Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1929, Page 51

SP ORTS.” %rkey% Rally Overcomes Stribling : Dempsey Elated HUB FIGHTER WINS IN LAST 4 ROUNDS BY ALAN J. GOULD, Associated Press Sperts Tditor. IAMI BEACH. Fia., February 28.—The impetuous fiing of vouth, it ssems, isn't enough. : Young Stribiing, idol of the South and a veteran of pugil- $sm despite his 24 years, had its fling| Jast night, but at the end of the glamor- | ous melodrama of Miami Beach the | official decision went to Jack Sharkey, | the dour, chunky and hard-hitting sailor from down East. | In a 10-round match that was alter- nately fast and dull, hard fought and close, but punctuated with few real mo- ments of throbbing excitement, Sharkey overcame a big lead on points piled up | by Stribling in the first six rounds and | won with a strong finish throughout the | last four rounds. ‘The battering Bosionian had his hand lifted aloft as the victor by Referee Lou Magnolia of New York, but his margin of victory was thin and far from c.n- vincing either to a majority of the ex- perts or to most of the crowd of 40,000 that was packed in the picturesque set- ting of Flamingo Park, | Magnolia, sole arbiter of the battle, | jdid not hesitate to lift Sharkey’s hand. | nor did his score sheet, showing six | ,Tounds for the Boston boxer, three for | Stribling and one even, leave room for (any doubt in his mind. Ringside critics, although widely at variance in their opinions, were not far from unanimous .in agreement with the verdict. ‘The majority, in a poll taken by the Assoclateqg Press, credited Sharkey with no more than a single round’s margin. But only about 1 out of every 12 in the critical group assembled around the ring believed Stribling was entitled to vie- tory or at least a draw. Stribling Spectacular. Stribling, outweighed and outboxed, thut not outgamed, fought the more | spectacular fight. He furnished the cne big moment of drama in the fourth, when he caught Sharkey flush on the | left temple with an overhand right that | staggered the Boston sailor and made his knees sag momentarily. Then, as | at other times, however, the gallant /Georgian was unable to follow up his advantage. Sharkey, in better fighting condition, s woefully slow, ineffective and wild tat times, but he fought the more busi- (nesslike fight. He won by the colorless but nevertheless effective method of (pounding Stribling’s body until it was #ore, bruised and blotchy red. That Ipunishing mode of attack slowly but certainly took the steam from Strib- ling's own offensive, slowed up his plunges and wore down his resistance in a bout that was filled with plenty of pishing and pulling, tugging and hug- ging. ‘sr for all the closeness of the de- cision, for all that Sharkey may yet have to prove before he regains the top rank he held more than two years ago in the heavyweight scramble, the vic- tory moves the Boston battler another furlong along the comeback trail. His next opponent in the program leading up to a possible comeback by Jack Dempsey in the struggle for Gene Tun- ney's vacated throne probably will be the rugged and iron-jawed Spaniard, Paulino Uzcudun, who grinned last night as he watched two of his rivals in action and flaunted his challenge to the winner. Crowd Liked Fight. For all the fight may have lacked in Spectacular; elements or in the drama that would have gone with a knockout jor decisive’ , it was neyertheless apparently exciting to a crowd mjo;lnx 11 the novelty of the spectacle itself, its ropical surroundings, its gathering of fthe great and near-great and its testi- amony to the successful completion of one of the most interesting sports ven- gures of ali time, | ! _Of the crowd of some 40,000, lbou(; 135,000 contributed to an astonishing | Pgate” estimated at $400,000 for the ven- | Iture that Tex Rickard planned as a big gamble and which his successors, ‘led by Jack Dempsey and “Big Bill” (Carey, saw through to_success only Iafter many misgivings. Probably thou- jsands in the crowd came to see how it ‘could be done, skeptical perhaps to the Mast, when the gates finally were closed ind a sell-out announces. It was, altogether, a great show in which the big fight itself seemed in the tend only a major item, the climax, but le the whole thing. For the famous figures of sports, of business, politics