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NAEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1927, DEMPSEY MAKES SENSATIONAL COMEBACK TO KAYO SHARKEY-—STANLEY WORKS TEAM IS TROUNCED BY P. & F. CORBIN NINE— FALCONS TO PLAY CHICOPEE FALLS TEAM—KENSINGTON TO MEET SMEDLEYS OF NEW HAVEN—PIRATES TO MERIDEN—BRIEFS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IHOWARD AND KELLY| STILL “TIGER” OF RING [PLANS T0 TRAIN |DEMPSEY THE “SHELL” IN AGAIN CHANGES HANDS T0 BATTLE AGAIN - q FOR TUNNEY BOUT SENSATIONAL COMEBACK i Are B: k— he Top—Pirates Drop Both | . A ’ Sudden and Dramatic End of Bout In Seventh Round Chicago Cubs Are Back At the Top—Pirates Drop g / ; Dempsey o Rest Few W eeks Ends of Double Bill to Boston Braves— Windy City oampion aid Former State Puts Ex-Champion Back At Top of Pedestal— Team Also Loses to Phillies—Giants Lose to Cards | Champion to Meet Wednesday ot « 1«‘ g \ Belore Starting Hard Work Referee Refuses to Allow Claim of Foul —‘Hard —Reds Take Brooklyn—Athletics Down Indians— : R &k Won Triumph For Former Title Holder—Victory Browns Beat Senators—Other Games. | Hartford, July 20—Joe Howard, | 4 b { <42 /% New York, July 22 (P—Jack Decisive Enough to Restore Old Prestige. former state middlewelght champion | LT Dempsey, buoyed to high spirits by and Jack Kelly of Waterbury, who 5 \Y his knockout of Jack Sharkey, pre- | By the Associated Pre speed of foot has vanished although now holds that crown, will resume % E 3 i pared today for a flying trip to his | Ni:fl\]{gr:{, i!{ulu — ’I‘)"ml "n‘o: his shiftiness remains. His punches . J w ollywood was loaded | carry agai i e = wife and home in ?"0“3{“""- Cf“‘-; after all, it seems, and today J:\ck’t\‘;‘rcr,}-'o“ff\,:;a‘,-ir.,r::;c, ’;.Z“h;;nri;;l::d betore settling down for & (€W |pompsey,at 83, {8 on the high road | great deal of the old resoures that weeks hence t0 train for Bis return |5, " (Ciiutional come-back a5 the | erinie. e o Hake 1o and o fight with Gene Tunney for the|,.quit of a stunning knockout vic- | back to win B D 5 bo,v | (oY O¥eE Jaol Ehaskey, Looked Bad In First i l‘)’“' geze ““;;".l d’, m" ’o‘ In a finish as sudden and dra-| Last night, in the first round, he saj empsey. iladelp! u” T | matic as it was marked also by sharp | was perilously close to defeat. He : Chicago will suit me just as well a8 |, i qveray, the former king of the | was totterin, groggy, under the im- offerings and lost to Philadelphia asED B back to its usual night, Monday. New York. This fight will do me p ; veients dropped Sharkey for pact of a serles of solid hooks to the ither Guy Bush nor Percy S ity - 19 0 %1 Howard and Kelly have met three a lot of good. I will keep in 8hape | o count of 10 in the seventh round | head, and b ding from the mouth. Jones had anything to bother the Stewart, Zb .. 3 times and the score is: Kelly 2, 4 and be set for the big shot. LA IR o e s e HleaduRpdiblsadiog o thé ameuh. Dempsey himselt was as tickled as abrupt end, for the present, to the | the sudden storm. Phillies, who slammed out 13 h saker, ok . & Howard 1, but on their last meeting it A eoaties o RL a boy with a new toy because of his confident course of the young Bos-| It took only a few seconds for last 1 The Cubs' infield turned in fon . 