WILLS DEFEATED
-JACK SHARKY WINS ON FOUL
GIANT NEGRO OUTBOXED THROUGHOUT.
(Received October 13, 9.50 p.mJ NEW YORK, Oct. 12.
At Brooklyn Jack Sharkey, Boston heavyweight, won on a foul in the thirteenth round from Harry V. ills, the veteran negro heavy weight and long-time contender for the world’s title. Wills was badlv dp?, ten. The tight was a one-sided affair, Tiie leferee disqualifying Wills for hitting with the back of the hand and holding. Despite the photo's adva'-imae in height and weight (lost 4n>) and reach Sharkey (]2st 81b) ont-fought and out-boxed him in nearly every round.—A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10489, 14 October 1926, Page 5
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