Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-22
DEMPSEY WINS
N 7TH ROUND
SHARKEY
Manassa M auler, After
Taking Beating, Knocks
Out Boston Boy
THRILLING END
Beaten Mans Handlers Per-
sist in Claiming Foul
Blow Struck
BY ALAN j. GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor

Associated Press Sports Editor
YANKEE STADIUM, N Y, July
81 R-The rip tearing Jack Demp-
sey of old came back tonight to
smash his way to spectacular
knockout victory over the young Bos-
ton heavyweight, Jack Snarkey, and
gain the right to a return title
match with Gene Tunney.
While vast, deliriously excited
throng of $4,000 spectators cheerea
him on, the former heavyweight
champion rallied after wobbly
start. bored through Sharkey's de-
Tense with a slashing attack and
brought the "a year old sailor down
for the count Of ten in the seventh
round of what was to have been a
15-round match
A terrific right hook to the pit
of the stomach doubled up Sharkey
and q crashing left to the jaw brought
the Boston giant down for the fatal
count after only As seconds of fight
ing in the seventh round
So close to the borderline was
Dempseys crushing left-tte really
decisive bloW-that Sharkey started
to claim a foul, only to go tumbling
in moment from the impact of
Denpsey's right hand. The referee.
Jack O'Sullivan, at first seemed puz-
zled as to what to do but finally
decided to ignore the excited yells
Of Sharkey's seconds. He finished
the count in unison with the official
knockdown timer and waved Sharkey
out
Sharkey's handlers persisted in
their protests after the fight, but
their attempted action was drowned
in the wild outburst that came from
the huge throng most of which had
come to cheer the ex-champion in
his colorful comeback.
It was a sudden climax to one of
the most dramatic heavyweight bat
ties ever staged, a slashing, mauling
struggle in which Dempsey, defying
the craft and stamina of Sharkey's
youth, demonstrated that he had
come long ways back from the
floundering form that cost him his
title last fall.
Staggered and badly shaken up by
vicious left hooks to the jaw toward
the close CT the first round and
Jared frequently by Sharkey's stiff
counter wallops, Dempsey fought on
and won because he refused to be
beaten back or baked. Stunned or
shaken as he was at first, Dempsey
had the resources to come back,
keep plunging in, breaking through
Sharkey's guard with short left and
right hooks His first eye cut and
streaming blood, his lips split by
vicious jabs, Dempsey nevertheless
had the power to keep plunging in
until he won.
The vast crowd which paid close
to $1,1O0,0O0 to see the spectacle, was
thrilled by Denpsey's sensational,
doggedly persistent fight to victory
against odds that seemed against
him at the start. The former cham
pion's old speed, the fighting spark
that made him the vicious 'Manassa
NGauler" of old seemed lacking as the
fight began. The younger, speedier
and more clever Sharkey outstepped
and outboxed the former champion
and when he dubbed Dempsey with
q series OF terrific blows toward the
close of the first round, the end
seemed in sight.
Somewhere Dempsey had gained
new store of stamina. His old speed
was not quite returned nor we're his
blows as sharp, but he had the stuff
to keep battering, failing away ut
his younger rival growing stronger
instead Of weaker as Sharkey tried
in vain with hooks and uppercuts tC
beat the former champion off.
From the second round through the
sixth it was slashing, mauling
head to head conflict III which
Dempsey directed his attack chiefly
to Sharkey's body, while the sailol
tried to fight his way clear, ripping
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