BOXING CROWN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 149, 13 June 1930, Page 5

BOXING CROWN

SCHMELLING WINS SHARKEY FOULS IN THE FOURTH. LOW BLOW TO THE RODY, [United Press Association—By CableOopyright.l (Received 13, MO p.m.) New York, June 12. Max Schmelling defeated Jack Sharkey in the fourth round on a foul, for the heavyweight title. ROUND BY ROUND. Sharkey was favourite before the men entered the ring. Round One—Schmelling was covering up. Both were leisurely and slow. Sharkey’s round by a slight margin. Round Two.—Sharkey’s lefts and upper cuts were proving effective. They were fighting more spiritedly. Sharkey’s round.

Round Three.—The American staggered his opponent with three rights to the head and drove him to the ropes with another right and left to the face and then uppercut the German with a right to the face. Max was holding on and’ looked beaten. Sharkey was punishing him badly on the head and body. Sharkey’s round.

Round Four —Shirkey was trying hard for a K.O. Sharkey dropped Max with a left to the body and Schmelling claimed a foul but the bell ended the round and Schmelling was carried to his corner crying that he had been fouled. The round ended at the count of six with Schmelling on the floor. Sharkey ran across the ring when the bell ran.| for tho fifth round, but Schmelling would not come out and the count went on as both fighters’ managers crowded into tho ring and besieged the referee. There was a terrific din when, finally, the referee announced a foul. This contest, which , was avowedly for the world’s championship, ended with the German contender, the victor, lying helplessly on the canvas. TEARS FROM SHARKEY. Only one of the two judges saw the foul blow struck, the other judge and the referee being out of position to se where Sharkey’s hammering left landed. Sharkey’s face streamed with tears when he heard the decision, which makes the German world champion— at least in New York State, unless the Boxing Commission reverses its previously announced intention to accord such recognition. It was a most unsatisfactory ending tr a widely advertised contest for a successor to lunney’s crown.