Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 22.-The official
slow motion pictures of the Dempsey
Sharkey fight, showing the milling in
the seventh round. revealed today
that the disputed blow which con-
trbuted to Dempsey's victory was
apparently fair. The films were shown
only TO newspaper men.
TEX" Rickard, promoter OF last
night $, exhibition, was one of the wit
nesses to today's showing. He said
that in his opinion, the blow was a
fair one, right in the pit Of the stom-
ach."
The Aim was run off three times to
permit the newspaper men to COM
pare their judgments. The slow mo-
lions of the fighters revealed that
Dempsey struck three hard rights to
the stomach OF Sharkey before de-
livering the left to the jaw that
knocked out his opponent
Sharkey's Trunks Higher.
The pictures showed that Sharkey
was wearing his trunks pulled higher
up than Dempsey was wearing MS,
which led newspaper men today to
assert that this fact had probably
contributed much to the confusion OF
last nights witnesses of the bout.
The pictures show that a great
majority of Dempsey's blows were to
the body. They were short, vicious
iabs and hooks for the most part
many of them in the ribs or near the
pit of the stomach. The continual
raining of these blows caused Sharkey
fourth round.
"Slow" movies were not made for
every round, but it so happened that
the operator took the slow action OF
the deciding round and, as the final
count of 10 was given. his tape" ran
out, The slow movies were made by |
a New Haven, Conn, firm, which has
been making the secret slow moves |
used by the Yale foot ball team for |
Head Coach Tad Jones. The camera
was operated by motor and the pic
lures were more distinct than those
ordinarily shown.
Final Blows Shown.
When the final blows were delivered |
the fighters were at a slight angle. |
Dempsey's heavy upper thrusts ap-
peared just above the belt of
Sharkey's trunks. Some of the OBJ
10 the line. A few newspaper critics
still claimed the disputed blow was
low, but the majority agreed that the
punch was fair.
az have never seen heayyweights
fight as fast as they did last night"
said TEX" Rickard, as he watched
showing Of the pictures. There was
as much action in the seven rounds
as you will ordinarily see in 15 rounds.
The fighters fought every second, and
there was surprisingly little cllnch-
ing"
AS the slow motion picture of the
seventh round was shown TEX"
leaned intently forward in his chair,
his eyes cleaning in the darkened
projecting room.
Looks Fair to TEX"
"There goes the right" said Rick
ard, to a reporter of the Associated
Press. 1T lands in the pit OF the
stomach. The blow as I see it Is fair.
Now the left goes TO the jaw. That's
the Knockout. All very pam.
The "hollow SHELF of Hollywood
was loaded after all, it seems, and to.
day Jack Dempsey, at 80, is on the
highroad of a sensational comeback
as the result of a stunning knockout
victory over Jack Sharkey.
In a finish as sudden and dramatic
as it was marked also by sharp con-
troyersy, the former king of the
heavyweights dropped Sharkey for the
count in the seventh round of their 15-
round match and put an abrupt end,
for the present, to the confident course
of the young Boston sailor.
A vicious right to the midsection-a
blow that reused bitter controversy as
to whether it was fair or foul-started
Sharkey downward, and a short left
hook, flush to the chin, completed the
sailors downfall.
Sharkey Claims Foul.
Sharkey himself, as we'll as his
handlers, claimed a foul and they
were supported apparently by many
ringside observers as well as others in
the vast crowd of 81 900 that filled the
Yankee Stadium. But the referee,
lack O'Sullivan, after moment of
hesitation himself. decided it was
fair blow and tolled the count that
brought victory to the bronZed but
somewhat battered Dempsey.
It was a hard-won triumph for the
man who sat on the heavyweight
throne for seven years. It was slash
ing, mauling battle that saw him
rally from impending defeat in the
first round, Datter MS young rival
with a terrific attack to the body and
finally bring his foe down. 1t was a
stirring battle that saw the once great
"dauassa mauler" summon back
much. if not all, of his old punching
power. all of his old gameness and
good deal of his old stamina, to batter
into defeat a foeman who had all of
The assets of youth and speed, but
little of the hitting accuracy that had
marked his. previously sensational
rise TO heavyweight prominence.
Whatever the elements of dispute
aroused by Dempsey's finishing blows,
,ba victory was sufficiently decisive to
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