fnd society, this spectacle was some- thing to see. For the thousands of jordinary fans and pleasure seekers, it ‘was perhaps worth the price to pick ut the celebrities who filled the ring- \eide rows: to see Jack Dempsey. the romoter, in his tuxedo; to note Johnny rrell. the golf king. or Babe Ruth, Irene Castle McLaughlin or Esteile Tay r Dempsey, or the big chiefs of busi- ‘ness and finance. ! Had Big Moments. If the fight itself did not stir the emo- ons such as did the last Dempsey ‘mnney battle, for instance, it never- ffheless had its few big moments, its contrast in the courageous battle of g;‘outh against a seasoned,, rugged war- or. |” Stribling made the big gamble and flost, but the crowd applauded him for /it. ‘Naturally enough. the personal sym- \pathies of mosi of those in the arena coming from the South, were with t |Georgian. but he had neither the stam- /Ana nor the punching power to_sustain ian offensive that up until the last few | [rounds gave him the chance to win. l Siribling threw everything he had | Mnto the first half of the fight. When | is big bid for a knockout in the fourth | failed. he seemed to lose spirit. After the sixth he was a tired youth, always oan: i but steadily being beaten intn cn by a wearing, tearing body a _ | to the youth of the land, it really makes | the vas « half of the marred by g and by ¢ near to T as too blow being foul repeatedly by Magnolia, who ruled the ring with an iron hand and curt voice. Stribling particularly was cautioned for Janding his blows too low, and this, under the New York State rules that m gerou: prevailed. counted against him. There | were no knockdowns, but Sharkey came th= closost to being on the floor, being 'wrestled to one knee in the first, be- sides being staggered in th: fourth. 'FIGHT SECON.DS ORDERED . TO BE NEATLY DRESSED CHICAGO, February 28 (#).—It's a changing world, even when it comes to that rough-and-ready coterie—ring seconds. Hereafter, the Illinois State Box- ing Commission has ruled. seconds will not be allowed to hound into rings with their hair disheveled, torn and solled sweaters and vicious scowls on their faces. Instead, they must be dresscd neatly, have their hair combed and make a graceful bow to the crowd ore lzgl‘ to - Y o Both boxers were warned | | | GRIFFS | i Makes Body Attack Count| After Georgian Spends | Strength Early. TOSS MEDICINE BALL THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 1929, AT TAMPA CAMP TO GET INTO CONDITION ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN IAMI BEACH, February 28.—After sitting in on the 10-round scuffle be- tween the two battlers adjudged the most logical of the logical contenders for the heavyweight championship throne renounced by James Joseph Tunney, we must con- fess to a feeling that the fight game, so far as the unlimited division is concerned, has fallen upon sad ways. Here was the pair generally conceded to be the cream of the divison, putting on a 10- round bout before 40,000 thrill- seekers, who spent more than $400,000 for the privilege of be- ing eyewitnesses, and nary a thrill materialized in the entire 30 minutes of milling. The Sharkey-Stribling em- broglio, of course, was the big shot of the evening, but we saw more action in at least three of the preliminary bouts than we did in either the wind-up or the semi-wind-up between Marty Gallagher of Washing- ton, D. C., and Johnny Grosso of Mount Vernon, N. Y. And in both of the two bouts we were most interested in it seemed to us that a draw verdict would have done injustice to no one. The sharps whose business it is to follow things fistic may have observed in the piece de resistance things that escaped our untrained eye, but aside from a studied air of nonchal- ance that Sharkey always af- fects when in the ring, we- couldn’t discern where he looked more than 1 per cent better than the far lighter Georgian who opposed him,- and, so'far as Gallagher is con-- cerned, while it must be con- ceded that there was an gdge in favor of the Mount Vernon, N. Y, Ttalian, it was due only to his greater experience and aggressiveness, and not to any lack of effort and gameness on the part of the pride of the Capital's Foggy Bottom. In their eight-round setto, which was put on after thé main bout in- stead of immediately preceding it. Gallagher and Grosso pushed, shoved