The Washington times., 1930-02-28
PHILP PROVED
NO MATCH
FORJACK
BY KIRK MILLER
Times sports Editor

stands out and that is thiS-if
Jack Sharkey hadn't won the
fight when and by whatever
means he did, he would have
done 1t in very few moments
afterwards in some other man.
ner, for he was Scott's superior
from the moment the opening
gong reverbrated in the soft StiIl
\ night and waited inland with
the breezes off beautiful Biscayne
, Bay.
And there is this to be said in
mitigation Of the whole dispute
II there Is any foundation what
ever for Johnston's and Scott's
combined claim of foul. it can't
be said 1t was purposeful foul
as Sharkey was far ahead when
1t is alleged to have been com
!, mitted and consequently there
was no necessity of him perpe
!. trating it, insofar as all known
ring tactics are concerned.
Only the physiciarls-and even
they will differ as to what con-
stitutes foul-can settle that
point, but If these old eyes, which
have been peering at fights a
little longer than we wish to
boast about. did not do us a
traitorous deed any foul which
occurred happened in the sec
ord, not the third round and
then was the time Johnston
should have done his shouting,
not after the fight had been
awarded to Sharkey after 2 min
Otes and "a seconds of wrangllng
In the third stanza.
The two blows which
landed on Scott, when he
crumpled up and slid to the
floor on two different Occae
sions i'm the third, were good
and hard solid left pOkeS to
the bread basket and a little
to the right Of dead center,
I and make no mistake about
that.
The same, no doubt. com
pounded with the questionable
blow Scott received in the second,
completely paralyzed the tall fel-
low from England and, of course,
he could go no further.
To make certain of this state
of affairs, we visited his dressing
room, where the loquaciouS Mr..
Johnston was still gesticulating
and fretting and fuming, and
where two doctors were still in at
: tendance. One was the Official
physician of the evening, and an
: other was a New York specialist,
one DR.. Morton K Hertz, both of
whom seemed to agree that Mr.
Scott was stricken with traumatis
! Of the right sciatic nerve. TIE
region affected showed two dis
tinct marks on an old bruiSe still
blue and another a new cut, red
with fresh blood.
DR.. Hertz borrowed a pin which
your faStidiouS correspondent GUS
, tomarily tucks in the back of his
neckwear to keep it from Sliding
. and riding, and proceeded to
prick Scott'S right upper and
lower leg and the stricken fighter
didn't even vince Upon prick
ing the left leg. the fallen fighter
made much commotion about the
matter and the physician ex-
planned to the gathering that
Scott had little or no feeling in
high right member and was in
much pain in the right groin.
And that is what the quail
fled medical experts testified
. before jury Of curious and
dubious newspaper men. Now,
let us outside the medical
fraternity have say.
Scott couldn't possibly have
won that fight to the satisfac-
ton of even his most ardent ad-
nnirers so helpless was he often
sively during the few moments he
was on his feet. That is the
thing that counts in rating
fighters. He has some knack at
tieing up an opponent of Shar-
. keys caliber, but you can't win
fights by merely holding off your
antagonist.
On a couple or three occasions
after Sharkey had rushed him,
Scott did get in couple of sting,
ing little cuffs to the chin with
his left, but it was when the
compact was over and more in
the nature of a gentle rebuke for
the attack. Beyond such slight
rebuffs he was poweTlesS and he
doesn't deserve to win the fight
by any means. say naught of
foul, which he is claiming very
vociferously today.
The first round could have
been called draw and it
wouldn't have been far wrong.
Charitably it might even have
been given to Scott. In the sec
ond Sharkey tore in considerably
and was held off for the most
part until he cracked Sir Philip
in the right eye with his left
nnitt and the gawky Englishman
dropped to his knees in Shar-
keys corner as Sharkey almost
stumbled over him before hop
ping back with the recoil.
Scott took a count of three
and was on his feet and presently
Sharkey planted a severe left to
Scott's abdominal region which
seemed low to your observer.