New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-20
IFS OF Big BOUT
ARE DISCUSSED
Miss Browne Talks About To-
mOrrOW'S Battle
BY MARY X, BROWNE

BY MARY X. BROWNE
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Copyright 1927, by United Press.)
Cleveland, O., July 20 UP)-May
l add my IF" to the deluge already
given to the confused, but thorough
ly aroused. fight fans who will wit
ness or hear broadcasted the great
nom championship bout between
Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey?
There are few little details
which the experts have overlooked.
What about the effect Of the gallery
on Dempsey OF Sharkey?
To begin with, believe the gall
lery will be for Dempsey. 1t will be
much to the gallery, or should l call
it mob, or crowd, in fighting Ian
guage, which was against Dempsey
at the Tunney-Dempsey fight. The
gallery being with Dempsey should
pep him up and make of him
| more dangerous contender.
But how vii the same gallery eff
feet Sharkey? 1t cannot depress
him. 1t pulled for Maloney against
Sharkey and i. just seemed to make
him mad and eager to show how
he could fight. The fact of the mat
ter is, Sharkey appears better with
the gallery against him than with
him. For once a gallery's jeers will
not crush a fighters spirit. The
crowd can pull for Dempsey and
make him good and can pull against
Sharkey and make him better.
Yet, caprice and fickleness Is ever
the way of fans. Before this bout
is over the fans may take this con-
fident, conceited fighter Sharkey to
their hearts and proclaim him the
greatest living example of the new
lego" which is being rapidly devel-
oped in all lines of endeavor. The
scientists will say he won because
| he believed in himself-because he
held the picture Of winning ever be-
fore him. Or, If he is defeated his
attitude will be termed one of dis
gushing conceit and over confidence.
The slight margin between win
ming and losing is apparently what
determines the merit of thought and
actions.
Prestige is another psychological
angle. 1t has always been a great
, asset in any sport and rests with
the champion. In this particular
fight, Jack Dempsey is no longer
champion, nor even a fighter who
puts fear of defeat into his oppon-
ents when he steps into the ring.
Gene Tunney blew up that bubble.
It means that Dempsey no longer
has the advantage of a trembling
opponent to sock" right off the
| reel.
Suzanne Lenglen, the great
! French tennis player. seems to have
her opponents beaten before they
start, so great is her prestige. If
she could be defeated a time or two
the bug-a-boo would vanish and her
opponents would not start under
| such a handicap.
The famous Dempsey "wallop"
! reminds me Of another famous
| "walop" which is losing ground,
William T. Tilden's cannon ball
service.
Dempsey took terrific punish
ment to get In close enough to land
knockout blow on Tunney. At the
same time Tunney was outpointiEg
him for the decision. Jack Demp-
sey's blows landed on Tunney's
hands and arms, which defended
more vital parts.
William T. Tilden In his final
match against Rene Lacoste In the
French tennis championship staked
all on his cannon ball service to put
over the winning point. Tilden land
ed the sock" in bounds, but La
coste's racket was there to return IT.
Tilden's final attempt was wide of
the mark.
The difference between Dempsey
and Tilden, however, Is that Tilden
has an all around game to fall back
on, while Dempsey admits the knock
out blow is all he has.
1t is tough to discover your great
est weapon as ineffective as spit
balls" in wrecking a stone wall De-
Tense has improved SO much that it
seems to be a matter of digging I'M
der, flying over, or END runs rather
than breaking through the barrier.