The Washington times., 1929-09-27
.SHAREEY NAILS
L0UGHRAN
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mind. but ii could hook further ana
10 worse than award the thing 10
Jack Sharkey on last nights per.
f0fm1uc6 and have done with e.
Maybe - hasn't been much 81 d
fighter for TWO years bus at least
hs was a. good aa the next cone
render during that time We pay
az "a the present. not the past any.
how. and the Skarkey " last night
seemed 70 be the Eharksy Of 1927
before no became too intimate with
Dempsey n brief, last nights
shartay wan 4 real fighter.
He probably can thank Loughran
for 4. too, Thomas had spent the
last couple 81 years sneertng N b
very marked manner at the SharKey
fellow and the Glib one reacts very
unfavorably 10 this treatment. He
hated Malaney. So he Knocked him
out He learned not to love Tlough.
ran for himself alone. The result
nov II history. ne the world was
full Of Irritating Fellows like there,
sharkey probably would ~ cham.
plon until his grandchildren ~.
monstrated.
Tnls perennial sneer Of I.olgh-
ran was = psychological mistake
I'm sure II was only one 0f several
that he made. Perhaps the frat Of
these came ID entering division
spmewhst beyond his physical pro
portions. Perhaps not.
Anyhow, the town Is overrtin with
guys today who wish u quote yot1
the one about the good little man
ana the good big nan. The trouble
with that view e that al too few
of them realized that Sharkey was
good big man until this morning.
The closing price at ringside was e.
least To 5 on Loughran, with many
bets having been laid ct higher ODDS
This was one mistake that
wasnst L0ughran'a. The rest o.
them. Vsere lis without \ contest.
They Included the fact Tint he
rot uh too aDpm from The knock.
down. che count being only five,
and that when approached by
che referee. he decided that the
round was over whereas Is hao
nr0eTesssji only ~ seconds.
As I say however, these facts
merely serve u prove what seems to
be self-eyfdent: that Thomas u.
lIoughran was thoroughly knocked
/ out III the third round last night and
this stiII goes whether he stood IN
neutral corner or on his neutral
head when Ii hRppened.
The fact that he selected the feet
instead 81 the head for this standing
finish left an estimated crowd of 45,s
hanging i1DOn the shirt front. It all
edIy, The fight had been stand
For up 10 this point. Then, one peanch
| TO the chin and it was over. The
Of them probably stilI are. LOuEh-
rams menage stared ~ the spectacle,
giassy-eyed and unbelfeyinE.
Only in the Sharlsey corner war
spontanietY. They made up for the
lack al Il ii the rast 81 tl1e assem-.
blage. Eharkey, nm emotional man.
leaped clear over the ropes In ecs.
taGy. Johnny Buckley Waddled
an in1promptn buck ana wing. The
Sharkey trainer leaned over the
newspaper man who had picked
Alxt
Sharkey attache was vituperative In
his score. Tbs result. ID truth, had
made the writer feel as small - 3
babe In arms III the Singer troupe
But he tried to make himself smaller
Is this avenger cast about, wild-eyed,
for another victim. skunk or ls K
slank into the night, ere 4 was dis
covered.
For the first round, at least. I
Ida no sinking, however, L0ughran
| fought this one as lot Oe people
figured he would light He snapped
out q series 0e left jabs, moved
easily outside most Of EharIEey's
leads and late "a the round ioited
his m1aI1 with right uppercut.
That was fine business. The
second round Waan't Sharlrey sud
denly altered his tactics, went into
shift before most Of his leads and
leaped OF the floor to land them.
He nailed Loughran With 4 lot az
left hooks that way. and then
driving him to the ropes. snapped
his head half off with & RIGHT
cross. This was Sharkey's round
by & mile. III really was the Be.
ginning of the end, although nobody
realized It.
The third round was barely under
way when Loughran retreated be-
fore Sharkeyss attack ana. just be.
fore he reached the ropes. was
clipped on the chin with that right
cross HIS head hit the lower r0pe
with slciEening twang ana per.
haps this had something to 40 with