and swung with abandon and ear- nestness, but at its conclusion neither was much the worse for wear, and the fact that Grosso's sun- tanned torso showed no marks of battle, while Gallagher's fair hide bore welts from the impact of John- ny's gloves, was the sole avenue of reasoning by which the general run of fans could reach a conclusion as to the victor. What actually happened was that both of them were in there swinging for dear life throughout their 24 ‘minutes of milling, with hardly any pretense at science and with none of the clever blocking, feinting and counter-punching that reasonadly may be ezpected of even behemoths weighing 194 and 195!y pounds as Gallagher and Grosso did, re- spectively. With Marty it was the same old story of courageously standing his ground and swapping punches, but THOMPSON: could have been counted: on the fingers of two hands. As a rule his wallops, and those of Grosso, too, landed on shoulders, arms, gloves and heads. Of hooks and uppercuts there were none in their repertoire; that is, at least, none that found their mark. L O far as enthusiasm is con- cerned, none was engen- dered by the performance of the maulers who wound up the party staged by Jack Dempsey as pinch-hitter for the late Tex Rickard, and the success of which may be judged from the fact that the gates were closed as-early as 9 o'clock, with a capacity attendance of 40,000 paid, and that the receipts ex- ceeded $400,000, which means that the Madison Square Gar- den Corporation cleared some- thing like $75,000 on a card that the skeptics were unani- mous a month ago in asserting would prove a dismal flop. Regarding the main bout, which ex-Champion James J. Corbett is quoted as saying was the most scientific fight he has witnessed in 20 years, all we can say is that if that was the case it was too scientific. What we look- for in “big” bouts is something decisive. The one here last night deserves list- ing under that heading, even though it was not a champion- ship affair, but from our own personal point of view it was disappointing. We saw Dempsey, who, incident- ally, got a bigger hand when he was introduced from the ring than even Stribling, the pride of all the South, batter the huge Willard into a pulp in the sweltering hot pine saucer on the shores of Maumee Bay to win his title 10 years ago, saw Georges Carpentier, the flashy Frenchman, rock the champion with a hard right to the jaw at Boyle's 30 Acres, saw Dempsey knocked out of the ring by Luis Firpo before he returned to drop the Wild Bull of the Pampas; Sharkey have Der;l!uy ‘wabbling be- foré the Manassa Mauler clipped him when his head was turned at the Yankee Stadium; the famous “long count” battle at Chicago—a thriller it éver there was one and that thing in New York in which Tunney pounded Tom Heeney to a pulp. Last night we witnessed just one blow ‘which seemed to discommode éither of the two battlers in the only scrap of major magnitude that Dixie has played host to in more than two decades. This _was in the tenth round, when Sharkey landed a right flush ont the point of Stribling’s jaw. “Now he feels it,” some bug back of us fieued. and it was apparent from Willie’s silly grin that he did, but he didn’t have to hang on to clear his head as a result of it. Nor did either he or Sharkey at any’ time appear as if they might be on the way out. Stribling did show from the welts on his body and the bloody pan he carried through the last five of the ten rounds that the Boston broad- caster had accomplished something in the flurries of fist swinging that marked the bout sporadically, but a so-called “big” bout with nary a knockdown impressed us nothing most of them were of the round- house variety, and those which might be classed as clean, straight blows to get all steamed up about and we left the arena with the idea that Herr Max Schmelling could take both of them, and on the same night. Crowd With “Boyish” Stribling, Wife of Bout Promoter Thinks BY MRS.. WILLIAM F. CAREY, Wife of the Vice President of Madison Square Garden Corporation and Moving pirit of the Miami Beach Bout. A/‘ should come thousands of miles to see a boxing con! It must be their worship for physf per- fection and with that as an incentive IAMI BEACH, Fla., February 28 (#)—It never ceases to be 2mazing to me that ople fighting worth while. I feel