NEGRO VICTORY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15

NEGRO VICTORY

KNOCK-OUT BY LOUIS SHARKEY OUTCLASSED SEVERE PUNTSHMENT END IN THIRD ROUND (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 19, 3 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18. The negro boxer, .Toe Louis, knocked out Slim-key in the third round of their contest at New York. About 35,000 pcoplo gathered at tho Yankee Stadium to witness Sharkey s attempt to defeat Louis in his come-back campaign for the heavyweight championship. Despite conflicting icpotts iegarding the negro’s physical and mental .condition, he was a firm favourite in the ringside betting to defeat- tho Boston heavyweight.

gome interest was added 1o the bout to-dav with the announcement that Braddock’must undergo an operation to a hand arid that a championship bout with Schmeling was impossible this year amt that should Sharkey win, he might possibly he matched with the German. Louis weighed 14st. ojlh., and Sharkey scaled 14st. l-Jlb. Louis wasted little time in demonstrating his superiority over Sharkey. In the first round, after an exchange of light lefts to the head, the negro opened a two-fisted attack to the head and body, which Sharkey was unable to counter. Louis easily won the round. GASH OVER LEFT EYE lu the second round, Sharkey landed a few ineffective blows, hut emerged from a clinch with a gash over Ins lett eye which was bleeding. A hard attack by Louis drove Sharkey to the. ropes, where he was dropped by a long right for the count of nine. As he staggerei to his feel, Louis opened another twohanded barrage, this time sending Sharkey to the floor lor the count or eightSharkey was groggy as he retired to his corner at the end of tho round. In the third round Sharkey was trying desperately. He was short with a left to the head and then landed a weak lett to the jaw. Louis again floored Sharkey tor the count of eight- with two right chops to the jaw, and when lie staggered to his feet, the negro dropped him for the lull count with a right to the head and a left to the body, lnnn. 2scc, from the start of the round. . . Louis fought a cool easy bout, totally different from his effort against Schmeline*and reminded ringsiclers of the long strimr of knock-out performances before he lost to the German expert. Opinion varies as to whether the negiro has retrained his previous form or whether lie merelv scored through the ineffectiveness of Sharkey, who obviously is no longer of championship calibre The fight receipts totalled £oO,(XXJ.