3 . vo weeks ago Howard knocked out The Cubs' infield turn n four it two weeks ago Howar: A o double plays but their pitchers gave i Kally in et sccondll founa timhe] ; i { o 1t took or for las e Ll Brass City youngster now Is seeking 7 solt seemed restored. Ho slapped |00 SHIORL L night's fnishing picture but it was & Kremer gave only five hits in the . s and mauled “Jerry the Greek”, his ” Y Blomeen eli i hiatirana st Pkt but e Braves |E 3 2 g B e il At Dromises much trainer, as though little of his| * ;’lf)":“‘;hfa’f‘;r‘:u‘i; 't',]ilffr.rm;;?: _ Dempscy came out of his corner bunched two o them in the first in- a2 action will find Joe Bard, hardest-| energy had been lost in the conflict. | Tk U T BEEIREC {in the deciding seventh round and ning for two runs and a 2-1 verdict. | . hitting amateur in the state, pitted JerDry “took it” smilir:g.l . roul—si.r;ed s‘)“n;‘l(;;‘r]’o“_x“A“‘md S rfxvtxvflvr:l;'n \;‘I‘os»;l :s ;:(ix;;:lforrxguc:‘;;- Kent Greenfield seattered five hits i SeBal e gressive Luclen Lari- empsey came out of the battle rd and | sisten h evious s, and was effective in the pinches. | Bennett, tf .oo.: EEainzh e Mernonie | In 064 condition Dut s face was |& Short Iett hook, lush {o.the hin,| They iad whirled around, Dempsey’s Miljus, a Pacific coast league product : 7 ol e e et ¢ ; quits brulsed and it was necessary |COMPleted the sailor's downfall|head buried in Sharky's shoulder, made his debut for the Pirates in the | [ [508 [© o000 b weight champion, and Billy Taylor, X : 4 4 to take several stitches in cuts over ||t IeY Bneell, as well as zlhols Nk s“d{‘om‘ e night cap and was charged with the d £ ' ba e his eyes. 5 3 and they sank a short vicious blow to the 5-2 defeat. ::::‘;"a:z“;::;rzmhr'fl 1:\03;212??12- K : Dr. Frank H. Russell who attend- | WeTe supported apparently by many |sailor's waist line. Sharkey turned The Giants exploded a wagon of | . B i = o il et twa of ed ex-champlon, sald three stitches [FiNgside observers as well as others | his head toward the referee, appar- fireworks in the ninth against the UOTOR Poeo 2l the state's best welters. Were taken in a cut in the right eye- |I the vast crowd of §2,000 that|ently to claim a foul, and doubled 2 dtatelsiner er. 14 and one stitch in a cut over the |filled the Yankee Stadium. But the | up, but they were still mixing as St. Louis Cardinals but lost the ; ey o auriean e 5 serles opener, 7-6. Coming to bat five : 0 T ’i,‘;;:lh':;g“ Aoan °n:r,‘:,d ot 75 ihetieee 1eferee, Jack O'Sullivan, after a mo- | Dempsey shot over his left, runs behind, the New York club 2 = s ¥ “Except for these cuts and |Ment of hesitation, decided it was a| There had been no attempt by drove Jess Haines to cover in the | s ";‘_‘""hh'm:\‘;;'rm avel baen T coetvan = bruises about the face, Dempsey |{air blow and tolled the count that| Referce O'Sullivan to interfere or ninth and scored five runs. In the 1 Dineen, Gelsel i el Db e 1ea T WHD! seemed in excellent condition,” Dr. |brought victory to the bronzed but| warn Dempsey it he thought the lat- tenth Devormer threw wild to third e ! d Russell said this morning. “The |somewhat battered Dempse | blows too low. . And ..although and Bottomley crossed with the win- | iy d Faslat T contrast was especially marked in | It Was a hard-won triumph for the | he hesitated a second, or two, as i lihgt. policy of admitting ladies man who sat on the heavyweight | Sharkey wi ning run. Frankie Frisch got three | J J T o 3 A nl b e comparison with his condition after nt down on all. fours, the hits in five times at bat, one of them | NATIONAL LEAGUE | free will be followed and there will| S losing to Tunney last September.” |throne for seven years. 