Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
BOXING MAKES
GOOD RECORDS
DURING 1927
$ Titles Change Hands;
4 Defended Success
fully; Big Crowds at
Shows
BY ALAN J. GOULD
tAssociated Press Sports Editorl

Dsbk1nh spectacle OF Aiir the
second Dempssy-Tunney battle at
Soldier Field. Chicago. not only shat
tered precedent by attracting a man.
moth crowd Of las, 1000 and a gate"
OF $3.50 ,000 but also provoked the
ioudest "squawk" of all.
M long count" controversy, aris-
1T from the length OF time that
iunney spent on the floor in the now
Ilstoric seventh round ,ov~ershadow-
ca all OF the other arguments and
still was a source of debate at the
close of the year. even though serv-
IT. only the purpose of "ballyhooing"
. third chapter Of the De~mpsey-Tun-
ncy battle.
Disputes at one time or another
over four championships, besides
cries OK "fair or foul" that follow
ca such Bag bouts as the Dempsey
oharkey and Paulino-Delars- affairs
contributed to a season Of turmoil.
Three titles changed hands, four
we're successfully defended, while
w others, flyweight and feather
weight. remained in dispute at the
end OF the year The retirement Of
two champions, Jack Delaney among
the light heavyweights and Fidel La
"a a mGAkAt (tA(ACos oAaE0 ~
the years difficulties.
Out of the melee, however, the at
tempted comeback of the old Ma
nassa Mauler, Jack Dempsey, stood
out. Always a colorful ring figure,
the --latest drawing card the ring
has ever known, Dempsey was the
CO. .er OF chief interest. His knock
out of Jack Sharkey in a million
dollar bou. at the Yankee Stadium
in July aroused q storm Of "fair or
foul" controversy, but IL neverthe-
less restored c~onsiderahls OF his old
prestige and assured him q return
championship bout.
Dempsey Nearly Comes Back
No one knows any better than
came to making his comeback good.
The ex-champion was in much bet
ter shape than for the bout at Phil
adelphia the year before, when he
lost his crown. The old fighting fire
had returned and he was in superb
condition. Se nSSde his big thrust
la the seventh roNNd when solid
rights and lefts to tAe jay put Tun-
ney on the floor dazed and blink
ing. But failure to obey the rules
about going to the "furtherest cor
ner'' after the knockdown ave Tun-
ney added and valuable seconds OF
rest and cos Dempsey his hard-won
advantage. firing, apparently hav-
ing shot his bolt, Dempsey was beat
en- back, as Tunney turned on a
whiriwind finish and earned his mil
lion-delar purse.
was a "boom year" for the
hcavyweights. Sharkey, the young
uu~emw &~tIAR wnUn WnnfdlN NhTnIIUn
victNries over Harry Wills, Mike Nc
Tigue and Jim Maloney, who sprang
one of the hi -geSt upsets by defeat
ing Jack Delaney in an elimination"
bout at Madison Square Garden that
broke all indoor records. II attract
ed nearly 10000 fans and q gate
Of $201, SIS.
With the passing Of Wills, who
also was knocked out by Pauline UE-
eudun, another "dark menace, arose
in the bulky form Of George Godfrey,
the leopard of L~eiperville", who
numbered Monte Mum and Jim NAL
oney among his knockout victims.
Pauline, the outstanding foreign
threat, has had a career Of ups and
downs. His knockout of Wills was
followed by an unsatisfactory fight
with Delaney, who won on a foul.
Fhil Scott, the British champion,
was knocked out in one round in
his American debut BY Knute Han
sen. but subsequently displayed more
vertical tendencies by storning Mon
te Mum and going the limit with
Johnny Risko.
There we're less than n dozen
championship fights ali year. In
the first one Fidel Labarba clinched
his claim to worlds flyweight honors
~ decisively whipping the little Brit
ish champion, Elky Clark, but later
retired TO take up a college course
M Stanford. Irzy Schwartz, Johnny
PeIanger we're chief 1~12-pourd title
claimants at the close Of the year.
Charley (Phil) Rosenberg lost the
bantam crown on the scales, failing
10 make the weight for an advertis-
cd title match with Blshy Graham.
Rosenberg won this bout. but was
hanished as a result. Bud Taylor,
the Terre Haute terror, gained gen.
eral recognition as boss of the u.s.
poundersby defeating Tony CANON
eri. New York contender.
Canzoreri and Benny Bass OF
P~hiladelphia were the outstanding
claimants Mt the end OF the year
for the featherwsight crown, re-
iinouished the year before by Kid
Kaplan.
Latzo TO Dundee
Little more than a year after he
ZION the welter title Pete LatEo lost
a "a Joe Dundee Of Baltimore in a
15-round decision. Dundee subse-
ouently drew official ire by refusing
Ia enter the ring ut Los Angeles
against Ace Hudkins because Of a
shortage in his purse.
Mickey Walker went abroad to
beat Tommy Miliigan and success
fully defend his worlds middle
weight crown. The sudden death IN
New York Of Tiger Flowers, from
whom Walker won the title, abrupt
~ cancelled prospects for q return
match between Mickey and the ne
The dispute over the light heavy
weight successor to Delaney was set
,lsd when Tommy Loughran van
~,,;shed Jimmy Slattery in n 15-
,cund match at New York. The pass
,n~ az Paul Berlenbach and the brief
INIT sensational squirt Of the veteran,
Mike McTigue, were other Gestures
A. the 175-pound ranks.
Tod Morgan. junior lightweight,
~hampion. kent his crown in of
the last title bouts OF the year. when
Ss won on a foul from Joe Click in
New York.
sammv Mandeii ran few. IL any.
v;sks with his lightweight title. but
+.rsd the challenge Of several out
~tsndinr I35-pounders, among them
Jimmy McLarnin, Pacific Coast sen
safion. who knocked out Kid Ksplan
and gained Q decision over Billy
Wallace
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