that the women in the crowd at were with yeung Stribling last night in his b with Jack Sharkey because of his boy ish appeal. He fought a good fight, 0o, and to me made a surprisingly good showing. ! | Perhaps one may call me a fight (“fan” for I attended all of the major bouts in Madison Square Garden. \wlwlud both boys in their training | quarters and I could not help but feel | proud that young Stribling, in whom I have been particularly interested, stood up so well against a heavier and more powerful foe. Stribling looks more like a college foot | ball player than a fighter. He is grace- | ful, too, and in fact is too good looking for the ring. I am pleased that it was such a good fight. Usually I prefer to watch bantam- weights, but this match was so inter- iesting and fought at such a pace that it thrilled me as much as any bout T {have ever ssen. 1 was particularly amaved at Stribling’s ability to absorb | the hardest of Sharkey's blows wilhout flinchin; TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F .- | 1| ‘The only fault I have to find with fights in general is that women do not understand the_ announcements made from the ring. It seems to me that the entire proceedings could be made more interesting for us by a system of loud- speakers so that every one could hear and the feminine spectators would have | & chance to learn and understand what | is going on. It also seems to me that explanations of the referee’s actions during a match | as well as violaticns of rules might b> explained through the for the benefit of those not femiliar with the technicalities of the ring. e STATE RIVALS CLASH. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 28.—St. | John's College will close its basket ball | Season tomorrow evening, when the An- | napolis five meets Johns Hopkins for | the second clash of the season at Car- lin’s in Baltimore. Earlier St. John's | 7:1 m} the Hopkins team 18 to 16 in | Still “conveniently lo- cated on 14th street” and the same set slogan of “Satisfaction Plus” from smiling sales and serv- ice men. 1529 14th St. N.W. PROFIT ON HEAVY BOUT FIGHT OFFERS LITTLE. ESTIMATED AT $40,000 MIAMI BEACH. Fia., February 28.—Estimated statistics of the re- ceipts, expenditures and of the crowd at the Sharkey-Stribling bout here last night fol $100,000 . 7100,000 60,000 100,000 100,000 40,000 35,000 |RECORD FIGHTS OF PAST |FROM “GATE” STANDPOINT | Tunney-Dempsey, Chicago, $2,658,253.32 | Tunney-Dempsey, Pennsyl- vania i Stribling’s Other ex Government tax. Estimated profi Crowd (paid) . 1,628,238.00 | Dempsey-Firpo, New York 1,188,602.80 Dempsey - Sharkey, New 1,083,529.70 509,135.00 39.30 10.70 Firpo-Wills, y Firpo-Willard, New Jersey Firpo-McAuliffe, New York Leonard-Tendler, New Jer- 1 385,04 360,321.50 York . 243,387.10 Sharkey - Maloney, - isieane. 20RO Maloney, New Delaney- h k Sharkey-Heeney, New York .10 | 674,950.00 | TO EXCITE THE FANS BY FAIRPLAY. MIAMI BEACH, February 28. —Jack Sharkey proved superior to Young Stribling at infight- ing and was awarded the de- cision in the battle of the Ever- glades last night after 10 rounds of dull fighting. Save for a few spurts break- ing out of clinches, in which both men fired away at each other’s heads, there was little for the fans to become excited about. Much of the action was lost to the spectators because the fight was waged at close quar- ters. The few blows scored at long range did not follow each | | other with the frequency ex- pected of two fast fellows like Sharkey and Stribling. MATMEN TO CLASH. CHICAGO, February 28 (). — Two former middleweight wrestling cham- 201,613.50 | pions, Johnny Meyers and Joe Parelli, 191,888.40 | renew 178,544.30 | against each other here tonight. their comeback campaigns BY EDWARD J. NEIL. Associated Press Sports Writer. IAMI BEACH, Fla, February 28 —Now that young Stribling, | once the Macon scheolboy, has as a formidable heavyweight contender, “W. L.” is bound for another lengthy tour. ‘This time, instead of fighting bi- long as his arm, the clean-cut Georgian is headed for Europe and a fighting tour of foreign fields. Although edged out of a decision last night by Jdck Sharkey, the belting gob from Boston, the Southerner is by no means distressed by the defeat. He feels, as do “Ma” and “Pa" Stribling, his parents and managers, that regard- 1éss of the merit