SHARKEY BEATEN.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LI, Issue 112, 16 June 1930, Page 3

SHARKEY BEATEN.

ON A FOUL. MATCH THROWN AWAY. NEW YORK, June 14. Max Sehmeling defeated Jack Sharkey in the fourth round on a foul. Sharkey ran across the ring when the bell rang for the fifth round, but Sehmeling would not come out, and the count went on. As both lightens’ managers crowded into the ring and besieged the referee, there was a terrific din, when finally the referee announced a foul. Thus the contest, which was avowedly for the world’s championship, ended with the German confendei the victor lying helplessly on the canvas. Sharkey was the favorite before the men entered the ring. Sharkey won the first three rounds. In the fourth he was looking for a knock-out, and dropped the German with a left to the body. Sehmeling claimed a foul but Ihe bell ended the round and Sehmeling was carried to his corner crying that he had been Lulled. The round ended at the count of six, with Sehmeling on the floor. Only one of the two juges saw the foul blow struck, the other judge and the referee being cut of position to see where Sharkey’s hammering left landed. Sharkey’s face streamed with tears when he heard the deeision which makes the German world ehampion, at least in New YorkState. unless the Boxing Commission reverses its previously announced intention to accord such recognition. Tt was a most unsatisfactory ending to a widely adveitised contest for a successor to wear Gene Tunney's crown. “From where T sal it looked like a low blow. T do not care to say any more,” said Gene Tunncy, who j was in a ring-side seat. The State Commission’s physician examined Sehmeling and announced that he found evidences of a foul blow. Sehmeling stated that he was ready to accord Sharkey a return