1t was a|rcferce quickly took up the count, a home run, and handled 14 chances First Gume | be a concert by Tasilo’s band. Mak . v for |slashing, mauling battle that saw |and, at 10, waved the sailor “out.” | , es Sensational Comebac) Dr. Russell treated Dempsey 3 e |and, at 10, waved the sailor “out. without a slip-up. | a C ack. his 1njuries and allments after the [him rally from impending defeat in | To observers on some sides of the J | 13(’;m|mnmbi r;md tI}:m;)m{“c :‘;"%N: i, e ; 5 / RE[A' [S G"MEBAGK ; Funney fight and recalled his opinion |the first round, Dbatter his young ring, it appeared Dempsey's right to nnings before e Reds came ou tha . |, | on top, 2-1. The Robins had the JNL 4 the Associate ath Joe McCarthy's ago Cubs w soston 3 203 000 : | hack at the top the National o SRR 001 their feud next Wednesday night at | league race again today, but not by the weekly amateur boxing show of dint of their own energy. t * | the Massasoit A. C. in the Hartford The leadership changed hands Velodrome. 3 yesterday for the fourth time in a The Massasolt show is on Wednes- | many days when the Pittsburgh Pi- day night because of the profession- t both ends of a doubl Y al card holding the boards at the to the Boston Braves. The | Velodrome Monday night. After this Cubs failed to solve Herb Pruett's | Se ; show, the M oit club will ge N — that poison from ahscesses in Demp- rival with a terrific attack to the | the body was several inches below 2 2 lor, 3bi0 ey 3 ‘STANLEY WORKS SWAMPED |sey's arm penetrated his system and |body and finally bring his foe down. |the waist line while just as many bases loaded in n}n 10th with om\“ e i | contributed to slowing him up last |It Was a stirring battle that saw the more were cqually confident the iown butlacked & r'\"‘"c,h'y : ) g 1 0 IS e e |once great “Manassa Mauler” sum- | punch altogether fair. ,-fnm'::"?n f,“"..d e B : BY CORBINS lN BATTLE} "His general condition fs much [mon buck much, if not all, o his old | The referee shared the last view il the elghth when the Hugmen o = | better now.” Dr. Russell added. | Punching power, all of his old game- |and his decision appeared upheld un e O] ? e y “His fight last night showed that". s, and a good deal of his old when Dr. William Walker, boxing D ol Ty } Old-T]me]‘ Des(]]‘]bes S(}e]]es (]I | “Dempsey declared the right hook |stamina to batter into defeat a foe- | commission’s ofticial physician de- SR Bl v hovs munstiEacH - |Barrage of Hits Irt Fifth and Sixth Innings Sends Jim |to the body that started Sharkey jman who had all of the assets of |clarcd after examination of Sharkey i |iooter b 2 B i o downward in the seventh was not |vouth and speed but little of the hit 1t no evidence of injury of a foul et a At lstionwon the | Staims e Other Days o ng Scott to Showers—P. & F. Sole Occupant of First tour. He saia he felt Sharkey sag |ling accuracy that had marked his [blow was apparent, at least on the ! s 3 Rl o e the | previously sensational rise to heavy- |surface. series opener trom " Cleveland 8.0, Ll 2 e : Place Again — Score of Game Is 14 to 2 — Union i whiref over his left for e | prominencc. TN e e stakllate. : ; ; Burru : New York, July 22 (P—The crash Works Puts Up Great Battle Against Newmatics— | "It was a toueh fight, one of the | Whatever the clements of dis-| o a majority of ringside erities the 11 hits he permitted. Gitbson, ¢ L..110 of Jack Dempseyls fron left had < > | hardest T have cver had.” Dempsey | pute aroused by Dempsey's finishing | Dempsey seemed to have a distinct N liaitls s Bonnett with the tlel : scarce toppled the Boston tar Jack Tough Breaks Prevent First Win. |satd. “Give Sharkey all the credit |blows, the victory was sufficiently [if not decisive advantago on points bases full in the ninth gave the St. | ; harkey to defeat in a cloud of in the world for being a good, game |decisive to restore much of Demp- |when the knockout came after 45 i v v ovi v " om resin whe: r—a fig 2 or."” sey's old prestige, gain him one of s s Sevi 2 Louis Browns a victory over Wash- S e R resin when old timer—a fight fan| s o 3 T | fighter. sey’s old p , B m one of |scconds