of the verdict, the boy who has fought from a flyweight to a full fledged heavyweight at 24 has at last impressed his prowess on the fight faithful. “We think we won that fight,” said “Pa” Stribling editorially, “but that isn't important now. There are no alibis. The boy wasn't in as -perfect condition as we would have wished but he has proved that he doesn't have to pick his opponents. Fight fans must recognize today that the boy is capable of giving any man in the world a battle.” “It was no alibi that son had injured his side. He displaced the fourth rib on his left side in the back last Wed- nesday. After four rounds last night he could hardly lit his left hand.” “Ma” Stribling's vehemence was ex- pressed the moment “W. L.” climbed down out of the ring. A “mouse” was loudspeakers | | Wiscono 30x3'% $4.45 | grown to such an extent that| he is recognized even in defeat, | Stribling Is Going to Europe For a Series of Ri ng Battles growing then under the Southerner’s left eye and his right eye was turning black, but his mother, who kept time in his corner all during the match, deemed not to notice«them. She raced up to the steps of the ring, met her gon as she climbed through the ropes, and as she kissed his blood-spat- tered lips, said: “You won that fight, ‘W. L.’ but they | stole it from yor weekly through the fistic hinder-lands | | adding knockout to a string already as | Wiscono 22x4.40 $5.45 Stribling just placed his arm around her, walked down the steps and headed for the dressing room. The Southerner's tour of Europe prob- ably will last for several months. He | plans to rest for a time and then ar- range a series of exhibition matches that will take him through all the prominent cities abroad. Upon his re- turn, Stribling plans to challenge all the leading heavyweights, seeking first a return match with Sharkey. The Boston sailor, booked to leave for home today, was so pleased with the outcome of the battle that he will claim the heavyweight championship and de- mand a return match with Jack Demp- sey, promoter of his match with Strib- ling, and the man who checked his surge toward a title match with Gene ‘Tunney by a seven-round knockout in 1926. The silent sailor had nothing but praise for his adversary after the match. The only marks he showed of the 10- round conflict were slashes across the knuckles, caused, he said, by fout-ounce gloves that broke under the power of his punches. “Stribling,” Sharkey said, “is a tricky, fast, resourceful fighter with a decep- tive attack. He'll murder any man who walks into him. His right hand is a pip. He'll cause lots of trouble for lots of heavyweights.” DOUBLE BLUE PENNANT EDERAL EXTRA SERVICE Nationally known as Extra Service TIRES. Firmly es- tablished as among the very AT CLOSE OF BOUT {“Glad Dream of Old Pal Tex Came True,” Ex-Champion Tells World. BY BRIAN BELL, | | | Assoclated Press Sports Writer. | IAMI BEACH. Fla, February | 28.—It would not be surprising | to see Jack Dempsey, former | champlon of all the heavy | weight boxers of the world, | poking about a_paper-littered Flamingo | Park today with a broad smile on his | tace. | The old Manassa Mauler has a warm [spot in his heart for the pine-board arena on the tropical sands of Florida, | where Jack Sharkey won a decision over | willie Stribling last night. An aban- | doned golf course, covered today with | programs, yeste and ice cream contain takes second place to the ing, where | Jack sent his “iron crashing newspaj vin the champio: I hip | the fighter, relegated e way for Dempsey the r. Last_night’ | bout was presented “by Jack Dempsey through special arrangement with Mad- ison Square Garden Corporation,” and | the old champion took his promoting Just as seriously as he did his fighting when he won the title and fought a successful seven years’ war defend- | ing it. Dempsey Tickled. | say to the hard-headed newspaper men, who had come to scoff and remained to | marvel, that the house was a_sell-out |and that 35,000 persons had paid $400.