The Washington times., 1931-07-23
SHARKEY WON,
SAYS RING
SOLON
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

Dy JAMLo A' NAAOFAAAAN
NEW YORK, July 23.-Mickey
Walker, a little man with a big
fighting heart, was the pugilistic
hero of the hour today as a re-
suit of his surprisingly strong
showing against Jack Sharkey,
the garrulous Boston heavy
weight, in their 15-round bout
at Ebbets Field last night for
the benefit of the Free Milk
Fund For Babies, Inc.
Spotting Sharkey 20 pounds in
weight and bleeding badly dur,
ing the fight from cut over
his left eye, the Toy Bulldog
by sheer aggressiveness and will
to win, earned a draw with the
highly-touted bluejacket.
Sharkey's inability to whip
his smaller opponent sent his
prestige down to a new low and
disputed his right to the claim
he is the man who should fight
Max Schmeling of Germany for
the heavyweight championship
of the world next summer.
1t was a close fight-so close,
in fact, that for hours afterward
the experts were in the throes of
discussion regarding the fairness
of the verdict. Many of them
thought Walker won; others said
the decision should have gone to
Chorlyoy Mo M n flor how, Tho Lo,,t
is figured, however, it was moral
victory for Walker. for it was the
concensus before the figat that
Sharkey would surely win by a
knockout inside of 10 rounds.
"The decision was Outra-
geOus," declared Jack Kearns,
manager of Walker and former
manager of Jack Dempsey.
Il am going before the New
York Boxing Commission and
ask them to reverse the
verdict"
Sharkey himself was greatly dis
appointed. He thought he won
the fight handily. He could net
understand how the referee and
the two judges could arrive at a
draw verdict.
Il should have been awarded
the fight" said Sharkey. Il
came out of the bout unmarked
and everybody will have to ad
nit l cut Mickey up quite bit.
I'll admit he did better than l
thought he would. / figured
going into the ninth round that
/ was perhaps round behind.
But from then on it was my
fight. l figure l walked away
with most of the remaining
rounds. / am. sure 1 won the
twelfth, thirteenth and four
teenth by wide margins. IT was
a bad decision"
GEM Tunney, retired heavy
weight champion of the world,
was of the opinion that the de-
cision should have been awarded
to Walker. On the other hand,
James A. Farley, chairman OF the
New York boxing commission,
thought Sharkey won handily.
Once in the fifth round,
Sharkey dropped Walker with a
right uppercut that clipped the
chni
Mickey disdained count. He
was on his feet almost instantly
and giving Sharkey as good as
he sent. Even that early in the
fight, he made it apparent to all
that Sharkey had mans size
job on his hands to knock him
out.
The verdict was greeted with
mingled cheers and boos. The
referee, Arthur Donovan, gave the
fight to Walker; Charles Mathi-
som, one of the two judges,
thought the bout was a draw,
while the other judge, George F.
Kelly, said Sharkey won the
fight
According to the International
News Service tabYlation, sharkey
had a slight edge. The count, a.
we see it, was eight rounds for
Sharkey, six for Walker, and one
even. We gave Sharkey the first,
fourth, fifth, ninth, twelfth, thir-
~teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
and Walker the second, third, soy
ent! eighth, tenth and eleventh.
The sixth round was even.
The bout attracted between
10000 and $4,000 spectators.