New Britain herald., 1927-07-28

,he Buster Lou" of the Falcon out fit has quit the club because of the enforced resignation of "chucky" Wojack.
 Sharkey says he Is willing to meet Dempsey again. This may be 50 but we believe that 1t is 70 much hot air for the present because the Boston boy knows that there is hardly | possibility that Dempsey will fight again before he meets Gene Tunney for the championship.
 To Leo P. Flynn must go the credit for discovering that sharkey's weak spot was his stomach. after William Muldoon, senior member of the New York state athletic commis- sion, denies that . foul blow was struck. He states. that 1t was a punch in the region of the solar plexus that sent Sharkey down and out
 Two years ago while watching Sharkey in action. Flynn came to the conclusion that sharkey couldn't take it" in the stomach. He rec oEnized the fact that Sharkey was a mighty good boxer and a hard hitter but he figured that as long as the Boston Lith was winning the fght, he would be OK, but hard sock in the stomach, Would make him prefer caution as tho better part of valor.
 It was in tho bout in which Jack ,enault, husky Canadian, one of the aembers of Flynn's stable. had been ftpointed by sharkey that Flynn .rcovered tho weakness Every w. T that Renault sent into Shark
 .ody made him close up more of d1ore.
 Stra
 of German, another of Flynn's new ITS, was sent in against sharkey.
 Af,llowed orders and played for Dr 6 huanian's stomach and Shark des the decision.
 Again the two were matched and his time Flynn ordered German again to do nothing but play for Sharkey's stomach. German fol- lowed instructions to the letter and slammed away at the stomach. Sharkey claimed foul and Sharkey vas awarded the bout.
 Shortly after that. Flynn sent !eorge Godfrey into battle with ,arkey with the same instructions
 he had given German. Godfrey d to box Sharkey and had the
 eision go against him.
 Tn the battle between Sharkey and the one time threat to the heavyweight championship. Harry Wills. met last year, Wills promptly started hammering away at Shark ey's stomach. Sharkey again cried foul" and was awarded the bout.
 Jimmy Maloney. also of Boston, knOCkeu uO"H ohu Aoiioi IVY again claimed foul" and was awarded the decision. Pictures talk en of this fight showed plainly that Maloney had struck . fair blow.
 Flynn. wised up by the uninter- |, pted vict2ries by sharkey over the .5ul' rule, coached Dempsey to play for sharkey's stomach. Flynn. 1t will be remembered. predicted that sharkey would cry foul" when Dempsey hit him in the stomach.
 So. when sharkey in that memor- able seventh round, went down from the blow that has been questioned, and cried foul" Flynn wasn't a bit surprised. Neither was anyone else, for that matter.
 The inability of Sharkey 10 pro- tect his stomach will. Flynn figures, cost Sharkey the heavyweight title. His weakness is known everywhere in f,stic circles and every fighter that meets him. will play for his stomach and everyone will take chance on losing to him on Youl.
 This history of sharkeys battles in the ring. doesn't add to the claim of the Boston boy against Dempsey. Tn fact. after reading through the list, one Is certainly inclined to be- leve that Dempsey is right when he says that the only fault that Sharkey has, is that he hasn't the courage.
 After looking at fights after fights among the good and bad performers of the ring, we have come to the