- 1000 to see a non-championship bout, he |wore a smile literally stretching from ear to ear. N When the first preliminary started, | he sat_with his wife near the ring hold- |ing a handful of telegrams wishing him luck in his first promotion effort. As |the boys in the ring punched at each | |other the telegrams were waved back |and forth, keeping time with the blows. | Al during the main excuse for the |evening gatherin he followed a boxer, and the Lithuanian sailor from Boston. Between rounds, and once or twice | during the action, he looked about him | and his smile broadened as he saw the thousands densely packed in the seats, standing row on row back to the last one in the compact arena. He liked the fight. “It was great,” he declared. “Lovely, and I am gladder old pal, Tex Rickard, came true like this. There’s no way for me to say how I liked this, all of it.” Had His “Big” Time. Whether the promotion urge will lure | him permanently from the ring remains to be seen. Probably no one knows. |Not even Dempsey himself. But the | big fellow who is still the “champion” | |to a group of devoted friends had a big | time last night. That can’t be taken away, no matter whether he dodges or | watches flylng gloves the next time. An_unidentified “old lady” has the freshman promoter to thank for her seat. 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Stribling grinned as Sharkey's right bounced off his chin and in an exchange at close quarters. In another clinch, | Stribling smashed his right hand four imes on the side of Jack's head and arkey slipped to the floor but came without & count. They were clinch- ng with Stribling pounding on Jack's head with his right at the bell. ROUND TWO. Sharkey bounced from his corner and flew to close quarters meeting a storm |of "Striblings rights. The tall lanky | Southerner ~ handled Sharkey like a | small boy. despite the Bostonian's extra | heft and bulk as they tumbled into an- | other corner. There was Sharkey's eyes {in a clinch, s a puzzled look about Stribling roughed him ashed a full right on his chin and then laughed when the sailor's left hook found his own chin. Sharkey kept in the open, but Stribling | chose to rush and nearly drove Sharkey from the ring as they smashed into the ropes. The battle grew rough and ready as both slugged with little respect | for the rules. The crowd was hissing at the bell, apparently booing Strib's head-down rush. ROUND THREE. | _ Sharkey danced after Stribling as the 1Sm|thorner stepped around him menac- | ingly. | Stribling to lead, but the best the | Southerner could do was a long tap to the ribs. Sharkey began to solve Stribling’s style as he stepped in with a | whipping right uppercut that smacked loudly on the Macon boy's body. A full swing left hook caught Strib- ling in the pit of the stomach and cut down his speed. Another cutting left hook as Sharkey bruised his foe about the ring cut Stribling's lip and the sgllfthem" was spitting blood at the | bell, ROU{I;!"OUR. aead, shooting left to Stribling’s head. As they wormed about the ring, Jack pulled his lighter foe to close quarters and buried both fists into the Georgian's body. Stribling rushed Sharkey and nearly threw him through the ropes. Referee Lou Magnolla warned Strib- ling for his rough work and ordered him to keep his punches up. The | Southerner caught Sharkev with a | floored the sailor. The big gob, dazed, bounced back into a right that buried under his heart. Sharkey danced away, | fighting for time, and was back to nor- | mal when the bell stopped Stribling'’s next rush. ROUND FIVE. Sharkey recovered quickly in his cor- ner from the right that dropped on his chin like a lightning dart. He tore after Stribling with a rain of left jabs and slugged right and left to the body until the referee whrned Sharkey as the {left hcok in close dropped below the danger line. They fought slowly and the referee was kept busy calling them other. Sharkey blinked as the Georgian lifted a crackling left hook to his chin. Stribling fought in deceptive fashion, leaping in suddenly with straight left Jjabs that kept the sailor blinking. An- other bruising exchange at close quar- ters brought more blood from Strib- ling's mouth, but he was lashing back furiously with both hands at the bell. ROUND SIX. During the interval Referee Magnolia warned Sharkey’s handlers against coaching from the corner. Jack bounced out and missed ‘a half dozen shots at Stribling’s weaving body. As he missed another long lash, the Georgian lifted a left to Jack's chin. Stribling's speed and the strength in his lean arms both- ered Sharkey, but he danced in close and drew blood from the