The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-30
SHARKEY GOES
D0WN IN 9Th;
CARNERA Wins
Champion Had Best OF
Fight All The Way Until
Knockout


boxing championship by knocking
out the defending champion, lack
Sharkey, in the sixth round OF
a scheduled 15-rOund, bout last
night.
Rated as nothing more than a
freak of nature, a clumsy but
foOn, the giant Italian, who -four
years ago was travelling tn"
by-ways Of France with a honky-
tonk circus, achieved pughSm'S
highest seat with a victory over
the rings finest craftsmen.
While $1,000 persons stood and
rOared their acclaim, Camera
stood in the center of the ring
and had his arm lifted aloft In
triumph. He looked like another
King Kong standing out there
Under the golden flOodlights, a
thin smear of blood spattercd
over his face. his massive shout
derS cleaning with swea'. One
almost expected him to place his
foot upon mis- kill and give forth
a roar of triumph.
The end came with dramatic
suddenneSS. As the bell sounded
for the sixth round Sharkey, who
had been waging a savage, wick
cd battle, and who was leading
on points, came bounding from
his corner and moved to the at
tack. He missed a swinging right
and then moved in close to drive
a left to the belly, The blow
had a magical effect on the
giant Italian. He dropped his
Numbering movements and with a
snort Of anger waded straight IN
on his man.
Then came the CannOnadc.
Camera made no attempt to aim
his blows. He let them fly from
all angles and his huge, mallet-
like fists raked Sharkey's body
from his stomach to his skull.
Taken off guard by this uneX-
'pcCted rush Sharkcy duckcd has
head and beat a retreat. But
Carnera. the scent Of blood in his
nostrils now, never let his man
get away. Camera caught Shar-
key in a geutral corner and
pounded him through the ropes.
The champion stepped back N
the ring and ran sQuarely into
his tormentor who with one shove
of his huge paws sent him SPIN
ming to the floor.
Up. without taking a count,
Sharkey lit out for an opposite
corner. Ho was making no pro-
tense Of fighting now. All he.
cared about was to escape the
deadly rain of blows. But right
behind h m moved Camera
punching every spot that was ua-
protected.
Suddenly Sharkey spun around
and faced the Italian. 1t was a
fatal mistake, for as he turned
Camera unleashed a right upper
cut that drove past the cham
pion's tired defense and cracked
like a shot against his jaw. The
force of the blow spun Sharkey
completely around. He wavcr-
ed on his feet for a moment and
then fell flat on his face, his
only answer to the plea of his
hackers to get up being a convul-
sive thrashing of his legs.
As the champion huddled on
the canvas, Camera, a wicked
sheer on his huge countenaace,
stood couched in a neutral cor
ner, his fists cooked.
But it was all over. At the
count of ten his handlers lifted
Sharkey to his stool and worked
fully two minutes to bring him
around.
When his head cleared, Shar-
key stepped across the ring aud
shook his conqueror's hand. Then.
with an enigmatic smile on his
face. waved farewell to the
crowd. 1t was probably his last
salute to q fight crowd. for he
had promised to call it quits If
defeated.
No heavyweight champion, from
Jim Figg down, ever went down
more CALAMITY than did the sailor
last night. Faced by the biggest
man any heavyweight champion
has ever been called on to battle,
Sharkey, spotted his man go
pounds and many years, carried
the fight until ne could charge no
longer.
The turning point probably
came in the first round. One
minute from the end Sharkey
tented Camera out of position
and landed as hard a right as ne
ever threw, squarely on the point
of the Jaw. As it landed he step
ned back to give the Italian room
in which to fall, a look of amaze
uentS moved across his face as
Qarnera only grinned and moved
in. ....
Sharkey landed another of his
Sunday-go-to-meeting rights near
the end of the fifth and once
again the Italian took it with
smile. When for the second time
F, Camera refused so much as TO
stagger, a look of outright dis
enlargement replaced the sheer
on Sharkey's face.
The first two rounds of the
bout were as wicked as any the
heavyweight ring has seen since
Dempsey was in his hey-day.
Both answered the first bell at
a dog-trot and game together
with a thud. For the next three
minutes they went at it like two
Kilkenny eats. Twice in this
round Sharkey slthered into the
ropes as he missed a right-hand
that he left the floor to deliver.
Camera scored repeatedly in this