of the seventh round had League ‘!a"‘!inb Haber, 2b | the greatest ovations of his career, |elapsed. Sharkey's offensive wilted or ington 5-4. The second game was ton 0_ 000 00x—2|of two score yes leaped spryly | = s i s S 5 litt him over the first of his come- |was held back after his slashing first MEET SMEDLEY CLUB [vack barviers ana sena”im on the |vound drive, halted in the seventh by darkness ..1"% "0 EEGL TEHE froninis Eacaband honled Ul | e Govbin A |way to a return championship bat-| He gave ground steadily under [tle with his conqueror of last Sep- | Demps sistent hammering. to with the teams deadlocked, 2-all. ! .nd Rigler. Tme—1-41 *| his companion's ear above the din.|gr " ot (PN s , 2 5 e 5 S, s 5 Stanley Works .. 3 | Annastatio, Bucky Harris, the Senators' field Demps making the Csame(TC Rl WORE, o LTl A uastadle b 8 All-Kensington Bascball Team to |tember, Gene Tunney. | the body. Occasionally the- sailor i Meets Tunney Soon | countercd with hooks to the jaw that boss, was banished for arguing with & comeback that Ruby Robert Fitz- ;‘Jol\nson, z 5 55 Battle Stellar Attraction Sunday | Ajthough Promoter Tex Rickard | jarred Dempsey, notably in the third nders ik simmons made when he knocked out Russwins ........ 10 091 | 8 iy . 000 000— an umpire. “Goose” Goslin got four ' {5 M " 5 it = hits in four tries, one of them being : Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey all X ly}:”\lm‘l{:\xuc a home run. 3 within fourteen days. Now for Tun- p' ‘.0 : Regan’s home run with a man on ney.” = St P. & F. Corbin T001 044 41x—14 A |today declined to make any definite |and sixth round, as well as the first. base failed to keep the Boston Red The old timer! was lost among the| o o0 Works n pIwo buse b Green, Carlaon, | ‘\ftermoon. {announcement of his plans, it is re- |Me cut Dempsey's right eye, mouth Sox from defeat, the Detrot Tigers iis J §2,000 who velled and cheered them-| The P. & F. Corbin team with a | Freisser. ' Threc b s Matwlls 2| 1o An.Kensington baseball team |garded as likely that Dempsey and |and nose, while remaining himself trimming Carrigan’s team, 7-3. | Pottomley, 1b’. selves to exhaustion last night as the | terTific barrage of hits in the fifth Fa el ST il battle the Smedley club of New | Lunney will fight for the crown be- |virtually unmarked, but his attack Biades, 52 o M Koek s al bt ?niz sx,.\lxtn]mn:n‘zs. rsnm‘.nm_ 3 e lough Game Haven ot the Pereival avenue |I¥eCR September 15 and 20, possibly was for the most part wild. AMERICAN LEAGUE il harkey in the vast stecl and con-|bI§ TiEht hander of the ~Stanley The Union Works, tired of being | : {in Philadelphia, where they met But Sharkey's usually accurate JAN LEAG 8 : O|crete Yankee Stadium. A city's| WOrks team to the showers and sew- | the leaguc's doormat, stepped out |grounds in Kensington Sunday after- |year, but probably at Soldiers' Field |left jab wailed to stop Dempsey's SEN 1 n U | population with all its waifs of life ed up a 14 to 2 victory that again last night against the New Britain [noon. The visiting ageregation was in Chicago. |rushes as it had Maloney's. The R AR T § | —bankers, merchants, protessional Put them in first place in the Indus- | Machine and except for tough (formerly the X Y team of the Elm | Rickard s understood to have|sailor's vaunted right cross frequent- Koenlg, ss . A 3 Sherdel, p men, politicians, venders, and the Um} league standni, The teams | breaks, would have won its first “?ny. one of the best known diamond |virtually completed arrangements to |ly swished aimlessly through alr as Ruth, e . floating element of the metropolis— 120 been deadlocked for the lead | game in two seasons. As it was, the |combinations on these parts. |shift the fight to a site outside New | Dempsey easily blocked or ducked Gelrlg. 