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alleged foul or both.
Sharkey won the decision and as a
result, the right to battle Max Schmel-
ing, the German champion, for a bout
that will be billed for the world t8Am-
pionship, in June, at the Yankee
Stadium, New York The Boston sailor,
however, in the opinion of most critics,
fought an unsatisfactory fight, jeop-
ardized his chances of winning from
an opponent he obviously outclassed
and added nothing to his prestige as
the leading American title contender.
Leaves Sad Impression.
Scott, thoroughly eliminated from any
further consideration in the heavy
weight circus, left a sorrowful impress
sion as fighter, in spite of his ap-
parent show of gameness in deciding
to continue in the third round after a
claim of foul. Regardless of the ques-
tionable blows struck or the merits
of the referees action, Scott put up
performance that served only to en-
pflasize his reputation for claiming dis
puted fouls.
The argument as to whether or not
Scott was fouled, whether it has any
ultimate Importance or not. may go on
for some time to come without being
settled Experts at the ringside differed
sharply on the question, some main
tanning that Scott was hit low at least
six times and that Sharkey should have
been disqualified; others. equally as en-
phatic in asserting that while the
American hit low several times on
SCOTS thigh, he did deliver any
directly foul punches.
Referee Magnolia, veteran New York
ring arbiter and the sole ruling off1cial
Of the bout, declared he saw no low
punches, but after the fight examina-
ton Of Scott showed a lump on the
right leg several inches below the waist
line. An examining physician described
the injury as traumatic sciatica, pro-
ducing partial paralysis. which con-
tr1buted to SCOTS apparent collapse
and the limping manner in which he
went out to resume fighting. In the
ring however, at the height of the con-
fusion and during the minutes armis-
tice that Magnolia declared to make his
examination both the referee and the
oficial boxing commission physician de-
cided Scott was neither fouled nor hurt.
Disagree With Magnolia.
Magnolia explained that his extraor-
binary action in stopping the fight for
full minute was prompted by desire
to avoid any possible ''squawk" or
charge of unfair dealing. The referee,
in the opinion Of some observers, indi-
Gated at first motion to disqualify
Sharkey, but Magnolia denied he ever
entertained this idea. The somewhat
general view, however, was that Mag
nolia, instead of playing safe, either
should have counted Scott out as he
went down and rolled over on his back,
manifesting agony, or Immediately dis
qualified Sharkey.
The opinion as to where Sharkey's
blows landed differed, according to the
ringside viewpoint. Even Magnolia adj
mitted he did not have an unrestricted
view at all the questionable punches.
The blow which sent Scott down, claim,
ing foul, was curiously similar to the
one struck by Otto Won Porat against
the Briton in Madison Square Garden
some months ago, and which resulted in
the disqualification of the Norwegian.
AS on that occasion, however, Scott
acted somewhat uncertain as to just
what to do until finally sinking to the
canvass.
The Englishman, after the minutes
respite, was in no mood TO continue,
and did so only after the ultimatum of
the referee to go on or be declared the
loser. It took Scott not much longer
to decide he had had enough for the
evening, as he slumped against the ropes
from a vicious left hook TO the stomach.
There was no question OF the fairness
Of this blow.
On Floor Three Times.
The third round lasted three minutes
and "a seconds. including the minute
devoted to debate and rest. ALI told,
Scott was on the floor three times for a
count once in the second round after
being rushed TO his corner and Tipped
by left to the head. He took count
of six and lasted out the round without
much trouble. Another wild rush by
Sharkey, early in the third round, put
Scott down for count Of three along
the ropes. The Briton was down for
another count of six before the blow
that aroused the big controversy.
British sports writer's at the ring
side gave it as their opinion that Sharkey
used unnecessarily unfair tactics and
struck Scott more than few obviously
foul punches They believed that after
the bout was stopped, Sharkey deserved
disqualification, but that the final blow
to the stomach was fair. They were
as disappointed in the unsatisfactory
outcome as American critics. and con-
ceded Sharkey had his opponent beaten
without questionable blows being neces-
sary.
To sum it up. Scott refused to fight
and Sharkey failed to fight. at least in
a manner calculated to enhance his
championship prospects. The Boston
sailor was extremely wild in his over
anxiety to land a killing punch, fairly
raging as he came out of his corner.
He was outboxed and outsmarted by
Scott in a good portion of the first two
rounds, though there was never any
3 question of which was the harder hit
ter. SCOTS only advantage was in
weight. He scaled 205 to Sharkey's 1877.
= Fans Think RiskO Won.
The result Of the semi-final between
Johnny Risko of Cleveland and Vic
torio Campolo of the Argentine. de-
clared draw by Referee Kid McPhart-
land of New York. also was unsatisfac-
tory to the majority of spectators and
experts who considered Risko held a
winning edge Campolo finished spec
tacularly, staggering Risko in the tenth
round eth solid smashes. This. in
the refdAA's opinion, entitled the South