Southerner's nose with short lefts. ‘The burley Bostonian forced | Sharkey was full of confidence now | and began to weave and feint with his | smashing right to the chin that nearly | |apart when they were not dancing about | the ring poking light left jabs at each | 31 by Success of Venture ‘CREAT"SAYSACK | BIG FIGHT IN DETAIL |. Again they were warned as Sharkey |bowed into Stribling's body with | punches that sometimes shaded the | belt line. Stribling bounced his left |into Jack’s face. but ran into a two- | fisted storm as the furious sailor retal- | iated with a charge that drove Stribling all around the ring. The bell ended the rally, | ROUND SEVEN. ‘The fight was anything but sensa- tional as the boxers measured each oth- er fully and either boxed lightly at a distance or grappled at close quarters. Stribling threw another long righ® into Sharkey’s chin, but drew the re e's censure from a left hook that seemed to have landed fairly on Sharkey's body. They opencd up for a moment with a brisk exchange, but Stribling had Shar- key missing constantly and he blocked | many of the Boston tar's best blows. | As a sigh of boos began to drift down |to the ring from the five-dollar seats | Stribling bounced his right again off | Sharkey’s chin, but took a bad bruis- |ing as the heavier, powerful sailor cuffed him viciously with both hands in re- | turn. Despite the brief exchange, the boos were growing louder when the gong | rang. | ROUND EIGHT. | The bouncing bables went back 1 left jabbing at long range despite the catealls. Both seemed to have tremend - ous professional respect for each othe: and any blows that might have caused damage were carefully blocked or car- ried. There was a brief flurry along the ropes, but Sharkey missed a half dozen letts. As they broke into the open again Jack tried to pummel the Georgian's body, but Stribling bounced back, into | another warning from Magnolia. Very | impressively Magnolia tore them apart and waved for Stribling to stay above the belt. There was less and less ac- tion as the round dragged itself out. ROUND NINE. Sharkey tried hard to get in close | ind when he stung Stribling with a solid right to the body W. L. fought back with a volley that pitched Sharkey again into the ropes. They were wres- tling around the ring in a tight em- brace, but as they broke into the clear again Stribling smashed a beautiful left hook and right to Sharkey's chin. Jack broke away, but Stribling chased him and nearly put him on the floor with arother left to the head. Sharkey fought back with a barrage of punches but never touched the elusive Southern- er. As they came to close quarters Stribling buried a left hook in the Northerner's body and had him slowed and back-pedaling when the bell sounded. ROUND TEN. There were more warnings for the fighters from the referee before the gong opened the last round. They came cut jabbing carefully again, the sailor peering stolidly from his lowered eyes while Stribling danced about on his toes, hands low and evaded almost every | punch Sharkey threw at him. Jack finally caught the Southerner and pinned him to the rope with‘a left, to the body and right to the head, which smeared Strib's face again with blood. The Georgian fought right back, nailing Sharkey with two cutting left hooks to the pit of the stomach. Again they boxed until Sharkey loosed a long sverhand right that bounced from Strib- ling’s chin. That called for more boo- ing at close quarters and they were slugging on the ropes in tight. asilin e sty DUNDEE TOLD TO DEFEND HIS TITLE BY MARCH 21 CHICAGO, February 28 (#).—Joe Dundee of Baltimore, world welterweight | champion, has been ordered to sign for the defense of his title by March 21 or vacate his throne. This was the ruling of the National Boxing Associa- tion through its president, Paul Prehn. Prehn said unless Dundee obeyed the order the winner of the Jackie Fields- Young Jack Thompson bout at the Chi- cago Coliseum, March 25, would be recognized as the welterweight title- holder by the N. B. A. Thompson holds a two-round knock- out victory over Dundee, but was de- prived of the title as he was forced to weigh in over the welterweight limit of 147 povnds. Its Betholine’s famous benzol blend that gives them the quick starts, extra ower and extra mileage. Try it. ETHOLIN THE WONDER MOTOR FUEL