1b . : Totals S o e e }{nd st e in b l"rol‘u‘l:;‘xk_v‘ | Newmatics came out on top by the | Manager Dan Malarney, secure in |York because ncither last night's |out of its reach. ) for mew ring honors, Just as on that| UP 10 ne.ru!u?”n;m;ll‘ nud,;n_llvm scoreof 4to 2. Arallybythe Unions the knowledge that he has molded |Lattle ground nor any other in the| Sharkey's confidence, the factor T st August night in 1900 far lesser 1"‘““{-‘_ “:‘°(( “} ’t )“ oo *""I_J ‘;‘ P-lin the first of the ninth placed a |together a winning club, has hesi- | Metropolitan district affords ating |that has been so conspicuous in his Gazelia, thousands swarmed to Coney Island “"x;‘_‘i’;m‘c‘i’"mp‘:i ”:”{"F' u»]}' i 0(\;!1‘" man on second and first, but two [tated not at all in signing up the |capacity to compare with the arenas |ring successes, scemed to ebb as he e e o to see Old Titz clash with his an- (ZHAIPINE Wes Hhey | Dickid Ob spectacular catehes of sure-fire hits |strongest teams available and from |in Philadelphia or Chicago. found his best blows missing or fail- baschal, xx cient foeman, Tom Sharkey. o )‘ “ ¢ who followed MM | by the Newmatic outfield, killed the |now on, the fans in Kensington and | The Dempsey of today may not be ing to bring down his foe, whilo o That battle had no such back- ‘Of it Safe Mtv o 0 lspurt and prevented the TUnions |New Britain will be entertained with {the “Dempsey of Toledo,” the “Man |Dempsey beat a steady drum-fire on ground as the “Battle of the Jack: omun'on‘nm)go im had the Corbin | from winning their first game, |the best brand of baseball possible. Killer,” who battered Jess Willard |the sailor's ribs. Sharkey's youth and last night when tastily gowned wom- % P s e e The battle was a duel from the | The Elm City team has a strong into a helpless hulk with as dev | speed alone were not sufficient to en by hundreds with their husbands ¢ €500« T SEAEREE TEARE | slab with Casey serving them up |combination. The lineup to play Sun- |tating an exhibition of punching as | stand off the aggressive, bulldog on- and friends sat about the ringside | o ™ 00" Ue o hisehed hitless | |OF the Unlon Works and Ference day will be as follows: Conners orthe ring has ever seen. He may not, |slaught of the former champlon. The J1RTIEr, GF 1sees : : ; gnojonieerenihoiba bisrs Ball i the Arst part. Coslson gl | Shooting them over for the New- |Carberry, rf.; Velaodi or McLeon cither, be as formidable as he was|young giant of 24 who had broken Barrett, rf A 0 | Lo Those were the days, it seemed to || . 4 onlv one bingle A fiorAhe Nty Soics: Both pitchers were in excel- |ef; Doherty, ss; H. Lynch, $b; Gra- | four ye ago when he slugged his up the aging attacks of Harry Wills the old timer, when one took a sca- ;o SRT O8F DHE C ETE T gime | 1ent form with Ference having a ham, 1b; LeGrand, 2b; Combs or way to vic(ory over the giant Argen- land Mike McTigue found something e going hack in the OId Tenderloin | 10" W97 CEAFR R o in_ | slight edge. Ference sct the Unions | O'Brien, ¢, and Crossman or Loos, D. | tine, Luis Firpo, but has come a long | far more explosive in the “hollow 5 1 a0 2 {and after passing the popalated sec- ¢ S TN 0 alled sensn. | 10WN With five hits while Casey al- | Kensington will take the field as fol- | way along the comeback trail, ob- [shell” of the 32 vear old Dempsey y':h“ SRR tions of Brooklyn soon foun bim- oo, St T i A e b lowed only six. Neither twirler |lov Sullick, ¢; Yale or B. Kania, |s, seem agreed, since 1he{ng\mn,_v machine. on in Sth. self rattling along dusty 10aas 10 inq the pitchers were working in | Walked a man. Ference had eight |p; Fitzpatric, 1b; Belser, 2b; J. dreary, rainy night last September| ROUND ONE—Sharkey charged [ _ | Coney Islana. s strikeouts and Casey three. Kania, ss; Fields, 3b; McKeon, rf:|when he floundered around against |and jabbed with lefts to the body. Dot 000 4401 37| “mnete wes nio stadium with good | T e thira, However, two doubles | | McCormack, 1f, and Grip, cf. The |Tunney. Harper, | Chairs to sit in down there by the carteq things humming. Scott slap-| (Continued on Following Page) | game will start promptly at 3 o'clock. [ Dempsey's once llghm(ngvnke’ (Continued on Following Page) x | sea,”” he mused as he edged his WaY 1cq a two-bagzer to left. He went! ] | home through the crowd last night. {5 third on Snyder's sacrif 1l | “Nothing but o long wooden Tam- Grgen i & men noster 1o 1ient i | O€cond Honeymoons i~lmrklfl building called a clubhouse. ' \nastasio misjudged the ball and it | { but it was little more than a glovi- went for a two-base hit H,.km,sl . barn. poled out a single to right and Green GosH THiS 1S A HOT { CAN'T SLEEP NIGHTS E NP AEARL ol Reserved seats there were, but geored. This gave the Workers their | Dues 'ué“r'{‘"é w‘i- { ’;__'jgn'é‘E!\LS SOMCI:;TP‘(Ne CHEWED UP BY ) [ late comers always found them oc- sum total of runs for the ga | HAD NEVE oDy 2l E- I'VE GOT MY— MOSQUITOS - iy ‘v-umh] by those gentry who never! The fifth opered for t <‘mMn‘ HERE -- OUT OF A SELF A NICE cAgE oF ¢ < ABSIERIG 0 SN BT, B : Lpat 2 Ulrecognized a ticket stub and could team. Jasper zot his team’s first THOUSAND PLACES . | inpigEsTian 4 3 o1only be ousted by strong arms. it, a line drive to right. Carlson PICKCTHIS ¥ night that Fitz fousht got another in the same pl B s of pay-nothings per scored. Matteo, with two sirikes | nned up a drzin pipe and saw the 'on him, hit to left ficld for three bout through the dusty windows of bases and Carlson scored. “Goody" vlight.” Preisser sent up a sacrifice fly and itz glued his eves on the ship Matteo registered. A double by Pa- arkey had tatooed on his trus and a single by Jack Wright 0| mighty chest and sung out, here - them five for the inning. :’ zoes the ship’ and then sunk g left The sixth was a repetitior to the Sailor's midriff that sent | preceding inning. All the r harkey and his ship down for the scored with two out. { count with all sails flying,” the an-|out an inficld hit and stole sccond. | t fan recalled He scored on Carlson’s double to Lo icft field. Matteo then connected for LAST NIGHT'S £1GHTS 1 triple of the game and v York Jack Dempsey Scoft loft t } K took his arkey (7). Joc bl greeted him Mass.. knacked ont Wit ! 1ad a rough 3t Paul, Minn., jyage for the rest of the game Louisville, K S5 1 sewed t up | Detroit, th when he hit one clear = Yastitbe: lia p urrounding the ’ e OH HUSH up! LISTEN FUSSBUDGET — WHEN WE (6 park f he 1o t home run scen | 5 GRUMBL ERE FIRST MARRIED You TOOK ME many yea The | GRUMBLE 0 THE MOST GOSH-AWFUL PLACE stop up against the ERE N GrUMBL EVER SAW - = thy SAID IT WAS A ] ' 5 ey % elocecmironnuan 2l oo 2loomma L] ° Totals 31 CHICAGO AB. L. PHILADELPHIA 55 the ANT ARADISE BECAUSE | WAS THERE. St | 2 = [ UE YU RE Going To <eEP THis uP ihs effective pitch- | % WE'LL Go m in hitting with | %, 1die Shea ago, drew three out of four while his n akon Hansen, Norway, de- hit hard. Scott led the 1oy, Chicago, (£) Works with binzle Johnny ¥ hree trips. The summ 3 3 Lon Scozza of FANLEY WOI ITLADELPHIA % AB. R. H | et > oum 3 " feated ay, (10). BOXING Hartford Velodrome ¥ AllStar Bou Lord v ott: Cohen v th ve. Goldstein Two Fighting Preliminaries For seats call Hartford, Laurel 1707, or see your regular dealer. 1987 NYTRIBWE. 14